Pranayam (TV series)
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Pranayam | |
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Genre | Soap opera |
Created by | Ekta Kapoor |
Based on | Custody by Manju Kapur |
Developed by | SREE SARAN CREATIONS |
Written by | Dinesh Pallathu |
Story by | Manju Kapoor |
Directed by | |
Starring |
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Narrated by | Prof. Aliyar |
Theme music composer | S.P.Venkitesh |
Opening theme | "Hey laalaa laala..." |
Ending theme | "Naanamavunnu Meni Movunnu" |
Composer | S.P.Venkitesh |
Country of origin | India |
Original language | Malayalam |
No. of episodes | 524 |
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Cinematography |
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Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | 22 minutes |
Production company | Sree Saran Creations |
Distributor | Merryland Studio Vishakh outdoor unit |
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Original network | Asianet |
Picture format | HDTV 1080i |
Original release | 6 July 2015 28 April 2017 | –
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Pranayam (transl. "Love") is a 2015 Indian Malayalam-language television series that was broadcast on Asianet channel. The show had aired from Monday to Saturday at 7.00 PM IST and it shifted to Monday to Friday 6.30 PM. Srinish Aravind and Varada Jishin played the lead roles.
It was the remake of Yeh Hai Mohabbatein aired on StarPlus.[1] It shows the love of two different states and two different culture. The pair was known as #SharMi on social networking sites. After Varada quit the show citing health issues, ratings tanked and the show was cancelled.
Plot[]
Following a divorce from his unfaithful wife Kavitha, after her affair with his boss Prakash, Sharan Menon is a bitter man, but he loves his daughter, Malavika "Malu" Sharan. Lekshmi Iyer, who lives next door, also loves Malu. Unable to have children of her own, she has been unable to find a partner willing to marry an infertile woman. Kavitha and Prakash win custody of Manu, Sharan's elder son and also try to take custody of Malu from Sharan. Lekshmi and Sharan put aside their dislike of each other to marry to protect the little girl and ultimately win custody of the child. Prakash tries to take revenge, convincing Sharan that Malu is not his daughter until Lekshmi realizes what's going on and uses a DNA test to resolve Sharan's doubts.
After this, Lekshmi became the target of sexual predator Indugopan, who is the husband of Arjun's younger sister Simi. Indugopan convinces Simi that it is Lekshmi who is attracted to him, sowing discord in the family and causing Lekshmi's family to take her away. Realizing that Lekshmi is innocent, Sharan successfully plots to place Indugopan in jail for his crimes, while Prakash and Simi seek to do what they can to free him.
Meanwhile, Sharan's colleague and good friend Anand is preparing to marry after a family feud broke up his relationship with Lekshmi's cousin Ashwathy. Their friends plot to get the couple back together. A drama takes place and Anand is engaged to Ashwathy. Saraswathi, Lekshmi's mom, meets with an accident caused by Manu unknowingly. Sharan finds out that it was Manu who was responsible for the accident. Kavitha is ready to take the blame on her to protect her son. Sharan begins to support Kavitha which hurts Lekshmi a lot. She files a case against Kavitha. In the court, Sharan takes Kavitha's side. However, Lekshmi learns that Manu has done the accident and apologizes to Sharan. Sharan gets punishment for Manu by sending him to a boys' rehab centre.
Sharan plans a picnic for Lekshmi. Unfortunately Lekshmi fractures her hand and Sharan takes care of Lekshmi. Sachin, Prakash's brother, come to meet Lekshmi. Sharan fights with him as he behaves rudely with Lekshmi. Anand and Ashwathy plan to get married. However, in the register office, Anand's sister has given a letter, opposing the marriage. Everyone is puzzled as Anand has always said that he is an orphan. Ashwathy questions Sharan about the whereabouts of Anand's sister. Lekshmi secretly finds out find out Anand's sister and plans to reveal it to everyone during his marriage function. However, during the function, a big drama takes place and Anand is forced to confess that his sister is none other than Kavitha. It later turns out that it was all an elaborate plan made by Kavitha. She wanted him to acknowledge her as his sister, as he had cut all relations with her after she had betrayed Sharan and gone with Prakash.
