Pranayam (TV series)
Pranayam (transl. "Love") is a 2015 Indian Malayalam-language television series that was broadcast on Asianet channel. The show had aired from Monday to Saturday at 7.00 PM IST and it shifted to Monday to Friday 6.30 PM. Srinish Aravind and Varada Jishin played the lead roles.
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| Genre | Soap opera |
| Created by | Ekta Kapoor |
| Based on | Custody by Manju Kapur |
| Developed by | SREE SARAN CREATIONS |
| Written by | Dinesh Pallathu |
| Story by | Manju Kapoor |
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| Narrated by | Prof. Aliyar |
| Theme music composer | S.P.Venkitesh |
| Opening theme | "Hey laalaa laala..." |
| Ending theme | "Naanamavunnu Meni Movunnu" |
| Composer | S.P.Venkitesh |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Malayalam |
| No. of episodes | 524 |
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| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production company | Sree Saran Creations |
| Distributor | Merryland Studio Vishakh outdoor unit |
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| Original network | Asianet |
| Picture format | HDTV 1080i |
| Original release | 6 July 2015 – 28 April 2017 |
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It was the remake of Yeh Hai Mohabbatein aired on StarPlus.[1] It shows the love of two different states and two different culture. The pair was known as #SharMi on social networking sites. After Varada quit the show citing health issues, ratings tanked and the show was cancelled.
Plot
The show follows the love story of Lekshmi Iyer, who is a Tamilian and Sharan G Menon, who is a menon. Lekshmi is sterile and gets attached emotionally to Sharan's daughter, Malu, who lives with her divorced father. Sharan's ex-wife, Kavitha, lives with her boyfriend and Sharan's ex-boss and business rival Prakash Varma and Manu, her son. Due to some circumstances, Sharan and Lekshmi marry each other for Malu's custody and gradually fall in love with each other and lead a happy life.
Kavitha creates trouble in Lekshmi and Sharan's life. Kavitha wants to marry Prakash and Lekshmi's sister Aswathy is marrying Kavitha's brother Anand. Sharan treats Anand as his brother. Prakash tries to brainwash Aswathy. Kavitha and Prakash's marriage is called off. Prakash blackmails Aswathy and Aswathy marries him to save Anand. Soon Sharan's son Manu with Kavitha also comes to them and lives with them. Kavitha tries to create troubles in Lekshmi and Sharan's love using Manu but she fail and leaves the house. The story continues by the plots to menon family by Kavitha.
Cast
- Srinish Aravind as Sharan G Menon [Main male lead]
- Remya Sankar/ Varada Jishin / Divya Nair as Lekshmi Viswanatha Iyer a.k.a. Lekshmi Sharan G Menon [Main female lead]
- Naveen Arakkal as Prakash Varama [Kavitha's ex-partner ; Main male antagonist]
- Baby Sradha / Baby Megha Mahesh as Malavika/ Malu [Sharan & Kavitha's daughter ; Lakshmi's stepdaughter]
- Master Siddharth as Manu [Main child antagonist ; Sharan & Kavitha's son ; Lakshmi's stepson]
- Maneesh Krishna as Anand [Sharan's brotherly best friend ; Kavitha's Brother]
- Althara as Kavitha [Manu's mother ; Main female antagonist ; Sharan's ex-wife ; Prakash's ex-partner]
- Kottayam Rasheed as Govinda Menon [Sharan's father]
- Beena Antony as Madhavi Govinda Menon [Sharan's mother]
- Pratheeksha G Pradeep as Aswathy Iyer [Prakash's wife ; Anand's ex-fiance ; Lekshmi's & Devika's cousin]
- Adarsh/ Vishnu V Nair as Karthik ( sarans brother)
- Jishin Mohan as Sachin Varma [Praksh's brother ; Antagonist]
- Amrutha as Simi [Sharan's Sister]
- Rishi as Indu Gopan [Simi's husband
- Kailas Nath as Viswanatha Iyer [Lekshmi's father]
- Anuradha Krishnamoorthy as Saraswathy Viswantha Iyer [Lekshmi's mother]
- Arya Sreeram as Devika Balachandran [Lekshmi's sister]
- Adithyan Jayan as Balachandran a.k.a. Balu[Devika's husband]
- Sabari Nath as ACP Sankar
- Vandana as Shaarika [Karthik's love interest]
- Aiswarya as Anand's Wife
- Sini Varghese as Tanuja [Prakash's friend ; Helper]
- Karthika Kannan as Radhika
- Faizal Razi as Dr.Manoj
- Fawaz Zayani as Mani/Abhimanyu Raghav [Lekshmi's childhood friend ; Sharan's business partner]
- Vanchiyoor Praveen Kumar as Ammavan
Broadcast history
The show started airing on Asianet on 6 July 2015 and it aired on Monday to Saturday 7:00 PM IST. Later its timing changed starting from Monday 29 August 2016, the show was shifted to 6:30 PM IST time slot.
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Role | Result |
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| 2016 | Asianet Television awards 2016 | Best actress | Varadha | Lekshmi | Nominated |
| Best actress special jury | Won | ||||
| Most popular actress | Nominated | ||||
| Best Family Entertainer | S. Murugan & Saraniya Subramaniam | Won | |||
| Most Popular Serial | S. Murugan & Saraniya Subramaniam | Nominated | |||
| Best Director | Sudheesh Shankar | Nominated | |||
| Best actor in a negative role | Naveen Arakkal | Prakash | Won | ||
| Best actress in a negative role | Althara | Kavitha | Nominated | ||
| Best Debut | Srinish | Sharan | Won | ||
| Best Character actress | Beena Antony | Madhavi | Nominated | ||
| Best Audiographer | Aneesh | Nominated | |||
| Best Dubbing | Sidharth | Sharan | Won | ||
| Best child artist | Megha Mahesh | Malu | Nominated | ||
| 2017 | Asianet Television awards 2017 | Best Child artist | Megha Mahesh | Malu | Nominated |
| Best actor in a negative role | Naveen Arakkal | Prakash | Won | ||
| Best Character actress | Beena Antony | Madhavi | Nominated | ||
| Best dubbing artist male | Sidharth | Sharan | Nominated | ||
| Best Editor | Aneesh J | Nominated | |||
| Special jury | Kottayam Rasheed | Govindan | Won |
References
- "'Acting is a passion'". The Hindu.