Chandralekha (TV series)
| Chandralekha சந்திரலேகா |
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Logo of Chandralekha
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| Genre |
Tamil soap opera Romance Drama |
| Written by |
Saregama Story Crew Dialogue by Bala Thangam |
| Screenplay by |
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| Directed by |
R.Nandhakumar
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| Creative director(s) | Prince Immanuels B. R. Vijayalakshmi |
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| Theme music composer | X. Paulraj (Title Song) Hari (Background Score) |
| Opening theme | "Kalaiyile Malarthidum" Anuradha Sriram (Vocal) V. Saravana Raja (Lyrics) |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language(s) | Tamil |
| No. of seasons | 01 |
| No. of episodes | 816 (As of 20th June 2017) |
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| Location(s) | Chennai |
| Cinematography | S.N.Bala |
| Editor(s) | S.A.Ramesh Kumar |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | approx. 20-22 minutes per episode |
| Production company(s) | Saregama |
| Release | |
| Original network | Sun TV |
| Original release | 6 October 2014 – present |
| External links | |
| Production website |
www |
Chandralekha (Tamil: சந்திரலேகா) is a 2014 Indian-Tamil language soap opera that airs on Sun TV. The show premiered on 6 October 2014. It airs Monday through Saturday at 2:00PM IST. The show stars Shwetha Bandekar, Nagashree GS, Arun Kumar Rajan, Meenakumari, Jai Dhanush, Rajesh, Baby Athina,Saakshi Siva, and Niharika in the lead roles.
The show is produced by Saregama and is directed by Shiva.K and Nimesh. Shwetha Bandekar and Nagashree GS played the female lead.[1]. The show completed its 700th episode on 1st February 2017.
"Chandralekha" is the story of two girls switched at birth. Meena (Meenakumari) gives birth to Lekha (Nagasri) while, Vasundara Devi (Niharika) gives birth to Chandra (Shwetha Bandekar). Due to a child stealing group the children get switched up with Vasundara taking home Lekha while Meena takes Chandra, therefore, only Meena knows about the switch. As the girls grow, Meena continues to watch Lekha while not giving as much attention to Chandra, but changes when Chandra saves Meena from a vehicle crash.
As the girls are fully grown, Chandra works at a newspaper company "Penna Munnai" and is a popular editor, solving problems in society. Lekha who followed the path of her crooked, wicked mother, takes a negative route and covers all her bad deeds with her money. Vasundara hates Meena, due to Meena not being Abirami Ramanathan (Dubbing Janaki) and Ramanathan's (Thyagarajan) daughter and Ashok's (Saakshi Siva) sister. Turns out, Meena was adopted by Ashok's parents before he was born. Greedy Vasundara didn't want any of the family fortune go to Meena so she separated Meena from the family so she could have all the wealth.
Sparks ignite, and Chandra starts to unravel the deeds done by Vasundara Devi and Lekha, resulting in Chandra being their nemesis. Constant eruption occur between the two families.
Currently, Vasundara and Lekha set up a problem to put Chandra's father Azhagu (Rishi) in jail for allegedly kidnapping his bosses daughter. They two achieve their plan's success by using Inspector Sethupathi. Chandra teams up with Sabari (Arun Kumar Rajan), who she doesn't know is a neighbourhood thief, to help her get her father out of prison. Though, tactfully, Vasundara and Sethupathi take the crook (involved in the incident) and lock him up in Vaundara's house, so that Chandra has no chance.
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