Vani Rani (TV series)

Vaani Rani
File:Vani Rani (TV series) title-card.jpg Title screen of Vani Rani
Genre	Drama
Created by	Radhika Sarathkumar
Written by	Radaan Mediaworks (Story) S. Kumaresan (Screenplay) Pa. Raghavan (Dialogues)
Directed by	O. N. Rathnam (Episode 1-407, 891 through present) V.C Ravi ( Episode 408-440) A.Ramachandran ( Episode 441-890 )
Creative director(s)	Raadhika Sarathkumar
Starring	Raadhika Sarathkumar Venu Arvind Babloo Prithiveeraj Ravikumar Shanthi Williams Neelima Rani Vicky Arun Navya Swamy
Theme music composer	C. Sathya (Title Song) Hari (Background Score)
Opening theme	"Oru Paravai" (Vocals) Sakthisree Gopalan Dharshini Kaushik Menon Pa. Vijay (Lyrics)
Country of origin	India
Original language(s)	Tamil
Production
Executive producer(s)	Suku Kuchappan
Producer(s)	Raadhika Sarathkumar
Production location(s)	Chennai
Cinematography	Meenatchippatti. P. Kasinathan Rajesh Alwin
Editor(s)	B. Ramesh Lal
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	approx. 20-23 minutes
Production company(s)	Radaan Mediaworks
Distributor	Alaggapas company
Release
Original network	Sun TV
Picture format	576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
Original release	21 January 2013
Chronology
Preceded by	Chellamay
External links
[www.radaan.tv Production website]

Vani Rani is a Tamil soap opara that airs on Sun TV. It is currently directed by O.N. Rathnam and produced by Radaan Mediaworks. It premiered on 21 January 2013 and runs from Monday through Saturday evenings. In popular culture, the series is considered by many to be the inspiration for Dhanush starrer Thangamagan.The serial has received high ratings, and TRP, and is known as the best Sun TV serial amongst viewers around the world.

Plot summary

Twin sisters Vani and Rani (Raadhika Sarathkumar), after the loss of their parents are brought up by their paternal uncle, Manikkam (Ravikumar). Vani aspires to become a lawyer, therefore Rani sacrifices her education so that Manikkam will make Vani a lawyer. Over the years, Vani passes out as a successful Lawyer and gets married to Bhoominathan (Venu Arvind), a granite businessman, while Rani gets married to Bhoominathan's stepbrother, Swaminathan (Babloo Prithviraj). Meanwhile, Manikkam's Son, Manohar (Sivaji Manohar) falls in love with Bhoominathan's sister, Jyothi (Roopa Shree) and elopes with her, where Rani gets them married, which results in several problems, resulting in Vani and Rani earning the wrath of both their uncle and their mother-in-law, Angayarkanni (Shanthi Williams), while Vani refuses to speak with Rani thereafter.

Over the years, Vani and Bhoominathan turn out to be very successful, while Rani and Swaminathan are not too successful, since all of Swaminathan's business turn out to be failures. However they all live together in the same house. Vani has two sons, Surya Narayanan (Arun Kumar Rajan), an unemployed and childlike lawyer and Gautham (Vicky), the college bad boy and troublemaker, while Rani has three children, Saravanan (Maanas Chavali), Selvi (Nikhila Rao) and Thenmozhi (Neha). Problems continue to erupt in the house due to Bhoominathan's ego against his stepbrother, while the entrance of Anagayarkanni, who is jealous of Vani and Rani's close relationship despite Vani's refusal to ever directly address Rani, further worsens the problems, by conspiring against them and trying to separate them. Meanwhile, Selvi falls in love and under dire circumstances marries Rajesh (Guhan Shanmugam) with only Vani as a chance witness, causing a rift in the family, and their eventual separation, resulting in Vani and Rani too getting separated. However, Bhoominathan later realises his faults, turns over a new leaf and sends his mother away and tries to get the family together. They get together but live in separate houses. However, problems continue to haunt them in the form of a vengeful Angayarkanni and Jyothi, Devi, Bhoominathan's ex-business-partner's daughter who seeks revenge upon him for cheating her father decades ago, and later from Kadhir, a local don while Jyothi's daughter Poonkodi is involved in a love triangle between Karthi (Rajkumar) and Saravanan. Selvi also faces numerous problems through her father in law, Kaali (Baboos), Alamelu and Shenbagam (Sumangali and Shreedevi), Shiva (Jai Ram) and Geetha, and later on through Kaali's daughter, Malathy (Minnal Deepa). Also Surya marries Dimple (Neelima Rani), while Gautham marries Pooja (Navya), who are each hellbent on fighting against each other, also dragging their husbands into the war between them. Pooja and Gowtham go to Kodaikanal and face another big problem while Dimple controls the office along with her uncle. Surya is unable to handle Dimple and Angayarkanni.

Cast

• Raadhika Sarathkumar as Vani and Rani (Dual Role)
• Venu Arvind as Bhoominathan
• Babloo Prithiveeraj as Swaminathan
• Shanthi Williams as Angayarkanni
• Vignesh Kumaras Gautham Bhoominathan
• Arun Kumar Rajan as Suriya Narayanan Bhoominathan (Suriya)
• Neelima Rani as Priyanka (Dimple) Surya Narayanan
• Maanas Chavali as Saravanan Swaminathan
• Navya Swamy as Pooja Gowtham
• Guhan Shanmugam as Rajesh Kaaliappan
• Nikhila Rao as Selvi Rajesh
• Ravikumar as Maanickam
• Baboos as Kaaliappan
• Sangeetha Balan as Sundari Kaaliappan
• Vasu Vikram as Moorthy
• Andrew Jesudoss as Kadhir
• Raj Mithran as Balasubramaniam
• Veena Venkatesh as Mekala Balasubramaniam
• Rajkumar Manoharan as Karthikeyan Balasubramaniam
• Mahalakshmi as Poongodi Karthikeyan
• Neha as Thenmozhi Swaminathan
• Murali Krish as Aarumugam
• Saathappan Nandakumar as Mahalingam
• Sivaji Manohar as Manohar Maanickam
• Roopa Shree as Jyothi Manohar
• Reshma Pasupuleti as Devi
• Sri Lekha as Alamelu Ponnambalam
• Rajendran as Ponnambalam
• Jai Ram as Shiva
• Jyothi / "Minnal" Deepa as Malathi Aarumugam
• Sreedevi as Shenbagam
• Joker Thulasi as Point
• Sivakumar as Mahalingam
• Sumangali as Alamelu
• Nithya as Savithri
• Azhagu as Savithri's Husband / House Owner
• Sasikala Shree as Pushpa Kadhir
• Mohan as Karuppusamy
• Sudha as Sudha Karuppusamy
• Vimal Raj as Kaththi Sekar
• Deepa as Muthupechi
• Krithika as Agalya
• Mohan Sharma as Viswanathan
• Nivedhitha Pankaj as Anjali
• Abishek as Mugundhan
• Nakshathra Nagesh as Rudhra and Chindhamani
• Gethanjali as Azhagumayil
• Nagalakshmi as Parvatham

References

• Raadan Media