Idhayam (TV series)


Idhayam is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language soap opera on Sun TV. It is a prime-time serial. The show was broadcast from 10 August 2009 to 3 February 2012 at 7:30PM and 10:00PM for 627 episodes.
The show is produced by Sathya Jyothi Films, directed by B.Nithyanandam and written by Annakill R.Selvaraj. It was also aired in Sri Lanka Tamil Channel on Shakthi TV.

Plot

Prasad rapes Nandhini in a forest by spraying chloroform out of lust. A few years later she is about to marry Shankar, Prasad's friend, much to Prasad's surprise. He still lusts and wants a sexual relationship with her both before and after she marries. But his heart suddenly changes, and he gets an urge to marry her instead of making her his concubine. Nandhini's mother in law Kalyani is against his wish and make sure he cant able to touch even her shadow. As possessive and chauvinist husband Shankar disowns Nandhini for losing her virginity before their marriage.

Cast

Main cast

The show started airing on Sun TV on 10 August 2009. It aired on Monday to Friday at 7:30PM IST. On 19 April 2010, A Nadhaswaram replaced this show in the 7:30PM slot and pushed this serial to 10:00PM.
In Sri Lanka the series was broadcast in Tamil on Shakthi TV. It aired Monday through Friday at 7:30PM.

Remake

The Hindi produced their own version of this series, which aired on Zee TV in 2010-2011. The remake starred Vandana Joshi as Nandini Rajadhyaksha, Gaurav Khanna as Prem Rajadhyaksha and Neena Gupta as Dr. Kalyani Rajadhyaksha.

Awards and nominations