Thamizhum Saraswathiyhum

Thamizhum Saraswathiyum (lit. Thamizh and Saraswathi) is an Indian Tamil-language soap opera starring Deepak Dinkar and Nakshatra Nagesh.^[1] It started airing from 12 July 2021 on Star Vijay and streams on Disney+Hotstar.^[2][3]

Plot[]

The story starts with Tamizharasu fondly called Tamil a tenth dropout who discarded his education due to his family's financial crises. His family consists of seven, his mother and father named Kothai and Natarajan respectively who is the founder of Kothai Industries which is now managed by Tamil and Karthik (Tamil's younger brother) who has done MBA and his Sister Ragini who is studying MBBS, Abitha who works as a maid in their house, Kothai considers her as a member of their family and an orphan and Tamil's friend Namachivayam who lives with them. Kothai has an elder brother whose daughter agreed to marry Tamil but later refuses to marry him due to his studies and Kothai challenges her that she will look for a bride who has studied a lot more than her.

Where on the other hand it revolves around the family of Saraswati where her father Chokkalingam works as a principal in a school and hates Saraswati as she has been studying her grade 12 for about 8 years. Saraswathi's mother Vasuki is a teacher in a school and tries to pacify her. Saraswathi's paternal grandmother who supports her at times, her younger sister Kavya who is pursuing her B.Tech in a college tries to teach Saraswati but she doesn't understand, His brother Arun who is also pursuing his B.Tech in AI (Artificial Science) hates Saraswati for her studies. A disheartened Tamil after the incident of the rejected marriage proposal prays to God where Saraswati visits and pranks him saying that you will meet a girl thrice in rain and you will marry her after this a happy Tamil tells this to Namachivayam who doesn't believe him, and they visit the temple again where they meet and starts raining.

Then the story introduces Chandrakala, a former collector of Tamil Nadu who has one son and daughter called Vasundhara and Aditya. The following begins with the love story where Kothai's younger son Karthikeyan is in love with Vasundhara where they are eager to get married but then Chandrakala has some demands to get married but then Kothai declines the marriage because she feels that they are rich people but then with a fearless attitude. Meanwhile, Vasundhara tries to risk her life as the marriage gets a failure.

As the marriage gets accepted. Chandrakala starts demanding whereas Saraswati is caught cheating in the exam and where Chokhillingam changed his mind and said that Saraswati is not her daughter. Then Tamil comes and sought the problem by making Chokkalingam understand but then other members understood and where Chokkalingam didn't care at all. Now Tamil gets engaged to Suhashini and but then Kothai decided to make Tamil and Suhasini get married where Tamil realizes his love with Saraswathi. Will Tamil marry Suhasini or Saraswathi?

A few days later, Suhasini gets to know about Tamil's education status by Namachiyam and where she knows that Tamil loves Saraswathi. Chandrakala's daughter Vasundra and Karthik go to a Mahabalipuram for a party, where Chandrakala and Geeta plan so that to trap Karthik to make the wedding happen immediately. Chandrakala demands the Kothai family to make them get married where it was a shock. The marriage happens where it becomes a shock and wherein Saraswathi, she gets trapped where her parents find a bride guy named Shyam to marry but then he is a rogue who harms women and misogyny where Chokhillingam finds out that Tamizh and Namashivyam are bad people. Tamizh saves Saraswathi where Tamil was appreciated as a feast in Saraswathi's house and where he was praised.

Saraswathi visits the temple where Kothai admires her behavior when Minnal acts strangely to the poor person who was asking alms where Saraswati gives where Kothai feels she is reflecting her behavior and where Minnal said she studied MBA where Kothai blindly believed it where it made her happy. The next time while Karthik and Vasundra went to get clothes for their marriage and where Saraswathi was looking, Kothai invited them to their wedding. Meanwhile, Saraswathi encounters Chandrakala on her way to the hospital with her grandmother Meenakshi. The wedding begins where Chandrakala gets into plans, where Saraswathi and Tamil were drinking coffee, it spilled on Chandrakala where she made a huge scene and decided to plan to make Kothai send out of Saraswathi but then her plan failed.

