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| writer = S. Kumaresan | | writer = S. Kumaresan | ||
| screenplay = S. Kumaresan | | screenplay = S. Kumaresan | ||
| creative_director = Radhika Sarathkumar | | creative_director = ] | ||
| director = N. Sundareshwaran <br> (Episodes 1-133) <br> S.S.Seravanan <br> (Episodes 134-416) <br> Rajan Maariyappan <br> (Episodes 417-present) | | director = N. Sundareshwaran <br> (Episodes 1-133) <br> S.S.Seravanan <br> (Episodes 134-416) <br> Rajan Maariyappan <br> (Episodes 417-present) | ||
| starring = Preethi Sanjiv <br> Manohar Krishnan | | starring = Preethi Sanjiv <br> Manohar Krishnan | ||
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| language = Tamil | | language = Tamil | ||
| num_episodes = 460 (23 Dec 2023) | | num_episodes = 460 (23 Dec 2023) | ||
| producer = Radhika Sarathkumar | | producer = ] | ||
| company = Radaan Mediaworks | | company = ] | ||
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| runtime = 22 minutes per epi | | runtime = 22 minutes per epi | ||
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{{Contains special characters|Tamil}} | {{Contains special characters|Tamil}} | ||
'''Ponni C/O Rani''' is a ] family soap opera directed by Rajan Maariyappan (earlier by N. Sundareshwaran and S.S.Seravanan) and produced by ]'s production company ] with Sarathkumar as the Creative Director. | '''Ponni C/O Rani''' is a ] family soap opera directed by Rajan Maariyappan (earlier by N. Sundareshwaran and S.S.Seravanan) and produced by ]'s production company ] with ] as the Creative Director. | ||
The show acts as a sequel to the 2013 ] series, with Vaani and Rani shown as guest-characters. To show the continuity, S. Kumaresan was finalised as the screenplayer and storywriter |
The show acts as a sequel to the 2013 ] series, with Vaani and Rani shown as guest-characters. To show the continuity, S. Kumaresan was finalised as the screenplayer and storywriter. | ||
The show started on 27 June 2022 on ], every Monday to Saturday and it is also presented on Kalaignar TV's ] channel. Promos and sneak-peeks are also uploaded there.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.medianews4u.com/kalaignar-tv-bolsters-its-prime-time-line-up-with-two-new-fiction-shows-ponni-c-o-rani-and-kannethirey-thondrinal/|title=Kalaignar TV bolsters its Prime Time line up with two new fiction shows Ponni C/o Rani and Kannethirey Thondrinal|date=June 27, 2022 |publisher=www.medianews4u.com|access-date=|language=en}}</ref> | The show started on 27 June 2022 on ], every Monday to Saturday and it is also presented on ]'s ] channel. Promos and sneak-peeks are also uploaded there.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.medianews4u.com/kalaignar-tv-bolsters-its-prime-time-line-up-with-two-new-fiction-shows-ponni-c-o-rani-and-kannethirey-thondrinal/|title=Kalaignar TV bolsters its Prime Time line up with two new fiction shows Ponni C/o Rani and Kannethirey Thondrinal|date=June 27, 2022 |publisher=www.medianews4u.com|access-date=|language=en}}</ref> | ||
==Storyline== | ==Storyline== | ||
The story continues from the end of ]. The plot is centered on Vaani and Rani's best friend Ponni's life. Ponni is a young woman married to Rajaram. They both were blessed with four children, Surya, Chandru, Aishwarya and Priya. Rajaram has an elder sister Visalam whose husband is Vinayagam. Pounu who was Ponni's close friend and her family (husband Naagapan and son Senthil) also stayed in Ponni's house until they shifted to their village. | The story continues from the end of ]. The plot is centered on Vaani and Rani's best friend Ponni's life. Ponni is a young woman married to Rajaram. They both were blessed with four children, Surya, Chandru, Aishwarya and Priya. Rajaram has an elder sister Visalam whose husband is Vinayagam. Pounu who was Ponni's close friend and her family (husband Naagapan and son Senthil) also stayed in Ponni's house until they shifted to their village. | ||
'''Theme 1 (episode 1 to 174):''' In the past |
