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{{Short description|Indian Tamil-language soap opera}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2022}}
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{{Infobox television
| image =
| caption =
| genre = Soap opera
| creator =
| producer = Metti Oli S. Siddique
| based_on =
| story = [[Suraj (director)|G. Suraaj]]
| screenplay = [[Badri (director)|Badri]] C. U. Muthuselvan '''Dialogues:''' K. N. Natarajan
| creative_director =
| director = Badri E. Vikkiramathithan
| starring = [[Delhi Kumar]] [[Chetan (actor)|Chetan]] [[Abhishek Shankar|Abishek Shankar]] Rajkanth [[Sulakshana (actress)|Sulakshana]] Meenakumari [[Sabitha Anand]] Azhagu
| country = India
| language = Tamil
| num_seasons =
| num_episodes = 400
| company = Cine Times Entertainment
| opentheme = "Arisi Mavale Kolam Podu" (Vocals) [[Rahul Nambiar]] G. Gayathri Devi Master Sooraj Babay Shruthi Harini (Lyrics) [[Palani Bharathi]]
| theme_music_composer = [[Vijay Antony]]
| composer = Sanjeev Ratheen
| cinematography = S. T. Maads
| editor = Singai V. Raju
| camera = [[Multi-camera]]
| runtime = approx. 14–24 minutes
| channel = [[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]]
| first_aired = {{start date|df=y|2005|10|17}}
| last_aired = {{End date|df=y|2007|6|1}}
| related = ''[[Megala (TV series)|Megala]]''
}}

'''''Malargal''''' (Tamil: மலர்கள், {{translation| Flowers}}) was an Indian Tamil-language soap opera which aired on [[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]]. It is a prime-time serial that aired weekdays from 17 October 2005 to 1 June 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nettv4u.com/about/Tamil/tv-serials/malargal |title=TAMIL TV SERIAL MALARGAL |publisher=NetTV4u |date=31 August 2022 |accessdate=31 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/201544/tamil-actor-gets-five-year.html |title=Tamil Actor gets 5 Year RI |publisher=Deccan Herald |date=31 October 2011 |accessdate=31 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GZ1r3UyX0Us |title=We never know when they will ask us to dance or when they will ask us to sing - Deepak On Anchor's Job Exclusive Interview |publisher=[[YouTube]] |date=21 April 2018 |accessdate=31 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jcd01noPAPg&t=547s |title=Vanakkam Thamizha with Actor Abhishek Shankar - Full Show - 11th May 2020 - Sun TV |publisher=[[YouTube]] |date=13 May 2020 |accessdate=31 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YYqM-AbqdVc&t=848s |title=My smile has many years of crying| publisher=[[YouTube]] |date=21 May 2021 |accessdate=31 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://filmschannels.blogspot.com/2007/12/i-love-to-do-homely-roles-sri-vidya.html?m=1 |title=I love to do homely roles - Sri Vidya |publisher=films-channels.blogspot.com |date=13 December 2007 |accessdate=31 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xmlxxMpbMiY&t=296s |title=Vanakkam Tamizha with Serial Actors Prakash & Akila - Full Show - 25th Sep 2020 - Sun TV |publisher=[[YouTube]] |date=26 September 2020 |accessdate=31 August 2022}}</ref> The show aired in Sun TV every Monday to Friday at 7.30 pm.

The show starred [[Delhi Kumar]], [[Chetan (actor)|Chetan]], [[Abhishek Shankar|Abishek Shankar]], Rajkanth, [[Sulakshana (actress)|Sulakshana]], Meenakumari, [[Sabitha Anand]], Azhagu, [[Deepak Dinkar]], [[Shreekumar|Sreekumar]], [[Vaishnavi (Tamil actress)|Vaishnavi]], Sri Vidya, Rindhiya, [[Deepa Shankar]], [[Poovilangu Mohan]], Shyam Ganesh, [[George Vishnu]], Sureshwar, [[Nithya Ravindran|Nithya Ravindar]], Sonia Bose, Sneha Eswar, [[Vasu Vikram]], Dev Anand, Jayashree, [[Chithra (actress)|Chithra]], [[Kaveri (Tamil actress)|Kaveri]], Aishwarya, Akhila, Srilekha Rajendran,
Revathi Shankar, [[Vijay Krishnaraj]], Kaveri Babu, [[Chandrabose (composer)|Chandrabose]], K. S. G. Venkatesh, V. C. Jeyamani, [[K. S. Jayalakshmi]], Gauthami Vembunathan, Swetha Bharathi, Bhuvana, Hema, [[Vatsala Rajagopal]], Karna, Rajkumar & [[Arun Prabu Purushothaman]].

