Thatteem Mutteem

Thatteem Mutteem
Thattem Mutteem S1 poster
Genre	Soap Opera Comedy Drama Indiantelevision series
Written by	Gireesh Gramika
Directed by	R. Unnikrishnan Gopalan Manoj Midhun Chettur
Creative director	Sukil
Starring	K. P. A. C. Lalitha Manju Pillai Jayakumar Parameswaran Pillai Naseer Sankranthi Bhagyalakshmi Prabhu Sidharth Prabhu
Opening theme	Onnum Rendum Mindum Neram (Season 1) Thattiyalum Kerum Chonan (Season 2)
Country of origin	India
Original language	Malayalam
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	750+
Production
Producer	MM TV
Production location	Eramalloor
Running time	25 minutes (approx.)
Release
Original network	Mazhavil Manorama
Picture format	1080p (HDTV)
First shown in	India
Original release	1 July 2012 (2012-07-01) – 15 January 2022
Chronology
Related shows	Marimayam Uppum Mulakum Chakkappazham
External links
Manorama Max

Thatteem Mutteem (transl. Hit and knock) is an Indian Malayalam-language sitcom series airing on Mazhavil Manorama since 1 July 2012. The series is one of the oldest television series on Malayalam television and is among the shows that have been broadcast since the beginning of the Mazhavil Manorama channel's launch. The show stars KPAC Lalitha, Manju Pillai, Jayakumar Parameswaran Pillai, Naseer Sankranthi, Sidharth Prabhu, Bhagyalakshmi Prabhu and Sagar Surya in lead roles.^[1]

The first season of the show followed a sitcom format and was released in 2011, aired every weekend and ran for six years in this format. On December 3, 2018, the show changed its format to prime time soap opera Monday through Friday at 9:00 PM IST. In late 2020, the show again changed its format to a weekend broadcast. The show won the Kerala State Television Award for Best Comedy Show in 2014 and 2016.

The show had crossover episodes twice; in 2016 and 2021 with Marimayam, a situation comedy broadcast over the weekend on the same channel that shows various frustrating and comical situations while visiting government institutions. The titles of the special episodes were like a combination of the titles of both series; "Marithatteem Mayammutteem" and "Thatteem Mayam Mutteem Mayam" in 2016 and 2021 respectively. All the special episodes were a backdrop to Onam celebrations.

Premise[]

Season 1[]

The recurring theme is the dispute between Mayavathyamma and her daughter-in-law Mohanavalli, and the struggle of the children and Arjunan to resolve it. Although the daughter-in-law has a strong dislike for the mother-in-law, they share mutual respect.

They are frequently visited by Arjunan's best friend, Kamalasanan, Mohanavalli's mother, Komalavalli, and Arjunan's sister, Kokila, creating more trouble and drama in the family.

Season 2[]

The whole family moves to a new home after having a dispute with the son of the owner of their previous home.

The daughter of the Arjunan' family, Meenakshi is now married to Aadhi Shankaran. Meenakshi found out that Aadhi is a lazy employee and is the son of Pravasi Shankaran, who is a poor NRI owed to many debts, but she kept this a secret and marries him believing that she can change him. She shows the same trait as her mother by having disputes with her mother-in-law, Vasavadatha, the wife of Pravasi Shankaran, who became mentally ill after winning a lottery which put ends to their debts. Despite their hateful relationship, the daughter-in-law and mother-in-law duo loved each other and shared mutual respect.

Meanwhile, Arjunan's millionaire brother Sahadevan, his wife Vidhubala, and his three children, Chinnu, Chikku and Chinnan, arrive from the United States. They are the owners of the house to which Mayavathi and her family belong.

Kannan, the only son of Mohanavalli and Arjunan falls in love with Rosamma, a Christian girl after a series of events that disapproved of the family. But later, for the dowry, they agree to their marriage to pay off a loan taken for Meenakshi's wedding, but the plan fails when Kannan unknowingly informs Rosamma's parents that he wants nothing from them except for their daughter. Meenakshi gives birth to triplets - Kunjumani, Muthumani and Kuttappayi and not so late after, she goes to the UK as a nurse to pay off the loan.

Cast[]

Main[]

• K. P. A. C. Lalitha as Mayavathi Amma: Mother of Arjunan, Sahadeven, Kokila, and Nakulan. She is the head of the family and the only breadwinner.
• Manju Pillai as Mohanavalli: Homemaker mother of Meenakshi and Kannan, Arjunan's wife and Komalavally's daughter.
• Jayakumar Parameswaran Pillai as Arjunan: A lazy government employee. Father of Meenakshi and Kannan and husband of Mohanavally. He also portrays elder Krishnan Vakkeel, father of Arjunan, Sahadeven, Kokila, and Nakulan. Arjunan frequently writes underappreciated poems.
• Bhagyalakshmi Prabhu as Meenakshi: Daughter of Arjunan and Mohanavally, Aadhi's wife, and Sahadevan's niece. She is a nurse in United Kingdom.
• Sidharth Prabhu as Kannan: Son of Arjunan and Mohanavally, Sahadevan's nephew. He also portrays a young Krishnan Vakkeel & Teenager Arjunan.
• Sagar Surya as Aadhi Sankaran / Aadhi (Season 2): A lazy engineering post-graduate, husband of Meenakshi and the only son of Pravasi Shankaran and Vasavadattha.
• Naseer Sankranthi as Kamalasanan: A self-proclaimed politician. Arjunan's best friend and Sahadevan's classmate.
• Rajesh Paravoor as Sahadevan / Sahu (Season 2): Arjunan's younger brother, and father of Chikku, Chinnu, and Chinnan. He also portrayed the role of Doctor Parelal (Season 1 Ep:122).
• Shalu Kurian as Vidhubala / Vidhu (Season 2): Sahadevan's wife and Arjunan's younger sister-in-law, and mother of Chikku, Chinnu, and Chinnan.
• Parvathy Lal as Rosamma: Kannan's girlfriend.

