Ethirneechal (TV series)

Ethirneechal (transl. Swimming against the tide) is a 2022 Indian-Tamil language drama television series starring Madhumitha, Kaniha, Priyadarshini Neelakandan and Haripriya Isai. The show is produced by Sun Entertainment and Thiruselvam Theatres and written and directed by V. Thiruselvam,[1] which premiered on 7 February 2022 in Sun TV and digitally streams on Sun NXT.

Ethirneechal
GenreDrama
Written byV. Thiruselvam
Dialogues
Sri Vidhya
Screenplay byV. Thiruselvam
Directed byV. Thiruselvam
StarringMadhumitha H
Kaniha
Priyadarshini Neelakandan
Haripriya Isai
Theme music composerSrinivas
Opening theme"Vidiyal Thedum Vinmeen Penne"
Composers"Background Music"
Selvam
Country of originIndia
Original languageTamil
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes390
Production
Executive producerSri Vidhya
ProducerV.Thiruselvam
Production locationTamil Nadu
CinematographySanthanam
EditorAravind Anbalagan
Camera setupMulti-Camera
Running timeapprox. 22–24 minutes per episode
Production companiesSun Entertainment
Thiruselvam Theatres
Release
Original networkSun TV
Original release7 February 2022 (2022-02-07) –
present (present)

Synopsis

The story involves Janani, a high achiever and her three co-sisters - Eshwari, Renuka and Nandhini, who are well educated graduates, while all of their husbands aren't educated at all. The husbands of three co-sisters didn't allow them to get a job; they forcefully kept their wives as housekeepers.

Janani marries Sakthivel, the youngest brother of Aadhi family; he is honest and submissive in nature. Janani started to raise voice against the male chauvinism in Gunasekaran's house. Sakthi assured his support to Janani in all situations.

Suddenly, Sakthi started to turn against Janani (because of the emotional blackmail of his eldest brother Gunasekaran) and also doubted her character (based on her genuine friendship with Gowtham). Finally, Janani broke up her relationship with Sakthi and left Gunasekaran's house to start a new independent life. But after listening the advice of Pattammal (Gunasekaran's grandmother), Janani comes back to Gunasekaran's house to help her co-sisters to be independent. Sakthi started to realise his mistakes but Janani accepted him only as a good friend.

Plot

Nachiappan and Parvati married against their parents' wishes. In a few years, their daughter, Janani, was born. They live as a joint family with Parvathi's brother Tiruvengadam and his wife, Padmavathy, who have two children of their own.

Nachiappan rears Janani to focus on studies above all else, and dreams of a successful future for her. While inherently good natured, he can be stubborn and domineering. His controlling nature extends how long Janani spends to eat, who she befriends, what she watches, and even what she wears.

Aadhimuthu Gunasekaran, a business tycoon from Madurai, approaches the family with a wedding proposal to Janani for his brother Sakthivel. What Janani's family don't know is that the other daughters-in-law of the household are treated badly. They are not allowed to work, even though they are well-educated. They are regularly put down by Gunasekaran's family due to their humble backgrounds and not consulted on decisions, even regarding their children.

Nachiappan is entranced by their wealth and believes the lie Gunasekaran has told him-namely, that he will appoint Janani as an MD in one of his companies. Despite warnings from her cousin, Vasu, and other red flags, Janani marries Sakthivel. While Sakthi is good natured, he lacks the courage to face up to his family's ill-treatment of women.

As time goes by, Janani and her family come to know the truth. How Janani faces her domineering in-laws and leads change forms the crux of the story with the help of Pattammal, Gunasekaran’s grandmother (who holds a 40% share in the assets of Gunasekaran).

