Kalyanam Mudhal Kadhal Varai


Kalyanam Mudhal Kadhal Varai is a 2014 Indian Tamil language soap opera that aired on Star Vijay. The show was launched on 3 November 2014 to 27 January 2017 for 600 episodes. This series was remake of Hindi series Yeh Hai Mohabbatein and stars Divyanka Tripathi Dahiya and Karan Patel portraying Dr. Ishita and Raman.
The show stars Priya Bhavani Shankar with Amit Bhargav in the lead roles, Whilst Nivahsni Shyam in the supporting role. The show was directed by Thai Selvam and has dialogues written by Marudhu Shankar. The music is composed by Arun Prabhakar. The show is completely based on the Hindi show Yeh Hai Mohabbatein, which is aired on Star Plus and is partly based on Manju Kapur's novel Custody and it concluded on 27 January 2017.
The pair was known as #Arjiya or #Arya on social networking sites. Unfortunately in the end of 2016, actress Priya quit the show due to her contract expiring and was replaced by newcomer actress Chaitra Reddy. Meanwhile, the ratings tanked and the show was abruptly cancelled. Set in Chennai, the show follows the love story of Priya, a Malayali and Arjun, a Tamilian who lives next door as they marry each other for Pooja, their relationship blossoms.

Plot

Following a divorce from his unfaithful wife Vandhana, after her affair with his boss Ashok, CEO Arjun Swaminathan is a bitter man, but he loves his daughter, Pooja. Dr. Priya Unnikrishnan, a dentist who lives next door, also loves Pooja. Unable to have children of her own, she has been unable to find a partner willing to marry an infertile woman. Vandhana and Ashok win custody of Aditya, Arjun's elder son and also try to take custody of Pooja from Arjun. Priya and Arjun put aside their dislike of each other to marry to protect the little girl and ultimately win custody of the child. Ashok tries to take revenge, convincing Arjun that Pooja is not his daughter until Priya realizes what's going on and uses a DNA test to resolve Arjun's doubts.

Cast

Main

  • Priya Bhavani Shankar as Dr. Priya Arjun: Manju and Unni's younger daughter, Arjun's second wife, Aditya and Pooja's stepmother
  • * Chaitra Reddy as Dr. Priya
  • Amit Bhargav as Mr. Arjun Swaminathan : Dhanalakshmi and Swaminathan's elder son, Dr. Priya's husband, Vandana's ex-husband, Ashok's ex-employee and his arch-rival; Aditya, and Pooja's father.
  • * Amit also portrayed as Malli, a local gangster, Arjun's imposter in 2017.
  • Nivashnee Shyam as Pooja Arjun: Daughter of Arjun and Vandhana, Priya's stepdaughter
  • Anandh Ram as Aditya Arjun: Son of Arjun and Vandhana, Priya's stepson
  • Vandana Michael as Vandana, Arjun's ex-wife, Ashok's ex-girlfriend, Pooja and Aditya's mother

