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{{Short description|Indian Tamil-language soap opera}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2017}}
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{{Infobox television
| name = Annamalai
| image = Annamalai (2002 TV series).png
| caption = 
| genre = [[Soap opera]]
| creator = [[Raadhika]]
| based_on =
| writer = '''Story:''' C. J. Baskar '''Screenplay:''' Babu Yogeswaran '''Dialogues:''' Babu Yogeswaran
| creative_director = [[Raadhika Sarathkumar]]
| director = C. J. Baskar (1-278) [[Sundar K. Vijayan]] (279-757)
| starring = [[Raadhika Sarathkumar]] [[Sivakumar]] [[Jyothi Lakshmi]] [[Deepa Venkat]] [[Kuyili (actress)|Kuyili]] [[Viji Chandrasekhar]] [[Ponvannan]] [[Shanmugasundaram]] [[Ajay Rathnam]] [[Devadarshini]] Shyam Ganesh [[Vijay Adhiraj]] [[Poornitha|Kalyani]]
| country = India
| language = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
| num_seasons = 3
| num_episodes = 757
| list_episodes =
| producer = [[Raadhika Sarathkumar]]
| company = [[Radaan Mediaworks]]
| theme_music_composer = [[Dhina]] (Title Song) Kiran (Background Score)
| opentheme = Tamil - "Uyirgal Pirappathu" (Vocals) [[K. S. Chithra]] [[KK (singer)|KK]] M. L. R. Karthikeyan Telugu- "Manasu Unnathi" (Vocals) [[S.P. Balasubrahmanyam|SPB]] [[Swarnalatha]]
| cinematography = [[Sakthi Saravanan]]
| editor =
| camera = [[Multi-camera]]
| runtime = approx. 20-22 minutes per episode
| channel = [[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]]
| first_aired = {{start date|df=yes|2002|2|11}}
| last_aired = {{end date|df=yes|2005|1|21}}
| production_website = www.radaan.tv
}}
{{Contains special characters|Tamil}}

'''''Annamalai''''' is an [[India]]n [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language soap opera that aired Monday through Friday on [[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]] from 21 February 2002 to 21 January 2005. The series ended with 757 episodes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nettv4u.com/about/Tamil/tv-serials/annamalai|title= Annamalai Serial Page|work=www.nettv4u.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://feminisminindia.com/2019/03/25/90s-progressive-tamil-serials/|title=What Happened To The Progressive Tamil Serials We Grew Up With?|first=Ambica|last=G|date=24 March 2019|website=Feminism In India}}</ref> It was dubbed as ''Sivayya'' in Telugu in [[Gemini TV]].

The show starred [[Sivakumar]], [[Raadhika Sarathkumar]], [[Jyothi Lakshmi]], [[Kuyili (actress)|Kuyili]], [[Viji Chandrasekhar]], [[Ponvannan]], [[Shanmugasundaram]], [[Ajay Rathnam]], [[Devadarshini]], Shyam Ganesh, [[Vijay Adhiraj]], [[Deepa Venkat]] and among others, produced by [[Radaan Mediaworks]] [[Raadhika]] and is directed by C.J. Bhaskar and Sundar K. Vijayan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/archive/|title=Archive News|website=The Hindu}}</ref>

==Plot==
The story involves the long-term dispute between the two families who are considered as rivals for the ownership of Azhvarkurichi's Annamalaiyar temple for many generations. It is currently headed by Pattalathar Ammaiyappa and Gandhimadhi of the Ratnagiri family. Annamalai is the only daughter of Pattalathar and he named her after a temple's deity. The reason of rivalry between Pattalathar's family and Ratnagiri's family is because, one of the Gandhimathi's ancestor had lost the temple's ownership in gambling to the Pattalathar family. Since then, the two families fight for the temple.

The trouble unfolds when Ulaganathan (Gandhimadhi's son and heir to the property) falls in love with Annamalai. Using this opportunity, Gandhimadhi demands the Pattalathar's family to transfer the property deeds of the Annamalaiyar temple to her family after which Ulaganathan will marry Annamalai. Thavasi the eldest son of Patalathar is the one who holds the deeds of the Annamalaiyar temple. Thavasi is very fond of her sister Annamalai and for the sake of her happiness, he promises to transfer the deeds of Annamalaiyar temple to Gandhimadhi's family without the knowledge of Pattalathar.

After which Ulaganathan and Annamalai are married. Then the serial takes a turn when a murder occurs in their village and with schemes of Paarkavi who is the servant of Ghandimadhi, Annamalai faces a series of hurdles and problems, but still loves and cares for her family.

The story later portrays as to how she acts as an important character in building a bridge and ending all the misunderstandings the two families have had between them.

