Malli is a 2024 Indian Tamil-language television series starring Nikitha Rajesh, Vijay Venkatesan, and Rahila Sayedh.[1] The series was produced by Saregama. It premiered on 29 April 2024 on Sun TV and it is also available on the digital platform Sun NXT.[2]
Cast
Main
- Nikitha Rajesh as Malliga Vijayakumar (Malli): Vijay's second wife
- Vijay Venkatesan as Vijayakumar (Vijay): Renuka and Malli's husband; Venba's father
- Rahila Sayedh as Venba Vijaykumar: Vijay and Renuka's daughter
Recurring
- Mahalashmi Shankar as Rajeshwari alias Raji: Vijay's eldest sister (Main Antagonist)
- Gracy Thangavel as Ranjitha: Vijay's niece
- VJ Akshaya[3] / Nagashree GS as Renuka Vijayakumar (Vijay's first wife and Venba's mother) / Sudarvizhi
- Niranjana as Nisha: Renuka's sister
- Bharathi Mohan as Kathiresan: Renuka's father
- Dev Anand Sharma as Manohar: Vijay's brother-in-law
- Krithika Annamalai as Nagalakshmi a.k.a Nagu: Malli's sister-in-law
- Venkat Subramanian / Ashwin Kumar as Pathram Babu a.k.a Babu: Malli's elder brother
- Sanjay Asrani as Raghuram : Vijay's rival
- Yadhavi as Inspector S. Deepika : Dinesh's sister
- Harirudran as Advocate Deepak: Deepika husband
- Dhanushree as Mayil: Malli's younger sister
- Nalini as Annapoorani: Malli's aunt
- Jay Srinivasa Kumar as Aravind: Malli's best friend
- Nisha Kapoor as Chitra Manohar: Vijay's elder sister
- Ambika as Podhum Ponnu: Vijay's step-mother
- Priya as Sivagami: Renuka's mother
- Poornima Bhagyaraj as Advocate Vidhya: Vijay's adopted mother
- Madhan Bob as Subramaniyam: Vijay's father
- Uma Padmanabhan as Advocate Devasena
- Sanjay Kumar Asrani as Raghuram
- Nikitha Murali as Meera: Malli's friend
- Rokinth as Velan: Kumudha's husband
- Nithish Kutty as Mani: Malli's younger brother
Production
Development
After the ending of the longest running Sun TV drama Anbe Vaa.[4]
Casting
Vijay Venkatesan[5] was cast in the male lead role as Vijayakumar after his role as Karthikeyan in Zee Tamil`s Peranbu,[6] while actress Nikitha Rajesh was cast as the female lead role as Malli, marking her return after Zee Tamil`s Suryavamsam.[7][8] Roja serial fame Akshaya Mohan Kumar[9] replaced later by Chandralekha serial fame Nagashree GS,[10] veteran actress Nalini,[11][12] Poornima Bhagyaraj joined the cast.[12]
On 3 June 2024, actress Ambika was cast as Pothum Ponnu.[13]
Release
The show started airing on Sun TV on 29 April 2024 from Monday to Sunday, replacing 'Anbe Vaa'.[14]
References
- ↑ பிரபல நட்சத்திரங்கள் இணைந்து நடிக்கும் தொடர் மல்லி.. www.dinamani.com(12 February 2024).
- ↑ ஏப்ரல் 29 முதல் ஒளிபரப்பாகும் மல்லி புதிய தொடர்.... tamil.timesnownews.com(23 April 2024).
- ↑ Roja Actress Akshaya Mohan Kumar joins the cast of upcoming show Malli. The Times of India(15 April 2024).
- ↑ Tamil TV show 'Anbe Vaa' to go off-air soon. The Times of India(22 April 2024).
- ↑ மல்லி தொடரில் நடிக்கும் நடிகர் விமல். minnambalam.com(19 April 2024).
- ↑ புது சீரியலை தொடங்கும் சன் டிவி.. ஜீ தமிழில் இருந்து வரும் ஹீரோ. cineulagam.com(30 January 2024).
- ↑ மல்லி தொடரில் கம்பேக் கொடுக்கும் நிகிதா!. Dinamalar.
- ↑ சன் டிவியில் புதிய மெகா சீரியல்.. 'சூரிய வம்சம்' நடிகை தான் நாயகி.. 2 சீனியர் நடிகைகள்..!. cinesamugam.com.
- ↑ Actress Akshaya Mohan Kumar joins the cast of upcoming show 'Malli'. The Times of India(6 February 2024).
- ↑ Chandralekha actress Nagashree joins the cast of ‘Malli’. The Times of India(29 August 2025).
- ↑ Actress Nalini to play the role in upcoming show 'Malli'. The Times of India(30 January 2024).
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 80's queens Ambika, Nalini and Poornima join the cast of TV show 'Malli'. The Times of India(4 June 2024).
- ↑ Ambika joins the cast of TV show 'Malli'. The Times of India(31 May 2024).
- ↑ சன் டிவி முக்கிய சீரியல்களின் நேரம் விரைவில் மாற்றம்.. காரணம் இதுதான். cineulagam.com.