Pranayam (TV series)
| Pranayam പ്രണയം | |
|---|---|
| Genre |
Indian soap opera drama romance comedy |
| Created by | SREE SARAN CREATIONS S MURUGAN |
| Based on | Custody by Manju Kapur |
| Written by | DINESH PALLATHU |
| Directed by | Sudheesh Sankar |
| Starring | See Cast |
| Narrated by | Aliyar |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language(s) | Malayalam |
| No. of episodes | 400 (as of 4 November) |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | S Murugan |
| Location(s) | Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala |
| Cinematography | Manisundhar |
| Editor(s) |
Sajin C Soman Koodal |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Sree Saran creations |
| Distributor | Merryland Studio |
| Release | |
| Original network | Asianet |
| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original release | 6 July 2015 – Present |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Amma |
| Related shows | Ye Hai Mohabbatein |
| External links | |
| Official website | |
Pranayam (ml; പ്രണയം) is an Indian television series airing on Asianet channel.It is an Official remake of Ye Hai Mohabbatein.The show airs from Monday to Friday at 6:30 PM IST. Film actress Varadha and new comer Srinish plays the lead roles. It replaced the longest running serial Amma.
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.
Crew
- Project Designer & Executive Producer : S Murugan
- Direction : Sudheesh Sankar
- Production : Sree Sharan Creations
- Assistant Director: Jithesh Manjikadu
- Audiography: Aneesh J
- DOP : Manisundhar
- Dialogues : Dinesh pallathu
- Make Up : Aji
- Costumes : Surya Sreekuar
- Sound Effects : Real
- Art Direction : Baiju vithura
- Background Music : Anil
- Assistant Directors : Sharath Kumar, Vijay K Bhavan
- Production Executive : Vinod
- Editing : Sajin C Soman Koodal
- Sound recording: Arun AM
- Studio : Maryland
- Unit : Vishakh out door unit
Cast
- Sharan's family
- Srinish Aravind (Actor) as Sharan G Menon [Main male lead]
- Varada Jishin as Lekshmi Viswanatha Iyer a.k.a Lekshmi Sharan G Menon [Main female lead]
- 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]
- Althara as Kavitha [Manu's mother ; Main female antagonist ; Sharan's ex-wife ; Prakash's ex-partner]
- Naveen Arakkal as Prakash Varama [Kavitha's ex-partner ; Main male antagonist]
- Jishin Mohan as Sachin Varma [Praksh's brother ; Antagonist]
- Fawaz Anzil as Mani/Abhimanyu Raghav [Lekshmi's childhood friend ; Sharan's business partner]
- Menon family
- Kottayam Rasheed as Govinda Menon [Sharan's father]
- Beena Antony as Madhavi Govinda Menon [Sharan's mother]
- Amrutha as Simi [Sharan's Sister]
- Rishi as Indu Gopan [Simi's husband ; Antagonist]
- Adarsh as Karthik [Sharan's brother]
- Vandana as Shaarika [Karthik's love interest]
- Maneesh Krishna as Anand [Sharan's brotherly best friend ; Kavitha's Brother]
- Iyer family
- 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]
- Pratheeksha G Pradeep as Aswathy Iyer [Prakash's wife ; Anand's ex-fiance ; Lekshmi's & Devika's cousin]
- Sini Varghese as Tanuja [Prakash's friend ; Helper]
- Others
- Aiswarya
- Karthika Kannan
- Former cast
- Remya Sanker as Lakshmi
- Baby Sredha as Malu
Remade from
- Hindi as Yeh Hai Mohabbatein. airs on Star Plus
- Tamil as Kalyanam Mudhal Kadhal Varai, airs on STAR Vijay
- Telugu as Manasupalik Mounaitam, airs on Maa
- Bengali as Mon Niye Kachakachi, airs on STAR Jalsha[13]
- Sinhala as Me Adarayai, airs on Sirasa TV. [14]
- Kannada as Avannu Matte Shravani, airs on Asianet Suvarna.[15]
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 6:30PM IST time Slot.
Awards and Nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Role | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Asianet Television awards | Best actress | Varadha | Lekshmi | Nominated |
| Best actress special jury | Won | ||||
| Most popular actress | 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 serial | Pranayam | Pranayam | Nominated | ||
| Best Character actress | Beena | Madhavi | Nominated |