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Anandha Ragam (TV series)
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Anandha Ragam (transl. A Blissful Tune) is a 2022 Indian Tamil-language family drama series starring Anusha Hegde and Alagappan.[2] It premiered on 29 August 2022 replaced by Thanga Meengal on Sun TV.[3] It is also available on the digital platform Sun NXT.[4][5]
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Cast
Main
- Anusha Hegde as
- IPS Eshwari "Esh" Azhagu Sundaram: Shanmugavel and Meenakshi's elder daughter; Abhirami's sister; Azhagu Sundaram's wife (2022–present)
- Samyuktha as Child Eshwari Shanmugavel (2022, 2023)
- Thulasi: Eshwari's lookalike; Savitri's daughter; Senthil's sister (2025–present)
- IPS Eshwari "Esh" Azhagu Sundaram: Shanmugavel and Meenakshi's elder daughter; Abhirami's sister; Azhagu Sundaram's wife (2022–present)
- Alagappan as Azhagu Sundaram "Azhagu" Ratnavel Pandiyan: Vasundhara and Ratnavel Pandiyan's son; Shilpa's ex-fiancé; Eshwari's husband (2022–present)
- Neelesh as Child Azhagu Sundaram "Azhagu" Ratnavel Pandiyan (2022, 2023)
Recurring
- Preethi Sanjeev as Vasundhara Ratnavel Pandiyan: Sampath's sister; Ratnavel Pandiyan's widow; Azhagu Sundaram's mother (2022–present)
- Swetha Senthilkumar / Reshma Shajahan as Abhirami "Abhi" Kathirvel: Shanmugavel and Meenakshi's younger daughter; Eshwari's sister; Sanjeev's former love interest; Kathirvel's wife (2022–2025) / (2025–present)
- Vigneshwaran as Kathirvel "Kathir" Shaktivel Pandiyan: Shaktivel Pandiyan and Durga's son; Varsha's lover; Abhirami's husband (2024–present)
- Barath Guru as Sanjeev Thyagarajan: Vyjayanthi and Thyagarajan's son; Eshwari and Abhirami's cousin; Abhirami's former love interest (2022–present)
- Sivaranjani Vijay / Sai Madhavi as Girija Sampath: Sampath's wife; Divya's mother (2022–2024) / (2024–present)
- Parthan Siva as Sampath: Vasundhara's brother; Saranya's ex-lover; Girija's husband; Shilpa and Divya's father; Ratnavel Pandiyan's murderer (2022–present)
- Vaishali Thaniga as Divya Sampath: Girija and Sampath's daughter; Shilpa's half-sister (2022–present)
- Ranjan Kumar as Shaktivel Pandiyan aka Shakti: Ratnavel Pandiyan and Mangai's brother; Durga's husband; Kathirvel's father (2022–present)
- Sangeetha V / Indira Priyadarshini as Durga Shakthivel Pandiyan: Shaktivel Pandiyan's wife; Kathirvel's mother (2022–2024) / (2024–present)
- Rindhu Ravi as Mangai: Ratnavel Pandiyan and Shaktivel Pandiyan's sister; Ramya's mother (2022–present)
- Megna Jayakrishnaraj as Ramya: Mangai's daughter (2022–present)
- Aarthi Ram as Padmavathi: Vasundara and Sampath's cousin; Manoj's mother (2024)
- Guhan Shanmugam as Manoj: Padmavathi's son (2024)
- Anjali Varadharajan as Vyjayanthi Thyagarajan: Thyagarajan's wife; Sanjeev's mother (2022–present)
- T. Sivakumar as Thyagarajan: Meenakshi's brother; Vyjayanthi's husband; Sanjeev's father (2022–present)
- Sebastian as Theekuchi: Azhagu Sundaram's best friend (2022–present)
- Chitra Rebecca as Varsha: Narmada's sister; Kathirvel's lover (2024–present)
- Jenny Periyanayagam as Poomayil: Household help (2025–present)
- Rithik as Senthil: Savitri's son; Thulasi's brother (2025–present)
- Vishwa as Kumar: Eshwari's student; Azhagu Sundaram's friend (2022–2024)
- Rajkamal as Santhosh: IPS academy officer (2022–2024)
- Surendar Raaj as Inspector Muthuvel aka Velayudham (2024)
- Reehana as Saranya: Sampath's ex-lover; Shilpa's mother (2022-2023)
- Indhu Chowdary as Shilpa Sampath: Saranya and Sampath's daughter; Divya's half-sister; Azhagu Sundaram's ex-fiancée (2022-2023)
Special Appearances
- Ilavarasu as Inspector Shanmugavel aka Shanmugam: Meenakshi's husband; Eshwari and Abhirami's father (2022, 2023) (Dead)
- Vinodhini Vaidyanathan as Meenakshi Shanmugavel: Thyagarajan's sister; Shanmugavel's wife; Eshwari and Abhirami's mother (2022, 2023) (Dead)
- Bala Singh as Ratnavel Pandiyan: Mangai and Shaktivel Pandiyan's brother; Vasundara's husband; Azhagu Sundaram's father (Posthumous photographic appearance)
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Production
Casting
Kannada television actress Anusha Prathap was cast in the female lead role as Eshwari, making her debut in Tamil television dramas. Tamil actor Alagappan was selected to play the male lead of Azhagu Sundaram, making his debut in a male lead role.[6][7] In cameo roles, Tamil actor Ilavarasu[8] and Vinodhini Vaidyanathan were cast as Eshwari's parents.
Actress Reehana was cast as Saranya, who is Sampath's ex-lover and Shilpa's mother.[9] Indhu Chowdary was cast as Shilpa.[10] In May 2024, Sivaranjani Vijay portraying Girija quit and her character was shown in comatose. She is replaced by Sai Madhavi in December. In the same month, actress Indira Priyadarshini replaced Sangeetha as Durga.
In January 2025, Swetha Senthilkumar portraying Abhi, quit after a period of 2.5 years since the show's inception in 2022.[11] She was replaced by Reshma Shajahan in February.
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Adaptations
Since February 2023, Anandha Ragam has been remade in the Marathi, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam and Bengali languages.
Reception
The series was described by the Times of India as "one of the most-watched daily soaps on Tamil television".[17] It had 560 episodes as of July 2024 and was said to be one of the top serials airing on Sun TV.[18]
Broadcast history
It began airing on Sun TV on 29 August 2022 from Monday to Saturday at 18:30 (IST), replacing Abhiyum Naanum. Starting on 13 May 2024, it shifted to the evening slot at 15:00 (IST).[19] now it is airing at 15:30.
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External links
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