Baakiyalakshmi

Baakiyalakshmi is an Indian Tamil-language television soap opera airing on Star Vijay. It stars KS Suchitra.[1] It was premiered on 27 July 2020.[2] This show is an official remake of Bengali Serial Sreemoyee which airs on Star Jalsha.[3] It is also available on Disney+Hotstar.[4]

Baakiyalakshmi
Genre	Drama Family
Written by	Leena Gangopadhyay (Dialogues) Sangeetha Mohan
Story by	Snehasis Jana
Directed by	S. Siva Sekar I. David
Creative directors	Priya Thambi S. V Rathna Kumar
Starring	KS Suchitra
Theme music composer	Kiran
Country of origin	India
Original language	Tamil
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	156
Production
Producer	Venus Informationent Private Limted
Camera setup	Multi- Camera
Running time	22 minutes
Production company	Venus Infotainment
Release
Original network	Star Vijay
Picture format	576i HDTV 1080i
Original release	27 July 2020 – present
Chronology
Related shows	Sreemoyee

Plot

Baakiyalakshmi, a married housemaker in an urban set-up who lives with her entire family-in-laws, three grown children. To the world, her family seems nothing short of a dream. However,she soon started to realize that her world is shallow and lonely and amidst the quest of caring for their every need, she never took the time to carve her own identity and harness her talent.

Cast

Main

• KS Suchitra as Baakiyalakshmi Gopinath: Gopinath's wife; Chezhiyan, Ezhilan and Iniya's mother. She is an ideal housewife, a multi-talented lady and she has three children (2020- present)
• Sathish as Gopinath Ramamoorthy: Baakiyalakshmi's husband and Chezhiyan, Ezhilan and Iniya's father, a bank manager.He refues her wife and he has an affair with his ex-lover Raadhika (2020- present)
• Velu Lakshman as Chezhiyan Gopinath: Baakiyalakshmi and Gopinath's elder son, Ezhilan, and Iniya's elder brother, Jenny's childhood friend turns husband (2020- present)
• VJ Vishal as Ezhilan "Ezhil" Gopinath: Baakiyalakshmi and Gopinath's second son and Chezhiyan's younger brother, he supports and lover her mother, He has passion in becoming a film director and drops out of college against Gopinath's wishes to follow his dreams. (2020- present)
• Neha Menon as Iniya Gopinath: Baakiyalakshmi and Gopinath's younger daughter also Chezhiyan and Ezhilan's younger sister, a school student. A selfish and hyperactive girl also talkative. She also humiliates Baakiyalakshmi for being a simple housewife just like Chezhiyan. She hates Jenny (2020- present)
• S.T.P Rosary as Ramamoorthy: Gopinath's father also Baakiyalakshmi's father-in-law and Chezhiyan Ezhilan and Iniya's grandfather. He has a zest of heart and stands for Baakiyalakshmi and cares for her like his own daughter (2020- present)
• Rajalakshmi Chandu as Eshwari Ramamoorthy: Gopinath's mother also Baakiyalakshmi's mother-in-law and Chezhiyan, Ezhilan and Iniya's grandmother. She dislikes Baakiyalakshmi and blames her for everything and is completely jealous of her good nature, but sometimes she realises Baakya's value and stands up for her (2020- present)
• Divya Ganesh as Jennifer "Jenny" Chezhiyan: Chezhiyan's wife also Baakyalakshmi and Gopinath's elder daughter in-law and Joseph and Maria's daughter, a Christian girl. She is fond of Baakya and supports her in her business venture (2020- present)
• Nandhitha Jennifer as Raadhika: Gopinath's ex-girlfriend, Baakiyalakshmi's friend, Rajesh's ex-wife and Mayuri's mother. She acts like an innocent. But she is jealous of Baakya and humiliates her every time. (2020-present)

Recurring

• Meena Sellamuthu as Selvi Bashkar: Baakiyalakshmi's household helper who also supports Baakiyalakshmi and likes her innocent character (2020- present)
• Rithika Tamil Selvi as Amritha: A college student and Ezhilan's love interest also who act with him in his short film (2020- present)
• Pandiarajan as Sundaram: Baakiyalakshmi's younger uncle, or Ramamoorthy's younger brother. He likes Baakya's innocence (2020-2021)
• Priya as Karpagam: Baakiyalakshmi's mother also Gopinath's mother-in-law and Chezhiyan Ezhilan and Iniya's also Mahesh's grandmother. She has a inferiority complex in front of Gopi's family (2020- present)
• Meenakshi as Kavitha (Kavi): Karpagam's daughter-in-law also Baakiyalakshmi's sister-in-law. Mahesh's mother. A talkative lady. She hates her mother-in-law. She is very adamant, a widower (2020- present)
• Gokul Raj as Mahesh: Kavi's son also Karpagam's grandson and Baakya's nephew (2020- present)
• Nathan Shyam as Rajesh Kumar: Raadhika's ex-husband and Mayuri's father (2020- present)
• Deepthi Shri as Mayuri Rajesh: Raadhika and Rajesh's daughter (2020- present)
• Manmohan as Joseph: Jenny's father. He is very adamant (2020- present)
• Mona Kakade as Maria Joseph: Joseph's wife and Jenny's mother (2020- present)
• Parthiban as Bashkar: Selvi's husband. He is a drunker. He has no job and steals Selvi's salary amount and doing nonsense things (2020- present)

Cameo

• Geetha Narayanan as Nancy: Baakiyalakshmi's neighbor (2020)
• Sri Latha as Geetanjali: Iniya's school principal (2020)
• Prakash Rajan as Raveendran (2020)
• Devi Teju as Annamal (2020)

References

1. "Daily soap Baakiyalakshmi to premiere soon - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
2. "Vijay TV to relaunch their TV serials from July 27!". Sify. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
3. "Star Vijay's line up of two new serials". The Indian Express.
4. "TV show Baakiyalakshmi to premiere on March 16 - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 July 2020.