Arasi
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The Tamil tele-serial "Arasi" (spelt "Arase" on the title card) is the sequel to "Selvi
", the previous offering from Radaan Mediaworks in the 9.30-10 PM timeslot. This teleserial continues the unfinished storylines from "Selvi", while introducing new characters and plots, mainly revolving around the titular character, Senthamizharase (played by Raadhika Sarathkumar
in a dual role, since she also reprises her role as Selvi from the prequel).It is a very popular serial in Tamil Nadu especially among the women and children and always has an average TRP of 2.5 and is the most liked serial for the millions of SUN TV viewers in India and also in foreign countries. This serial was dubbed in Telugu and was Broadcast in Gemini TV as "Jhansi".
) while the latter was comatose. Thamarai was understandably furious when she recovered from her coma to find that not only had Selvi married her husband, but also gave birth to his daughter, Kaavery.
Unfortunately, Thamarai failed to see what a ruthless and manipulative
her husband Jaydev, or GJ (played by Venu Arvind) really was, believing his lies instead of the truth Selvi kept trying to tell her. The former best friends became sworn enemies. GJ entered into a scheme producing duplicate medical drugs, leading to the death of more than a hundred people. Since the business was registered in Thamarai's name, she was arrested and only then came to realize the truth - how GJ had manipulated Selvi into marrying him for the sake of his and Thamarai's children. Upon overhearing GJ's plan to get rid of Thamarai and remarry the villainous Maya, Thamarai committed suicide in prison, but not before writing a letter to Selvi, in which she apologizes to Selvi and asks her to look after her children. At the start of "Arase", Selvi has more than a conquest for justice for her dead best friend on her plate. She is devastated to learn that Yogeswaran, who she believed to be her father, in fact adopted her, and her biological mother, Senthamizharase, is still alive. Senthamizharase, the exact image of Selvi, is however not keen on meeting her illegitimate daughter since she is now a respected police superintendent and married to a retired judge with two children of their own. GJ meanwhile wants Selvi to come over to his side in the investigation, especially when the people he was working for turn out to be members of a ruthless criminal organization. GJ will stop at nothing, even using his own daughter's affections to gain a path to Selvi.
Meanwhile, Arase will go to any lengths to keep the shame of her past secret from her loving family. But when her husband, Judge Karthigeyan (played by Sivachandran) is placed in charge of the inquiry commission, there is no way he will not miss meeting Selvi and discover the truth.
During the 50th episode, Arase's husband, Karthigeyan meets Selvi during investigations, although he doesn't reveal to Selvi that he is Arase's husband or to Arase that he has seen her daughter. He starts acting strangely and upon his return to Mumbai, presents Arase with a photo of Selvi as her birthday present. By this he conveys to Arase that he has met Selvi and knows her secret. A worried Arase summons her mother, Chandramadhi to Mumbai. Will Arase and Chandramadhi succeed in keeping Selvi's existence a secret from her family? It seems as though they will fail when Selvi is mistakenly kidnapped in lieu of Arase by Ganga[a rich prostitute who has political background is arrested in a brave way by Senthamizarasi] who has sworn revenge on Arase.Ganga tries to take revenge on Arase by making her brother to love Kalaiarasi[Daughter of Senthamizarasi].Meanwhile Senthamizarasi rescues Mahima[Selvi's Younger sister] and the entire family makes a move to Chennai.Arase tries to investigate Mahima in a rash manner which is not liked by Selvi.Yogeswaran who adopts Selvi goes to Karthigeyan and complains about Arase and Karthigeyan scolds her.But Arase is not convinced. Meanwhile Madhu[Selvi's younger sister] is fond of his lover Narayanan whose profession is to sell all women in redlight areas in Mumbai.Madhu thinks Narayanan is innocent.He is the one who sent Mahima to Mumbai.Madhu tells to Mahima that she is leaving for Mumbai but Mahima opposes this.She pleads her not to leave to Mumbai but Madhu does not listen to her.The next day Inspector Vasanthi calls Madhu on her cellphone and tells her to be alert.She catcheshold of Narayanan and in the investigation he reveals all shocking facts.Madhu is shocked to listen this and she apologizes to everyone.On the other hand GJ tries to take the advantage of Arase's daughter-in-law's weakness of stealing things whatever she finds. On The other hand Ganga sends a lady to kill Mahima in Chennai, because she does not want the witness for the case.That lady goes and acts as a sweeper there.On the day Mahima goes to Mumbai as the witness with Guru they go to see Arase first. When Mahima and Guru come out the lady brutally murders Mahima.The police present their try to catch her but in vain.Mahima dies.Selvi's adopted Mother abuses her saying that her biological mother has killed Mahima. Selvi revenges on Arase and goes to her house and tells this entire truth before everyone that Arase is Selvi's mother and everyone gets shocked...the rest of the story continues on.
