Maari (TV series)

Maari is a 2022 Indian-Tamil language Supernatural television series, starring Ashika Padukone, Adarsh HS, Sona Heiden, Sadhana and Shiva Subramanian and Directed by V. Sadhasivam. The main plot of the series was taken from Bengali language Zee Bangla's series Trinayani, which aired from 4 March 2019 to 26 July 2020.

The story revolves around a girl named Maari, who can foresee the future. It premiered on Zee Tamil from 4 July 2022 and is also available on the digital platform ZEE5.

Plot
The story revolves around Maari, a simple small town girl. She can not only see and interact with ghosts, but can also see the future and foresee impending dangers. Surya's dead mother went to see Maari as a soul and requested her to protect Surya from dying. Maari goes on to marry Surya under unusual circumstances and turns out to be his saviour.

Main

 * Ashika Padukone as Maari
 * A girl from a poor family background. She can see and interact with ghosts, as well as see the future. Surya's wife; Deviani’s foster daughter; Sreeja’s foster sister
 * Adarsh HS as Surya
 * A rich entrepreneur. Maari's husband; Thara's stepson; Devi and Jagadeesh's son

Surya's Family

 * Sona Heiden (Jul.2022 - Apr.2023) → Sadhana (May.2023 - present) as Thara
 * Main Antagonist: Jagadeesh's second wife; Surya's stepmother; Aravind, Dinesh and Priya's mother
 * Shiva Subramanian as Jagadeesh
 * Devi and Thara's husband; Surya, Aravind, Dinesh and Priya's father
 * Meera Krishna as Devi
 * A Spirit. Surya's mother; Jagadeesh's first wife
 * Mukesh Kanna (Jul.2022 – Apr.2023) → Navin Charles (Oct.2023 - Present) as Aravind
 * Antagonist: Thara's first son; Jagadeesh's second son; Hasini's husband
 * Tharun Appasamy as Dinesh
 * Thara's second son; Jagadeesh's third son; Sreeja's husband
 * Shabnam as Hasini
 * Aravind's wife; Jagadeesh and Thara's daughter-in-law
 * Anitha Venkat as Sujatha: Devi's sister
 * Deepa Nethran
 * She lost her daughter and her eyes in an accident. Jagadeesh's sister; Maari's biological mother

Maari's Family

 * Abitha as Deivanai
 * Maari's foster mother and Sreeja's mother
 * Delhi Ganesh as Neelakandan
 * Maari and Sreeja's grandfather; Deivanai's father
 * Sairabanu as Sreeja
 * Antagonist: Maari's foster sister and Dinesh's wife

Recurring

 * Dheepthi Kapil (Nov.2022 – Mar.2023) → Mounika(Mar.2023 - Dec.2023) as Jasmin: Murugan's wife; Maria's elder sister (Antagonist) (Dead)
 * Ashwini Radhakrishna as Rasathi (A spirit)
 * Arun Padmanaban as Murugan: Jasmin's husband
 * Manohar Krishnan as Gangatharan
 * Ganesh as Shankara Pandi (Main Antagonist)
 * Unknown (Dec.2023 - Mar.2024) as Maria, Jasmin's younger sister (Antagonist) (Dead)

Special Appearances

 * Vanitha Vijayakumar as Shakunthala
 * Surya's relative (2022 & 2023)
 * Pandiarajan as Rajan
 * Shakunthala's husband (2022)
 * Krishnapriya K Nair as Meena
 * Maari's friend; Rajan and Shakunthala's daughter (2022 & 2024)
 * Nimesh Sagar as Meena's husband (2022 & 2024)
 * Sudha Chandran as Chamundeshwari
 * Jagadeesh's elder sister (2022 & 2024)
 * Devayani as Muthu Pechi (2023)

Casting
Actress Ashika Padukone was cast as Maari, She was reprising her role of Telugu version Trinayani serial, making her comeback to Tamil Television after Tamil Selvi nearly two years. Newcomer Actor Adarsh HS was cast as the male lead role Surya. Abitha was cast as Maari and Sreeja's mother Deivanai, marking his return after Lakshmi Stores. On 4 July 2022, Vanitha Vijayakumar and Pandiarajan were cast as special Appearances. In September 2022, Sudha Chandran was cast as Chamundeshwari in Special Appearances.

Actress Sona Heiden was cast as main antagonist Thara, but was replaced by Sadhana in May 2023. In Same month, Mukesh Kanna quit the show saying, "never got a chance to showcase my performance and skills as an actor, I never got to work for more than 2-3 days a month".

In 2022, actress Dheepthi Kapil entered the show as Surya's new love interest. However, she also left resulting in Mounika Subramaniyam to play the role in March 2023. In May 2023, actress Devayani was cast as special Appearances. In July 2023, actor Arun Padmanaban joins the cast as Mrugan.

Promotion
Zee Tamil was promoted their new three fictions Meenakshi Ponnunga, Amudhavum Annalakshmiyum and including this series by making advertisement with popular film actress Sneha, Sangeetha and Saranya Ponvannan with the slogan 'Vanga Paarkalaam Ithu Namma Time' (வாங்க பார்க்கலாம் இது நம்ம நேரம்) and this promo released on 26 June 2022.