'''Theme 1 (episode 1 to 174):''' In the past, Rajaram was engaged to Pushpavalli. Visalam and Vinayagam were arranging the marriage. However, on the marriage day, Pushpavalli deserted Rajaram and ran away with her lover Anand. Rajaram went to extent of committing suicide, but he was stopped by Vinayagam. After a long time, he was finally married to Ponni. Thereafter, his life became prosperous, and he was leading a company named Ponni Mills. 25 years after his marriage, Pushpavalli returns and gets to know about Rajaram's prosperity. She feels jealous. She uses Senthil to get information about their family followed by threatening Vinayagam for money. Rani and Vaani helped him at various instances. The storyline is based on how Pushpavalli breaks his family without Ponni getting to know about their past. | ||
'''Theme 2 (episode 1 to 174):''' Ponni's son Surya was dating a girl, Pavithra |
'''Theme 2 (episode 1 to 174):''' Ponni's son Surya was dating a girl, Pavithra. But, when Rajaram's rich friend Manickam came asking Surya's hand for his daughter Swetha, Surya's greed for money made him betray Pavithra and run after Swetha. Ponni was against this but could not speak against Rajaram's firm decision. Rani helped Ponni try to change Rajaram's mind. But, their marriage was arranged with several problems. On their marriage day, Vaani came and stopped their marriage with proper evidence leading to Surya getting married to Pavithra and Swetha to Chandru (against their will). This storyline is focused on how the secret of Surya-Pavithra's relationship gets out followed after both the couples manage to live with each other against their will. | ||
'''Theme 3 (episode 175 to 229):''' After a long time, Pushpavalli, her husband (Anand) and daughter (Bhuvana) were killed in a car accident. Her other daughter Pooja was under the impression that Rajaram was the cause of the accident and vowed to go against Rajaram's family. Ponni, by her kind nature, allows Pooja to stay in her house, unaware of her wrong intentions. The storyline is based on how everyone gets to know Pooja's intentions and |
'''Theme 3 (episode 175 to 229):''' After a long time, Pushpavalli, her husband (Anand) and daughter (Bhuvana) were killed in a car accident. Her other daughter Pooja was under the impression that Rajaram was the cause of the accident and vowed to go against Rajaram's family. Ponni, by her kind nature, allows Pooja to stay in her house, unaware of her wrong intentions. Pooja enters Ponni Mills and wrecks havoc there. Rani suspects Pooja for the problems. Later on, with evidence, Rani comes and removes Pooja from their house. The storyline is based on how everyone gets to know Pooja's intentions and that she is Pushpavalli's daughter. | ||
'''Theme 4 (episode 213 to 436):''' A nemesis, Maya entered |
'''Theme 4 (episode 213 to 436):''' A nemesis, Maya entered Ponni's life. She was running a Mill Company (Rajaram's rival company). She joined hands with Pooja and tried to bring down Ponni and Rajaram's company. After she lost the office-faceoff, it was revealed that Maya was Ponni's long-lost stepsister. In the past, Ponni's father Velusamy married another lady Devanae who gave birth to Malar. Malar was later renamed to Maya. This storyline was mainly centered on the clash between the two sisters where Ponni was not aware of her sisterly relationship with Maya. After getting to know the truth, the storyline also covers the consequences of this bond between the two rivals. | ||
'''Theme 5 (episode 250 to 442):''' Surya's tea shop |
'''Theme 5 (episode 250 to 442):''' Surya's tea shop employee Chinnathambi and Aishwarya were in love. However, Rajaram detested Chinnathambi. Coincidentally, Chinnathambi's marriage was fixed with his cousin Malli by Malli's father Muthupandi against Chinnathambi's will. Maya used this opportunity and brainwashed Aishwarya and created a wrong image about Rajaram in their mind and gained a soft corner by getting them married. Thereafter, Rani investigated and brought out the truth to the couple. In revenge, Maya engaged Malli to rebel against Chinnathambi leading the couple to get separated for a while due to a misunderstanding. The storyline also covers how they meet paths again. | ||