The serial finally ends off with Kaaveri's wedding, as Selvi's father Vishwanathan gets shot by Arasi and everyone is living peacefully now.
Selvi
Selvi was a Tamil soap opera aired on India's Sun TV Network. It is produced by Radaan Mediaworks Limited, as the successor to its two previous hit serials, Chithi and Annamalai. Its 499 episodes run began on 24 January 2005 and came to an end on 29 December 2006...
", the previous offering from Radaan Mediaworks in the 9.30-10 PM timeslot. This teleserial continues the unfinished storylines from "Selvi", while introducing new characters and plots, mainly revolving around the titular character, Senthamizharase (played by Raadhika Sarathkumar
Raadhika Sarathkumar
Radhika Sarathkumar is a Tamil television and film actress, successful entrepreneur and producer. She is the founder of Radaan Mediaworks, which has produced the successful serials Chithi, Annamalai, Selvi, Arasi, and Idi Katha Kadu . She is currently acting in the serial Chellamay for Sun TV...
in a dual role, since she also reprises her role as Selvi from the prequel).It is a very popular serial in Tamil Nadu especially among the women and children and always has an average TRP of 2.5 and is the most liked serial for the millions of SUN TV viewers in India and also in foreign countries. This serial was dubbed in Telugu and was Broadcast in Gemini TV as "Jhansi".
Storyline
In "Selvi", an unforeseen turn of events forces the title character, Selvi, to marry the husband of her best friend Thamarai (played by SarithaSaritha
Saritha is a South Indian actress. She has acted in at least 141 feature films, and was cast in the television serial Selvi in 2005. Her mainstream career spanned from 1979 to 1989, when she took a break to marry Indian actor and producer Mukesh and raise their two sons...
) while the latter was comatose. Thamarai was understandably furious when she recovered from her coma to find that not only had Selvi married her husband, but also gave birth to his daughter, Kaavery.
Unfortunately, Thamarai failed to see what a ruthless and manipulative
Psychological manipulation
Psychological manipulation is a type of social influence that aims to change the perception or behavior of others through underhanded, deceptive, or even abusive tactics. By advancing the interests of the manipulator, often at the other's expense, such methods could be considered exploitative,...
her husband Jaydev, or GJ (played by Venu Arvind) really was, believing his lies instead of the truth Selvi kept trying to tell her. The former best friends became sworn enemies. GJ entered into a scheme producing duplicate medical drugs, leading to the death of more than a hundred people. Since the business was registered in Thamarai's name, she was arrested and only then came to realize the truth - how GJ had manipulated Selvi into marrying him for the sake of his and Thamarai's children. Upon overhearing GJ's plan to get rid of Thamarai and remarry the villainous Maya, Thamarai committed suicide in prison, but not before writing a letter to Selvi, in which she apologizes to Selvi and asks her to look after her children. At the start of "Arase", Selvi has more than a conquest for justice for her dead best friend on her plate. She is devastated to learn that Yogeswaran, who she believed to be her father, in fact adopted her, and her biological mother, Senthamizharase, is still alive. Senthamizharase, the exact image of Selvi, is however not keen on meeting her illegitimate daughter since she is now a respected police superintendent and married to a retired judge with two children of their own. GJ meanwhile wants Selvi to come over to his side in the investigation, especially when the people he was working for turn out to be members of a ruthless criminal organization. GJ will stop at nothing, even using his own daughter's affections to gain a path to Selvi.
Meanwhile, Arase will go to any lengths to keep the shame of her past secret from her loving family. But when her husband, Judge Karthigeyan (played by Sivachandran) is placed in charge of the inquiry commission, there is no way he will not miss meeting Selvi and discover the truth.
