Kaatrukkenna Veli (TV series)

Kaatrukkena Veli (What's the need of fence for air?) is a 2021 Indian-Tamil language Romantic drama television series, starring Priyanka Kumar, Swaminathan Anandharaman and Jyothi Rai.[1] It is an official remake of Star Jalsha's Bengali serial Mohor.[2][3]

Kaatrukkenna Veli
GenreDrama
Romance
Developed byParth Dey
Saibal Banerjee
Written byLeena Gangopadhyay (Dialogues)
Sangeetha Mohan
D.J. Dhanajayan
Directed byFrancis Kathiravan (2021-2022)
Chandrasekar V (2022)
Harish Adithya (2022 Apr - Present)
Creative directorRamesh D. Aravind
StarringPriyanka Kumar
Swaminathan
Jyothi Rai
Theme music composerKiran
Country of originIndia
Original languageTamil
No. of episodes300 (till Feb 2022)
Production
EditorP.Arunkumar
Camera setupMulti-Camera
Running time22 minutes
Production companyEndemol Shine India
Release
Original networkStar Vijay
Picture formatSDTV 576i
HDTV 1080i
Original release18 January 2021 (2021-01-18) –
present
Chronology
Related showsMohor

The show is produced by Endemol Shine India and directed by Francis Kathiravan, that was premiered on 18 January 2021, and airs on Star Vijay and is also available on the digital platform Disney+ Hotstar[4] before it's telecast.

The story of a Vennila (Priyanka Kumar), who is an undergraduate student, who aspires to be a IAS officer . When her father forces her to get married, she runs away from her arranged marriage and comes to a big city to study. Her life changes completely after she comes across Suryakumar (Surya Dharshan K. Raaju/Swaminathan Anandharaman), her professor and both fall in love with each other and [5] yet she fights against adversities in life.

Plot

Vennila is an undergraduate student studying to become an IAS officer. Her father does not support her dreams and arranges for her to get married against her will causing Vennila to run away before her wedding day. She continues going to college and studying with her friends becoming a top student. This is when she encounters an Economics professor and her college's board member, Surya. When finding out that Vennila is his estranged mother Sharadha's student, he dislikes her. As time passes on, he gets to know Vennila more, making him enjoy her presence and comes to like her. Meanwhile, Vennila's brother in law takes an unwanted liking to her causing her all sorts of troubles. Vennila's peer and Surya's sister, Abhinaya hates Vennilla for being a better student than her and Sharadha's pupil and constantly plots ways to kick Vennila out of the college with her twin sister Anandi. Whether Vennila and Surya can survive the chaos thrown at them from their families makes up the rest of the plot.

Cast

Main
  • Priyanka Kumar as Vennila
    • An undergraduate student from a small village, who aspires to be a collector. She is a focused and hardworking girl who believes in gender equality. She elopes from her forced wedding in order to pursue her dreams. She moves to Chennai to join the top college there and continue her education. (2021–present)
  • Darshan K. Raju[6] (2021) → Swaminathan Anantharaman[7] (2021– present) as Suryakumar
    • A former mygyonist, Vennila's economics professor and a board member of the college. He hated his mother because he assumed that his mother left him to pursue her career. Initially, he hated Vennila as she is Sharadha's student but later accepted her.
  • Malavika Avinash (2021) → Jyothi Rai (2021– present) as Sharadha
    • Mahadevan's wife, Surya's mother, Vennila's old professor and mentor. Though she left Surya's house to take care of her parents, her son Surya believes that she left for her career. She loves Surya and is Vennila's mentor.

