Andal Azhagar

Andal Azhagar ஆண்டாள் அழகர்
Logo of Andal Azhagar
Also known as	Man Manam Maratha Oru Nedumthodar மண் மணம் மாறத ஒரு நெடும்தொடர்
Genre	Tamil soap opera Romance Family Drama
Written by	Francis Kathiravan
Directed by	Francis Kathiravan
Starring	Rishikesh Kalyani Stalin Ramya
Music by	Ilaiyavan
Country of origin	Tamil Nadu
Original language(s)	Tamil
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	416
Production
Producer(s)	K. J. Ganesh
Production location(s)	Madurai
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	approx. 20-22 minutes per episode
Release
Original network	STAR Vijay
Original release	8 September 2014 (2014-09-08) – 6 May 2016 (2016-05-06)
Chronology
Preceded by	Thayumanavan 7:30PM IST Kalathu Veedu 6:30PM IST
Followed by	Pagal Nilavu 6:30PM IST
External links
Website

Andal Azhagar is an Tamil soap opera that aired Monday through Friday on STAR Vijay from 8 September 2014 to 8 April 2016 at 7:30PM IST and 11 April 2016 to 6 May 2016 6:30PM IST for 416 episodes.

The show starred Rishikesh, Poornitha, Stalin and Ramya among others. The show is written and directed by Francis Kathiravan. The show completed its 300th episode on 19 November 2015. It reunited Stalin and Ramya, who previously starred together in Saravanan Meenatchi (2011-2014).

Andal Azhagar Season 2 began airs 9 May 2016 and as Pagal Nilavu and different story and new cast.

Plot

This story centers around two warring families. The problem started when Vadivu (Azaghar’s mom), who is the Collector’s sister, ran away with Murugesan (a poor person) and married him. Their parents supposedly died due to grief, and now there’s a cold war happening between both families. The present day follows Azhagar and Aandal (the Collector’s youngest) as they fall in love. We also see that despite family problems, Azhagar and Sakthi (Andal’s older brother) are the best of friends. Sakthi has these hidden feelings for Revathi (Azhagar’s elder sister).

Azhagar falls for andal on first sight and tries to impress her. Then andal too falls for azhagar. Vadivu comes to know this and advises andal to break up their relationship. Later Sakthi comes to know about azhagar and andal relationship and decides to kill azhagar. As andal and azhagar promises to break up, Sakthi forgives them.

Marriage arrangements are carried on for andal. Meanwhile, Revathi is engaged to her friend Dinesh and sakthi is engaged to another girl. Azhagar tries to alert andal that her bride groom is not a good guy. Andal refuses to believe it. Later on the day of marriage andal realizes his true character and asks Sakthi to stop the marriage. Sakthi doesn't believe andal. So andal asks for azhagar's help and they both elope and get married.Furious Sakthi kidnaps revathi and marries her. Revathi decides to live with Sakthi to punish him.

Andal is being tortured by vadivu and annam (azhagar's sister in law). Andal somehow wins over murugesan's heart and goes for work. She strives hard to make azhagar a lawyer. Sakthi starts to impress Revathi. Meanwhile, annam and vadivu make plans to separate andal and azhagar. They bring mayil (Annam's sister) to their home to get her married to azhagar and separate andal and azhagar forever. Arusamy (azhagar's brother) and sakthi stands for MLA election. Revathi works for sakthi's victory.

Azhagar becomes a lawyer. Mayil conceives arusamy's baby. Arusamy requests azhagar to accept the blame till completion of election. Azhagar accepts and trouble brews between andal and azhagar. Sakthi wins the election. Arusamy reveals the truth. Meanwhile, azhagar is arrested because of andal and is ill treated in jail. Andal requests azhagar to forgive. Azhagar refuses and tortures her and they go for divorce.Sakthi gets friendship of Malar ( his political party leader's sister). Azhagar gets friendship of Divya, a lawyer (his senior lawyer's relation).

Murugesan builds a hospital for andal. Revathi becomes a collector and confesses her love for Sakthi. Murugesan asks revathi to come back to their home and revathi leaves as per Chidambaram's instruction. Chidambaram is ready to forgive Murugesan for the sake of Revathi. She confesses her love for Sakthi to murugesan and he accepts their love and is ready to forgive Chidambaram. Meanwhile, vadivu decides to marry divya to azhagar and meanwhile azhagar misses andal.

Arusamy makes a fake news of relationship between Malar and Sakthi and furious Sakthi tries to stab Arusamy. But by mistake he stabs Murugesan who goes to critical condition. Chidambaram, andal, revathi are angry on Sakthi for his action. They refuse to forgive him. Malar supports him. Murugesan is saved. Revathi decides to punish Sakthi for his act and sends Andal out of the home.

