Mahakavi Bharathi

Mahakavi Bharathi is a 2024 Indian Tamil-language historical documentary television series directed by Latha Krishna.^[1] The series explores the life of Tamil poet, freedom fighter, and social reformer Subramania Bharati.^[1][2]

Mahakavi Bharathi
Genre	Historical documentary drama
Screenplay by	Latha Krishna
Directed by	Latha Krishna
Creative director	Krishna
Starring	Naveen Kumar Isaikavi Ramanan Deepika Dharma
Country of origin	India
Original language	Tamil
No. of seasons	1
Production
Producer	Mohana
Cinematography	Kevin Darwin
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Production company	Krishnaswamy Associates
Original release
Network	DD Tamizh
Release	21 January 2024 (2024-01-21) – present

The show stars Naveen Kumar, Isaikavi Ramanan, Deepika and Dharma in lead roles. It airs on DD Tamizh from 21 January 2024 on every Sunday at 21:30.^[3]

Premise

The series delves into the life of Tamil writer, poet, journalist, Indian independence activist, social reformer and polyglot Subramania Bharati and his wife Chellamma.^[4]

Cast

Main

• Isaikavi Ramanan as Subramania Bharati
  • Naveen Kumar as young C. Subramaniyan
• Dharma as Chellamma
  • Deepika as young Chellamma

Recurring

• Y. G. Mahendran as Kuvalai Kannan
• Kathadi Ramamurthy as Swaminatha Deekshitar
• Logesh Natrajan as Sri Aurobindo
• Elango Kumanan as V. V. S. Aiyar
• Muthukumaran as V. O. Chidambaram Pillai
• Suppini as Kullachamy
• Krithika Shurajit as Yedugiri

Production

Development

The series is produced by Mohana under the Krishnaswamy Associates. Latha Krishna, who has helmed the docudrama and also penned the screenplay, said "it was a fascinating experience to direct the serial and was challenging to depict the period visually". The series is executive producer and creative head S. Krishnaswamy, cinematographer by Kevin Darwin.^[5] The series was planning 26 episodes.

The serial features nearly 36 songs, including those sung by T.S. Ranganathan, Magizhan, Shruthi Shankar Kumar, Arjun Sai, and Darshita and the song sequencing has been done by D. Ravishankar.^[5] And also the great-grandson of Bharati has composed and sung a few songs, including the title song.^[5]