Sundari (Tamil TV series)

Sundari is a 2021 Indian Tamil-language dramatic series having two seasons. The first season of the series stars Gabriella Sellus in the title role along with Jishnu Menon and Shreegopika Neelanath. It premiered on Sun TV on 22 February 2021 and ended on 26 August 2023. After a 7-year leap, it continues as the second season of the series starring Gabriella Sellus, Krishna, Jishnu Menon and Lithanya Sivabalan in the lead roles. It Started airing from 28 August 2023 onwards. It is available for worldwide streaming on Sun NXT.

Season 1
IAS Sundari Devi alias Sundari is the story of a girl who faces discrimination for her dark complexion, yet she fights against adversities in life. She has a kind heart but struggles to find the right man to marry. Undeterred, she strives to become an IAS officer. Her journey towards achieving her goal faces many challenges, strengthening her belief that inner beauty is more important than physical appearance, which forms the crux of the story. Karthick, who is from Sundari's village and her relative, marries her due to pressure from his family but desires to marry a fair-skinned woman for life. It also features the fair-skinned urban girl, Anupriya alias Anu, who is modern, empowered, and waiting for a loving and sincere partner. Karthick marries Anu and abandons Sundari.

Anu is made a scapegoat and invalidated to validate potential in village woman, Sundari. She's not allowed to make her own decisions by scapegoating her over her health issues. However, Karthick is shown in a better light of wanting to have a family with Anu for her skin complexion that he also falls for her sincere love. Yet he is perverse and manipulates her for his selfish desires because of his fantasies.

At last, Anu, Sundari and her family come to know about the true face of Karthick. Anu finally leaves the house and she went to orphanage by giving her child Thamizh to Sundari to take full responsibility as mother of Thamizh. It shown that Karthick committed suicide and Sundari is going abroad to pursue her training along with Thamizh and grandmother Gandhimathi.

Season 2
7 Years Later, Sundari Devi alias Sundari is an IAS officer and she lives with her grandma Gandhimathi, her adopted daughter Thamizh (who is Anu and Karthick's daughter), Krishna and Malini. It is also the story of Vetriselvan alias Vetri, a former IAS officer lives with his son, Akhilan Vetriselvan.

It also shows that after Anu's death, Karthick is still alive and works as PT Master in the school where his daughter Thamizh and Akhilan study. Then, Rajappan a ruthless village president and Porkodi, his mother-in-law create problems for Sundari and Vetri. Karthick enters to create complications. How the protagonists emerge from his devious schemes forms the crux of the story.

Main

 * Gabriella Sellus as IAS Sundari Devi aka Sundari: Kalyana Sundaram and Valliamma's daughter; Karthik's ex-wife; Siddhu's friend and ex-love interest; Vetri's love interest; Thamizh's adoptive mother (Season 1-2)
 * Deepthi Sri as Child Sundari
 * Krishna as Ex-Collector Vetriselvan aka Vetri: Mythili's widower; Sundari's love interest; Akhilan's father (Season 2)
 * Jishnu Menon as Karthikeyan aka Karthik / KS Master: Shankar and Selvi's son; Lakshmi's brother; Sundari's ex-husband; Anu's widower; Thamizh's father (Antagonist) (Season 1-2)
 * Unknown as Child Karthik
 * Shreegopika Neelanath as Anupriya aka Anu: A businesswoman; Mallika's adopted daughter; Karthik's second wife; Thamizh's mother; Sundari's friend (Dead) (Season 1)
 * Baby Ahana as Child Anu
 * Lithanya Sivabalan as Thamizh: Anu and Karthick's daughter; Sundari's adopted daughter (Season 2)

