Mr. Manaivi
Mr. Manaivi was an Indian Tamil-language television series which premiered on 6 March 2023 replacing Kannana Kanne serial and ended on 22 December 2024 replaced by Ethirneechal Thodargiradhu in Sun TV from Monday to Sunday. The show starred Shabana Shahjahan Aryan; with Pavan Ravindra in the lead roles.
Synopsis
The story revolves around a newly married couple as they face challenges and problems in their daily life. Anjali, a strong and independent woman, who expects equality in the society, manages her life on her own, while Vicky, who aspires to be a Homemaker, faces many issues in his role of Homemaker. The main plot revolved around this theme.Cast
Main
- Debjani Modjak as Anjalidevi alias Anjali VigneshKumar: Vicky's wife; Ranjitham's granddaughter
- *Shabana Shajahan Aryan as Anjalidevi alias Anjali VigneshKumar
- Pavan Ravindra as Vigneshkumar alias Vicky : Anjali's husband; Maragatham's grandson; Swetha's ex-love interest
Recurring
- Anuradha as Ranjitham: Anjali's grandmother; Vedhanayagam's mother
- Sabitha Anand as Gunavathi Sivakumar alias : Sivakumar's Second wife; Anjali's step mother, Kavi malar's mother
- Smriti Kashyap / VJ Keerthi as Kavi Malar Sivakumar: Anjali's half-sister
- Jeeva Ravi as Sivakumar alias : Muthulakshmi's Widower and Gunavathi's Husband, Anjali's and Kavi Malar's father
- Lakshmi Vasudevan as Gayathri: Sivakumar's sister Anjali and Kavi Malar's Paternal aunt, Muthulakshmi and Gunavathi's Sister-in-law
- Latha Sathupathy as Maragatham: Vicky, Naresh and Viji's grandmother; Rajmohan and Chandramohan's mother
- Balaji Thiyagarajan Dayalan as Mahesh: Kavi Malar's fiancé
- Tharani as Chitra: Vedhanayagam's wife, Anjali's Maternal aunt
- Sree Priya as Sathya: Vedhanayagam's daughter
- Sanjay Kumar Asrani as Rajmohan: Vicky's father
- Rajkanth as Chandramohan: Rajmohan's brother; Vicky's uncle
- Ammu Ramachandran as Saranya Chandramohan: Vicky's aunt
- VJ Aswath as Nareshkumar Chandramohan alias Naresh: Chandramohan's son, Viji's brother and Vicky's younger cousin brother
- Punitha Balakrishnan Character Replacement Jayashree as Vijayalakshmi Chandramohan alias Viji: Naresh's younger sister and Vicky's younger cousin sister
- Tamil Selvan as Paper rose: Anjali's friend work mate
- Jenny as Anu: Anjali's friend and work mate
- A. Venkatesh as Vedhanayagam: Ranjitham's elder son; Anjali's maternal uncle
- Lokesh Baskaran as Akilan Vedhanayagam: Anjali's ex-fiancé; Vedhanayagam's son
- Mansi Joshi as Swetha: Anjali's arch-rival
- Bhanumathy as Karthigai Srinivasan: Swetha's mother
- V.Dasarathy as Srinivasan: Swetha's father; Rajmohan's friend
- Shravnitha as Vennila: Anjali's neighbour
- Sabari as Anjali's neighbour and enemy; Vedhanayagam's friend
Special appearances
- Gayatri Jayaraman as Muthulakshmi Sivakumar: Sivakumar's first wife; Anjali's mother
- Samyuktha as Child Anjali
- Aalam as Child Vicky
- Maanya Anand as Tulasi
- Ashwanth Karthi as Rajapandi
- Chaitra Reddy as Kayal
- Aravind Akash as Advocate Surya
- Geetha Ravishanker as Surya's mother
Production
Development
On end 2022, Sun Network confirmed through a press release that it would distribute new Tamil serial, to be produced by Vision Time India Pvt Ltd. Initially, the title of the serial was named Jodi. Later renamed as Mr.Manaivi.Casting
Sembaruthi fame Shabana Shajahan was cast in the female lead role as Anjali However, she left the show in May 2024, because of some reason. Actor Kavyanjali fame Pavan Ravindra plays the title role alongside her, making his debut in Tamil television dramas. Kannada actress Maansi Joshi was selected to portray the main antagonist. Actress Anuradha was cast as Ranjitham, who is Anjali's grandmother, Latha was cast as Maragatham and A. Venkatesh was cast as Vedhanayagam. In end of September 2023, Actor Aravind Akash was cast in cameo.In begin December 2023, Actress Smriti joins the cast as Kavi Malar. However, in end of October, Smriti portraying Kavi Malar quit the series and VJ Keerthi replaced her.