Ponnunjal (TV series)

Ponnunjal is an Indian Tamil-language soap opera that aired on Sun TV from September 2, 2013 to October 22, 2016 for 940 episodes. It starred Shamitha, Vishwa, Manjula Parithala, Vanitha Hariharan, Shyam, Adhavan and Krithika Laddu.

The series reunited Rajkanth and Vanaja who had starred together in Metti Oli (2002–05) and Deepangal (2008–09). It was produced by Vaidehi Ramamurthy of Vision Time India.

It was the spin off of the serial Thiyagam which aired from 30 January 2012 to 31 August 2013 for 550 episodes.

Synopsis
Ponnunjal is the story of two sisters, Nandhini (Abitha/Shamitha Shreekumar) and Priya (Manjula Parithala), who both face new lives after marriage. Nandhini married Vishwa and Priya married Varun Adhavan. Both Nandhini face multiple marital challenges. The serial revolves around how they solve those issues and live their lives.

Main cast

 * Abitha / Shamitha Shreekumar as Nandhini Vishwa
 * Vishwa as Vishwa
 * Vanaja as Malathi Sundar
 * Rajkanth as Sundar
 * Asha Nair / Vandhana / Krithika Laddu as Akilandeshwari (Akila)(Main Antagonist) (Vishwa's second wife)
 * Vanitha Hariharan as Keerthana Arun
 * Manjula Parithala as Priya Varun
 * Shyam as Arun
 * Adhavan as Varun
 * Gayathri Yuvraaj / Hema Rajkumar as Ramyapriya (Protagonist turned Antagonist)
 * Shyam Ganesh as Shridhar
 * Manjari ad Rathidevi (Antagonist)

Recurring cast

 * Shamily Sukumar as Revathi Mahesh (1-814)
 * Guhan Shanmugam as Mahesh (110-760)
 * Vicky Krish as Karthik (896-939) (Dead)(Antagonist)
 * Naresh Eswar as Umesh(Antagonist)
 * K. S. Jayalakshmi as Krishnaveni, Sundar's Mother (1-514)
 * Rajasekhar as Ranganathan, Nandhini's Father (1-894)
 * Abhilash as Prasanth
 * Aravesh as Arjun
 * Sumangali as Amsavalli Ranganathan Nandhini's Mother (1-940)
 * Shyam Ganesh as Shridhar
 * Vandhana as Akilandeswarai
 * Jayarekha as Maragatham, Vishwa's Mother (10-840)
 * Super Good Kannan as Aarumugam (Rathi's Husband)
 * B.R. Elavarasan as Maharaja (Mahesh and Vijay’s Father)
 * Sujatha Panju as Vijayalakshmi Navaneethkrishnan, Arun's mother (754-816) (Dead)
 * C. Ranganathan as Navaneethkrishnan, Arun's father (755-900)
 * Geetha Saraswathi as Varun's Mother (690-940)
 * Harsha Nair as Revathi (110-728) (Replaced by Shamily)
 * Suhasini as Nandhini's Work Assistant (199-730)
 * Balambika as Maheswari(814-864)
 * Bhaskar as WhatsApp Vadivel Akhila's Assistant (680-802)
 * Krithika Laddu as Akhila (645-825)
 * Nivisha as Uma
 * Gayathri Yuvaraj/Hema Rajkumar as Ramya Priya (791-924)
 * Geetha Sathish as (Satish Mom)
 * Yuvashree as Nirmala Devi (791-894)
 * Kalyanji as Kalyan
 * Satish Kumar as Satish, Police Inspector, Varun's best friend (690-940)
 * Ashwin as Shanmugam
 * Bambai babu as Rajaraman (Vinoth's Father)
 * Swetha as (Nandhini younger sister) Revathi (1-120)
 * J.Lalitha as Adhi Lakshmi (Vinoth Mom)
 * Vishwanath as Vinodhan
 * Sudha as Sudha
 * Abitha as Nandhini Vishwa
 * Santhana Bharathi as Vishwa's Father (Dead)
 * Senthilnathan as Meenakshi's Husband
 * S.Sureshwar as Suresh
 * Gowthami Vembunathan as Meenakshi
 * Sindhu Shyam as Shamilly
 * Amarasigamani as Mahesh's Father
 * Deepika as Saraswathy
 * Jayanth as Thulasi's Father
 * Baby Monna as Durga Devi
 * Aravind as Aravind
 * Shri Vidhya as Anjali (Antagonist)
 * Shanthi Ganesh as Durga Devu
 * Shrijith as Narayanan

Title song
The title song was composed by music director Hari, with lyrics written by Yugabharathi. It was sung by Priya Himesh.