The show is produced by Cine Times Entertainment & directed by [[Badri (director)|Badri]] & E. Vikkiramathithan. The show was later replaced by ''[[Megala (TV series)|Megala]]'' which was also produced by Cine Times Entertainment.

==Plot==
The story evolves on the life of Nataraja Gounder along with wife Sivagami & his five children Thulasi, Moorthy, Bhaskar, Siva & Vidya. Nataraja Goundar is a kind hearted, respected farmer & meticulous family leader yet he is very compassionate father. It shows how he faces struggles & hardship in his as well as his children's lives in the form of fate & enmity with Kathirvel, Gnanavel & Pandithurai who holds grudge on Nataraja Goundar for various reasons & how he overcomes it.

==Cast==
{{div col}}
* [[Delhi Kumar]] as Nataraja Goundar
** B. Murali as Young Nataraja Goundar
* [[Chetan (actor)|Chetan]] as Kathirvel Goundar, Nataraja Goundar & Sivagami's foster son & Ganthimathi's biological son
* [[Abhishek Shankar|Abishek Shankar]] as Shanmugham, Nataraja Goundar & Sivagami's elder son-in-law & Thulasi & Poongothai's husband
* Rajkanth as Pandithurai "Pandi"
* [[Sulakshana (actress)|Sulakshana]] as Sivagami, as Nataraja Goundar's wife
* Meenakumari as Thulasi, Nataraja Goundar & Sivagami's elder daughter & Shanmugham's 1st wife
* [[Sabitha Anand]] as Ganthimathi, Nataraja Goundar's ex-lover & Kathirvel's biological mother
** Unknown as Young Ganthimathi
* Azhagu as Gnanavel, Kathirvel's maternal uncle & Ganthimathi's brother
** [[Black Pandi|Lingesawaran]] as Young Gnanavel
* [[Vidharth]]/[[Deepak Dinkar]] as Ramesh (James), Nataraja Goundar & Sivagami's younger son-in-law & Vidya's husband
* Dev Anand Sharma/ Shreekumar Ganesh as Ashok, Pandithurai's brother & Vidya's ex-lover
* [[Vaishnavi (Tamil actress)|Vaishnavi]]/Sri Vidya as Vidya, Nataraja Goundar & Sivagami's younger daughter & Ramesh's wife
* Rindhiya as Poongothai, Shanmugham's 2nd wife
* [[Deepa Shankar]] as Revathy, Nataraja Goundar & Sivagami's youngest daughter-in-law & Siva's 1st wife
* [[Poovilangu Mohan]] as Mohana Sundaram Goundar, Vidya's father-in-law & Ramesh & Ganesh's father
* [[George Vishnu]]/Shyam Ganesh as Moorthy, Nataraja Goundar's eldest son & Karpagam's husband
* Sureshwar as Bhaskar, Nataraja Goundar's middle son & Malliga's husband
* [[Nithya Ravindran|Nithya Ravindar]] as Sharadha, Vidya's mother-in-law & Ramesh & Ganesh's mother
* Sonia Bose as Karpagam, Nataraja Goundar's eldest daughter-in-law & Moorthy's wife
* Sneha Eswar (Sneha Nambiar) as Malliga as Nataraja Goundar & Sivagami's middle daughter-in-law & Bhaskar's wife
* [[Vasu Vikram]] as Sundaresan Goundar, Sivagami's brother & Revathi's father
* Unknown/Jayashree as Kavitha, Kathirvel's wife, Ganthimathi's daughter-in-law
* [[Chithra (actress)|Chithra]] as Indra Ramanathan as Kavitha, Prabha & Padmini's mother
* [[Kaveri (Tamil actress)|Kaveri]] as Padmini "Puppy" as Kavitha's elder sister
* Aishwarya as Prabha, Kavitha's younger sister
* Akhila as Amala, Nataraja Goundar & Sivagami's ex-daughter-in-law & Siva's ex-wife (2nd wife)
* Srilekha Rajendran as Moorthy's mother-in-law & Karpagam's mother
* Revathi Shankar as Bhaskar's mother-in-law & Malliga's mother
* [[Vijay Krishnaraj]] as Paramasivam, Moorthy's father-in-law & Karpagam's father