During the 50th episode, Arase's husband, Karthigeyan meets Selvi during investigations, although he doesn't reveal to Selvi that he is Arase's husband or to Arase that he has seen her daughter. He starts acting strangely and upon his return to Mumbai, presents Arase with a photo of Selvi as her birthday present. By this he conveys to Arase that he has met Selvi and knows her secret. A worried Arase summons her mother, Chandramadhi to Mumbai. Will Arase and Chandramadhi succeed in keeping Selvi's existence a secret from her family? It seems as though they will fail when Selvi is mistakenly kidnapped in lieu of Arase by Ganga[a rich prostitute who has political background is arrested in a brave way by Senthamizarasi] who has sworn revenge on Arase.Ganga tries to take revenge on Arase by making her brother to love Kalaiarasi[Daughter of Senthamizarasi].Meanwhile Senthamizarasi rescues Mahima[Selvi's Younger sister] and the entire family makes a move to Chennai.Arase tries to investigate Mahima in a rash manner which is not liked by Selvi.Yogeswaran who adopts Selvi goes to Karthigeyan and complains about Arase and Karthigeyan scolds her.But Arase is not convinced. Meanwhile Madhu[Selvi's younger sister] is fond of his lover Narayanan whose profession is to sell all women in redlight areas in Mumbai.Madhu thinks Narayanan is innocent.He is the one who sent Mahima to Mumbai.Madhu tells to Mahima that she is leaving for Mumbai but Mahima opposes this.She pleads her not to leave to Mumbai but Madhu does not listen to her.The next day Inspector Vasanthi calls Madhu on her cellphone and tells her to be alert.She catcheshold of Narayanan and in the investigation he reveals all shocking facts.Madhu is shocked to listen this and she apologizes to everyone.On the other hand GJ tries to take the advantage of Arase's daughter-in-law's weakness of stealing things whatever she finds. On The other hand Ganga sends a lady to kill Mahima in Chennai, because she does not want the witness for the case.That lady goes and acts as a sweeper there.On the day Mahima goes to Mumbai as the witness with Guru they go to see Arase first. When Mahima and Guru come out the lady brutally murders Mahima.The police present their try to catch her but in vain.Mahima dies.Selvi's adopted Mother abuses her saying that her biological mother has killed Mahima. Selvi revenges on Arase and goes to her house and tells this entire truth before everyone that Arase is Selvi's mother and everyone gets shocked...the rest of the story continues on.
The serial finally ends off with Kaaveri's wedding, as Selvi's father Vishwanathan gets shot by Arasi and everyone is living peacefully now.
Cast
- Raadhika SarathkumarRaadhika SarathkumarRadhika Sarathkumar is a Tamil television and film actress, successful entrepreneur and producer. She is the founder of Radaan Mediaworks, which has produced the successful serials Chithi, Annamalai, Selvi, Arasi, and Idi Katha Kadu . She is currently acting in the serial Chellamay for Sun TV...
as Arasi / Selvi - Sivachandran as Karthigeyan
- Venu ArvindVenu ArvindVenu Arvind is a Tamil television and film actor. He is known for his roles in K. Balachander's television serials and as the leading antagonist Ranga in the television soap Alaigal. He debuted as a director with the film Sabash Sariyaana Potti....
as G. J. - LathaLathaLatha is a top Indian actress, who played leading roles in south Indian films during the 1970s and early 1980s. She is also known for her roles in various megaserials in Tamil and Telugu language and continues to be popular in the industry.-Early life:Latha is originally from Tamil Nadu. She was...
as Thangam - Ravikumar as Yogeshwaran
- M.S. Baskar as Andavarlingam
- Ajay Rathnam as Vishwanathan
- Subramaniam as Nallathambi
- Anuradha Krishnamoorthy as Sarojini Vishwanathan
- Malavika AvinashMalavika AvinashMalavika Avinash is an Indian film actress and television host noted for her wide repertoire of work in Kannada and Tamil. She is currently hosting Baduku Jataka Bandi, a television show that airs on Zee Kannada.- Personal life :...
