Vanathai Pola (TV series)

Vanathai Pola is an Indian Tamil-language family drama television series, starring Shreekumar Ganesh and Maanya Anand. The story focuses on the bond between Chinrasu and his sister Tulasi.

It premiered on 7 December 2020 on Sun TV from Monday to Saturday. It was also available on the digital platform Sun NXT.

During the shooting of one of the episodes for the serial, lead actor Shreekumar Ganesh agreed with the option of using real human saliva instead of soap foam to shoot the sequence of Mahanadi Shankar spitting saliva on the face of Shreekumar Ganesh as part of the storyline. However, Mahanadi Shankar refused to spit saliva on the face of Shreekumar Ganesh, and the director opted to use one of the actresses of the serial, Chanthani Prakash, in order to shoot the sequence. Later, the scene was edited with Shankar spitting saliva on Shreekumar Ganesh's face.

Plot
Vanathai Pola is about the close bond between Chinrasu (Thaman Kumar / Shree Kumar Ganesh) and his sister Thulasi (Shwetha Khelge / Maanya Anand). Their parents died when they were young. Both were raised by their grandmother Rajakelavi (Seeni Amma). Chinrasu (Thaman Kumar / Shree Kumar Ganesh) is on the lookout for a perfect groom for Tulasi (Shwetha Khelge/ Maanya Anand). However, she repeatedly rejects potential grooms as she doesn't want to leave her brother. As fate would have it, she falls in love with Chinrasu (Thaman Kumar / Shree Kumar Ganesh) nemesis Panchayat board officer Vetrivel alias Vetri (Ashwanth Thilak).

The crux of the story is what happens between Chinrasu (Thaman Kumar / Shree Kumar Ganesh )and Tulasi (Shwetha Khelge / Maanya Anand), whether Tulasi (Shwetha Khelge/ Maanya Anand) marries the groom chosen Vetri V/S Rajapandi by Chinrasu (Thaman Kumar / Shree Kumar Ganesh) and how this affects their bond. Chinrasu (Thaman Kumar / Shree Kumar Ganesh) brother would accept the person who works as a Panchayat board officer Vetrivel alias Vetri, if his sister Poorni Parameshwaran wishes. One of Chinrasu (Thaman Kumar/ Shree Kumar Ganesh) brother in-law relatives, Rajapandi (Ashwanth Karthi), is also interested in marrying Tulasi (Shwetha Khelge / Maanya Anand), but he is not regarded as an ideal match because he smokes and drinks. When Rajapandi (Ashwanth Karthi) the village Panchayat board officer Vetrivel alias Vetri (Ashwanth Thilak) meet face to face, the quarrel begins.

Main

 * Shreekumar Ganesh as Nallathoor oor Panchayat Chinrasu aka Rasu: Tulasi's brother; Ponni's husband. (2021–present)
 * Thaman Kumar as Chinrasu (2020–2021)
 * Maanya Anand as Nallathoor oor Panchayat Thalaivi Tulasi: Chinrasu's sister; Vetri's ex-lover; Rajapandi's wife. (2021–present)
 * Shweta Khelge as Tulasi (2020–2021)
 * Chandhini Prakash as Ponni: Muthaiah and Kamala's daughter; Chinrasu alias Rasu's wife.
 * **Preethi Kumar as Ponni
 * **Sangeetha as Ponni
 * VJ Ashwanth Karthi as Rajapandi: Sankarapandiyan and Chellathayi's son; Valli's cousin; Tulasi's husband (2020–present)
 * Neelima Rani as Divya: Dharshini's mother; Gowtham's wife.(2024-present)
 * Arun Kumar Rajan as Gowtham: Dharshini's father; Divya's husband. (2024-present)

Recurring

 * Ashwanth Thilak as Nallathoor oor officer Vetrivel aka Vetri: Valli's husband; Tulasi's ex-lover (2020–present)