'''Theme 6 (episode 273 to present):''' Swetha could not give birth to a baby, hence Bharathi was appointed as the surrogate mother. However, Bharathi started to have feelings for Chandru, leading to Swetha detesting her. Thereafter, Swetha became pregnant, but Bharathi continued to be in touch with Chandru and later on married him secretly as well. Chandru was also showing a lot of care and love for Bharathi which made Swetha get a doubt whether Chandru loves Bharathi. This storyline is focused on the truth of Chandru's feelings and marriage secret to come out, facing the consequences. | '''Theme 6 (episode 273 to present):''' Swetha could not give birth to a baby, hence Bharathi was appointed as the surrogate mother. However, Bharathi started to have feelings for Chandru, leading to Swetha detesting her. Thereafter, Swetha became pregnant, but Bharathi continued to be in touch with Chandru and later on married him secretly as well. Chandru was also showing a lot of care and love for Bharathi which made Swetha get a doubt whether Chandru loves Bharathi. This storyline is focused on the truth of Chandru's feelings and marriage secret to come out, facing the consequences. | ||
'''Theme 7 (episode 401 to 436):''' One day, Maya met Rajaram's look-alike |
'''Theme 7 (episode 401 to 436):''' One day, Maya met Rajaram's look-alike, Kaali. Looking at him, Maya hatched a plan to kidnap Rajaram and send Kaali in Rajaram's disguise so that he could wreak havoc in Ponni's house. | ||
'''Theme 8 (episode 436 to present): ''' Maya |
'''Theme 8 (episode 436 to present): ''' Maya turned over a new leaf and removed her hatred for Ponni. However, Kaali was greedy for money, hence, with the help of his girlfriend Ramaa, he made Maya and Rajaram unconscious and disguised himself as Rajaram. To wreck more havoc, Kaali brings Chinnathambi's ex-fiancé Malli into the house to live with him. Kaali removed Chinnathambi, Malli and Chandru from their house for various reasons. Vaani got involved in the problem and started to doubt whether someone else is disguised as Rajaram. This storyline is focused on how Vaani finds out the truth and reveals it to everyone. | ||
==Cast with |
==Cast with Characters== | ||
===Leading=== | ===Leading=== | ||
*Preethi Sanjiv as Ponni Rajaram (Rajaram's wife, Surya-Chandru-Aishwarya-Priya's mother) | *Preethi Sanjiv as Ponni Rajaram (Rajaram's wife, Surya-Chandru-Aishwarya-Priya's mother) | ||
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===Others=== | ===Others=== | ||
⚫ | *Arjun Aarumugam as Surya Rajaram (Pavithra's husband, Ponni-Rajaram's son) | ||
⚫ | *Sasilaya / Akila Krishnan as Maya Velusamy (Ponni's step-sister, Velusamy's daughter) | ||
⚫ | *Unknown / Usha Elizabeth Suraj as Visalam Vinayagam (Vinayagam's wife, Rajaram's sister) | ||
⚫ | *Arjun as Surya Rajaram (Pavithra's husband, Ponni-Rajaram's son) | ||
*Dhanalakshmi Shiva as Pavithra Surya (Surya's wife, Anuradha's daughter) | *Dhanalakshmi Shiva as Pavithra Surya (Surya's wife, Anuradha's daughter) | ||
*Shankaresh Kumar as Chandru Rajaram ( |
*Shankaresh Kumar as Chandru Rajaram (Swetha and Bharathi's husband, Ponni-Rajaram's son) | ||
*Aruljothi Arockiaraj / Mounika as Swetha Chandru (Chandru's wife, Manickam-Padma's daughter) | *Aruljothi Arockiaraj / Mounika as Swetha Chandru (Chandru's wife, Manickam-Padma's daughter) | ||
*Nancy / Sherin / Lavanya as Aishwarya Chinnathambi (Chinnathambi's wife, Ponni-Rajaram's daughter) | *Nancy / Sherin / Lavanya as Aishwarya Chinnathambi (Chinnathambi's wife, Ponni-Rajaram's daughter) | ||
*Prabhakaran as Chinnathambi (Aishwarya's husband, Malli's cousin and ex-fiance) | *Prabhakaran as Chinnathambi (Aishwarya's husband, Malli's cousin and ex-fiance) | ||
*Hema Chinaraj as Priya Rajaram (Ponni-Rajaram's daughter) | *Hema Chinaraj as Priya Rajaram (Ponni-Rajaram's daughter) | ||
⚫ | *Unknown / Usha Elizabeth Suraj as Visalam Vinayagam (Vinayagam's wife, Rajaram's sister) | ||
⚫ | *Vincent Roy as Velusamy (Ponni's father, Maya's step-father, Devanae's husband) | ||
⚫ | *Sasilaya / Akila Krishnan as Maya Velusamy (Ponni's step-sister, Velusamy's daughter) | ||
⚫ | *Unknown as Ramaa (Kaali's girlfriend) | ||
