Balaganapathy
Balaganapathy is a popular Malayalam soap opera that launched on Asianet. The first episode aired on 31 March 2014. It is relaunched in Asianet Plus from late 2016.
| Balaganapathy | |
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| Genre | Drama Fantasy Mythology |
| Directed by | Harison |
| Music by | S.P. Venkatesh |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Malayalam |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 307 |
| Production | |
| Producer | G S SUDHEER |
| Production location | Kerala |
| Running time | approx. 20-22 minutes per episode |
| Release | |
| Original network | Asianet |
| Original release | 31 March 2014 – 5 June 2015 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Padasaram |
| Followed by | 4 the People (TV series) |
| Related shows | Bala Ganapathy |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Plot summary
Balaganapathy tele serial tells the story of Ram, a 10-year-old child and his devotion to Lord Ganesha. Ram believes blindly in the powers of almighty and he came to know about Lord Ganesha through the stories told by grandmother. Pooja is his best friend, who stays with him throughout his failures and gives him confidence. Their class teacher Sunitha is a sweet lady, who is very compassionate to Ram and wants to see him succeed in life. However he fail to succeed in many of the tasks. The turning point in the story happens when Lord Ganesh himself takes the avtar of Balagnapathy to accompany Ram and his friends to overcome all difficulties in his life
Cast
- Lead roles
- Biswas Chimmaya as Balaganapathy / Lord Ganesha/Vighnu
- Siddharth Ajithkumar as Ram Gopal Varma
- Niranjana as Pooja Manohar
- Sibin Sakaria as Thadiayan / Rohit
- Adityan as Motta / Sunder
- Dileep Shankar as Gopal Varma / Gopalan (Ram's father)
- Souparnika Vijay as Sunitha Teacher (Ram's teacher)
- Sajitha Betti as Radhika Varma
- Supporting cast
- Priya Mohan as Sunanda Aunty (Kunjappu's daughter)
- Kollam Thulasi as Kunjappu
- Poojappura Radhakrishnnan as Kaimal (Radhika's father)
- Ambika Mohan as Aayamma
- G S Sudheer as Advocate Vikraman
- Mahesh as ACP Manohar (Pooja's father)
- Geetha Nair as remaniamma (Sunitha's mother)
- Sethu Lakshmi as Kichammayi
- Azeez as Milkman Supran
- Harikumaran Thambi as Ram's school principal
- Kalyan Khanna
Awards
- Won-Asianet Television awards 2015
- Best Character actor (Special Jury) -Mahesh
- Won- Asianet Television awards 2014
- Best Child Artist-Biswas, Sidharth, Sebin, Niranjana, Adityan.
- Best director
- Nominated-Asianet Television awards 2015
- Best Character Actor- Dileep Sankar
- Best actress in a negative role-Sajitha Betti
