| Directed by | K. Balachander |
|---|---|
| Written by | Gopu Babu (dialogues) |
| Produced by | B. Kailasam Geetha B. Kailasam |
| Starring | Venu Arvind |
| Cinematography | Prakashkumar
|
| Music by | Rehaan
|
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil
|
Kasalavu Nesam is a 1999 Tamil comedy television series directed by K. Balachander starring Venu Arvind. The series aired on Sun TV and Raj TV,[1] and is referred to as among Balachander's "most memorable".[2]
Plot
Gautam (Venu Arvind) is unemployed and when all his efforts in securing a job fail miserably, his friend recommends him for a job with a large business magnate. The catch is that in order to get the job, Gautam must marry the boss' dark-complexioned daughter. Against his better judgement, he marries her, but her lack of beauty makes him cringe. As fate would have it, he falls in love with a beautiful ghazal singer. Soon thereafter, his wife passes away. The coast now being clear, Gautam happily marries the ghazal singer. However, his happiness is short-lived as he soon realizes that he now has two fathers-in-law. Life becomes miserable for Gautam with both his fathers-in-law enforcing their influence and their crazy ideas to his everyday life. Gautam laments that one can afford to have two living wives, but not two living fathers-in-law. To make matters worse, Gautam's first wife returns as a spirit. With the constant appearance of the first wife's spirit, visible only to Gautam, events take a more uproarious turn. A series of mind-boggling comic interludes develop and utter confusion reins amidst the family members.
Cast
- Venu Arvind as Gautham[3]
- Nagesh Krishnamoorthi as Chandrababu, Gautham's father
- Revathi Sankaran as Mohana, Gautham's mother
- Ramji as Akash (Gautham's friend)
- Bharathi as Sapna, Akash's wife
- Indhu as Arundhati, Gautham's first wife
- Delhi Kumar as Sundaram, Arundhathi's father
- Sriranjini as Rathi, Gautham's second wife
- Jaiganesh as VPS, Rathi's father
- Bombay Gnanam as Rathi's grandma
- Bhargavii Mani as Ramani, Gautham's sister
- Master Rahul as Rajini raja, Gautham's younger brother
- Kuyili as Mathangi, Mohana's cousin
- K. S. Jayalakshmi as Madhavi Devi
- Ganeshkar
- Nizhalgal Ravi
- K. Balachander as Rathi's family lawyer
- T. V. Varadharajan
References
- ↑ Bad guy gets good rating. The Hindu(11 November 2006). Retrieved 7 June 2012.
- ↑ Receiving Phalke Award Proudest Moment: Balachander. Outlook(29 April 2011). Retrieved 7 June 2012.
- ↑ Make it neaaattuu. The Hindu.