*Keerthi as Bharathi Chandru (Chandru's second wife) | *Keerthi as Bharathi Chandru (Chandru's second wife) | ||
*Unknown as Renuka (Bharathi's assistant) | *Unknown as Renuka (Bharathi's assistant) | ||
⚫ | *Unknown as Ramaa (Kaali's girlfriend) | ||
*Malar as Malli (Chinnathambi's cousin and ex-fiancé, Muthupandi's daughter, Shantha's granddaughter) | *Malar as Malli (Chinnathambi's cousin and ex-fiancé, Muthupandi's daughter, Shantha's granddaughter) | ||
*Unknown as Muthupandi (Malli's father, Chinnathambi's uncle) | |||
*Vijayalakshmi / ] as Shantha (Chinnathambi and Malli's grandmother, Muthupandi's sister) | *Vijayalakshmi / ] as Shantha (Chinnathambi and Malli's grandmother, Muthupandi's sister) | ||
*Unknown as |
*Unknown as Muthupandi (Malli's father, Chinnathambi's uncle) | ||
⚫ | *Vincent Roy as Velusamy (Ponni's father, Maya's step-father, Devanae's husband) | ||
*Arvind Kathare / Birla Bose as Manickam (Swetha's father, Padma's husband) | *Arvind Kathare / Birla Bose as Manickam (Swetha's father, Padma's husband) | ||
*Unknown / Unknown as Padma Manickam (Swetha's mother, Manickam's wife) | *Unknown / Unknown as Padma Manickam (Swetha's mother, Manickam's wife) | ||
*Unknown as Chandra (Maya's assistant) | |||
*] in a dual role: | *] in a dual role: | ||
**Rani Saaminathan (Ponni's best friend, Vaani's twin-sister, homemaker) | **Rani Saaminathan (Ponni's best friend, Vaani's twin-sister, homemaker) | ||
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*Preethi Sanjiv, Manohar Krishnan were cast to lead the ensemble cast of the show. | *Preethi Sanjiv, Manohar Krishnan were cast to lead the ensemble cast of the show. | ||
*A.Ravivarma, Arjun, Dhanalakshmi, Shankaresh, Nancy, Raghavi were cast as supporting actors. | *A.Ravivarma, Arjun, Dhanalakshmi, Shankaresh, Nancy, Raghavi were cast as supporting actors. | ||
*Sarathkumar was cast as Vaani and Rani from the 2013 ] Series to play a cameo-dual-role. | *Sarathkumar was cast as Vaani and Rani from the 2013 ] Series to play a cameo-dual-role. | ||
*Aruljothi Arockiaraj and Arvind Kathare were playing supporting roles but were replaced by VJ Mounika and Birla Bose respectively. | *Aruljothi Arockiaraj and Arvind Kathare were playing supporting roles but were replaced by VJ Mounika and Birla Bose respectively. | ||
*Usha Elizabeth entered the show as a replacement for the role Visalam while VJ Thara replaced Dhachayani as Pooja. | *Usha Elizabeth entered the show as a replacement for the role Visalam while VJ Thara replaced Dhachayani as Pooja. | ||
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{{Main|Vani Rani (TV series)}} | {{Main|Vani Rani (TV series)}} | ||
A prequel series |
A prequel series ] is the base story of this serial. ] focuses on the story of the two sisters, Vaani and Rani who are poles apart in nature and the way they face their problems in life. The show starred ], ], ] in lead roles. It ran for 1743 episodes on ] and is the one of the longest running and best Tamil serials of all time. | ||
==References== | ==References== |
Revision as of 13:16, 5 January 2024
Tamil language soap opera
Ponni C/O Rani | |
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Genre | Soap opera Family |
Created by | Radaan Mediaworks Radhika Sarathkumar |
Written by | S. Kumaresan |
Screenplay by | S. Kumaresan |
Directed by | N. Sundareshwaran (Episodes 1-133) S.S.Seravanan (Episodes 134-416) Rajan Maariyappan (Episodes 417-present) |
Creative director | Radhika Sarathkumar |
Starring | Preethi Sanjiv Manohar Krishnan |
Country of origin | India |
Original language | Tamil |
No. of episodes | 460 (23 Dec 2023) |
Production | |
Producer | Radhika Sarathkumar |
Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | 22 minutes per epi |
Production company | Radaan Mediaworks |
Original release | |
Network | Kalaignar TV |
Release | 27 June 2022 (2022-06-27) – present |
Ponni C/O Rani is a Tamil language family soap opera directed by Rajan Maariyappan (earlier by N. Sundareshwaran and S.S.Seravanan) and produced by Radhika Sarathkumar's production company Radaan Mediaworks with Radhika Sarathkumar as the Creative Director.
