Rudraveena (teleserial)
Rudraveena or Rudraveenai is a Tamil mystery-suspense television series directed by Rakesh Sinha. It is an adaptation of Indra Soundar Rajan's book of the same name. From 21 April 2002 to 22 February 2006, the series broadcast 106 episodes on Sun TV on Wednesdays at 8:30 p.m. local time. Rudraveena replaced another mystery-suspense series in its time slot called Thandhira Bhoomi.[1] This series was remade in Malayalam bearing the same name, but with significant changes to the story. However, the past segment with Baba was dubbed from the Tamil version.
| Rudraveenai | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Mystery-Suspense |
| Based on | Rudhraveenai novel by Indra Soundar Rajan |
| Written by | Indra Soundar Rajan |
| Directed by | Rakesh Sinha |
| Starring | Chethan Santhoshi Kaveri Bala Singh Y. G. Mahendra |
| Theme music composer | Ramesh Krishna |
| Country of origin | Tamil Nadu |
| Original language | Tamil |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 106 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Radhika |
| Production location | Tamil Nadu |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | Approx. 20-22 minutes per episode |
| Production company | Radaan Mediaworks Enterprises |
| Release | |
| Original network | Sun TV |
| Original release | 21 April 2002 – 22 February 2006 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Thandhira Bhoomi @ 8:30PM (Wednesday) |
| Followed by | Chidhambara Ragasiyam @ 8.30PM (Wednesday) |
Cast
- Y. G. Mahendra as "Sakthi Upasagar" Narasimha Barathi (2003)
- Megha Rajan (replaced by Vanaja) as Mythili, Pattar's mute elder daughter (2003)
- Chetan as Swaminathan, Kalyanasundaram’s son (2003)
- Sreeram as Sankaran, Pattar's only son and Bhanu's lover (2003)
- Megha as Bhanu, Dasi Sundarambal's daughter, Shankaran's lover and Swaminathan's one-sided love interest (2003)
- Shylaja as Dasi Sundarambal, Bhanu's mother (2003)
- Aadukalam Naren as Ramachandran, Sundarambal's husband (2003)
- S Gnanavel as Baba (1702)
- Santhoshi as Dasi Aparaajitha Vaijayanthi, ancestor of Bhanu, Sundarambal, and Manicavalli (1702)
- Kaveri as Dasi Malli, Aparaajitha Vaijayanthi's mother (1702)
- Charukesh as Veerendra, Aparaajitha Vaijayanthi's brother (1702)
- Bala Singh as Kalyanasundaram, village president and Swaminathan's father (2003)
- Gauthami Vembunathan as Rangayi, Kalyanasundaram’s wife and Swaminathan’s mother (2003)
- Vijay Anand as Ganesan, Karnam's son and Gayathri's lover (2003)
- Uma Maheshwari as Akhila, Ganesan’s cousin who wants to marry him (2003)
- Sreenivasan as Kovil Pattar Parameswaran, father of Shankaran, Mythili and Gayathri (2003)
- Archana as Gayathri, Ganesan's lover (2003)
- as Neelakandan, Guruji's spy (2003)
- Nagalakshmi as Thilagam, the Dasi family's helper (2003)
- Rani Somanathan as Dasi Manicavalli, Dasi Sundarambal’s mother and Bhanu’s grandmother (2003)
- Bhanu Prakash as Rudhreshwar, reincarnation of Kabaligan (2003)
- Minnal Deepa as Manthrini, Rudhreshwar's assistant (2003)
- Ramachandran as Kabaligan (1702)
- Sampath Ram (uncredited) as Vettiyaan Karuppan and the last Rudran who acquires the Rudraveenai (both in 2003)
References
- Rangarajan, Malathi (16 January 2009). "Fascination for the mysterious". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
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