Recurring

 * P. R. Varalakshmi as Gandhimathi: Kalyana Sundaram's mother; Sundari's grandmother (Season 1-2)
 * Deepthi Rajendran as Malini: Murugan and Lakshmi's daughter; Sundari's best friend; Krishna's wife (Season 1-2)
 * Aravish Kumar as Krishnakanthan aka Krishna: Karthick's best friend; Tamizh's uncle, Sundari's brother; Malini's husband (Season 1-2)
 * Niharika Harshu / Premi Venkat as Mallika Devi: A rich businesswoman; Anu's adoptive mother; Thamizh's adoptive grandmother (Season 1-2)
 * Manohar Krishnan in dual role as:
 * Murugan: Ayyapan's elder brother; Thamizh's  Periya uncle, Lakshmi's husband; Malini's father (Season 1-2)
 * Ayyapan: Murugan's younger brother; Thamizh's Chinna uncle, Latha's husband (Season 2)
 * Vadivukkarasi as Porkkodi: Rajappan's mother-in-law (Antagonist) (Season 2)(Dead)
 * Papri Ghosh as Usha, Verti's sister in law (Antagonist)(Season 2)
 * Arunraja as Rajappan (Antagonist)(Season 2)
 * Bharatha Naidu as Chinnaponnu: Rajappan's wife; Porkkodi's daughter (Antagonist)(Season 2)
 * Archana as Latha: Thamizh's Chinna Aunty Ayyapan's wife (Season 2)
 * Minnal Deepa as Lakshmi: Shankar and Selvi's daughter; Tamizh's Periya Aunt, Karthick's sister; Murugan's wife; Malini's mother (Season 1-2)
 * Sarvesh Raghav as Akhilan alias "Akhil": Vetri's son (Season 2)
 * Revathy Sankar as Umaiyaal: Vetri's mother-in-law (Season 2)
 * Lakshmi Vasudevan / J.Lalitha as Selvi: Shankar's widow; Lakshmi and Karthick's mother; Malini and Thamizh's grandmother (Season 1-2)
 * Jay Srinivas Kumar as Siddharth aka Siddhu: Sundari's classmate, best friend and one-sided lover; Meena's husband (Season 1)
 * Soundarajan as Ramasubbu: Karthick's PA; Rajappan's sidekick (Season 1-2)
 * Arumpon Balaji as Kurangu Kumar: Pazhani's friend (Season 1-2)
 * Lailaa as Sudhalakshmi alias (Sudha): Anu's housemaid (Season 1)
 * Sangeetha Balan as Janaki alias (Jaanu): Sundari's house owner and wellwisher (Season 1)
 * Arunkumar Padmanathan as Pazhani (Season 1) (Dead)
 * Indumathy Manikandan as Valliamma: Kalyana Sundaram's widow; Sundari's mother (Season 1) (Dead)
 * Prithiksha Sankar as Nila: Janaki's granddaughter (Season 1)
 * Murali Kumar as Manimaaran alias Mani: Retired Police officer; Siddhu's father (Season 1-2)
 * Nivedha Pankaj as Meena: Siddhu's wife (Season 1)
 * Vj Ayub as Dr. Shiva: Anu's orphanage friend (Season 1)
 * Vigneshwaran as Arun: Malini's ex-fiancé; Murugan's arch rival (Antagonist)(Season 1)
 * Hariharan as Dilli: Arun's friend (Season 1)
 * Gracy Thangavel as Viji: Sundari's arch-rival (Antagonist)(Season 1)
 * Dev Anand Sharma as Vishwanathan "Vishu": Malini's brother, Murugan and Lakshmi's eldest son
 * Gayathri yuvraj as Sangeetha Vishwanathan: Vishu's wife
 * Anu Sulash as Mythili: Vetri's wife (Season 2) (Dead)
 * Mime Gopi as Kalyana Sundaram: Gandhimathi's son; Valliamma's husband; Sundari's father (Season 1) (Dead)
 * L. Raja as Sankarapandian alias "Shankar": Selvi's husband; Lakshmi and Karthick's father; Malini and Thamizh's grandfather (Season 1) (Dead)
 * Ravivarman as Vasudevan: Sundari's Assistant (Season 2)
 * Krishna Kumar as Police Officer Penner (Season 2)

Special appearances

 * Vaiyapuri as Kattam Kandhaswamy (2021)
 * Krithika Annamalai as ACP Geetha (2021)
 * Sandhya Jagarlamudi as Radha: Murugan's niece (2021)
 * Tharani Suresh Kumar as Periyanayaki aka Berry (2021)
 * Swetha Khelge as Thulasi (2021)
 * VJ Aswath as Himself (2022)
 * Swetha Senthilkumar as Herself (2022)
 * Rakesh KM as Himself (2022)
 * Nila Gracy as Devi (2022)
 * Kausalya as Nandan Bharathi (2022/2024)
 * Pondy Ravi as Murugan's friend (2023)

Season 1
The series is a family melodrama that airs on Sun TV. Gabriella Sellus was cast in the female lead role of Sundari. Jishnu Menon was cast for the male lead role of Karthik. Shreegopika Neelanath was cast as second female lead role. Indumathy Manikandan was cast in a supporting role of Sundari's Mother. Minnal Deepa was cast in a supporting role. Manohar Krishnan, Aravish Kumar, P. R. Varalakshmi, Premi Venkat and others were also selected for supporting roles.

Season 2
Some cast members from the first season were retained except Shreegopika. Additionally, new characters were introduced in the new season, like Master Sarvesh Raghav and few others. Krishna Raghunandan was cast in the main role in the serial, making his comeback to Tamil television after Thalattu. Actress Vadivukkarasi was cast in October 2023.