The show acts as a sequel to the 2013 Vaani Rani series, with Vaani and Rani shown as guest-characters. To show the continuity, S. Kumaresan was finalised as the screenplayer and storywriter.
The show started on 27 June 2022 on Kalaignar TV, every Monday to Saturday and it is also presented on Kalaignar TV's YouTube channel. Promos and sneak-peeks are also uploaded there.
Storyline
The story continues from the end of Vaani Rani. The plot is centered on Vaani and Rani's best friend Ponni's life. Ponni is a young woman married to Rajaram. They both were blessed with four children, Surya, Chandru, Aishwarya and Priya. Rajaram has an elder sister Visalam whose husband is Vinayagam. Pounu who was Ponni's close friend and her family (husband Naagapan and son Senthil) also stayed in Ponni's house until they shifted to their village.
Theme 1 (episode 1 to 174): In the past, Rajaram was engaged to Pushpavalli. Visalam and Vinayagam were arranging the marriage. However, on the marriage day, Pushpavalli deserted Rajaram and ran away with her lover Anand. Rajaram went to extent of committing suicide, but he was stopped by Vinayagam. After a long time, he was finally married to Ponni. Thereafter, his life became prosperous, and he was leading a company named Ponni Mills. 25 years after his marriage, Pushpavalli returns and gets to know about Rajaram's prosperity. She feels jealous. She uses Senthil to get information about their family followed by threatening Vinayagam for money. Rani and Vaani helped him at various instances. The storyline is based on how Pushpavalli breaks his family without Ponni getting to know about their past.
Theme 2 (episode 1 to 174): Ponni's son Surya was dating a girl, Pavithra. But, when Rajaram's rich friend Manickam came asking Surya's hand for his daughter Swetha, Surya's greed for money made him betray Pavithra and run after Swetha. Ponni was against this but could not speak against Rajaram's firm decision. Rani helped Ponni try to change Rajaram's mind. But, their marriage was arranged with several problems. On their marriage day, Vaani came and stopped their marriage with proper evidence leading to Surya getting married to Pavithra and Swetha to Chandru (against their will). This storyline is focused on how the secret of Surya-Pavithra's relationship gets out followed after both the couples manage to live with each other against their will.
Theme 3 (episode 175 to 229): After a long time, Pushpavalli, her husband (Anand) and daughter (Bhuvana) were killed in a car accident. Her other daughter Pooja was under the impression that Rajaram was the cause of the accident and vowed to go against Rajaram's family. Ponni, by her kind nature, allows Pooja to stay in her house, unaware of her wrong intentions. Pooja enters Ponni Mills and wrecks havoc there. Rani suspects Pooja for the problems. Later on, with evidence, Rani comes and removes Pooja from their house. The storyline is based on how everyone gets to know Pooja's intentions and that she is Pushpavalli's daughter.
Theme 4 (episode 213 to 436): A nemesis, Maya entered Ponni's life. She was running a Mill Company (Rajaram's rival company). She joined hands with Pooja and tried to bring down Ponni and Rajaram's company. After she lost the office-faceoff, it was revealed that Maya was Ponni's long-lost stepsister. In the past, Ponni's father Velusamy married another lady Devanae who gave birth to Malar. Malar was later renamed to Maya. This storyline was mainly centered on the clash between the two sisters where Ponni was not aware of her sisterly relationship with Maya. After getting to know the truth, the storyline also covers the consequences of this bond between the two rivals.
