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{{short description|2018 Indian TV series}}
{{About|the Tamil language TV series airing on Sun TV|other articles with a similar name|Kanmani (disambiguation){{!}}Kanmani}}
{{Distinguish|Keladi Kanmani (TV series)}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}
{{Infobox television
| name = Kanmani
| image = Kanmani serial.jpg
| image_alt =
| caption =
| genre = [[Soap opera]]
| creator = Home Movie Makers Media
| based_on =
| developer = Anusha Vijayakumar
| writer = {{unbulleted list|Sujatha Vijayakumar | C. U. Muthuselvan | Pa. Raghavan }}
| director = {{unbulleted list|Sadhasivam Permuaal (1–441)|P. Selvam (442–536)}}
| presenter =
| starring = {{Plainlist|
* [[Sanjeev (Tamil actor, born 1975)|Sanjeev]]
* [[Leesha Eclairs]]
* Sambhavi Gurumoorthy
* [[Poornima Bhagyaraj]]
* Jishnu Menon
}}
| theme_music_composer = [[Sathyan (singer)|Sathyan Mahalingam]], [[Surmukhi Raman]] and Regina.
| opentheme = "Sethu Vechen Nenjukulla Aasaiya"
| endtheme =
| composer = C. Sathya
| country = India
| language = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
| num_seasons = 1
| num_episodes = 536
| list_episodes =
| producer = Home Movie Makers <br> Anand Joy
| editor = Singai V.Raju
| camera = Saravanan
| runtime = 21–23 minutes per episode
| company = [[Sun TV Network|Sun Entertainment]] <br /> Home Movie Makers
| distributor = Esmil.P
| picture_format = {{Plainlist|
* [[576i]]
* [[HDTV]] [[1080i]]
}}
| audio_format =
| first_aired = {{Start date|2018|10|22|df=yes}}
| last_aired = {{End date|2020|11|28|df=yes}}
| website = https://www.sunnxt.com/tamil-tv/detail/69049/0/kanmani?carouselAction=TV%20SHOWS
| production_website =
| network = [[Sun TV Network|Sun TV]]
| website_title = Sun nxt
}}
{{Contains special characters|Tamil}}
'''''Kanmani''''' is an [[Television in India|Indian]] [[Tamil-language]] [[soap opera]] directed by P. Selvam and produced by Home Movie Makers. It aired on [[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]] from 22 October 2018 to 28 November 2020. It starred [[Sanjeev (Tamil actor, born 1975)|Sanjeev]], [[Leesha Eclairs]], Sambhavi Gurumoorthy, [[Poornima Bhagyaraj]] and [[Jishnu Menon]].

The story follows Kannan ([[Sanjeev]]) who is in love with his niece Soundarya ([[Leesha Eclairs]]). After many misunderstandings and breakup with her boyfriend akash ([[Jishnu Menon]]) and family rivalries, they become married and the family reconciles.

== Plot ==

Soundarya returns from a work-study program in Russia to seek her parents' approval to marry Akash. She asks help from her uncle Kannan, who has secretly loved her since he was a child, but he misunderstands her and they become engaged. When Kannan realizes the truth, he prioritizes Soundarya's happiness and walks out on their wedding day, becoming ostracized by the family. Kannan later explains and arrangements are made for Soundarya and Akash's wedding.

Akash's mother arrives for the wedding and forbids Kannan from attending. Kannan pleads to be allowed to perform the ''murai maman'' (literally 'method uncle'){{explain|date=May 2021}} seer tradition, but he is thrown out of the wedding hall. Soundarya convinces Kannan to return but Akash's mother threatens to drink poison. Akash leaves with his mother, stopping the wedding. The tensions cause Soundarya's father Dharmadurai to suffer a heart attack; while he undergoes surgery, Soundarya apologizes to the family. Avoiding Akash, Soundarya tries to overcome her depression by working as a marketing manager at a dairy, but Akash unexpectedly joins the same company.

To escape a thug's threats, elderly farmer Veeraiyan moves to the village with his two daughters. One of them, Muthuselvi, falls in love with Kannan while he helps the family. She is unable to reveal this and becomes unhappy with Kannan's efforts to arrange her marriage. Soundraya's brothers-in-law (i.e.: the husbands of her sisters) hate Muthuselvi and spread rumours that Muthuselvi is in a relationship with Kannan to ruin her reputation. Angered at this malice, Kannan declares that he will marry Muthuselvi, who is overjoyed until she realizes that Kannan could never abandon his love for Soundarya. Muthuselvi tries to further ruin her own reputation so that Kannan will leave her to be with Soundarya.

Kumaresan, one of Soundraya's brothers-in-law, impregnates one of the village concubines who extorts money from him to keep it a secret. Struggling to make the payments, Kumaresan steals the jewels that Kannan had bought for Muthuselvi wedding. The concubine's relative reveals the whole sordid affair while selling the jewels, leading Dharmadurai to confront Kumaresan. Dharmadurai's heart falters and Kumaresan keeps him from his heart medication, resulting in his death.

