Muddulakshmi

Muddulakshmi
Genre	Drama
Directed by	Dharani G Ramesh Preethi Raju
Country of origin	India
Original language	Kannada
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	1058
Production
Producer	Harish Babu
Cinematography	Nagaraj
Running time	22 minutes
Production company	Taliru productions
Release
Original network	Star Suvarna
Picture format	576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
Original release	January 22, 2018 (2018-01-22) – octombre 1 2022
Chronology
Related shows	Karuthamuthu
External links
Hotstar

Muddulakshmi is an Indian Kannada language television drama series that airs on Star Suvarna and streams on the digital platform Disney+Hotstar.^[1][2] It premiered on 22 January 2018.^[3] It is a remake of the Asianet's Malayalam series Karuthamuthu.^[4][5]

Plot[]

Kind-hearted and dark-skinned Muddulakshmi faces discrimination for her skin colour. Cardiologist Doctor Dhruvant falls in love with her and they marry. Initially she faces opposition from her mother-in-law, Soundarya, however later gets accepted. Meanwhile Dhruvant's colleague Sharvari desperately loves him and tries to separate Dhruvant and Muddulakshmi so she can marry him.

Soon, Muddulakshmi becomes pregnant while Sharvari poisons Dhruvant's mind claiming that it is not his child and that Muddulakshmi has had an affair. Dhruvant believes this and starts doubting Muddulakshmi. He gets furious and confronts Muddulakshmi, while she and the family members are shocked and heart-broken. Muddulakshmi claims it is their child which Dhruvant is not ready to believe. To not lose her self-respect, dignity and with the sake of the unborn child's good future in mind, Muddulakshmi leaves the house despite Soundarya and other family members trying to stop her. She struggles to get a job. Soon, she gives birth to twin girls, one fair and one dark, later named Drishti and Shrishti respectively. Before Muddulakshmi gains her consciousness however, Soundarya takes away the dark girl Shrishti, hoping that she might unite them in the future. She informs Dhruvant that she brought Shrishti from an orphanage to raise her for which Dhruvant agrees, and he starts to raise her like a daughter.

After eight years, Shrishti and Drishti encounter each other and grow close, unaware of their relation. This makes Muddulakshmi also encounter Dhruvant and his family while Dhruvant and Muddulakshmi often get into disagreements. While Soundarya is desperate to unite them, Sharvari plots to push them far apart. The story follows how Muddulakshmi and Dhruvant reunite after taking the DNA test proving that Shrishti and Drishti are their children.

Cast[]

• Ashwini as Muddulakshmi
  • She is a dark-skinned, illiterate but courageous, talented, intelligent and zealous lady who works as a tailor and food supplier (2018–present)

• Charith Balappa as Cardiologist Dr. Dhruvant (2018–2021)
  • Karthik Samag replaced Balappa in June 2021. (2021–present)
• Archana Anantha as Soundarya
• Rakshith as Akul
• Anu Poovamma as Aishwarya
• Nandini Gowdah as Sharvari
• Shivani as Drishti
  • She is the youngest of twins born to Muddulakshmi and Dhruvant. She's sensitive and stays with her father, uncle, aunt and grandparents in the rich villa, after Dhruvant adopted her thinking that she's an orphan (2019–present).

• Lahari as Srishti
• Ananthavelu
• Vanishreee as Aishwarya's mother
• N.T. Ramaswamy as Aishwarya's father
• Mico Shivu

Production[]

Filming[]

Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, the filming of all the Indian television series and films was suspended from 19 March 2020 and new episodes airing were stopped.^[6] The filming of the series resumed on 25 May 2020 and new episodes started to air from June 2020.^[7]

Casting[]

Archana Anantha who plays the role of Soundarya in Karuthamuthu's Telugu remake Karthika Deepam reprises the role in Muddulakshmi.^[8] In June 2021, lead Charith Balappa quit the series due to the Covid-19 pandemic and was replaced by Karthik Samag.^[9]

Crossover episodes[]

The series had a crossover with Billi Hendthi on June 2018, Premaloka on January 2020 and Sangarsha on September 2020, March 2021.^{[10][11][12][13]} On September 2018, it also had a crossover with the 3 serials Sarvamangala Mangalye, Shree and Krishna Tulasi in a special episode.^[14]

Adaptations[]

Reception[]

In week 42 of 2020, it received 3903 impressions gaining 4th position.^[15]

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