Theme 5 (episode 250 to 442): Surya's tea shop employee Chinnathambi and Aishwarya were in love. However, Rajaram detested Chinnathambi. Coincidentally, Chinnathambi's marriage was fixed with his cousin Malli by Malli's father Muthupandi against Chinnathambi's will. Maya used this opportunity and brainwashed Aishwarya and created a wrong image about Rajaram in their mind and gained a soft corner by getting them married. Thereafter, Rani investigated and brought out the truth to the couple. In revenge, Maya engaged Malli to rebel against Chinnathambi leading the couple to get separated for a while due to a misunderstanding. The storyline also covers how they meet paths again.
Theme 6 (episode 273 to present): Swetha could not give birth to a baby, hence Bharathi was appointed as the surrogate mother. However, Bharathi started to have feelings for Chandru, leading to Swetha detesting her. Thereafter, Swetha became pregnant, but Bharathi continued to be in touch with Chandru and later on married him secretly as well. Chandru was also showing a lot of care and love for Bharathi which made Swetha get a doubt whether Chandru loves Bharathi. This storyline is focused on the truth of Chandru's feelings and marriage secret to come out, facing the consequences.
Theme 7 (episode 401 to 436): One day, Maya met Rajaram's look-alike, Kaali. Looking at him, Maya hatched a plan to kidnap Rajaram and send Kaali in Rajaram's disguise so that he could wreak havoc in Ponni's house.
Theme 8 (episode 436 to present): Maya turned over a new leaf and removed her hatred for Ponni. However, Kaali was greedy for money, hence, with the help of his girlfriend Ramaa, he made Maya and Rajaram unconscious and disguised himself as Rajaram. To wreck more havoc, Kaali brings Chinnathambi's ex-fiancé Malli into the house to live with him. Kaali removed Chinnathambi, Malli and Chandru from their house for various reasons. Vaani got involved in the problem and started to doubt whether someone else is disguised as Rajaram. This storyline is focused on how Vaani finds out the truth and reveals it to everyone.
Cast with Characters
Leading
- Preethi Sanjiv as Ponni Rajaram (Rajaram's wife, Surya-Chandru-Aishwarya-Priya's mother)
- Manohar Krishnan in a dual role as:
- Rajaram (Ponni's husband, Surya-Chandru-Aishwarya-Priya's father)
- Kaali (Rajaram's look-alike, Ramaa's boyfriend)
Others
- Arjun Aarumugam as Surya Rajaram (Pavithra's husband, Ponni-Rajaram's son)
- Dhanalakshmi Shiva as Pavithra Surya (Surya's wife, Anuradha's daughter)
- Shankaresh Kumar as Chandru Rajaram (Swetha and Bharathi's husband, Ponni-Rajaram's son)
- Aruljothi Arockiaraj / Mounika as Swetha Chandru (Chandru's wife, Manickam-Padma's daughter)
- Nancy / Sherin / Lavanya as Aishwarya Chinnathambi (Chinnathambi's wife, Ponni-Rajaram's daughter)
- Prabhakaran as Chinnathambi (Aishwarya's husband, Malli's cousin and ex-fiance)
- Hema Chinaraj as Priya Rajaram (Ponni-Rajaram's daughter)
- Unknown / Usha Elizabeth Suraj as Visalam Vinayagam (Vinayagam's wife, Rajaram's sister)
- Sasilaya / Akila Krishnan as Maya Velusamy (Ponni's step-sister, Velusamy's daughter)
- Unknown as Ramaa (Kaali's girlfriend)
- Keerthi as Bharathi Chandru (Chandru's second wife)
- Unknown as Renuka (Bharathi's assistant)
- Malar as Malli (Chinnathambi's cousin and ex-fiancé, Muthupandi's daughter, Shantha's granddaughter)
- Vijayalakshmi / S. N. Parvathy as Shantha (Chinnathambi and Malli's grandmother, Muthupandi's sister)
- Unknown as Muthupandi (Malli's father, Chinnathambi's uncle)
- Vincent Roy as Velusamy (Ponni's father, Maya's step-father, Devanae's husband)
- Arvind Kathare / Birla Bose as Manickam (Swetha's father, Padma's husband)
- Unknown / Unknown as Padma Manickam (Swetha's mother, Manickam's wife)
- Unknown as Chandra (Maya's assistant)
- Radhika Sarathkumar in a dual role:
- Rani Saaminathan (Ponni's best friend, Vaani's twin-sister, homemaker)
- Vaani Bhoominathan (Ponni's best friend, Rani's twin-sister, advocate)
- A Ravivarma as Vinayagam (Visalam's husband, Pushpavalli's rival)
