Cheran's Journey

Cheran’s Journey is a 2024 Indian Tamil-language streaming television series created and directed by Cheran for SonyLIV, which focuses on Five applicants are shortlisted for a job. It was produced by N. Gunasekar and K. Dhakshinamoorthy, under Compass 8 Films.

The principal characters of the series include R. Sarathkumar, Prasanna, Aari Arujunan, Divyabharathi, Kashyap Barbhaya and Kalaiyarasan. It premiered on 12 January 2024 and consisted of nine episodes.

Synopsis
Cheran's Journey tells the work story of Ashok, the chairman of a leading automobile company is in search of a perfect candidate for an important post. From the list of 126 candidates, 5 supremely talented youngsters, including Ameer Sulthan, and Nitesh Gupta, Raghav Isakkimuthu, S Pranav, Latha Vijayakumar Reddy are shortlisted for the final round. All the five contestants are equally brilliant and have a compelling backstory, which marks it difficult for Ashok to choose the right candidate.

Main

 * R. Sarathkumar as Ashok
 * Prasanna as Raghav Isakkimuthu
 * Aari Arujunan as S. Pranav
 * Kalaiyarasan as Ameer Sulthan
 * Divyabharathi as Latha Vijayakumar Reddy
 * Kashyap Barbhaya as Nitesh Gupta

Recurring

 * Jayaprakash
 * Jasmine Metivier
 * Ilavarasu
 * Aadukalam Naren
 * Anju Kurian
 * Vela Ramamoorthy
 * Bharani

Development
The series was announced by SonyLIV on March 2022. The series is produced by N. Gunasekar and K. Dhakshinamoorthy under the Compass 8 Films. The series is written and directed by Cheran, marking his return after Thirumanam. This is his debut in a limited series. The cinematography was handled by N. K. Ekambaram, editing by K.J. Venkataraman, Music by C. Sathya.

Casting
Actor Aari Arujunan was cast as S. Pranav. This is his first role in a limited series. Initially, actor Aadhi Pinisetty was signed to play one of the lead roles alongside Divya Bharathi, Prasanna, Kalaiyarasan and Kashyap Barbhaya in director Cheran’s web series. Later he dropped the series.

Release
Initially, the first trailer was scheduled to be released on 28 December 2023, but due to the death of Tamil actor and politician Vijayakanth, it was delayed by two days to 30 December 2023 and revealed the release date.