Kanmani Anbudan

Kanmani Anbudan (transl. Kanmani with love) is a 2024 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama television series that airs on 16 September 2024 on Star Vijay and digitally streams on Disney+ Hotstar.^[1] The series is about the friends relationship between characters Kanmani and Vennila.^[2] This show is Produced by Daniel Xavier under the banner of D Studio and directed by V. Sathasivam. Starring Navin Vetri, Dushita and Madhumitha in the lead roles.^[3] It is the official remake of StarPlus's TV series Suhani Si Ek Ladki.^[4]

Kanmani Anbudan
Genre	Romantic drama
Based on	Suhani Si Ek Ladki
Screenplay by	Vetri (dialogues) Nandhan Sreedharan
Directed by	V. Sathasivam
Starring	Navin Vetri Madhumitha Dushitha
Theme music composer	P. Sri
Country of origin	India
Original language	Tamil
No. of episodes	200+
Production
Producer	Daniel Xavier
Cinematography	Kesavan
Editor	P. Arunkumar
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	22-25 minutes
Production company	D Studio
Original release
Network	Star Vijay
Release	16 September 2024 (2024-09-16) – present
Related
Suhani Si Ek Ladki

Plot

This is a story of two best friends from two different backgrounds Kanmani (Madhumitha) and Vennila (Dushita). Kanmani is from a middle-class family and she is best friends with a beautiful and rich girl Venilla. Kanmani falls for Anbu (Navin Vetri), who loves Vennila. But Vennila mistakenly thinks Anbu is in love with Kanmani. How that friendship is tested by their love interests over Anbu.^[1]

Cast

Main

• Navin Vetri as Anbu
• Madhumitha as Kanmani
• Dushitha as Vennila

Recurring

• Meera Krishna as Sivagami
• Shanthi Williams as Rajeshwari
• Sanjay Kumar Asrani as Rajasekar
• Kadhal Kannan as Senthil
• Girish Ayyappan
• Karthik Sasidharan as Karthi
• Muthulakshmi Vaidyanathan
• P. Malar
• Raghul Kanagaraj
• Tanishka aa Maya
• Rithik as Iniyan

Production

Development

The show was produced by D Studio and directed by V. Sathasivam, who is known for his series Kasthuri and Roja. In July 2024, Star Vijay^[5] announced the Tamil official remake of the show Hindi-language Suhani Si Ek Ladki.^[4]

Casting

Madhumitha and Dushita was cast in the female lead roles as Kanmani and Vennila.^[3] This making Madhumitha and Dushita first lead role in Tamil television. Navin Vetri was cast in the male lead role as Anbu after his role as Karthikeyan in Thamizhum Saraswathiyum serial.^[5] Meera Krishna, Shanthi Williams and Sanjay Asrani was selected to play Sivagami, Rajeshwari and Rajkumar.^[1]

Release

The first promo was released on 15 August 2024, featuring Madhumitha and Dushita happily soaking in the rain.^[6] The show started airing on Star Vijay on 16 September 2024^[1] from Monday to Saturday at 14:00 (IST), replacing Chellamma serial time slot.^[7]