Supporting
  • Bhanu Prakash as Mahadevan
    • Surya's father and Sharatha's husband. He is the Deputy of the college, he has helped and supported Vennila.
  • Veena Venkatesh (2021) → Sujatha Panju (2021– present) as Meenakshi Shivanantham (Main Antagonist)
    • Surya's aunt-turned-foster mother. She sees Sharadha as a rival and instigates Surya against her by telling him that Sharadha left him to focus on her career. She too hates Venilla because Venilla is Sharadha's student.
  • Akshitha Ashok as Abinaya Vishwanathan (Antagonist)
    • Surya's younger cousin and Vishwa and Banumathi's daughter. She is a pampered and spoilt girl by Meenakshi. A classmate of Vennila whom she sees as a rival constantly plots to drive Venilla from the college. She was the top student in her class for studies until Vennila arrived. She hates Venilla because Venilla is Sharadha's student. She has a twin sister called Anandi.
  • Preetha Reddy as Anandhi Vishwanathan
    • Abhi's twin and sidekick. She often helps Abhi with her ploys to kick Venilla out of the college.
  • Aarthi Ramkumar[8] as Bhanumathi
    • Vishwa's wife and Abhi and Ananthi's mother. Surya's aunt. She supports Venilla and Sharadha
  • Sridevi Ashok as Shyamala
    • Meenakshi's daughter-in-law and Surya's sister-in-law. Her husband works abroad.
  • Tarun Master as Shivanantam
    • Surya's older uncle and Meenakshi's husband. He founded the college Venilla studies at.
  • Raj Khanna as Vishwanathan
    • Surya's elder uncle and Banu Husband, Abi and Ananthi's father.
  • Reshmaa as Sowmya Madhavan
    • Vennila's Sister. She supports vennila.
  • Maanas Chavali as Madhavan
    • Vennila's brother-in-law. He lusts for Vennila and is abusive towards her sister Sowmya.
  • Padmini as Vasuki
    • She is Vennila's mother, she helped Vennila to elope from her forced marriage.
  • Nalinikanth as Varatharajan Ramakrishna
    • He is Vennila's father who wanted her to marry a womanizer so that his son can get a government job. He feels that girls should be married and not study. He wants revenge against Sharda for helping Vennila elope
  • Madhan (2021-2022) → Unknown (2022-Present) as Vishnu
    • Vennila & Sowmya's Brother
  • P. R. Varalakshmi as Venneila's grandmother
    • Varatharajan's mother. She wants Vennila to achieve her dream's and supports her granddaughter and scolds her son.
  • Shammi as Maragathavalli, Madhavan Mother
  • Shyam sundar as Madhavan Father
  • Dayana as Roopa, Vennila friend in college
  • Raghavendran Puli (2021-2022) → Chandru (2022-Present) as Maaran, Vennila Friend in college.
  • Harish as Seenu, Surya Best friend (2022-Present)
  • Gana Hari as Tamizh, Vennila friend in college (2021)
  • Dhilip Kumar as Akash, Vennila friend in college (2021)

Cameo appearances
  • Janani Ashok Kumar as Madhuvarshini
    • Surya's ex-fiancé who was rejected by Surya after she asked to delay their wedding in order to study abroad (2021)

Adaptations
Language Title Original release Network(s) Last aired Notes
Bengali Mohor 28 October 2019 Star Jalsha 3 April 2022 Original
Kannada Sarasu 11 November 2020 Star Suvarna 28 August 2021 Remake
Telugu Guppedantha Manasu 7 December 2020 Star Maa Ongoing
Hindi Shaurya Aur Anokhi Ki Kahani 21 December 2020 StarPlus 24 July 2021
Malayalam Koodevide 4 January 2021 Asianet Ongoing
Tamil Kaatrukkenna Veli 18 January 2021 Star Vijay
Marathi Swabhiman - Shodh Astitvacha 22 February 2021 Star Pravah

References
  1. "காற்றுக்கென்ன வேலி.. விஜய் டிவியின் புது சீரியல் எப்படி இருக்கு?". Samayam Tamil.
  2. "Sona Moni Saha-Pratik Sen starrer 'Mohor' remade in Tamil - Times of India". The Times of India.
  3. "New twist to spice up Mohor's storyline".
  4. "Kaatrukkenna Veli Full Episode, Watch Kaatrukkenna Veli TV Show Online on Hotstar US". Hotstar.
  5. "Vennila and Surya are falling for each other?: Kaatrukkenna Veli". 3 May 2021.
  6. "Surya Darshan Leaving Kaatrukkenna Veli To Pursue Movie Career, Say Reports".
  7. "விஜய் டிவியின் முக்கிய சீரியலில் ஹீரோ மாற்றம்! இனி இவர் தான் சூர்யாவாம்".
  8. "Actress Aarthi Ramkumar receives her first dose of COVID-19 vaccine; says, "stay safe and get vaccinated" - Times of India".
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