Recurring[]

• Veena Nair as Kokilakshi Shishupalan / Kokila: Arjunan's younger sister.
• Maneesha K. Subrahmaniam as Vasavadattha: Aadhi's mother and Shankaran's wife. She is a homemaker who won a lottery ticket.
• Nandakishor Nellickal as Pravasi Shankaran: Aadhi's father and Vasavadattha's insane husband.
• Anumol R. S as Chakki: Aadhi's cousin.
• Unni Nair as Ambooty, Vidhu's father. He is a traditional medicine practitioner & a Kalaripayattu expert.
• Arun G Arun as Chakkara / Chakkaraparambil Arun: Kannan's best friend.
• Malathi G. Menon as Subadhra, Krishnan Vakeel’s ex client.
• Dhatri as Chinnu: Sahadevan's daughter, Chikku and Chinnan's sister.
• Aadhish Sudhakaran as Chikku: Sahadevan's elder son, Chinnu and Chinnan's brother.
• Vaishnav Menon as Chinnan: Sahadevan's younger son, Chinnu and Chikku's brother.
• Dhvani as Neenu: Meenakshi's best friend.
• Reshmi Anil as Meenkari Susheela. She plays lead role in a TV soap & she is also aunt of Rosamma.
• Vinod Kovoor as Doctor Moidu (Cameo)
• Meenakshi Raveendran as Nurse Kingini (Cameo)
• Sreelatha Namboothiri as Komalavally: Mohanavally's mother.
• Kochu Preman as Madhavan: Mayavathi's younger brother.
• Anitha Nair as Thankamani: Kamalasanan's breadwinner wife. She works as a helper in Anganwadi.
• Unknown as Bhavani: Kokila's daughter.
• Unknown as Bharathi: Kokila's daughter.
• Murugan as Shishubalan fondly called 'Shishu': Kokila's husband, Father of Bhavani & Bharati; Arjunan & Sahadevan’s brother-in-law.
• Aleena Thankachan as Aparna, Thanima’s younger sister and Kannan’s ex fiancé.
• Anna Chacko as Thanima. She has mental health issues & she is obsessed for marrying Kannan.

Guest[]

• Kaviyoor Ponnamma as Herself, and Krishnan Vakkeel's co-star in a film (Season 1: Ep. 108)
• Vishnu Unnikrishnan as Himself (Season 2: Epi 189)
• Bibin George as Himself (Season 2: Epi 189)
• K. T. S. Padannayil as Mohanavally's Ammavan (Season 1: Ep 276)
• Harisree Yousaf as Nakulan (season 1 episode 64)
• Promy as Subru
• Nitha Promy as Rukku
• Vivek Pillay as Richard Buttenhole
• Archana Menon as Adv. Kamala, Mohanavally's friend (Season 1: Episode 306)
• Kavita as Mallika
• Mintu Maria Vincent as Mrunalini
• Sini Prasad as Annamma Chacko, Arjunan's strict, new boss, Executive Engineer (Season 2: 313,314)
• Sethu Lakshmi

Former cast[]

• Unknown as Pavanan: Arjunan's neighbour.
• Thushara Nambiar as Shakuntala: Pavanan's wife and a government hospital nurse.

Production[]

K. P. A. C. Lalitha and Manju Pillai play the role of the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law respectively. The mother-in-law outwits her daughter-in-law and is always ready to start a fight with her and the daughter-in-law rises to the occasion. Jayakumar plays Manju's husband who is a government officer unwilling to go to work and who lives on his mother's pension. Their children Kannan and Meenakshi were played by real-life siblings Siddharth and Bhagyalakshmi Prabhu. They were cast after the show creators were impressed by their performance in the reality TV show Veruthe Alla Bharya on Mazhavil Manorama, in which their parents were contestants. Bhagyalakshmi was studying in class 11 when she received the offer, she is a nursing graduate in real-life and in the show too.^[2][3] The children are one of the main attractions in the series as they frequently instigate fights between the two women. Naseer Sankranthi plays the role of Kamalasanan who is the best friend of Mahakavi Arjunan (Arjunan) and old classmate of Sahadevan, who boasts that he will be the Panchayat Member in the upcoming years.

Reception[]

The series is running successful. Thatteem Mutteem is considered special because the show is recorded using "spot dialogue". This technique creates a natural sound and appearance. The artists behave as in real situations. In addition, the performance is natural and simple and the series is related to the current reality that led to its success.

Awards[]

References[]

External links[]

• Thatteem Mutteem at IMDb