Cast

Main
  • Madhumitha H as Janani Shakthivel
  • Kaniha as Eswari Gunasekaran
  • Priyadarshini Neelakandan as Renuka Gnanasekaran
  • Haripriya Isai as Nandhini Kathirvel

Supporting
  • G. Marimuthu as Aadhimuthu Gunasekaran: Eshwari's husband
  • Sabari Prasanth as Aadhimuthu Sakthivel: Janani's husband
  • Kamalesh PK as Aadhimuthu Gnanasekaran: Renuka's husband
  • jagadeesh (Vibhu Raman) as Aadhimuthu Kathirvel: Nandhini's husband
  • Sathya Devarajan as Aadhimuthu Aadhiraiselvi: Gunasekaran, Gnanasekaran, Kathirvel, Shakthivel's sister
  • Sathyapriya as Visalatchi: Gunasekaran, Gnanasekaran, Kathirvel, Shakthivel and Aathiraiselvi's mother
  • Bombay Gnanam as Pattamal: Gunasekaran, Gnanasekaran, Kathirvel, Shakthivel and Aathiraiselvi's grandmother
  • Monisha Vijay as Priyadharshini Gunasekaran: Eshwari's daughter
  • Rithik Raghavendra as Priyadharshan Gunasekaran: Eshwari's son
  • Aishwarya Rathinam as Aishwarya Gnanasekaran: Renuka's daughter
  • Farzana Ansari as Thara Kathirvel: Nandhini's daughter
  • Vaishnavi Nayak as Nivashini "Vasu" Thiruvengadam: Janani's cousin
  • Som Soumyan as Nachiyappan: Janani's father
  • Keerthana as Parvathi Nachiyappan: Janani's mother
  • VJ Thara as Anjana Nachiyappan: Janani's younger sister
  • Vasavi as Padhmavathi Thiruvengadam: Janani's aunt, Vasu and Sriram's mother
  • Balaji as Thiruvengadam: Janani's uncle, Vasu and Sriram's father
  • Subramanian Gopalakrishnan as Sriram Thiruvengadam: Janani's cousin
  • Vimalkumar J as Karikalan Ramalingam: Jhansi Rani and Ramalingam's son; Gunasekaran's henchman and who one-sidedly loves Aadhirai
  • Gaayathri Krishnan as Jhansi Rani: Ramalingam's illegal wife and Karikalan's mother
  • Goudham Krishnan as Gowtham: Janani's best friend
  • Vasudevan Venugopal as Rajavarman Subramaniam Krishnamoorthy (SKR): Gunasekaran’s business-rival.
  • Radhika Vairavelavan as Charubala Rajavarman: SKR’s wife and Gunasekaran’s ex-love interest
  • Chaanakyaa as Arunkumar Subramaniam Krishnamoorthy (SKR): SKR's second younger brother and Aathirai’s boyfriend
  • Giri Dwarakish as Arasu Subramaniam Krishnamoorthy: SKR's younger brother
  • Bharathi Kannan as Kovai Subaiah: Visalatch's younger brother
  • Vishnu Vasudev as Sethuraman: Eshwari's father
  • Subhashini as Valliammal Ramachandran: Nandhini’s Mother
  • Apollo Ravi as Kadambavanam: Gunasekaran's sidekick
  • Abhinaya Palaniswamy as Kalaiarasi: Pattamal's take-carer nurse
  • Archana as Rani: Aadhimuthu Family's house maid
  • Sabarish Selvaraj as Kumar: Arasu's sidekick
  • Madhu Karthik as Karthikeyan Subramaniam Krishnamoorthy (SKR): SKR's last brother
  • Anbarasi as Anbarasi: Janani's office mate
  • Jillu Vikram as Vikram: Janani's friend
  • Abinaya as Kathija: Janani's friend
  • Merwen Balaji as Kedhar: Janani's friend
  • Sudha Pushpa as Savithri Sethuraman: Eshwari's mother (deceased)

Special appearances
  • Hemadayal as Kundavai Duraisaami: Sakthivel's ex-fiance
  • Prashanth as young Eshwari's love interest
  • Bhavana as young Eshwari
  • Shakthi Dayalan as Shakthi
  • Jayashree as Jayashree Chandrasekhar: Chairman of Priyadharshan's college

Production

Development

On September end 2021, Sun Network[2] confirmed through a press release that it would distribute new Tamil serial, to be produced by Sun Entertainment and Thiruselvam theatres and written and directed by Thiruselvam is a daily soap after a long pause.[3][4][5]

Casting

Kannada and Telugu actress Madhumitha was cast in the female lead role as Janani. Tamil film actress Kaniha[6][7] was cast as the main role, who making her come back after 14 years in Tamil television series.[8][9][10][11] Priyadarshini[12] and Haripriya were cast as the next main leads. Bombay Gnanam, was cast as supporting role, who making her comeback after 10 years.[13][14][15]

Actor Sabari Prasanth was selected for a pivotal role. While Keerthana, Kamalesh, Merwen, Goutham K S, Maarimuthu, Vibhu Raman and Sathyapriya were also selected for supporting roles.

