Kalyanam (2016 TV series)

Kalyanam (Tamil: கல்யாணம்) is a 2016 Singaporean soap opera starring Karthikeyan Somasundram, Nithya Shree, Jaynesh and Eswari Gunasagar. It was created by I.Sundar^[1] and is executively produced by Megastar Production's 'V.Kalaiselvan and Susiilaa Shanmugam. With Production Managed by Shasirekka Rountan and Lavin Selvan. It aired on Mediacorp Vasantham from 4 April 2016 to 23 June 2016, on Monday through Thursday at 10:00 pm SST for 45 episodes.

Kalyanam
கல்யாணம்
Genre	Soap opera
Written by	V. Kalaiselvan S.S. Vikneshwaran
Screenplay by	V. Kalaiselvan S.S. Vikneshwaran
Directed by	I. Sundar V. Kalaiselvan
Starring	Karthikeyan Nithya Shree Jaynesh Eswari
Theme music composer	Asva Mitra
Opening theme	"Kalyanam Kalyanam Kalyanam" Mukesh Varshini Pakal (Vocal) Umadevi Latithanand (Lyrics)
Country of origin	Singapore
Original language	Tamil
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	45
Production
Producer	Lavin Selvan
Editor	V. Kalaiselvan
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	approx. 20–22 minutes per episode
Production company	Another Megastar Production
Original release
Network	MediaCorp Vasantham
Release	4 April (2016-04-04) – 23 June 2016 (2016-06-23)

The drama follows the story of a bold girl, Anjali and her love-hate relationship with a wildlife photographer, Arjun. The theme of this soap opera centered on love and Singapore Indian marriage tradition.

Plot

The story revolves around a crazy, outgoing and bold girl, Anjali and her unusual love-hate relationship with her boyfriend Arjun, a wildlife photographer. Their almost heavenly, sweet courtship days and their close-to-hell married chaos makes up the crux of the story.^[2]

Cast

Main cast

• Karthikeyan Samasundram
• Nithya Shree as Anjali
• Jaynesh as Paarthi
• Eswari Gunasagar as Aarthi

Additional cast

• Devarajan
• Varadarajan as Vishwa
• Varman Chandramohan as Sathya
• Dhivyah Raveen as Nisha
• Jayaraman as Anjali's father
• Kokila as Anjali's mother
• Yuvina Malathi Ram as Vishwa's mother
• Lingam as Vishwa's father
• Jamesh Kumar as Anjali's boss
• Shamini Gunasager as Anjali's colleague
• Gowri Subramaniam
• Reuben
• Kathiraven
• Jenani
• Nagaraj
• Vimala^[3]
• T. Malee
• Sashirekka
• Preethivi Raj

Episodes

Episode 01

Favourite star couple Anjali and Vishwa's wedding was abruptly called off inches before they were pronounced man and wife. Anjali walked out of her own wedding rejecting the love of her life. Why? What did Vishwa do? What exactly happened?

Episode 02

Anjali is pouring out her grievances about her wedding to her best friend, Paarthi. Anjali's boss is asking her to go on a short break. On the other hand, someone is secretly following Anjali. Who could it be?

Episode 03

Anjali's reputation and career is at stake. The public, family and friends are all talking about her wedding incident. How will Anjali react to this?

Episode 04

Anjali decides to go on a short getaway. Where is she off to?

Episode 05

Anjali goes to Kota Kinabalu and meets Arjun and befriends him. Where will their friendship take them?

Episode 06

Original soundtrack

Soundtrack

Tracklist

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Kalyanam Kalyanam Kalyanam... (கல்யாணம் கல்யாணம் கல்யாணம்)"	Umadevi Latithanand	Mukesh Varshini Pakal	2:00

Broadcast

Series was released on 4 April 2016 on Mediacorp Vasantham. It aired in Malaysia on Mediacorp Vasantham, Its full length episodes and released its episodes on their app Toggle, a live TV feature was introduced on Toggle with English Subtitle.

Sequel

The season 2 of this drama started on 3 July 2017^[4]

• Kalyanam (season 2)