Nayagi (TV series)


Nayagi is a 2018 Indian Tamil-language soap opera. The series premiered on 19 February 2018 on Sun TV, replacing Deivamagal. The show is produced by Vikatan Televistas Pvt Ltd and directed by S Kumaran.
Naayagis first season revolves around three women and their families: Anandhi, a sweet-natured, easy-going woman; Kanmani, a playful but bold woman; and Sargunam, a formidable lady who has risen despite difficulties. The second season revolves around the Koothapiran Family, mainly Sargunam and Kanmani; and includes two characters & their families: Divya, a strong and resilient woman who is the breadwinner of her family; and Ezhilan, a kind and amusing man.

Plot

Season 1

Anandhi is a middle-class woman who is the heir of a rich couple. She lives with her adoptive father Kathiresan and young brother Muthukumar. She marries Thirumurugan aka Thiru who is the son of the Kalivaradan who killed Anandhi's real father and took his property. But, nobody knows that Anandhi is the real heir of those properties. Ananya is Anandhi's half-cousin-sister, whose mother is the half-sister of Anandhi's real mother Leelavathi. Ananya wants to marry Thiru to get the property.
Sargunam is a woman who given usury to her people. She is also the Vasanthi's sister and the mother of Chezhiyan, Gopinath, and Meghala. Chezhiyan gets married to Anandhi's best friend Kanmani. Sargunam helps Anandhi to live happily. But, Kalivaradan helps Ananya to get property. Meanwhile, Thiru, Anandhi, and Vasanthi save the Leelavathi from Kalivaradan. Anandhi takes care of Leelavathi in her home without knowing the real relation.
Later, it is revealed that Anandhi is the Leelavathi's daughter and the heir of property. Then, Thiru sees the true colours of Kalivaradan and breaks all ties with his father. Meanwhile, Ananya tries to Anandhi get arrested as Anandhi killed Ananya. Because of that, Anandhi gets arrested. Soon, everyone learns that it is Ananya's plan. As a result of this, Ananya is imprisoned for five years.

5 years later

Anandhi and Thiru live happily with their daughter Yazhini. Ananya is still in jail. Ananya has a son named Akilan who born to Thiru illegally. Because of this, Thiru and others don't know about him. However, One Day, Yazhini, and Akilan meet in their school and become best friends without knowing that they are half-siblings. Meanwhile, Ananya getting know about Yazhini and Akilan's friendship and uses him as a weapon to join Thiru. Soon, Anandhi doubts about Akilan because he has the same reactions of Thiru. After so many incidents, it is revealed that Akilan is Ananya's son who born to Thiru artificially. Thiru gets shocked and gets Akilan's custody with Anandhi's help.
Meanwhile, Thiru's sister, Anupriya aka Anu returns to India. She has a secret boyfriend named Mithran and pregnant with his child. She hides the truth from family. However, Anu tells about Mithran to her family and both sides agreed for the marriage. But, nobody knows about Anu's child. But, sooner, Anandhi learns about Anu's pregnancy and keeps it's a secret. Meanwhile, Thiru and Anandhi plan to Ananya's marriage with a good person named Karthik. However, Anu gets married to Mithran while Ananya weds Karthik. After the marriage, Ananya brainwashes Mithran and teaches him to take the Anandhi's property. As a result of this, Mithran keeps Kathiresan as his servant. Later, Ananya wants to destroy Anandhi's business by some fake agreements. But Thiru and Anandhi found all about that and send Ananya and her helpers Kalivardhan and Duraiyarasan to jail and went to Singapore with their Kids.

Season 2

Ezhilan travels to Chennai from his home town Thenkasi to get a banking job, but Divya, the sole wage earner of her family, gets that job. Meanwhile in the Koothapiran–Sargunam family, Kanmani and Chezhiyan are made to leave the house by Gopi's evil plans and he also plans to control Sargunam and her wealth. Meghala and her husband Maran try to convince Sargunam but Gopi makes Sargunam to exclude them too. After chasing his two siblings, Gopi plans to take Kanmani's councillor posting.

Cast

Season 1

Main

Main

Development

Due to COVID-19 outbreak in India, Naayagi and all other Sun TV shows were put on hiatus on Wednesday 3 April 2020. The second season of the series began on 27 July 2020.

Casting

Actress Vidya Pradeep was selected to portray the role of Anandhi after the exit of Vijayalakshmi. Sun TV Anchor Dhilip Rayan was cast in the lead male role of Thirumurugan. They made their debuts with the series. Actress Ambika was selected to portray the role of Sarkunam, making a comeback after previously acting in the serial Sare Gama Gama Gama. Malayalam Actress Meera Krishnan was selected to play Vasanthi, after having appeared in director Thiruselvam Tamil serial Pokkisham

Release

On 10 February 2018, the first promo of Ambika's 'Naayagi Teaser: Sarkunam' was released by Vikatan TV on YouTube. On 10 February, the second lead female. On 13 and 14 February, the third and fourth promos of the show were released by Vikatan TV YouTube channel and Sun TV.

Remakes

International broadcast

The series was released on 19 February 2018 on Sun TV, and also airs on Sun TV HD. It was broadcast internationally on Channel's international distribution.