Gouri Shankaram
Gouri Shankaram is an Indian Malayalam television series that aired from 3 July 2023 to 27 December 2024 on Asianet and streaming on Disney+ Hotstar. The show is an official remake of the Hindi soap opera Mann Kee Awaaz Pratigya. The title of the series is adapted from 2003 Malayalam film Gowrisankaram. The story revolves around the life of Sankar Mahadevan, love at first sight for Shankar when he encounters Gouri, an upright girl.
Plot
The story revolves around the life of Lord Vadakkumnadha devotee Sankar who unfortunately met with a girl named Gouri, a college girl whose life changes after she enters wedlock with her obsessive and die-hard lover, Sanker. Gouri is a girl of principles taught by her father, Shyam. Sanker, on the other hand, is opposite, always following his principles in life and being the master of his decisions. Sanker always confidant in his muscular body physique, and he always tries to win others with his extraordinary muscle power.The show takes a new turn when Sanker falls head over heels for Gouri and makes all his efforts to make her his wife. Later, Gouri teaches him that the pure love of a girl cannot be bought with men's muscle power. The series shows the negative shades of stalking and forced marriage.Actor Harisanker played the role of Sankar bhayi set a new trend for heroic charactrisation in malayalam serial.
Cast
Main
- Hari Shanker as Sankar Mahadevan, main protagonist: Radhamani and Mahadevan's second eldest son; Shekar's and Veni's brother; Kamala, Arathi and Adarsh's brother-in-law; Gouri's husband
- Veena Nair as Gouri Sankar: Nandhini and Shyamprasad's eldest daughter; Adarsh and Arathi's sister; Shankar's wife; Veni's sister-in-law
Recurring
- Akshaya Raghavan as Krishnaveni "Veni" Adarsh: Radhamani and Mahadevan's youngest daughter; Shekar's and Sankar's younger sister; Adarsh's wife; Kamala's, Gouri's and Arathi's sister-in-law
- Kannan Balachandran as Adarsh: Nandhini's and Shyamprasad's eldest son; Veni's husband; Gouri's and Arathi's brother; Shekar's and Sankar's brother-in-law
- Nitheesh Purushothaman as Dhruvan: main antagonist
- Sathyajith as Charangattu Mahadevan: Radhamani's husband; Shekar, Sankar and Veni father; Kamala, Gouri and Adarsh's father-in-law
- Sylaja Sreedharan Nair / Jennifer Antony as Radhamani Thankachi: Mahadevan's wife; Shekar's, Sankar's and Veni's mother; Kamala's, Gouri's and Adarsh's mother-in-law
- Nisha Mathew as Nandhini Shyamprasad: Shyamprasad's wife; Adarsh, Gouri and Arathi's mother; Veni and Sankar's mother-in-law
- Ravikrishnan Gopalakrishnan as Professor Shyamaprasad: Nandhini's husband; Adarsh, Gouri and Arathi's father; Veni and Sankar's father-in-law
- Kripa Sekhar as Arathi: Nandhini's and Shyamprasad's youngest daughter; Adarsh's and Gouri's sister; Veni's and Sankar's sister-in-law
- Thomas Bilgin as Shekar Mahadevan: Radhamani's and Mahadevan's eldest son; Sankar's and Veni's brother; Kamala's husband
- Deepa Prabha as Kamala: Radhamani's and Mahadevan's daughter-in-law; Shekar's wife; Sankar's and Veni's sister-in-law
- Renjin Raj in dual role as
- *Naveen : Gouri's ex-fiancée
- *Dr. Mithun
- Athira Praveen as Deepa: Gouri's friend and Adarsh's former love interest
- Santhosh Sanjay as Ajith
- Gautham Girish as Shaan
- Subha Sumithran as Ambika Devi
- Abhilash Rokey as Afsal
- Cleetus Paul as Cleetus
- Ajayan Unni as Joju
- Athira Murali as Ganga
- Sreerang Shine as Saravanan Shankaran
Guest appearances
- Bheeman Raghu as SI Somashekharan
- Vinay Forrt as Himself
- Nithin Jake Joseph as Adv.Harshan