Thendral

For other uses, see Thendral (disambiguation).

Thendral
GenreSoap opera
Screenplay byGuru. Sampathkumar
C. U. Muthuselvan
Dialogues:
Guru. Sampathkumar Ezhilvaradhan
Story byAnanda Vikatan
Directed byS. Kumaran
Starring
Theme music composerKiran
Opening theme"Poradave"
Karthik
(Vocals)
Yugabharathi
(Lyrics)
Country of originIndia
Original languageTamil
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes1,340
Production
ProducerVikatan Televistas Pvt Ltd
CinematographyS. T. Maads
EditorsSasi K. Basanth
G. V. Rajan
B. Chandru
S. Neilston
Palanisamy
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running timeApprox. 20 minutes
Production companyVikatan Televistas Pvt Ltd
Original release
NetworkSun TV
Release7 December 2009 (2009-12-07) –
17 January 2015 (2015-01-17)
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Thendral (transl. Breeze) is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language soap opera that aired Monday through Friday on Sun TV. It was broadcast from 7 December 2009 to 17 January 2015 for 1,340 episodes.

The show stars Shruthi Raj and Deepak Dinkar and revolves around a girl's struggle in a middle-class family, focusing on the importance of women's education. It was produced by Vikatan Televistas Pvt Ltd and directed by S. Kumaran.[1][2] The show replaced Kolangal and was replaced by Priyamanaval which both serials was also produced by Vikatan Televistas. Thendral was amongst the first Tamil serials to go viral on the internet.[3] The Indian newspaper Business Standard described it as the "first youthful prime time daily soap in Tamil".[4][5][6] Thendral has been highly acclaimed and has won many awards.[7][8][9] After a nine-year hiatus, the show returned from 10 December 2018 on Vikatan Prime Time YouTube channel every day. It was re-telecasting on Colors Tamil from 16 May 2022.[10]

  1. ^ "TV production houses scale Rs 30-cr peak". Vanita Kohli-Khandekar. Business Standard. 26 December 2011. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  2. ^ Gupta, Rinku (11 May 2011). "Young, bold and daring: Srividya". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 14 March 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
  3. ^ "Thendral video goes viral on Youtube, watch video". India Today. 27 March 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  4. ^ Vanita Kohli-Khandekar (6 February 2012). "From content shop to media major". Business Standard. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
  5. ^ Gupta, Rinku (11 May 2011). "Young, bold and daring: Srividya". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 14 March 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
  6. ^ "TV production houses scale Rs 30-cr peak". Vanita Kohli-Khandekar. Business Standard. 26 December 2011. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  7. ^ "Drama awards". The Hindu. 12 August 2011. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  8. ^ "பிரமாண்டமான முறையில் நடந்த சன் குடும்பம் விருதுகள் வழங்கும் விழா". Dinakaran. 29 December 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  9. ^ "Director KB honoured". Ibnlive.com. 21 August 2011. Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  10. ^ "Kolangal and Thendral to be retelecast". The Times of India. 12 May 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2023.