Kudumbavilakku (transl. Light of the family) is an Indian Malayalam-language television soap opera drama.[1] The show premieres on Asianet channel and has streamed on Disney+ Hotstar since 27 January 2020. Meera Vasudevan portrays the lead role in the series, returning to television after thirteen years.[2][3][4]

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Kudumbavilakku
Genre	Drama Family
Created by	Sangeetha Mohan (Episode 1–88) Anil Baas (Episode 89–present)
Based on	Sreemoyee
Story by	Leena Gangopadhyay
Directed by	Manju Dharman
Starring	Meera Vasudevan Krishna Kumar Menon Saranya Anand
Theme music composer	Shyam Dharman
Opening theme	"Udayathin Munnpe Nee Pennpoovee"
Composers	Shyam Dharman Rajeev Attukal Ramesh Narayan (Lyrics)
Country of origin	India
Original language	Malayalam
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	725
Production
Executive producer	Sanjeev Sajji
Producer	Chitra Shenoy
Cinematography	A. V. Arun Ravan (Episode 1–89) Vipin Puthiyankam (Episode 90 – present)
Editor	Jishnu S. Kuryathi
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	22 minutes
Production company	Good Company Productions
Release
Original network	Asianet
Picture format	HDTV 1080i
Original release	27 January 2020 (2020-01-27) – present
Chronology
Related	Sreemoyee Baakiyalakshmi

The series is produced by Chitra Shenoy under Good Company Productions, is an official remake of Bengali TV series Sreemoyee[5] which depicts the story of a hardworking housewife Sumithra (played by Meera Vasudevan), who is not acknowledged or appreciated for her work. Then she decides to rediscover herself and prove her worth.[6]

Plot

The show revolves around a Malayalee homemaker, Sumithra Menon and her family. Sumithra, a devoted housewife, mother and daughter-in-law, is family-oriented and self-sacrificing. Sumitra is married to Siddharth Menon and has three children; Anirudh Menon, a doctor, Pratheesh Menon, an aspiring musician, and Sheetal Menon, a school student. They live with Siddharth's parents, Shivadas and Saraswati. Except for Shivadas, Pratheesh, Sreekumar and their servant Mallika, no one cares for Sumitra's happiness or feelings. In addition to this misery, Siddharth divorces her and marries Vedhika. Initially devastated, she realises her worth and attempts to rediscover herself. How she transforms into a head-strong woman and gains the love of her family forms the crux of this soap-opera. She starts her business "Sumithra's" which makes her a business magnate.

Cast

Main

• Meera Vasudevan as Sumithra[7] (formerly Menon) – Savithriyamma's daughter; Deepu's sister; Sidharth's ex-wife; Anirudh, Pratheesh and Sheethal's mother; Rohit's business partner.
• Krishnakumar Menon as Sidharth "Sidhu" Menon[8] – Shivdas and Saraswathiyamma's son; Sumithra's ex-husband; Vedika's second husband; Anirudh, Pratheesh and Sheethal's father
• Shwetha Venkat[9] / Ameya Nair[10] / Saranya Anand[11] as Vedika Menon – Vasumatiyamma's daughter; Sampath's ex-wife; Sidharth's second wife; Neerav's mother

