Idhayam (2009 TV series)

Idhayam ( 'Heart') is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language soap opera on Sun TV. A prime-time serial, it was broadcast from 10 August 2009 to 3 February 2012 at 7:30PM (IST) and 10:00PM (IST) for 627 episodes.

The show is produced by Sathya Jyothi Films, directed by B. Nithyanandam and written by Annakill R.Selvaraj. It was also aired in Sri Lanka Tamil Channel on Shakthi TV.

Plot
Prasad rapes Nandhini in a forest by spraying chloroform out of lust. A few years later she is about to marry Shankar, Prasad's friend, much to Prasad's surprise. He still lusts and wants her as his mistress. But his heart suddenly changes, and he gets an urge to marry her. Nandhini's mother-in-law Kalyani is against his wish and make sure he cannot even touch her shadow. As possessive and chauvinist husband Shankar disowns Nandhini for losing her virginity before their marriage.

Main cast

 * Nithya Das as Nandini Shankar
 * Seetha as Dr. Kalyani Devarajan (died in the serial)
 * Sanjeev as Valmiki
 * Shreekumar as Shankar Devarajan

Recurring cast

 * Nalini as Mangalam
 * Ravikumar as Gangadharan
 * Sathyapriya as Padma
 * Chitra Lakshmanan as Devarajan
 * T. P. Gajendran
 * Shari
 * Rajashree / Varsha
 * Devadarshini as Jeya
 * Neelima Rani as Sumathi
 * Shyam Ganesh
 * Yugendran
 * Sai Prashanth as Prasad
 * Vijay Sarathy as Ganesh
 * Ramesh
 * Sudha
 * Vasanth
 * Rajini Nivetha
 * K.Manokhar
 * Bharthy

Remake
The series was remade in Hindi as Dil Se Diya Vachan which aired on Zee TV in 2010-2011. The remake starred Vandana Joshi as Nandini Rajadhyaksha (Nandini), Gaurav Khanna as Prem Rajadhyaksha (Piream) and Neena Gupta as Dr. Kalyani Rajadhyaksha (Dr.Kalyani).