* Kaveri Babu as Ramasamy, Bhaskar's father-in-law & Malliga's father
* [[Chandrabose (composer)|Chandrabose]] as Sivalingam "Lingam"
* K. S. G. Venkatesh as Rajasekhar, Amala's father & Siva's ex-father-in-law
* V. C. Jeyamani as Viswanathan Goundar, Thulasi & Poongothai's father-in-law & Shanmugham's father
* [[K. S. Jayalakshmi]] as Sundari, Ramesh & Ganesh's paternal aunt & Dharshini's mother
* Gowthami Vembunathan as Saraswathi, Thulasi & Poongothai's mother-in-law & Shanmugham's mother
* Swetha Bharathi as Dharshini, Ramesh & Ganesh's paternal cousin
* Hema/Bhuvana as Valli, Pandithurai's wife
* [[Vatsala Rajagopal]] as Dhanavalli, Poongothai's foster grandmother
* Karna as Panneerselvam "Panneer", Ramesh & Ganesh's uncle & Dharshini's father
* Rajkumar as Siva, Nataraja Goundar & Sivagami's youngest son, Revathy's husband & Amala's ex-husband
* [[Arun Prabu Purushothaman]] (Arun Nepal) as Ganesh, Vidya's brother-in-law & Ramesh's brother
* [[T. S. Raghavendra]] as Palaniappan, Nataraja Goundar's friend & astrologer
* K. R. Selvaraj as Manohar, Shanmugham's maternal uncle & Saraswathi's brother
* Mythili as Vasuki as Palaniappan's wife
* Shobana as Valarmathi "Valar", Shanmugham's aunt Saraswathi's sister-in-law
* [[Manorama (Tamil actress)|Manorama]] as Meenatchi Sr, Nataraja Goundar's mother
* [[Mohan Sharma]] as Jaya Prakash "JP"
* [[Meera Krishnan]] as Sangeetha
* Sathish as Meyyappan
* Vairavaraj as Perumalsamy
* Birla Bose as Saravana Kumar
* Parthan as Swaminathan
* Andrew Jesudoss as a jailer
* MLA Thangaraj as Saminathan, Nataraja Goundar's friend & farmer
* Soodhu Kavvum Sivakumar as Durai, Shanmugham's friend & colleague
* M. D. Mohan as Mani, Shanmugham's friend
* Sumathisri as Amutha, Siva & Amala's maid
* Usha Elizabeth Suraj as Uma, Durai' wife
* [[K. R. Vatsala]] as Sorna
* Rangammal as a midwife
* Cable Shankar as Shanmughanathan as Kathirvel's adopted father & Gnanavel's employer
* Auditor Sridhar as Arunachalam
* Viji Kannan as Mudaliyar's wife
* Vaani as Reddy's wife
* S. Ramakrishnan as Kavitha & Prabha's maternal uncle, Indra Ramanathan's cousin
* Baby Bharathi as Meenatchi Jr, Nataraja Goundar & Sivagami's granddaughter & Moorthy & Karpagam's daughter
* Master Vignesh as Karthik, Nataraja Goundar's grandson & Bhaskar & Malliga's son
* S. R. Kaviya Varshini Arun as Shamini, Ramesh 's college mate
* Vairavaraj as Perumalsamy, deputy superintendent of police
* Sathish Kumar as Meyyappan, superintendent of police
* Sumathi Sri as Amutha
* S. Gokul Thilak
* L. Muthukumarasamy
* S. T. P. Rosary as Sadhasivam
* [[Chelladurai]] as a police constable
* Veera as a police constable
* Muralidhar Raj as Mads, Kavitha & Prabha's brother-in-law, Padmini's husband
* S. Kamesh Kumar as Kishore, Amala's friend
* Adams as Siva's friend
* Jayasurya as Sekhar, Sivalingam's aide
* Dayalan as Kasi, Pandithurai's aide
* Srejeth as Santhanam, Mohana Sundaram's auditor's assistant
* Haaris as Ramesh's friend
* T. Deepa as Aasaithambi's wife
* Ramesh
* N. P. Jothi as Sivalingam's henchman
* Senthilvel as Sivalingam's henchman
* Jayanthi Shankar as Sharadha's relative
* C. Pauline as Shanmugham's neighbour
* Pattukottai Sivanarayamoorthy special appearance in the title song
* Master Babur Siddique special appearance in the title song
{{div col end}}