Malar loves Sakthi and decides to save him at any cause. Revathi conceives Sakthi's baby and decides to grow up the child to stand against him. Chidambaram accepts andal and takes her to home. Azhagar realizes his love for andal. Andal is enquired about Sakthi in the court for murugesan's case. Despite everyone's advice andal says the truth and becomes witness against her brother Sakthi. She pleads for Sakthi's forgiveness. He refuses and disowns andal. Malar files her witness that she and Sakthi has affair and Sakthi was with her that night. Sakthi is released from the case. He leaves his house after blaming Chidambaram and andal.

Azhagar confesses his love to Andal and they both reunite. Revathi arranges for Azhagar and Divya's engagement without Azhagar's knowledge. Andal gets upset on knowing this and snubs at Azhgar and he tries to convince Andal. Malar carries on marriage arrangement for her and shakthi saying him that its just fake arrangements to bring out Revathi's love for Shakthi. (But her actual intention is to marry him by a trick)

Azhagar, Murugesan, Andal, Divya, Andal's brother and sister-in-law attends Thenu(Andal's friend) and Kathi(Azhagar's friend) wedding. Azhagar somehow manages to convince divya and Andal. Azhagar and Andal reunite. Azhagar takes Andal to his home. As Revathi refuses to accept them, the both leave to Chidambaram's house where they are accepted.

Bond develops between Chidambaram and Azhagar. Revathi misses Shakthi but doesn't confess the same. Shakthi tries to convince Revathi. Everyone advises Shakthi not to marry Malar. Revathi confides her feelings for Shakthi to Murugesan and decides to reunite with him as per Murugesan's advice. Andal and azhagar decides to stop the marriage for which Chidambaram supports. Meanwhile, Shakthi reveals that the marriage arrangements was fake to Malar's brother. Malar's brother gets heart attack and is admitted in hospital. Hospitalized brother requests Shakthi to marry Malar as his last wish. Revathi, Andal and Azhagar rushes to the hospital. Shakthi marries Malar before they three arrive. Revathi is broken. Shakthi realizes that he has been cheated by Malar.

Revathi blames Azhagar for her fate and calls him a betrayer. Also, there has been conflicts happening in Murugesan House between Revathi and her sister-in-law, Annam(Aarusamy's wife). Believing that she is the cause for all the problems in her house, Revathi leaves the house overnight, without telling anyone where she is and not having contact with any of her family members. Similarly, believing that he is the cause for his sister's life to get ruined, Azhagar goes out of town to clear his mind, leaving Andal with her parents.

Shakthi stops talking to Malar and comes home drunk every night due to what she did to him. On one such day, a drunk Shakthi gets close to Malar, believing she is Revathi, and Malar also uses this to her advantage,and they both have get into physical relationship, causing Malar to get pregnant. Around the same time, Andal is also found to be pregnant. Months pass, and Shakthi still doesn't talk to Malar. Andal is found to be pregnant with twins, and so she is pampered by her family and her father-in-law. Revathi is living an independent, yet hard life alone, and she is shown to be living in her friend's house. Later, Revathi goes into labour, and she gives birth to a boy. Andal is given a baby shower, and even though everyone conducts this ceremony happily, Chidambaram is mad that Azhagar has still not come to see his wife. After a few weeks, Andal goes into labour and she gives birth to twins girls. Annam, who was also pregnant(she was sterile for many years, but on Andal's advice, she went through an operation, and she later got pregnant too) later gave birth to a boy. While everyone is happy, Shakthi is still not talking to Malar and is worrying about Revathi and her child. Shakthi's friend Poosari advises him to forgive Malar as she is now pregnant with his child.

Cast

Main cast

• Kalyani as Aandal
• Rishikesh as Azhagar
• Stalin as Sakthi
• Ramya as Revathy

Additional cast

• K. Natraj as Chidhambaram
• Shanthi Williams as Vadivu
• Jacqueline as Thenmozhi (Thenu)
• Suzane George/Reshma Pasupuleti as Malarvizhi
• Anu as Divya
• Raju as Kathiresan (Kaththi)
• Gemini Mani as Poosari
• Sudha as Mangai
• Chandran
• Preethi as Mayil
• Karthik Sasidharan as Vinod

Airing history

The show started airing on STAR Vijay on 8 September 2014 and It aired on Monday through Friday 7:30PM IST. Later its timing changed Starting from Monday 11 April 2016, the show was shifted to 6:30PM IST time Slot.

Aired	Time
8 September 2014 (2014-09-08) - 8 April 2016 (2016-04-08)	7:30PM IST
11 April 2016 (2016-04-11) - 6 May 2016 (2016-05-06)	6:30PM IST

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Awards and nominations

In 2015, at its Vijay Television Awards , the channel gave its program the Best supporting actor male award to Stalin and the Best Family award was given to the Aandal Azhagar team. Kalyani also received the Performer Special Award for her work.Apart from these, Kalyani was also nominated for Best Heroine award.Ramya also nominated for Best supporting actor Female

External links

• official website
• Andal Azhagar Facebook