Cast[]
- Srinish Aravind as Sharan G Menon [Main male lead]
- Remya Sankar/ Varada Jishin / Divya Nair as Lekshmi Viswanatha Iyer a.k.a. Lekshmi Sharan G Menon [Main female lead]
- Naveen Arakkal as Prakash Varama [Kavitha's ex-partner ; Main male antagonist]
- Baby Sradha / Baby Megha Mahesh as Malavika/ Malu [Sharan & Kavitha's daughter ; Lakshmi's stepdaughter]
- Master Siddharth as Manu [Main child antagonist ; Sharan & Kavitha's son ; Lakshmi's stepson]
- Maneesh Krishna as Anand [Sharan's brotherly best friend ; Kavitha's Brother]
- Althara as Kavitha [Manu's mother ; Main female antagonist ; Sharan's ex-wife ; Prakash's ex-partner]
- Kottayam Rasheed as Govinda Menon [Sharan's father]
- Beena Antony as Madhavi Govinda Menon [Sharan's mother]
- Pratheeksha G Pradeep as Aswathy Iyer [Prakash's wife ; Anand's ex-fiance ; Lekshmi's & Devika's cousin]
- Adithyan Jayan as Balachandran a.k.a. Balu [Devika's husband]
- Jishin Mohan as Sachin Varma [Praksh's brother ; Antagonist]
- Rishi as Indu Gopan [Simi's husband]
- Amrutha as Simi [Sharan's Sister]
- Adarsh/ Vishnu V Nair as Karthik ( sarans brother)
- Kailas Nath as Viswanatha Iyer [Lekshmi's father]
- Anuradha Krishnamoorthy as Saraswathy Viswantha Iyer [Lekshmi's mother]
- Arya Sreeram as Devika Balachandran [Lekshmi's sister]
- Sabari Nath as ACP Sankar IPS
- Vandana as Shaarika [Karthik's love interest]
- Aiswarya as Anand's Wife
- Sini Varghese as Tanuja [Prakash's friend ; Helper]
- Karthika Kannan as Radhika
- Faizal Razi as Dr.Manoj
- Fawaz Zayani as Mani/Abhimanyu Raghav [Lekshmi's childhood friend ; Sharan's business partner]
- Vanchiyoor Praveen Kumar as Ammavan
Airing history[]
The show started airing on Asianet on 6 July 2015 and it aired on Monday to Saturday 7:00 PM IST. Later its timing changed starting from Monday 29 August 2016, the show was shifted to 6:30 PM IST time slot.
Adaptations[]
Language | Title | Original release | Network(s) | Last aired | Notes |
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Hindi | Yeh Hai Mohabbatein ये है मोहब्बतें |
3 December 2013 | StarPlus | 19 December 2019 | Original |
Kannada | Avannu Matte Shravani ಅವನು ಮತ್ತೆ ಶ್ರಾವಣಿ |
16 June 2014 | Star Suvarna | 30 June 2017 | Remake |
Tamil | Kalyanam Mudhal Kadhal Varai கல்யாணம் முதல் காதல் வரை |
3 November 2014 | Star Vijay | 27 January 2017 | |
Bengali | Mon Niye Kachakachi সোম নিয়ে কাছকাছি |
12 January 2015 | Star Jalsha | 19 September 2015 | |
Malayalam | Pranayam പ്രണയം |
6 July 2015 | Asianet | 28 April 2017 | |
Marathi | Nakalat Saare Ghadle नकळत सारे घडले |
27 November 2017 | Star Pravah | 17 May 2019 | |
Telugu | Ennenno Janmala Bandham ఎన్నెన్నో జన్మల బంధం |
18 October 2021 | Star Maa | Ongoing |
Awards and nominations[]
This section does not cite any sources. (March 2019) |
Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Role | Result |
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2016 | Asianet Television awards 2016 | Best actress | Varadha | Lekshmi | Nominated |
Best actress special jury | Won | ||||
Most popular actress | Nominated | ||||
Best Family Entertainer | S. Murugan & Saraniya Subramaniam | Won | |||
Most Popular Serial | S. Murugan & Saraniya Subramaniam | Nominated | |||
Best Director | Sudheesh Shankar | Nominated | |||
Best actor in a negative role | Naveen Arakkal | Prakash | Won | ||
Best actress in a negative role | Althara | Kavitha | Nominated | ||
Best Debut | Srinish | Sharan | Won | ||
Best Character actress | Beena Antony | Madhavi | Nominated | ||
Best Audiographer | Aneesh | Nominated | |||
Best Dubbing | Sidharth | Sharan | Won | ||
Best child artist | Megha Mahesh | Malu | Nominated | ||
2017 | Asianet Television awards 2017 | Best Child artist | Megha Mahesh | Malu | Nominated |
Best actor in a negative role | Naveen Arakkal | Prakash | Won | ||
Best Character actress | Beena Antony | Madhavi | Nominated | ||
Best dubbing artist male | Sidharth | Sharan | Nominated | ||
Best Editor | Aneesh J | Nominated | |||
Special jury | Kottayam Rasheed | Govindan | Won |
References[]
- ^ "'Acting is a passion'". The Hindu.
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- Asianet (TV channel) original programming
- 2015 Indian television series debuts