- Karpagavalli as Pounu Naagapan (Naagapan's wife, Senthil's mother)
- Unknown as Naagapan (Senthil's father, Pounu's husband)
- Harish G as Senthil Naagapan (Pounu-Naagapan's son, Bhuvana's boyfriend)
- Raghavi Sasikumar as Pushpavalli Anand (Anand's wife, Evil minded, Rajaram's ex-fiance)
- Vetrivelan as Anand (Pushpavalli's husband, Bhuvana-Pooja's father)
- Unknown / Shri Akila as Bhuvana Anand (Pushpavalli-Anand's daughter, Senthil's girlfriend)
- Dhachayani / VJ Thara as Pooja Anand (Pushpavalli-Anand's daughter, evil-minded)
- Bhargavi as Bhargavi (Maya's ex-assistant)
- Unknown as Seetha (Helped Ponni on Rani's advice)
- Unknown as Preeta (Bharathi's sister-in-law, Swetha's friend)
- Unknown as Pavithra's father (Anuradha's husband, Pavithra's father)
- Unknown as Anuradha (Pavithra's mother)
- Unknown as Devanae Velusamy (Velusamy's second wife, Maya's mother)
- Unknown / Unknown as Moorthy (Vaani's assistant)
- Unknown as Sundar (loved Pavithra one-sidedly)
- Unknown as Vivek (ex-manager at Rajaram's company, was sentenced to jail as per Pooja's plan)
Production
Development
After leaving from Sun TV, Radaan Mediaworks decided to begin telecasting serials on other channels. Firstly, Kalaignar TV. The shooting of this serial commenced in March 2022.
Casting
- Preethi Sanjiv, Manohar Krishnan were cast to lead the ensemble cast of the show.
- A.Ravivarma, Arjun, Dhanalakshmi, Shankaresh, Nancy, Raghavi were cast as supporting actors.
- Sarathkumar was cast as Vaani and Rani from the 2013 Vaani Rani Series to play a cameo-dual-role.
- Aruljothi Arockiaraj and Arvind Kathare were playing supporting roles but were replaced by VJ Mounika and Birla Bose respectively.
- Usha Elizabeth entered the show as a replacement for the role Visalam while VJ Thara replaced Dhachayani as Pooja.
- After Nancy quit the show, Sherin Jaanu replaced her. However, she also left resulting in VJ Lavanya to play the role.
- In March 2023, Sasilaya joned the cast, but in November 2023 she quit the series, and was replaced by Akila Krishnan.
- Later, Prabhakar and Vijayalakshmi entered the cast however Vijayalakshmi was replaced by S.N.Parvathy.
- In May 2023 Keerthi joined the show as Bharathi, followed by Malar joining as Malli in August 2023, both to spice up the drama.
Prequel
Vaani Rani
Main article: Vani Rani (TV series)A prequel series Vaani Rani is the base story of this serial. Vaani Rani focuses on the story of the two sisters, Vaani and Rani who are poles apart in nature and the way they face their problems in life. The show starred Radhika Sarathkumar, Venu Arvind, Babloo Prithiveeraj in lead roles. It ran for 1743 episodes on Sun TV and is the one of the longest running and best Tamil serials of all time.
References
- "Kalaignar TV bolsters its Prime Time line up with two new fiction shows Ponni C/o Rani and Kannethirey Thondrinal". www.medianews4u.com. 27 June 2022.
- "சன்டிவியில் 'சித்தி'க்கு என்ட் கார்டு போட்ட ராதிகா.. அடுத்து கால் பதிக்கும் டிவி சேனல் எது தெரியுமா?" (in Tamil). tamil.oneindia.com. 18 May 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
- "Radikaa Sarathkumar Ditches Sun TV To Launch New Serial On Another Channel". www.news18.com. 5 May 2022.
- "Sherin Janu announces her exit from the TV show Ponni C/O Rani; will VJ Lavanya play Aishwarya?". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 23 May 2022. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
- "Actress Sasilaya quits 'Ponni c/o Rani' midway". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
- "Akila Krishnan joins 'Ponni c/o Rani', says "I am really excited to play the role"". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
- "Keerthi joins 'Ponni c/o Rani'". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 16 May 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
- "Television actress Malar joins the cast of Ponni c\o Rani". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 23 May 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
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