Recurring

The Sreenilayam family

• F. J. Tharakan as Shivadas Menon[12] – Saraswathi's husband; Sidharth and Sharanya's father; Anirudh, Pratheesh and Sheetal's grandfather; Sreekumar and Vedhika's father-in-law; Sumithra's ex-father-in-law.
• Devi Menon as Saraswathi Menon aka Saraswathiyamma[13] – Shivdas's wife; Sidharth and Sharanya's mother; Anirudh, Pratheesh and Sheetal's grandmother; Sreekumar and Vedhika's mother-in-law; Sumithra's ex-mother-in-law.
• Sreejith Vijay[14] / Anand Narayan[15] as Dr. Anirudh Menon – Sumithra and Sidharth's elder son; Pratheesh and Sheetal's brother; Ananya's husband; Pooja's stepbrother ; Rohit's stepson.
• Akshaya R. Nair / Athira Madhav[16] / Aswathy Ash[17] as Dr. Ananya Menon – Prema's daughter; Anirudh's wife; Sumithra and Sidharth's daughter-in-law; Pratheesh,Pooja and Sheetal's sister-in-law.
• Noobin Johny as Pratheesh Menon[18] – Sumithra and Sidharth's younger son; Anirudh and Sheetal's brother; Sanjana's husband; Pooja's stepbrother ; Rohit's stepson.
• Reshma Nandu as Sanjana Menon[19] – Ramakrishnan's daughter; Maneesh's widow; Pratheesh's wife; Sumithra and Sidharth's daughter-in-law; Anirudh,Pooja and Sheetal's sister-in-law.
• Parvathi Vijay[20] / Amritha Nair[21] / Sreelakshmi Sreekumar[22] as Sheetal Menon – Sumithra and Sidharth's daughter; Anirudh and Pratheesh's sister; Pooja's stepsister; Rohit's stepdaughter.
• Manoj Nair[23] / Sumesh Surendran as Sreekumar – Sharanya's husband; Nileena's former love interest
• Sindhu Varma / Manju Satheesh[24] as Saranya Menon Sreekumar – Shivadas and Saraswathiyamma's daughter; Sidharth's sister; Sreemukar's wife; Anirudh, Pratheesh and Sheetal's aunt; Sumithra's ex-sister-in-law; Vedhika's sister-in-law.
• Manju Vijeesh as Mallika – Sreenilayam family's domestic help[25]

Others

• Dr. Shaju Shaam as Rohith Gopal[26] – Sumithra's classmate and business partner; Pooja's father;
• Padmakumar as CI Narayanan Kutty – Circle Inspector of Police
• Gouri Prakash as Pooja Gopal[27] – Rohit's daughter; Sheetal's friend
• Bindhu Pankaj as Nileena Bhaskar – Sumithra's best friend since college; Shreekumar's former love interest
• Jithu Venugopal as Anoop,[28] a goon who works for Mahendran
• Fawaz Zayani as Sampath[29] – Vedhika's ex-husband; Neerav's father
• Shahnu / Amrutha S Ganesh as Dr. Indraja - Anirudh's superior
• Hari as Deepankuran aka Deepu – Savithri's son; Sumithra's brother; Chithra's husband; Jishnu's father
• Sunitha as Savithri aka Savithriyamma – Sumithra and Deepu's mother; Anirudh, Pratheesh, Sheethal and Jishnu's grandmother; Rohit's mother-in-law; Sidharth's ex-mother-in-law.
• Parvathy Raveendran as Chitra – Deepu's wife; Jishnu's mother
• Krishna as Premajam – Ananya's mother
• Firosh Mohan as Naveen – Vedika's friend
• K. P. A. C. Saji / Amboori Jayan as Ramakrishnan – Sanjana's father
• Devi Chandana as Susheela - Ramakrishnan's second wife
• Hari as Vivek - Rohith's friend
• Akhil as Jishnu – Deepu and Chithra's son; Anirudh, Pratheesh and Sheethal's cousin
• Swathi Thara as DCP Chandralekha – IPS officer
• Renjusha Menon as SI Nirmala
• Sruthisha Nair as Shilpa – Member of Pratheesh's band who loves him
• Sreerang Shine as Neerav – Sampath and Vedika's son
• Geetha Nair as Vasumati aka Vasumatiyamma – Vedika's mother
• Shobi Thilakan as Adv. Vasudevan – Sumithra and Siddharth's divorce lawyer
• Sarath Sreehari as Pianist – Pratheesh's bandmate
• Divya Sreedhar as Preetha's mother
• Saju Kodiyan as Rev. Francis Mupliyanthadathil – Sheethal's school principal
• Vanchiyoor Praveen Kumar as Udayabhanu – Shivadas's colleague who works at a resort
• Jeevan Gopal as Jithin Raj – A fraudster and drug addict who wants to marry Sheetal[30]
• Alif Muhammed as Maneesh – Sanjana's first husband (dead)
• Sheelasree as Maneesh's mother
• Joe Varghese as Sajin – Sheetal's boyfriend

Guest appearances

• Innocent as the chief guest at the Mother's Day Competition at Sheetal's school (episodes 5 and 6)
• Aju Varghese as himself, for the inauguration of Sumithra's shop (Episode 205)[31]

Reception

Kudumbavilakku had a TRP rating of 6.1 million in late March 2020. [32]

References

External links

• Kudumbavilakku on Hotstar