Genre Soap opera Screenplay by Devibala | Created by Raadhika Sarathkumar Story by Radaan Mediaworks | |
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Written by Raadhika Sarathkumar Dialogues by
Prasana Directed by M.K.Arunthavaraja
Kuruvidurai
K.J.Thangapandiyan
A.Ramachandran
Hafees
S.Anand Babu | ||
Thamarai (English: Lotus) is a Tamil soap opara that airs on Sun TV. The show premiered on 3 November 2014 and it airs Monday through Saturday at 1:30PM IST.This show replaced super hit serial Illavarasi.The show starred Neelima Rani, Nirosha, Ashwin, Salitha, L.Raja, Varadharjan, Feroz Khan and among others.This show reunited Ashwin and Neelima Rani one year back on Chellamay(2009-13).
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This show has been directed by M.K.Arunthavaraja, Kuruvidurai K.J.Thangapandiyan,A.Ramachandran,Hafees and it is now currently directed by S.Anand Babu and produced by Radaan Mediaworks.This show has already crossed 600+ episodes on November 2016 and is now going to touch 700 episodes in March 2017.
Plot summary
The story of a Thamarai (Lotus) is the story of a Sneha (Neelima Rani), a middle income working girl. Sneha lives with her aunty Raji (Nirosha). She and her aunty are very close. One day Raji reveals to Sneha that a prisoner(Karunakaran) is her elder brother & Sneha's father. Sneha doesn't accept him as her father as he has done a crime of killing Sneha's mother. Sneha will fall in love with Dwarkesh (Ashwin) and marry him. Sneha's mother is Dwarkesh's father sister. Dwarkesh's father hates karunakaran as he was the one who killed his sister. Raghavan is initially unaware that Sneha is his sister's daughter and he opposes her relationship with his son, Dwarakesh as Sneha works in the same company as his older son, Rajiv(a company owned his son's father in law). Raghavan is still furious at his older son, Rajiv for eloping with his rich girlfriend Uma, and marrying her. Hence, he wants nothing to do with Rajiv. Eventually one day, Sneha and Dwarkesh made a secret register marriage without both families knowing. Dwarkesh's evil sister in law, Uma (Rajiv's wife) will let everyone know the secret that Dwarkesh had a secert marriage with Sneha. Dwarkesh family would be furious with him. Uma doesn't like her in laws and tries to destroy them by creating conflicts between them. She had tactfully gotten a place at her in laws house in order to destroy them. When Raghavan finds out that Sneha is sister's daughter, he accepts her as his daughter in law, but wants nothing to do with her father. Sneha is also furious when she finds out about her real father and despises him for killing her mother. Dwarakesh and Sneha get married ceremonially with Raghavan's blessing (they were only married legally). It is later revealed that it was Muthulakshmi (Shilpa) and not Karunakaran whom killed Sneha's mom,Kasthuri.Later throughout the story,Kushi (Baby Dharshini) isn't accepting her mother,Uma for her bad side but Uma turned good later.Kushi will only accept her mother if Sneha accepts her father Karunakaran.Sneha then later accepts her father and Kushi accepting her mother after she stopped talking.Now,Karunakaran is in serious condition and Sneha was willing to donate her kidney to her father.It later turns out that Sneha was ready for the operation but faints and becomes pregnant.The story then continues as Sneha wants to abort the baby for her father in serious condition.
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Recurring cast
International broadcast
The Series was released on 3 November 2014 on Sun TV, the series also airs on Sun TV HD. The Show was also broadcast internationally on Channel's international distribution. It airs in Sri Lanka, South East Asia, Middle East, United States, Canada, Europe, Oceania, South Africa and Sub Saharan Africa on Sun TV. The show's episodes were released on YouTube channel Radaan TV.