Ayali is a 2025 Indian Tamil language crime Thriller Drama series that premiered from 2 June 2025 airing on Zee Tamil.[1] It is an official remake of Bengali language television series Jagaddhatri. It stars Tejaswini Gowda and Anand Selvan and is directed by Parameshwarar.[2] It portrays the story of an undercover cop, Ayali (Tejaswini Gowda) and her fellow police officer Siva (Anand Selvan).
Plot
Shunned by her family over false accusations against her mother, Ayali tolerates her stepmom’s cruelty and teams up with Siva to expose Varma and prove her mother's innocence and Siva's identity in his family.[3]
Cast
Main
- Tejaswini Gowda as Ayali a.k.a AD
- Riya Manoj as Young Ayali
- Anand Selvan as Shiva IPS
Recurring
- Vidhya Mohan as Indrani: Shiva's elder sister
- Santosh R Daniel as Kabilan: Shiva's half-brother
- Akshitha Bopaiah as Rithika: Ayali's half-sister
- Lakshmi Vasudevan / Kavitha Solairaja as Selvanayagi: Shiva's stepmother
- Vetri Kiran / Jeeva Ravi as Udhayaperumal: Shiva's father
- Ram G as Varman (Main Antagonist)
- Parthan Siva as Kaliappan: Shiva's uncle
- Swetha as Chellamma: Ayali’s Aunt
- Aarthi Ramkumar / Vasavi as Jamuna: Ayali's stepmother
- Shilpa / Caroline as Karthika: Kaliappan's wife
- Rishi Keshav as Devaraj: Ayali’s father
- Nithya Ravindar as Padma: Ayali's grandmother
- Ratna Rajan as Ponni: Shiva's half-sister
- Manusri Karthikeyan as Deepa: Ayali's cousin
- Feroz Khan as Cheziyan: Indrani's husband
- Birla Bose as Commissioner Vijayakumar: Reshma's father
- Suresh Mohan as John
- Chandini Prakash as Monica
- Revathee Shankar as Indrani's mother
- Deepa Nethran as Sankari: Shiva's mother
- Kasthuri Shankar / Keerthana as Archana IPS: Ayali's mother
- Ashok Samuel as Journalist Narayanan: Chellama's husband
- Narasimha Raju as Sampath: Archana's brother
- Radhika Preethi as Reshma: Shiva's friend
- Pankajam as Maragatham
- Premi Venkat as Akhilandeshwari
- Babloo Prithiveeraj as Vikram
- Sona Heiden as Governor of Tamil Nadu
Production
Casting
After Vidhya No.1, Tejaswini Gowda made a comeback through this series as "Ayali".[4] Anand Selvan was selected to play the role of police officer Siva. It was second collaboration with Zee Tamil after Ninaithale Inikkum serial.[5] Kasthuri Shankar was selected to play the role of police officer.[6]
References
- ↑ Zee Tamil unveils latest fiction 'Ayali'. Media News4U(30 May 2025).
- ↑ Zee Tamil unveils latest fiction 'Ayali'. Hindu Tamil Thisai(31 May 2025).
- ↑ வீட்டில் குடும்பப் பெண், வெளியே புரட்சிப் பெண்: தேஜஸ்வினியின் புதிய தொடர் அயலி!. Dinamani(29 April 2025).
- ↑ Tejaswini Gowda set to play the titular role in upcoming show 'Ayali'. The Times of India(24 April 2025).
- ↑ Tejaswini Gowda and Anand Selvan set to play the leads in 'Ayali'. The Times of India(24 May 2025).
- ↑ ஜீ தமிழில் அயலி சீரியலில் கதாநாயகியாகும் நடிகை கஸ்தூரி.. ஆரம்பமே அசத்தல் தான்! ஆனாலும் டுவிஸ்ட் இருக்கு!. Oneindia(31 May 2025).