Kana Kanmani (2021 TV series)

Kana Kanmani is an Indian Malayalam language soap opera premiered on 23 August 2021 aired on Surya TV. It stars Vindhuja Vikraman and Jay Kartik in lead roles along with M. B. Padmakumar, Ann Mathews and Revathi Krishna in supporting roles. It is a remake of Telugu television series Pournami that aired on Gemini TV.

The story revolves around Meera (Vindhuja) who loses her mother after her birth causing her father to hate her. How she manages to win her father's love forms the crux of the story.

Plot[]

The story revolves around an innocent elder daughter Meera, the protagonist of the show, who has been waiting for years to get the love of her father. All that she wishes for and wants in life is her father's love. However, she is fortunate enough as she only gets unconditional love from her stepmother who treats her as her own flesh and blood. But what will happen when Gautham enters her life? Will she fall in love with him or will it be a roller-coaster ride of her life?

Cast[]

Lead roles[]

• Vindhuja Vikraman as Meera Mahadevan:^[2] Radhika and Mahadevan's daughter. Her ultimate dream is receiving the affections of her father who hates her and views her as a misfortune. She has romantic feelings for Gautham. (2021–present)
• Jay Kartik as Gautham: An aspiring entrepreneur. He is Meera's lover who has vowed to protect her family and help her win her father's heart. (2021–present)
• M. B. Padmakumar as Mahadevan: Meera's father and late Radhika's husband. He is a successful businessman who hates his daughter as he blames her birth as the reason for his wife's death. Although, he loves his second daughter Preethi from his second marriage with Yamuna. (2021–present)
• Ann Mathews as Yamuna Mahadevan: Mahadevan's second wife and Preethi's mother. She is a loving mother who raised Meera as her own daughter. (2021–present)
• Revathi Krishna as Preethi Mahadevan: Mahadevan and Yamuna's daughter. She is Meera's step-sister who loves and supports her through thick and thin. Had romantic feelings for Gautham in the past but later moved on realising his interest was directed towards her sister. (2021–present)

Recurring roles[]

• Dr. Aishwarya Warrier (2021) /Geetha Nair (2021-present) as Saraswathy: Mahadevan's mother and Meera's grandmother.
• Priya Prince as Swapna: A crooked businesswoman. She was formerly a sub-oordinate of Mahadevan who layer turned into his arch-rival.
• Mahesh as Kuberan: Gautham's father and Bhagyalakshmi's husband. His lifelong wish is to become a billionaire and hopes that his son will marry and rich woman thus fulfilling his wish.
• Karthika Kannan as Bhagyalakshmi: Kuberan's wife and Gautham's mother. She loves and supports his son in pursuing Meera's love.
• Sreelakshmi Sreekumar as Ishana: Swapna's daughter^[3]
• ____ as Appu: An orphan boy adopted by Gautham and shares a sibling-like bond with him.
• Mahima (2021)/Sangeetha Sivan (2021-present) as Rajeshwari: Radhika's younger sister and Meera's aunt. Her mission is to destroy Mahadevan.
• K. R. Vijaya as Puthanmadathil Kadambariyamma: Rajeshwari and Radhika's late mother. She was aware of Rajeshwari's evil intentions and has informed Gautham about the same. She was a supporter of Meera's relation with Gautham. (2021)
• Amboori Jayan as Mani: Karyasthan a.k.a. domestic help of Puthanmadathil house
• Aravind Bhasker as Vivek: Gautham's best friend who supports him in winning Meera's love.
• Subhash Nair as Bhargavan: Sarojini's younger brother and Yamuna's uncle
• Bindu Murali as Sarojini: Yamuna's mother and Mahadevan's mother-in-law
• Gayathri Varsha as Renu: Bhagyalakshmi's cousin sister
• _____ as Aparna: Renu's daughter and Gautam's cousin who wishes to marry him

Cameo appearances[]

• Abhirami as Radhika, late wife of Mahadevan and Meera's mother. She died giving birth to Meera.
• Rahul Ravi as Himself in Episode 53
• Haritha G Nair as Herself in Episode 113
• Dhanya Mary Varghese as Mercy Paul, an actress
• Vishnu Nair as Adarsh
• Arathy Sojan as Kavya
• Jayaprakash as Abhijith
• Reneesha Rahiman as Anjali

Cross-over episodes[]

• From 15 January 2022 to 18 January 2022 it had a Mahasangamam with Manassinakkare.

Production[]

The show is an official remake of Telugu show Pournami.^[4] Actress Vindhuja Vikraman was roped in to play the female lead, Meera.^[5] Debutant Jay Kartik played the male lead Gautham. Actor-director M. B. Padmakumar was cast as Meera's father, Mahadevan.^[6] Ann Mathews, Revathi Krishna, Mahesh and Karthika Kannan plays other important roles. Priya Prince reprised her role, Swapna from the Tamil remake Kannana Kanne.^[7] Dr Aishwarya Warrier was replaced with Geetha Nair as Mahadevan's mother Saraswathy. Sangeetha Sivan joined the show as a replacement to Mahima playing the negative role of Rajeshwari. Notable film actors K. R. Vijaya and Abhirami played extended cameos while Rahul Ravi, Haritha G Nair and Dhanya Mary Varghese made episodal appearances.

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