Kasthuri (TV series)

Kasthuri
Genre	Soap opera
Based on	Gopurangal Saivathillai by Manivannan
Directed by	K. Rajiv Prashad (1-506) K.Shiva (507-785) V.Sadasivam (786-1000) R.Nandhakumar (1000-1237) S.R.Elavarasan (1238-1449) Thava karthick (1450-1532)
Creative directors	Prashanth V. Jadhav (Ep# 1-506) Subbha Venkat S.Ashok Kumar Kamela Nasser Chandramohan Nag
Starring	Easwari Rao Niya Jai Krishna Latha Sabapathi Delhi Ganesh Shyam Neelima Rani Deepa Venkat Vadivukkarasi
Theme music composer	S. Vijayashankar
Opening theme	"Kasthuri Pennoda"" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (Vocal) Kabilan (Lyrics)
Country of origin	India
Original language	Tamil
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	1,532
Production
Producers	Ekta Kapoor Shobha Kapoor
Production locations	Salem, Tamil Nadu Chennai Singapore
Running time	approx. 24-28 minutes per episode
Production company	Balaji Telefilms
Original release
Network	Sun TV
Release	21 August 2006 (2006-08-21) – 31 August 2012 (2012-08-31)

Kasthuri is an Indian Tamil-language soap opera that aired on Sun TV from 21 August 2006 and later a show named 'Madhavi' replaced this serial on 19 April 2010. It shifted at 11.30AM. This serial was replaced by Kanmaneeya and again shifted on 13 December 2011, telecasted for 1532 episodes. The show starred Easwari Rao, Niya, Latha Sabapathi, Delhi Ganesh, Shyam, Neelima Rani, Aparna and Nithish among others. It was produced by Balaji Telefilms Ekta Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor, and had various directors. It also aired in Sri Lanka on the Tamil channel on Shakthi TV.

Plot

The story of a village girl who marries a groom from the city. Ram is the groom and wants a modern and educated wife. While he and his parents come to this village to see Kasturi, unknowingly he sees another girl who is fairer near the well of the house. Thinking that she is Kasthuri (Easwari Rao), Ram says OK for the marriage, and they arrange the marriage. On the date of marriage, Ram is shocked to see the real Kasturi very dark in color and not educated or looks modern. However, there is no choice for him other than to marry Kasthuri (Easwari Rao), so he marries her. Later he brings Kasturi to his residence in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

Ram later identifies the girl he had seen in the village, gets in touch with her, and hides the truth that he is married to Kasturi and marries that girl. There is a friend of Ram who is very polite and responsible. He helps Kasturi and her father to reunite with Ram again. The entire serial showcases how Kasthuri (Easwari Rao) solves all the problems when she is alone without Ram.

Cast

Main

• Easwari Rao/ Niya /Easwari Rao as Kasthuri
• Jayakrishnan as Ram
• Supraja / Kavitha Solairajan as Rekha

Supporting

• Sujatha Panju
• Mahalakshmi as Devi
• Sathya
• Ashok
• Sureshwar as Thirumoorthy 'Thiru'
• A. Sakunthala
• Saakshi Siva
• Niya as Simi
• Latha as Radha
• Delhi Ganesh as Ganesh
• Vadivukkarasi
• Nizhalgal Rajasekhar
• Sivan Sreenivasan as Somasundharam
• Lakshmi Priya as Rajeshwari
• Rajyalakshmi as Bhagyammal
• Siva Kavitha
• Amarasigamani
• Swapana
• Shyam
• Swetha
• Vineetha
• Vaman Malini
• Kalpana Sree
• Sneha Nambiar as Jaya
• Hasina
• Maaran
• Aartika Sree
• Vishnu Priya
• Swetha
• Lakshmi as Sudha
• Mohan
• Murali Kumar
• Sundhari
• Usha priya
• Imman Annachi
• Tinky
• Akila
• Karna
• Bharath Kalyan
• Srilekha Rajendran
• Uma Padmanabhan
• Neelima Rani as Dhanam
• Kaajal Pasupathi
• Apser as Thiru
• Aparna as Kalayani
• Vijiketi
• Shridhar
• SuperGood Kannan
• Snekha Eshwar as Madhavi Thiru
• Jyothi
• Oorvambu Lakshmi
• Sindhu Krishnan
• Vijayalakshmi
• Deepa Venkat (1-133)
• Birla Bose
• J. Lalitha
• B. Lenin
• Nithish
• Siva
• Premi
• Y.V.Subramanyam
• Kaveri
• Renuka
• Vizhthukal Sandhanam
• Shabanam
• Joker Thulasi
• VR Thilagam
• Dev Anand
• Gayathri
• Bhavana
• Bhuvaneshwari
• Anand Babu
• Syamantha Kiran as Angayarkanni

Broadcast

The series was broadcast in Sri Lanka on the Tamil Channel Shakthi TV.

External links

• Official Website (in English)
• Sun TV on YouTube
• Sun TV Network (in English)
• Sun Group (in English)
• Kasthuri Serial Hub Wiki (in English)