Soundtrack

It was written by Balachandran.DD, composed by Srinivas. It was sung by Sharanya Srinivas and Srinidhi. The first opening song was unveiled on 1 February 2022 on Sun TV YouTube.

Soundtrack
Track list
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Vidiyal Thedum Vinmeen
(விடியல் தேடும் விண்மீன் பெண்னே)"		Balachandran.DDSharanya Srinivas, Srinidhi3:40

Adaptations
Language Title Original release Network(s) Last aired Notes Ref.
Tamil Ethirneechal 7 February 2022 Sun TV Ongoing Original
Telugu Uppena 4 April 2022 Gemini TV Remake [16]
Malayalam Kanalpoovu 24 July 2022 Surya TV
Kannada Janani 15 August 2022 Udaya TV [17]
Bengali Alor Theekana 19 September 2022 Sun Bangla [18]
Marathi Shabbas Sunbai 14 November 2022 Sun Marathi [19]

References
  1. "V.Thiruselvam directed TV show 'Ethir Neechal' to launch soon". The Times of India.
  2. "அதிரடியாக துவங்கப்படும் புத்தம்புது 4 சீரியல்கள்.. நீயா நானா என போட்டிபோடும் பிரபல சேனல்கள்!". cinemapettai.com (in Tamil). 23 November 2021.
  3. "கோலங்கள் தொடர் இயக்குனர் திருச்செல்வத்தின் புதிய தொடர்". dinamani.com (in Tamil).
  4. "Director Thiruselvam making comeback to Tamil TV with Ethir Neechal". news18.com. 4 February 2022.
  5. "மீண்டும் தனது சீரியல் அத்தியாயத்தை தொடங்கிய பிரபல சின்னத்திரை இயக்குனர்!". tamil.news18.com (in Tamil). 3 February 2022.
  6. "சன் டிவி சீரியலில் நடிக்கும் அஜித் பட நடிகை - யார் தெரியுமா?". tamil.news18.com (in Tamil). 16 June 2021.
  7. "தேவயானி மாதிரி இவரும் ஹிட் ஆவாரா? சன் டி.வி சீரியலில் அஜித் ஹீரோயின் ரீ என்ட்ரி!". The Indian Express (in Tamil).
  8. "தமிழ் தொடரில் நடிக்கும் நடிகை கனிகா". m.dinamalar.com (in Tamil).
  9. "சுமார் 14 ஆண்டுகளுக்கு பிறகு சீரியலில் நடிக்க வரும் அஜித் ஹீரோயின்.. எதிர்பார்ப்பில் ரசிகர்கள் கூட்டம்!". news18.com (in Tamil). 8 February 2022.
  10. "Actress Kaniha Makes TV Debut With Thiruselvam Directorial Ethir Neechal". news18.com. 9 February 2022.
  11. "Actor Kanika Returns to Small Screen After 14 years With Sun TV's Ethir Neechal". news18.com. 10 February 2022.
  12. "Makers of 'Ethirneechal' dismiss rumours of VJ Priyadharshini's exit". Times of India.
  13. "Gnanam Balasubramanian To Return on TV After a Decade With This Serial". news18.com. 3 February 2022.
  14. "நீண்ட இடைவேளைக்கு பின் ரீ என்ட்ரி தரும் பாம்பே ஞானம்". m.dinamalar.com (in Tamil).
  15. "சன் டிவியின் புதிய சீரியல்…. என்ட்ரி கொடுக்கும் பிரபல நடிகை… யார் தெரியுமா…??". seithisolai.com (in Tamil).
  16. "Uppena Gemini TV Serial Launching On 4th April - Remake Of Ethirneechal". Indian TV News.
  17. "Janani Serial Udaya TV Launching on 15th August at 09:00 PM – Monday to Saturday". IndianTVInfo.
  18. "Sun Bangla New Serial Alor Theekana! Know All About From Plot to Cast". TV9 Bangla (in Bengali).
  19. "The story of a girl, who from birth, was blessed to be first in everything in life, don't forget to watch the new serial "Shabbas Sunbai" only on Sun Marathi". Instagram.
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