==Production==
===Development===
Cine Times Entertainment decided to produce Malargal as a replacement for their abruptly ended series Muhurtham which was produced as a replacement for their highly successful series ''[[Metti Oli]]''. Cine Times Entertainment signed television writer & director [[Badri (director)|Badri]] as the screenplay writer & director of this series, who had previously directed series such as ''Mangalyam'' & ''Aadugiran Kannan'' & written dialogues in the movie ''[[London (2005 Indian film)|London]]''. The story was written by [[Suraj (director)|G. Suraaj]] who had previously directed movies such as ''[[Moovendhar]]'', ''[[Kunguma Pottu Gounder]]'' & ''[[Military (2003 film)|Military]]'' written story, dialogues for movies such as ''[[Unakkaga Ellam Unakkaga]]'' & ''[[Chinna (2005 film)|Chinna]]'' & dialogues were written by K. N. Natarajan.

Later Badri had left the series to make his cinematic debut as a director in the movie ''[[Veerappu]]'', so he was replaced with C. U. Muthuselvan & E. Vikkiramathithan as the screenplay writer & director respectively. This was the 2nd series directed by E. Vikkiramathithan after ''Anandha Bhavan'' in which he had replaced M. Thirumurugan & later worked with him as the 2nd unit director in ''Metti Oli''. This series marked the 2nd collaboration of both C. U. Muthuselvan & E. Vikkiramathithan with Cine Times Entertainment as the former had worked as the screenplay writer in the series ''Metti Oli'' & director in ''Muhurtham'' & the later had worked as the 2nd unit director & actor in ''Metti Oli''.

===Casting===
[[Delhi Kumar]], [[Chetan (actor)|Chetan]] & [[Abhishek Shankar|Abhishek]] were signed as the male leads Nataraja Goundar, Kathirvel & Shanmugham respectively in this series. This series marked the 2nd collaboration of the former with Cine Times Entertainment after ''Metti Oli'' & the 2nd collaboration of the later 2 with Badri after the series ''Aadugiran Kannan''. [[Sulakshana (actress)|Sulakshana]] & Meenakumari were signed as the female leads Sivagami & Thulasi respectively in this series.

[[Manorama (Tamil actress)|Manorama]], Azhagu, Rajkanth, [[Poovilangu Mohan]], [[Sabitha Anand]], [[Nithya Ravindran|Nithya Ravindar]], [[Sonia (actress)|Sonia Bose]], George Vishnu, Sureshwar, [[Vasu Vikram]], [[Chandrabose (composer)|Chandrabose]], Sneha Eeswar, Dev Anand, [[Vaishnavi (Tamil actress)|Vaishnavi]], [[Deepa Shankar]], Rindhiya, [[Mohan Sharma]], Sathish, Vairavaraj, [[Vijay Krishnaraj]], Kaveri Babu, Srilekha Rajendran, Revathy Shankar, [[Meera Krishnan]], Hema, Akhila, Swetha Bharathy, [[K. S. G. Venkatesh]], [[T. S. Raghavendra]], Mythili, MLA Thangaraj, [[K. S. Jayalakshmi]], Karna, V. C. Jeyamani, Gowthami Vembunathan, [[Vatsala Rajagopal]], Soodhum Kavvum Sivakumar, Usha Elizabeth Suraj, [[Vidharth]], [[Arun Prabu Purushothaman]] & Rajkumar were cast in supporting as well as negative characters in this series.