Supporting

  • Nathan Shyam as Ashok Kumar, Arjun's business rival, Vandhana's ex-boyfriend and Vaishali's husband
  • Lokesh Baskaran as Jai: Arjun's best friend, Vandana's younger brother and Vaishali's ex-boyfriend, Kavya's ex-fiancée and Shruti's husband
  • VJ Vaishali Vijay → Vanitha Hariharan as Vaishali Ashok Kumar: Vaidehi's daughter, Kavitha and Priya's cousin sister, Jai's ex-girlfriend and Ashok's wife
  • Vishwam → Madhu Mohan as Unnikrishnan: Manju's husband, Kavitha and Priya's father, Vaishali's uncle
  • Sadhana as Manjula Unnikrishnan: Unni's wife, Kavitha and Priya's mother, Vaishali's aunt
  • Ravishankar as Swaminathan: Dhanalakshmi's husband, Sukanya, Arjun, Manoj and Shruti's father, Pooja, Aditya's grandpa
  • Kuyili as Dhanalakshmi Swaminathan "Dhanam": Swami's wife, Sukanya, Arjun, Manoj and Shruti's mother, Pooja, Aditya's grandma
  • * Revathee Shankar as Dhanam
  • Manoj Kumar as Manoj Swaminathan: Dhanam and Swami's younger son, Arjun's younger brother and who was one-sidedly loved Vaishali.
  • Syamantha Kiran as Sukanya Eshwar: Dhanam and Swami's elder daughter, Arjun's elder sister and Eshwar's wife, Ananya's mother
  • Isvar Raghunath as Eshwar: Sukanya's husband and Ananya's father
  • Kavitha as Kavitha Balakrishnan: Unni and Manju's elder daughter, Priya's elder sister and Bala's wife, Shravan's mother
  • Kadhal Kannan as Balakrishnan: Kaveri's elder son, Subbu's older brother, Kavitha's husband and Shravan's father
  • Myna Nandhini → Rhema Ashok as Shruti Jai: Dhanam and Swami's younger daughter, Arjun's younger sister and Jai's wife
  • Karthik Sasidharan as Aravind Kumar, Ashok's younger brother.
  • Badekkila Pradeep as Abijith "Biju": Priya's childhood friend
  • Karthick Vasudevan as Karthik: Arjun's lawyer and his best friend, Kavya's boyfriend
  • Anu Sulash → Haripriya Isai as Anuradha Manoj Kumar: Priya's clinic assistant
  • Pavithra Janani as Kavya Karthick: Jai's ex-fiancée, Karthick's wife
  • Siddharth Kumar as Subbu: Kaveri's younger son, Bala's younger brother and Priya's ex-fiancée
  • Usha Elizabeth as Kaveri: Bala and Subbu's mother
  • Priya Manjuathan as Ramya Joseph
  • Anees Shaz as Subbu
  • VJ Apsara as Ragini: Subbu's wife
  • Rekha Suresh as Vaidehi: Manju's younger sister, Vaishali's mother
  • Soodhu Kavvum Sivakumar as Shiva
  • Sridevi Ashok as Swapna: Malli's wife

Guests

Spin-off

Owing to its success cult for following years, Star Vijay made a decision to make a spin-off series and titled as Vikram Vedha. premiered on 24 April 2023, It focuses on Priya's niece Dr.Vedha, a pediatrician portrayed by Aswathy opposite Sameer portrayed as Vikram, a businessman.
The story revolves around Vikram and Vedha, who are neighbours. Vikram is a successful businessman who has no place for women in his life and struggles to express his love towards his daughter, Tanvika. On the other hand, Vedha is a pediatric doctor, who loves working with kids and the sight of them. However, she cannot have kids as she is infertile. As a result, she looks to adopt a kid at an ashram but they say she has to be married to adopt a kid. She meets her neighbours kid, Tanvika, and they instantly get on. Whether Tanvika bring both these broken hearts together, and whether Vedha can change Vikram's attitude to life whilst finding out the real Vikram forms the main plot of the story.

Awards and honours

YearAwardCategoryRecipientRoleResult
2015Vijay Television AwardsFavourite FindAmit BhargavArjunWon
2015Vijay Television AwardsFavourite FindPriya Bhavani ShankarPriyaWon
2015Vijay Television AwardsFavourite Supporting Actor FemaleKuyiliDhanamWon
2015Vijay Television AwardsFavourite Actor MaleAmit BhargavArjunNomitated
2015Vijay Television AwardsFavourite Actor FemalePriya Bhavani ShankarPriyaNomitated
2015Vijay Television AwardsFavourite Screen PairAmit Bhargav and Priya Bhavani ShankarArjun and PriyaNomitated
2015Vijay Television AwardsFavourite Fiction SeriesKalyanam Mudhal Kadhal Varai – SeriesNomitated
2015Vijay Television AwardsFavourite Supporting Actor MaleLokeshJaiWon
2015Vijay Television AwardsBest Background MusicKalyanam Mudhal Kadhal VaraiNomitated
2015Vijay Television AwardsBest Child ActorNivashiniPoojaWon
2017Vijay Television AwardsFavourite Actor MaleAmit BhargavArjunWon
2017Vijay Television AwardsFavourite ActressPriya Bhavani ShankarPriyaNomitated
2017Vijay Television AwardsFavourite MamiyarShari (Sadhana)Manjula UnnikrishnanNomitated
2017Vijay Television AwardsFavourite MotherShari (Sadhana)Manjula UnnikrishnanWon
2017Vijay Television AwardsBest FamilyKalyanam Mudhal Kadhal VaraiWon
2017Vijay Television AwardsBest Child ActorNivashiniPoojaNomitated
2017Vijay Television AwardsFavourite Screen PairAmit Bhargav and Priya Bhavani ShankarArjun and PriyaNomitated
2017Vijay Television AwardsBest DirectorThai SelvamWon
2017Vijay Television AwardsFavourite Fiction SeriesKalyanam Mudhal Kadhal Varai – SeriesWon
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