/ Sudha ChandranSudha ChandranSudha Chandran is an accomplished Bharatanatyam dancer, Indian film and television actress, who turned to acting following the loss of a leg in an accident in May 1981 near Trichy, Tamil Nadu.-Early life and education:...
as Madurai Thilakavathy - John Ranjith as Udayachandran
- SanthoshiSanthoshiSanthoshi is an Indian film and television actress. She is probably best known for her performances in the films Bala, Jai and Honeymoon Express and most prominently for her performance in the mainsteam TV series Arasi....
as Kalaiarasi - Archana/Sri Kala as Selvarani
- Shyam as Kannan
- 'Lollu Sabha' Jeeva as Jegan
- Vasu Vikram as Sathya
- Kaveri as Ranjini
- Uday Nair as Kanna
- ShilpaShilpaShilpa is the Sanskrit for "decoration, ornament, work of art". It may refer to:*the Shilpa Shastras, traditional texts on iconography*a feminine given name**Shilpa Anand...
as Yamini - LavanyaLavanyaLavanya is an Indian television series that premiered on March 28, 2004 on Zee TV, every Sunday - Wednesday at 8:30pm IST. The story is about a confused young girl who cannot decide about her friends and foes.-Plot:...
as Yamunarani - DivyadarshiniDivyadarshiniDivyadharshini is an Indian television presenter, anchor actress, dubbing artiste and TV anchor from Tamil Nadu. She has also appeared in a few Tamil films....
as Madhu - Shanthi Williams as Chandramathi (Arasi's Mother)
- Niveda Thomas
Sun Kudumbam Awards
| Result | Award | Winner/Nominee Recipient(s) | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best Overall Performance Sun Kudumbam Best Overall Performance Award The Sun Kudumbam Best Overall Performance Award is given by Sun Network as part of its annual Sun Kudumbam Awards for artistes in television serials aired on Sun TV.... |
Raadhika Sarathkumar Raadhika Sarathkumar Radhika Sarathkumar is a Tamil television and film actress, successful entrepreneur and producer. She is the founder of Radaan Mediaworks, which has produced the successful serials Chithi, Annamalai, Selvi, Arasi, and Idi Katha Kadu . She is currently acting in the serial Chellamay for Sun TV... |
Selvi/Arasi | |
| Best Supporting Actor Sun Kudumbam Best Supporting Actor Award The Sun Kudumbam Best Supporting Actor Award is given by Sun Network as part of its annual Sun Kudumbam Awards for supporting actors in television serials aired on Sun TV.... |
Prithvi Raj | Ganga | |
| Best Supporting Actress Sun Kudumbam Best Supporting Actress Award The Sun Kudumbam Best Supporting Actress Award is given by Sun Network as part of its annual Sun Kudumbam Awards for the best supporting actress in television serials aired on Sun TV.... |
Latha Sethupathi | Thangam | |
| Special Jury Award | Raadhika Sarathkumar Raadhika Sarathkumar Radhika Sarathkumar is a Tamil television and film actress, successful entrepreneur and producer. She is the founder of Radaan Mediaworks, which has produced the successful serials Chithi, Annamalai, Selvi, Arasi, and Idi Katha Kadu . She is currently acting in the serial Chellamay for Sun TV... |
Selvi/Arasi | |
| Lifetime Achievement Award | Raadhika Sarathkumar Raadhika Sarathkumar Radhika Sarathkumar is a Tamil television and film actress, successful entrepreneur and producer. She is the founder of Radaan Mediaworks, which has produced the successful serials Chithi, Annamalai, Selvi, Arasi, and Idi Katha Kadu . She is currently acting in the serial Chellamay for Sun TV... |
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| Best Cinematographer Sun Kudumbam Best Cinematographer Award The Sun Kudumbam Best Cinematographer Award is given by Sun Network as part of its annual Sun Kudumbam Awards for the best cinematographer in television serials aired on Sun TV.... |
Senthamizhselvan | ||
| Best Music Director Sun Kudumbam Best Music Director Award The Sun Kudumbam Best Music Director Award is given by Sun Network as part of its annual Sun Kudumbam Awards for best music direction in television serials aired on Sun TV.... |
Kiran | ||
| Best Editor Sun Kudumbam Best Editor Award The Sun Kudumbam Best Editor Award is given by Sun Network as part of its annual Sun Kudumbam Awards for best editing in television serials aired on Sun TV.... |
S.Nagaraj |
See also
- Sun TVSun TV (India)Sun TV is a regional Indian cable television station. It is the flagship channel of the Chennai-based Sun Network. It was founded and currently owned by Kalanidhi Maran. It was the first fully privately owned television channel in India when it emerged in 1992...
- List of serials aired on Sun TV