Cast[]

Main[]

• Deepak Dinkar as Tamizharasu Natesan: Kothai and Natesan's elder son, A very responsible and respectable guy who stopped his education and took over the family business at a very young age due to circumstances. He is Saraswathi's love interest (2021-present)^[4]
• Nakshatra Nagesh as Saraswathi Tamizh: Chokkalingam and Vasuki's elder daughter, she is a bubbly enthusiastic girl who wants to be happy in life. But she has always been looked down upon for not being able to complete even her Class XII. She is Tamizh's love interest. Kothai's daughter-in-law.Thamil's wife (2021-present)
• Rekha Krishnappa^[5] as Chandrakala Devi: The Main Antagonist of the series. A rich businesswoman, a former sub-collector of Chennai, Vasundra's and Aditya's mother. (2021-present)

Supporting[]

• Meera Krishna as Kothainayagi Natesan: Thamizh's mother, She is the de facto of her family. She has 3 children. She is a very generous, loving, and understanding personality. (2021-present)
• Ramachandran Mahalingam as Natesaperumal: Kothai's husband, Thamizh's father. He admires and loves his wife so much.
• Prabhakaran Chandran as Chokkalingam: Saraswathi's father, also a retired school principal, feels that education should be a must. He taunts Saraswathi as she failed 12th eight times but secretly loves her dearly (2021-present)
• Navin Vetri as Karthikeyan Natesan: Kothai and Natesan's younger son, Thamizh's younger brother and Vasundra's husband. He is a generous person. He works in a factory and supports his brother all time. He secretly loved Vasundra without his parents acknowledge but later he married her with his parents permission (2021-present)
• Dharshna Sripal Golecha as Vasundhradevi Karthick: Karthick's wife and Kothai's younger daughter-in-law. She is Chandrakala's daughter, She loved Karthick and married him. Karthi's wife. Kothai's daughter-in-law (2021-present)
• Anitha Venkat as Vasuki Chokkalingam: Chokkalingam's wife, and Saraswathi's mother, a school teacher. She tries her best to make her husband understand Saraswathi's condition in studies (2021-present)
• A. Revathy as Meenatchi: Chokkalingam's mother, Saraswathi, Arun and Kaavya's grandmother
• Madhan Pandian as Arunprasad Chokkalingam: Chokkalingam and Vasuki's son, Saraswathi's younger brother, a B.Tech in AI (Artificial Science)
• Sangeetha (Episode 1-60) / Gokila Gopal (Episode 61-present) as Kavyapriya Chokkalingam: Chokkalingam and Vasuki's younger daughter, Saraswathi's younger sister, a B.Tech student
• Lavanya Manickam as Raagini Natesan: Kothai and Natesan's daughter, Thamizh and Karthick's younger sister. She is a medical student studying to become a doctor
• Saif as Adithya: Chandrakala's son and Vasundra's elder brother
• Mercy Leyal as Geetha: Tamizh's Aunt, Madhu's mother. She hates Kothai's family
• KPY Yogi as Namachivayam: Thamizh's best friend
• Uma Maheswari as Shweta: Saraswathi's friend
• Madhumikha Srinivas as Madhumita: Thamizh's cousin also his ex-fiancee. She finished M.Tech and working in an IT company. So she rejected Thamizh as her husband
• Manoj Kumar as Chandrashekhar: Madhu's father and Kothai's elder brother
• Sushma Nair as Suhasini Gunasekaran: Gunasekaran and Lakshmi's elder daughter; A girl who loves Tamizh one-sidedly and Kothai's choice for him (2021– present)
• VJ Thara as Lavanya Gunasekaran: Gunasekaran and Lakshmi's younger daughter; A girl who loves Karthik one-sidedly and Kothai's earlier choice for him (2021– present)
• Kavi Rajini as Gunasekhar: Kothai family's well-wisher who is Suhasini and Lavanya's father
• Devi Teju as Lakshmi Gunasekhar: Gunasekhar's wife, Suhasini and Lavanya's mother
• Kayal Vizhi as Abitha: Kothai's housemaid

Crossovers and Special Episodes[]

• It had a crossover with Pandian Stores from 15th November 2020 to 28th November 2021

Production[]

Development[]

This is Vikatan Televistas debut series on Star Vijay which was supposed to premiere in May 2021 but was postponed due to lockdown while shootings were halted owing to Covid-19 pandemic in India.^[6][7] The first promo was released on 24 June 2021.^[8]

Casting[]

This serial marks director S. Kumaran and Vikatan Televistas' debut on Star Vijay.^[5] This show has Deepak Dinkar and Nakshathra Nagesh in the protagonist role, Ramachandran, Meera Krishna, Mercy Leyal and Sushma Nair reprising their supportive roles and Rekha Krishnappa reprising her negative role.^{[citation needed]}

Vikatan Tele vistas has been directing several hit serials on Sun TV for more than 20 years such as Kolangal (2003-2009), Thirumathi Selvam (2007-2013), Thendral (2009-2015), Devivamagal (2013-2018), and Nayaki (2018-2020). In 2020, they closed their alliance with Sun TV, and wherein early 2021, it was announced that a serial with Star Vijay would co-direct a new series with TV.

References[]

External Links[]

Thamizhum Saraswathiyhum at IMDb