Marali Manasagide

Marali Manasagide is an Indian Kannada language drama on Star Suvarna which premiered from 9 August 2021. The show is an official remake of Star Jalsha's TV series Kusum Dola. The show stars Divya Wagukar, Chandan Kumar and Shilpa Shetty.

Plot
Spandana is a young, courageous, and outspoken woman, who aspires to become an engineer and resides with her father Ramachandra. On the other hand, Vikranth Nayak, an aspiring IPS officer, meets Vaishnavi, a free-spirited girl on a trip where both of them fall in love with each other. At the end of the trip, he gets a call stating that he has been selected as an IPS officer. Vikranth leaves the trip and Vaishnavi to appoint to his job. At his oath-taking ceremony, he meets Spandana and her father Ramachandra, who is Vikranth's senior officer. Later, Vikranth's cousin Shamanth marries Vaishnavi due to uncertain circumstances. Later, Spandana marries Vikranth due to the promise Vikranth gave to her father. After the marriage, Vikranth tells Spandana not to expect any love from him as he has already given his love for Vaishnavi who is now his sister-in-law. How Vikranth and Spandana fall in love forms the rest of the story.

Main

 * Divya Wagukar as Spandana Ramachandra: Vikranth's wife and Ramachandra's daughter
 * Chandan Kumar as ASP Vikranth Nayak: Spandana's husband
 * Shilpa Shetty as Vaishnavi: Vikranth's love interest who later becomes Shamanth's wife

Recurring
Sagar’s wife; Vikrant’s cousin-in-law
 * Vinay Gowda as Major Shamanth: Vikranth's cousin and Vaishnavi's husband
 * Harini Sreekanth / Nandini Gowda as Sujatha: Vikranth's mother and Spandana's mother-in-law
 * Mareena Thara as Chandrakala: Ananth Kumar Nayak's elder sister-in-law
 * Anikha Sindhya as Kavana: Vikranth and Shamanth's aunt
 * Akshitha Sathyanarayana as Panchami
 * Srinath Vasishta as Retd. Major Ananth Kumar Nayaka: Vikranth's father and Spandana's father-in-law
 * Ashok as Bhavani Shankar: MLA Gopinath's son; Spandana's one-sided obsessive lover
 * Arvind Rao as DSP Ramachandra: Spandana's father and Vikranth's mentor and colleague

Soundtrack
The title song for the series Marali Manasaagide has been sung by singer Sinchana Chandan, Aishwarya Rangarajan and Jubin Paul. The original music has been given by Karthik Sharma.

Production
The show marks the comeback of actor Chandan to serials after a brief gap. The shows title track was shot in Bengaluru and the show is being filmed in Bengaluru.The opening episodes were shot in picturesque locations in Gokarna and Tumkur.