Gouri Shankaram

Gouri Shankaram (transl. Gouri and Shankar) is an Indian Malayalam television series that aired from 3 July 2023 to 27 December 2024 on Asianet and streaming on Disney+ Hotstar.^[1][2] The show is an official remake of the Hindi soap opera Mann Kee Awaaz Pratigya.^[3] The title of the series is adapted from 2003 Malayalam film Gowrisankaram.^[4] The story revolves around the life of Sankar Mahadevan(lord Siva devotee), love at first sight for Shankar when he encounters Gouri, an upright girl.^[5]

Gouri Shankaram
Title card
Genre	Drama Romance
Created by	Spellbound Production
Written by	Pearl Grey (original) Manoj Ramachandran
Directed by	Abhi balakrishna Manju dharman Sarin
Creative director	Pearl Grey
Starring	Harishanker Veena Nair
Theme music composer	Vidhyadharan Master
Opening theme	"Ambili kala" by Vidyadharan, sung by Kavalam Sreekumar, lyrics by BK Harinarayan
Country of origin	India
Original language	Malayalam
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	407
Production
Producer	Krishnan Sethukumar
Production location	Trivandrum
Cinematography	Manoj Kumar
Editor	Adarsh Balachandran Selvarajan
Running time	20-22 minutes
Production company	Movieemill
Original release
Network	Asianet
Release	3 July 2023 (2023-07-03) – 27 December 2024 (2024-12-27)
Related
Mann Kee Awaaz Pratigya

Plot

It is the story of 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. The show takes a new turn when Sanker falls head over heels for Gouri and makes all his efforts to make her his wife.^[6][7]

Cast

Main

• Hari Shanker as Sankar Mahadevan ( Sankar bhayi )Main Protogonist : Radhamani and Mahadevan's second eldest son; Shekar's and Veni's brother; Kamala, Arathi and Adarsh's brother-in-law; Gouri's husband (2023–2024)
• Veena Nair as Gouri Sankar: Nandhini and Shyamprasad's eldest daughter; Adarsh and Arathi's sister; Shankar's wife; Veni's sister-in-law (2023–2024)

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 (2023–2024)
• 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 (2023–2024)
• Nitheesh Purushothaman as Dhruvan :Main antogonist (2023–2024)
• Sathyajith as Charangattu Mahadevan: Radhamani'shusband; Shekar, Sankar and Veni father; Kamala, Gouri and Adarsh's father-in-law (2023–2024)
• Sylaja Sreedharan Nair (2023-2024) / Jennifer Antony (2024) 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 (2023–2024)^[8]
• Ravikrishnan Gopalakrishnan as Professor Shyamaprasad: Nandhini's husband; Adarsh, Gouri and Arathi's father; Veni and Sankar's father-in-law (2023–2024)
• 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 (2023–2024)
• Thomas Bilgin as Shekar Mahadevan: Radhamani's and Mahadevan's eldest son; Sankar's and Veni's brother; Kamala's husband (2023–2024)
• Deepa Prabha as Kamala: Radhamani's and Mahadevan's daughter-in-law; Shekar's wife; Sankar's and Veni's sister-in-law (2023–2024)
• Renjin Raj in dual role as
  • Naveen (anotogonist): Gouri's ex-fiancee
  • Dr.Mithun (2023–2024)
• Athira Praveen as Deepa: Gouri's friend and Adarsh's former love interest (2023–2024)
• 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 (2023)
• Vinay Forrt as Himself (2023)
• Nithin Jake Joseph as Adv.Harshan (2024)

Production

It is produced by Krishnan Sethukumar under the banner of Moviemill. Veena P Nair signed to play the title role, along with Harishankar. Nisha Mathew and Ravikrishnan were retained from the previous project Koodevide.^[9]

Reception

The show was launched on 3 July 2023 at 9.30 PM IST.^[10] In December 2023, The show entered Top fifth position in TRP ratings.^[11] On March 11, 2024, the show was shifted to 6.30 PM due to launch of Bigg Boss season 6.^[12] Later the series shifted to 10.30pm. After that they had taken a temporary halt and continued at afternoon slot of 3 pm. The series went off-air on 27 December 2024. The pair of the show were praised by the audience for their romantic performance .^[13]