Kana Kaanum Kaalangal (2022 TV series)

Kana Kaanum Kaalangal also known by the initialism KKK, is a 2022 Indian Tamil-language television series that airs on Disney+ Hotstar. It is a reboot of the 2006 television series of the same name, which aired on Star Vijay. The story revolves around the struggles of a group of high school students and what they face during their secondary school life such as jealousy, rivalry, misunderstandings, arguments and personal grudges.Season 1 ended with episode 132. While Season 2 is premiered on 21 April 2023.

The series stars Teja Venkatesh, Raja Vetri Prabhu, Aravind Seiju and Deepika Venkatachalam, Aashik Gopinath, while VJ Sangeetha, Irfan, Rajesh, Bharath Kumar, Deepika Damu, Akshathaa Ajit, Pranika, Pragateesh, Aegan, VJ Kalyani, Surendar KPY, Parvez Musharaf and others appear in supporting roles. Filming for the series commenced in mid June 2021. The series premiered on 21 April 2022. It also airs on Star Vijay from 26 December 2022 on Monday to Friday at 5:30PM.

Plot
The show begins with a school being shown and its correspondent, Mr Shaktivel talking to the cleaner, Sagayam about its reopening after the pandemic. Then we get introduced to Kalai, a boy who is seen sitting in front of a house with a knife and what happened is not revealed. He gets arrested by inspector Nagarajan, who gets scarred below his left eye by Kalai. Kalai ends up in the juvenile center, where Nagarajan attempts to kill him using other inmates. Kalai is saved by Jayakumar, the warden, and sent to Siragugal Higher Matriculation Secondary School, where he gets a chance to restart his life.

Starring

 * Bharath Kumar as Gunasekhar "Guna" (Malar’s love interest)
 * VJ Sangeetha (Season 1) / Parveen (Season 2-present) as Malar (Guna’s love interest)
 * Irfan as Vineeth alias "Jerry" (season 1)
 * Aravind Seiju as Kalaiarasan "Kalai" (Abi’s love interest)
 * Deepika Venkatachalam as Abirami "Abi" (Kalai’s love interest)
 * Raja Vetri Prabhu as Gautham (Nandhini’s love interest)
 * Teja Venkatesh as Nandhini (Gautham’s love interest)

Supporting

 * Vishwa Mithran as Raju
 * Aegan as Chellamuthu "Chella"
 * KPY Surendar as Aadhi
 * Akshathaa Ajit as Stella
 * VJ Kalyani (Season 1) / Preethi Krishnan (Season 2-present) as Swetha
 * Parvez Musharaf as Vicky
 * Sathyanarayanan (Dolby Sathya)as Gopi
 * Keerthan Subash as Vasanth
 * Pragatheeswaran as Pandi
 * Pranika (Season 1) / Abeneya Nethran (Season 1-present) as Parvathy "Paru" (Kicha’s love interest)
 * KPY Thidiyan as Kuzhandhaivelu " Kuzhandhai"
 * Lavakushan as Prachanai
 * Sathya as Santhosh sir (Season 2-present)
 * Selva as Naveen (Season 2-present)
 * Mona as Mathangi (Season 2-present)
 * DK Karthikeyan as Praveen (Season 2-present)
 * Smeha Manimegalai as Sangeetha (Season 2-present)
 * Naresh as Madhan (Season 2-present)
 * KPY TSK as Bullet (Guna’ best friend)
 * Rahul Vinod as Manikandan (Season 2-present)
 * Samyuktha Shan as Amritha (Season 2-present)
 * Velu Lakshmanan (Aryan) as Raghu (season 1)
 * Rajmohan as PT Master
 * Deepika Damu as Haritha (season 1)
 * Preethiga as Preethi (season 1)
 * Seetha Anil as Maariamma, Nandhini's mother
 * Deepthi Shree as Devi, Nandhini's younger sister
 * Bharath Mohan as Saravanan
 * Kamalesh PK as Abi's father
 * Kavitha as Abi's mother
 * Udhaya as Sagayam (Watchman)
 * KPY Pazhani as Poochiyappan
 * Priyanka Kumar as Thilothama Miss (Season 2-present)
 * Boys Rajan as Bhairavan, School Principal
 * Bharath Kalyan as Nachiyappan
 * Aashik Gopinath as Kicha
 * Sanjay Mohan as Richie
 * Saro as Saro
 * Ashika Yash as Ashika
 * Vidur as Vidur
 * Murali as Moile
 * Maurish Frank as Ayogya
 * Surya as Senior role
 * Vishal Prabu as Senior role
 * Monisha Ravishankar as Sanghavi, Jerry's close friend in school days (Episode 42)(archival footage of old Kana Kaanum Kaalangal)
 * Rajesh as Shakthivel (Passed)
 * Sandy Master as Judge (dance competition)
 * Kalaiarasan as Judge(drama competition)
 * MJ Sriram as Judge (singing competition)
 * Padmapriya as Judge
 * Santhosh Prathap as Rockstar Ashok
 * Mohan Vaidya as Tamil sir
 * Anumohan as social sir
 * R. Aravindraj as Maths sir
 * Arun Prasath as himself
 * Archana as herself
 * Rithika Tamilselvi as herself
 * Rithika Tamilselvi as herself

Release
The first teaser for the show was released in January 2022 and it was officially set to launch in February 2022, however due to some technical error during the shooting for the show, the release date was pushed to 22 April 2022.