 * Naresh Eswar as Nallathoor oor officer Radhakrishnan aka Krishna: Muthaiah's nephew; Meera's widower (2023)
 * Shruti Shanmuga Priya as Saranya (2024-present)
 * Geetha Lakshmi as Senbagavalli: Krishna's mother (2023–present)
 * Farzana ansari as Dharshini: Gautham and Divya's daughter
 * Mahanadi Shankar as Sankarapandiyan aka Sankarapandi: Gomathi's brother; Chellathayi's husband; Rajapandi's father (2020–present)
 * Bharath Guru as Kannan alias Muthu: Divya's brother
 * Senthi Kumari as Chellathayi aka Chella: Sankrapandiyan alias Sankarapandi's wife; Rajapandi's mother (2020–present)
 * Eesan Sujatha as Gomathi: Sankarapandiyan's sister; Valli's mother (2021–present) (Antagonist).
 * Dhakshana as Valli: Gomathi's daughter; Rajapandi's cousin; Vetrivel alias Vetri's wife (2021–present)
 * Sanjeev Venkat as Inspector Veerasingam (2023–present)
 * Manoj Kumar as Muthaiah: Ponni's father (2020–present)
 * Dhakshayini/ Roja sholapur as Kamala: Ponni's mother (2020–2024) (2024-present).
 * Seeni Amma as Rajakevali: Chinrasu, Tulasi, Ponni and Rajapandi's grandmother (2020–present)
 * Britto as Pulikutty: Chinrasu and Tulasi's servant (2020–present)
 * Padmini in dual role as
 * Loganayagi: Nandhini's mother (2023–present)(Antagonist).
 * Inspector Veerasingam's mother
 * Godhandam as Godhandam: Chinrasu and Tulasi's Servant
 * Chitra Rebecca as Nandhini: Loganayagi's daughter; Rajapandi's fiancé (2023–present) (Antagonist).
 * Sankaraesh Kumar / Santosh Daniel as Saravanan alias Saravana: Ponni's ex-love interest
 * Sudha Pushpa / Unknown as Kalpana: Saravanan's mother
 * Muthukuppusamy as Saravanan's father
 * Unknown as Vaishavi: Saravanan's Sister
 * VJ Mounika as Poorni Parameshwaran: Parameshwaran's Wife; Eshwari's daughter (2021-2023)
 * Sailatha as Eswari: Vetrivel's aunt (2021)
 * Ravivarman as Vetrivel's father (2021)
 * Vetrivelan as Shakthivel alias (Shakthi): Vetrivel's elder brother (2021)
 * Subhageetha as Vetrivel's sister-in-law, who supports Vetrivel's love; Shakthivel 's Wife (2021)
 * Jennifer as Chittu: Thulasi's friend (2021)
 * Unknown as Ranjith alias Parameshwaran (Paramaguru): Poorni's husband; Vetrivel's brother-in-law (2021)
 * Bala Singh as Chinrasu and Tulasi's father (Posthumous photographic appearance)
 * Unknown as Puvaneshwari; Goutham and Vasanth's mather (2024-present)

Special appearances

 * Dharish Jayaseelan as Vishwanathan alias Vishwa:Tulasi's ex-fiancé (2021)
 * Unknown as Chinrasu and Tulasi's Mother (Posthumous photographic appearance)
 * Ashok Pandian as Vishwanathan's father (2021)
 * Sangeetha Balan as Vishwanathan's mother (2021)
 * Nidhish Kutty as Lord Kartikeya Murugan and Mukhil Sivasubramaniam (2021)
 * Riya Manoj as Abhirami alias Abhi Sivasubramaniam (2021)
 * Vidhya Mohan as Meenal alias Meena Sivasubramaniam (2021)
 * Aravind Akash as Dr. Sivasubramaniam (2021)
 * Papri Ghosh as Kayalvizhi Kutty Sundaram (2021)
 * Aarthi Subash as Malliga Anbu Sundaram (2021)
 * Naresh Eswar as Kutty Sundaram (2021)
 * Guhan Shanmugam as Anbu Sundaram (2021)
 * Preethi Sharma as Venba Kavin (2022)
 * Nandan Loganathan as Kavin (2022)
 * Chaitra Reddy as Kayalvizhi alias Kayal (2022)
 * Shamili Sukumar as Meera Radhakrishnan: Radhakrishnan alias Krishna's Wife (2023) (Dead)
 * Shabana Shajahan as Anjali (mentioned and also appeared in crossover with Mr. Manaivi) (2023)
 * Pavan Ravindra as Vicky (mentioned and also appeared in crossover with Mr. Manaivi) (2023)

Casting
Thaman Kumar was selected to portray the lead role as Chinrasu, In December 2021 he left the show because of an inconvenience of his role. Shreekumar replaced him in the role of Chinrasu from episode 313. Shwetha Khelge with the series by playing as Thulasi. she quit the show. Maanya Anand replaced her in the role of Thulasi from episode 301.

Karthi and Ashwanth Thilak play their supporting roles. After Sangeetha quit the show, Preethi Kumar replaced her. However, she also left resulting in Chandini Prakash to play the role. In August actor Naresh Eswar was cast as Radhakrishnan and Shamili Sukumar was cas as Meera Radhakrishnan in Special appearances. In end of September 2023, actor Sanjeev Venkat was cast as Veerasingam.

On 15 June 2024, Neelima Rani, Arun Kumar Rajan, Sruthi Shanmuga Priya, Sreedharan Gopal and Barath were cast as Divya, Goutham, Saranya, Vasanth, for a new parallel storyline with Chinrasu and Ponni.

Crossover episodes

 * It had a Mahasangamam with Poove Unakkaga from 1–7 February 2021, and then with Sundari from 12 to 24 July 2021 and with Mr. Manaivi from 15 May 2023 to 27 May 2023.