==Cast==
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===Main Cast===
* [[Sivakumar]] as Thavasi
* [[Raadhika Sarathkumar]] as Annamalai (Thavasi's sister)
** [[Neena (Tamil actress)|Neena]] as Young Annamalai
* [[Ponvannan]] as Gomathi Nayagam
* [[Riyaz Khan]]/[[Ravi Raghavendra]] as Nallasivam (Pattalathar's third son)
* [[Viji Chandrasekhar]] as Shanthi (Gomathi's sister)
* Shyam Ganesh as Ulaganathan (Annamalai and Shanthi's husband)
** [[SPB Charan]] as Young Ulaganathan
* [[Prem (actor)|Prem]] as Nambi (Pattalathar's last son) <ref name="auto">{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Prems-passion-for-police/articleshow/6941342.cms|title= Prem's passion for police|work=timesofindia.indiatimes.com}}</ref>
* [[Kuyili (actress)|Kuyili]] as Visalam Thavasi (Thavasi's wife)
* [[Shanmugasundaram]] as Pattalathar alias Ammaiyappan (Thavasi, Nallasivam, Annamalai, Nambi, Gomathinayagam and Santhi's father)
* [[Jyothi Lakshmi]] as Gandhimadhi (Ulaganathan and Valliammai's mother)
* Devadarshini as Valliammai (Ulaganathan's sister)
* [[Ajay Rathnam]] as Anbhazhagan
* Manjari Vinodhini as Tamizharasi Nallasivam (Anbhazhagan's sister and Nallasivam's wife)
* [[Vijay Adhiraj]] as Anwar (Annamalai's friend) <ref name="auto1">{{cite web |url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2004/07/01/stories/2004070100080200.htm|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=2004-07-01|title= Vijay Adhiraj Playing Anwar in Annamalai Serial}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
===Pattalathar Family===
* [[Shanmugasundaram]] as Pattalathar alias Ammaiyappan (Thavasi, Nallasivam, Annamalai, Nambi, Gomathinayagam and Santhi's father)
* [[Meera Krishnan]] as Thangamma (Pattalathar's second wife and Gomathi Nayagam and Santhi's mother)
* [[Sivakumar]] as Thavasi (Pattalathar's first son)
* [[Ponvannan]] as Gomathi Nayagam (Pattalathar's second son)
* [[Riyaz Khan]]/[[Ravi Raghavendra]] as Nallasivam (Pattalathar's third son)
* [[Viji Chandrasekhar]] as Shanthi (Pattalathar's first daughter)
* [[Raadhika Sarathkumar]] as Annamalai (Pattalathar's second daughter)
** [[Neena (Tamil actress)|Neena]] as Young Annamalai
* [[Prem (actor)|Pream]] as Nambi (Pattalathar's last son) <ref name="auto"/>
* [[Kuyili (actress)|Kuyili]] as Visalam Thavasi (Thavasi's wife)
* Arun Prabhu Purushothaman as Sivakumar (Thavasi and Visalam's son)
* [[Poornitha|Kalyani]] as Suriya (Annamalai's daughter)
* [[Pasi Sathya]] as Sankari Paati (Pattalathar's elder sister)

===Gandhimadhi Family===

* [[Jyothi Lakshmi]] as Gandhimadhi (Ulaganathan and Valliammai's mother)
* Shyam Ganesh as Ulaganathan (Gandhimadhi's son and Annamalai and Santhi's husband)
**[[S. P. B. Charan|S.P.B Charan]] as Young Ulaganathan
* [[Devadarshini]] as Valliammai alias Valli (Gandhimadhi's daughter and Gomathi's wife)

===Anbhazhagan Family===

* [[Ajay Rathnam]] as Anbhazhagan
* Manjari Vinodhini as Tamizharasi Nallasivam (Anbhazhagan's sister and Nallasivam's wife)
* [[Sindhu (actress)|Sindhu]] as Thulasi Anbhazhagan (Anbhazhagan's wife)

===Mandiramoorthy Family===

* [[Poovilangu Mohan]] as Mandiramoorthy alias Kangaaniyaar
* [[Sonia (actress)|Sonia]] as Chellamma, Mandiramoorthy's wife
* [[Sanjeev (Tamil actor, born 1975)|Sanjeev]] as Vinayagam "Vinay" (Mandiramoorthy's elder son)
* Venkat as Subramani "Subbu" (Mandiramoorthy's second son, Vinay's twin brother)
* Shobana as Mandiramoorthy's mother-in-law, Chellamma and Poongodi's mother and Vinay and Subbu's maternal grandmother.
* Sivakavitha as Poongodi (Chellamma's sister and Mandiramoorthy's sister in law)
* Raani as Meena (Vinayagam's wife)

===Anwar Family===

* [[Vijay Adhiraj]] as Anwar (Annamalai's friend) <ref name="auto1"/>
* Prithi as Nargis (Anwar's sister)
* Devi Priya as Maryam Anwar (Anwar's wife)
* Dev Anand as Basheer (Nargis' husband)