Music director Chandrabose who had composed many movies & series, made his acting debut in television through this series. After the series progressed some actors & actresses got replaced for various reasons. Vaishnavi, George Vishnu, Dev Anand, Hema Vidhaarth & Jayashree got replaced with Sri Vidya, Shyam Ganesh, [[Shreekumar|Sreekumar]], Bhuvana & [[Deepak Dinkar]] respectively. The most notable replacement was Vaishnavi because this was her final series as she had committed suicide during the filming of this series, subsequently got replaced with Sri Vidya & Dev Anand who was believed to be involved in Vaishnavi's suicide case was subjected to investigations, as a result he also got replaced with Sreekumar.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tamil.indianexpress.com/entertainment/tv-actors-committed-suicide-list-tamil-actress-suicide-vj-chitra-vaishnavi-tamil-news-236496/ |title=Small Screen Stars who permanently got separated from their fans because of their decision of committing suicide |publisher=[[The Indian Express]] |date=10 December 2020| accessdate=6 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/from-sai-prashanth-to-vj-chitra-10-tamil-tv-celebs-who-died-by-suicide/photostory/100543920.cms |title=From Sai Prashanth to VJ Chitra: 10 Tamil TV celebs who died |publisher=[[Times of India]] |date=27 May 2023 |accessdate=6 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news/apr-06-03/18-04-06-vaishnavi.html |title=TV Anchor Vaishnavi commits suicide |publisher=Behindwoods |date=18 April 2006 |accessdate=6 June 2024}}</ref>

===Filming===
The series was filmed in [[Chennai]], [[Poonamalee]], [[Nazarethpettai]], [[Gerugambakkam]], [[Kovur, Chennai|Kovur]], [[Porur]], [[Kanchipuram]], [[Valasaravakkam]], [[Kanchipuram|Baluchetty Chatram]], [[Kundrathur]], [[Tambaram]], [[Padappai]], [[Chittoor]], [[Peddapuram]] & [[Bangalore]].

==Soundtrack==
The title song was composed by [[Vijay Antony]], while the background score & the other songs were composed by Sanjeev Ratheen. Lyrics were written by [[Palani Bharathi]].
{{track listing
| headline = Track list
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Arisi Mavale Kolam Podu அரிசி மாவாலே கோலம் போடு
| lyrics1 = [[Palani Bharathi]]
| music1 = [[Vijay Antony]]
| extra1 = [[Rahul Nambiar]], G. Gayathri Devi, Master Sooraj, Baby Shruthi Harini
| length1 = 3:58
| title2 = Yarukkaga Yarukkaga Malargal Malargiratho யாருக்காக யாருக்காக மலர்கள் மலர்கிறதோ
| lyrics2 = [[Palani Bharathi]]
| music2 = Sanjeev Ratheen
| length2 = 1:09
}}

==Awards==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Year !! Award !! Category !! Recipient !! Role !! Result
|-
| 2006
| Tamil Nadu State Television Awards<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.goergo.in/?p=2139 |title=Interview with Actor Abishek |publisher=Goergo |date=18 August 2018 |accessdate=3 September 2022 |archive-date=9 April 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140409054100/http://www.goergo.in/?p=2139 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/aug-08-01/kushboo-09-08-08.html | title=Kushboo awarded |publisher=Behindwoods |date=9 August 2008 |accessdate=3 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.behindwoods.com/features/Gallery/tamil-movies-events/photos-6/tv-serial/Awards-11.html |title=TV Awards |publisher=Behindwoods |date=9 August 2008 |accessdate=3 September 2022}}</ref>
| Best Actor
| [[Abhishek Shankar|Abishek Shankar]]
| Shanmugham
| {{Won}}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Sun TV original programming]]
[[Category:2000s Tamil-language television series]]
[[Category:2005 Tamil-language television series debuts]]
[[Category:Tamil-language television shows]]
[[Category:2007 Tamil-language television series endings]]

Malargal - Revision history

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