Anamika (2024 TV series)

Anamika is an 2024 Indian Tamil-language Horror television series which premiered from 19 May 2024 on Sun TV. It stars Akshata Deshpande, Darshak Gowda and Akash Premkumar in lead roles. The show is directed by Bathri and produced under the banner of Whitee Lottus Digital Studio. It tells the love and thriller story of Anamika, Nanda and Rishi.

Plot
Anamika tells the tragic triangle love story of rich girl Anamika (Akshata Deshpande), businessmen Rishi (Darshak Gowda) and middle class background Nanda (Akash Premkumar). The story begin Bound for over 200 years, and in a quest for indomitable power, an evil entity that Anamika releases by ill fate threatens her lover Nanda's life and her boss Rishi's unrequited love for her. Setting off an age-old battle between good and evil.

Main

 * Akshata Deshpande as Anamika
 * Darshak Gowda as Rishi
 * Akash Premkumar as Nanda

Supporting

 * Vincent Asokan as Anamika's father
 * Yuvashree as Anamika's mother
 * Malar
 * Ravi Shankar
 * Nimisha Nambiar
 * Abinaya
 * Aravind
 * Diya
 * Sairam as Nanda's father
 * Ramesh
 * Jairam

Development
In End of June 2023, the series was announced by Sun Entertainment, highlighting the issue of Fantasy horror triangle love story. The show claimed to be the highest budgeted series on Indian television. The first promo of the series was released on 18 June 2023 and featured the story.

The series is expected to be launched on August, but the team postponed and the shoot was halted, also no further announcements regarding the series launch and the promo was not telecasting on Sun TV for five months. This makes the rumors that the series was shelved and believed that it was dropped. However, In December 2023, the shoot was begun and filmed. Finally the production team and the channel put an end to the rumors by releasing news. On 29 April 2024, after 10 months the promo was re-released.

Casting
Newcomer actress Akshata Deshpande was selected for the female lead role of Anamika in the series after her notable performances in the Kannada series Kavyanjali. Actor Akash Premkumar, a well-experienced actor who gained fame from his films Varmaa, was chosen for the male lead role. It was first his television debut, which however became long delayed and Pandian Stores 2, became his first Tamil release. Darshak Gowda is also in the cast, marking his return after Arundhathi and Singapennae.

Release
The first promo was released on 18 June 2023 featuring Akshata Deshpande, Darshak Gowda and Akash Premkumar. The second promo was unveiled on 12 May and revealing the release date. This series was launched along with Top Cooku Dupe Cooku.

Trp Ratings
The show got a TVR of 3.24 on launching week on 19 May 2024.