===Kathiresan Family===

* Bhanu Prakash as Kathiresan alias Kathir (Jeeva, Jyothi and Jhansi's father)
* Nandakumar as Sathappan (Kathir's elder brother)
* [[Deepa Venkat]] as Jeeva (Kathir's first daughter and Annamalai's adoptive daughter)
* Iswarya as Jyothi (Kathir's second daughter and Annamalai's adoptive daughter)
* Pooja as Jhansi (Kathir's last daughter, Annamalai's adoptive daughter and Nambi's wife)

===Sakthi Family===

* [[N. Santhanam]]/Sureshwar as Sakthi (Jeeva's husband)
* Vizhuthugal Santhanam as Sakthi's father
* [[Bombay Gnanam]]/Revathee Shankar as Sakthi's mother
* [[Cheenu Mohan]] as Sakthi's brother
* Shobana as Shobhana (Sakthi's sister-in-law)
* Latha Rao/ Geethalakshmi as Latha (Sakthi's sister)

===Diwakar Family===

* [[Sai Prashanth]] as Diwakar
* [[Idichapuli Selvaraj]] as Diwakar's father
* [[Gauthami Vembunathan]] as Diwakar's mother
* [[Priyanka]] as Sheela (Diwakar's sister)

===Miscellaneous===

* Pollachi Babu as Santhanam
* Sadhasivam as Nellaiappan
* [[K. S. Jayalakshmi]] as Bhargavi (Gandhimadhi's servant)
* Ramachandran as Nagaraj
* [[Keerthana (Tamil actress)|Keerthana]] as Indumathy
* [[Delhi Kumar]] as Seshadri (Pattalathar's legal advisor)
* Nagesh Krishnamoorthi as Krishnamachari (Gandhimadhi's legal advisor)
* Siva as Basha
* Raviraj as Arumugam
* Mali as G.D. (Anwar's friend)
* Vijay Sarathy as Gowri Shankar ( Ulaganathan's best friend)
* Kalpana Sri as Sumathi (Annamalai's best friend and Gowri Shankar's wife)
* [[Balu Anand]] as Pushpadas, A fraudlent bangle seller
* Bhavana as Meenakshi (Ulaganathan's cousin)
* [[Shanthi Williams]] as Meenakshi's mother
* Devaraj as Meenakshi's father

==Original soundtrack==

===Title song===
It was written by famous lyricist [[Vairamuthu]]. It was sung by [[K. S. Chithra]], [[KK (singer)|KK]] and M. L. R. Karthikeyan.

===Soundtrack===
{{tracklist
| headline = Tracklist
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Uyirgal Pirapathu (உயிர்கள் பிறப்பது) Title Song
| lyrics1 = [[Vairamuthu]]
| music1 = [[Dhina]]
| extra1 = [[K. S. Chithra]], [[KK (singer)|KK]], M. L. R. Karthikeyan
| length1 = 3:30
| title2 = Sevvana Veedhiyil (செவ்வான வீதியில்)
| lyrics2 = [[Vairamuthu]]
| music2 = [[Dhina]]
| extra2 = [[K. S. Chithra]], M. L. R. Karthikeyan
| length2 = 3:30
}}

==International broadcast==
The Series was released on 11 February 2002 on [[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]]. The Show was also broadcast internationally on Channel's international distribution. It aired in [[Sri Lanka]], [[South East Asia]], [[Middle East]], [[United States]], [[Canada]], [[Europe]], [[Oceania]], [[South Africa]] and [[Sub Saharan Africa]] on [[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]]. The show's episodes were released on YouTube channel [https://www.youtube.com/user/RadaanMedia/ Radaan Media] from 2013.

* {{flagicon|India}} It aired in the Indian state of [[Andhra Pradesh]] on [[Gemini TV]] Dubbed in [[Telugu language]] as Sivaiah.
* {{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} In [[Sri Lanka]] [[Tamil language|Tamil]] Channel on [[Shakthi TV]]. It was aired Monday to Friday at 8:30PM.
* {{flagicon|UK}} In United Kingdom [[Tamil language|Tamil]] Channel on [[Deepam TV]].

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20141007220928/http://www.suntvnetwork.in/tv-channel-details.aspx?Channelid=1&channelname=SUN%20TV&LanguageID=1&Type=q Official Website] {{in lang|en}}
* [https://www.youtube.com/suntv Sun TV on YouTube]
* [http://www.suntv.in/ Sun TV Network] {{in lang|en}}
* [http://www.sun.in Sun Group] {{in lang|en}}

{{Sun TV shows}}

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[[Category:2005 Tamil-language television series endings]]

Annamalai 2002 TV series - Revision history

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