While the family mourns Dharmadurai, Krishnaveni{{who|date=May 2021|need context on first mention}} convinces her husband Rajadurai{{who|date=May 2021|need context on first mention}} to succeed as the family patriarch in place of Kannan. Rajadurai does so and announces that Kannan will marry Soundarya, while his daughter Valarmathi will marry Akash. Everyone is shocked but accepts the decisions.

Preparations begin for the weddings, and Valarmathi is dismayed that Akash isn't as considerate as Kannan. To prevent their children from being upstaged, Krishnaveni and Akash's mother plot to poison Kannan, but Akash's mother drinks the poison and is hospitalized. Kannan considers postponing his wedding but Akash insists he continue, as Soundarya has already had two cancelled weddings. Despite obstacles, both couples are married.

On the wedding night, Kannan and Soundarya are very happy with each other but Akash is preoccupied with his mother's condition and refuses to be intimate with Valarmathi. Valarmathi doesn't understand this and accuses him of neglecting her, and he slaps her. Valarmathi decides to get revenge by killing herself in the morning. Kannan and Akash find her before she can commit suicide. Despite numerous attempts at reconciliation, Valarmathi refuses to be anything but hostile and Akash chases her away.

Soundarya becomes pregnant but has a miscarriage and is declared infertile. Muthuselvi agrees to be a secret surrogate mother for her. Kannan learns of this and, to everyone's surprise, Soundarya becomes pregnant again. He tries to arrange for Muthuselvi to be married to his friend, but her pregnancy is revealed and everyone is convinced that Kannan had an affair.

Kumaresan and Krishnaveni are arrested for killing Dharmadhurai. Krishnaveni escapes from jail and plots with Valarmathi to kill Kannan but fail several times. Akash plots to win back Valarmathi by pretending to marry to his friend to make her jealous. This works, and Valarmathi changes her mind about making an enemy of the family. Krishnaveni also repents and makes peace with the family.

Kaali, a distant family member who looks like Kannan, attempts to kill Kannan and replace him to steal his property. When Soundarya and Muthuselvi learn about him and his plans, they quarrel, and Kaali pushes Muthuselvi to the ground. Muthuselvi goes into labour and gives birth to a baby boy. The birth is such a beautiful event that it convinces Kaali to abandon his plans and rejoin the family. With everyone reconciled, the show ends.

==Cast==
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===Main===
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*[[Sanjeev Venkat|Sanjeev]] as:
**Kannan, Viji's brother
** Kaali
* [[Leesha Eclairs]] as Soundarya Kannan, Kannan's niece and later his wife
* Sambhavi Gurumoorthy as Muthuselvi Veeraiyan, Kannan's ex-fiancee
* [[Poornima Bhagyaraj]] as Vijayalakshmi Dharmadurai {{a.k.a.}} Viji (Kannan's elder sister)
* Jishnu Menon as Aakash, Soundaryas ex-boyfriend and Valarmathi husband
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===Recurring===
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* Vindhuja Vikraman as Valarmathi (Episodes 1-112)
** Haripriya Vigneshkumar replaced Vindhuja as Valarmathi (Akash's wife) (Episodes 112-536)
* [[L. Raja]] as Dharmadurai (episodes 1–243)
* Priyaa Prince (episodes 1-112) as Suganya Kathiresan
**Sowmya replaced Prince as Suganya Kathiresan: Dharmadurai's elder daughter (episodes 113-536)
* Bharani Elangovan as Saranya Kumaresan: Dharmadurai's second daughter
* [[Iraa Agarwal]] as Vanathy Rajadurai (episodes 1–112)
**Janani Pradeep replaced Agarwal as Vanathy Rajadurai (episodes 113–536)
* "Soodhu Kavvum" Sivakumar as Rajadurai
* Jeevitha as Santhini: Akash's maternal aunt
* Premi Venkat as Krishnaveni Rajadurai
* Ayyappan as Kathiresan
* Suresh Krishna as Kumaresan
* Bhagya as Dharini: Kumaresan's mother
* Thilla as Kumarasan's father
* Bharathi Kannan as Kathiresan's father
* Abinavya as Sneha (episodes 400–536)
* Jeeva as Pandikumar
* [[Anjali Rao (actress)|Anjali Rao]] as Ammu: Kaali's love interest
* Anitha Nair as Neelaveni
* Rajashekhar as Veeraiyan (Muthu's father)
* Keerthika as Thanga Selvi Veeraiyan
* Babitha as Doctor
* [[T. R. Omana]]
* Tejas Gowda as Police Officer
* [[Shanthi Williams]]
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===Special appearances===
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*[[Sandhya (actress)|Sandhya]] as Sandhya / Kanmani (Episodes 454–468)
* [[Amit Bhargav]] as Venu (episodes 455–467)
* Subalakshmi Rangan as Karthika (episodes 455–467)
* Rajavelu as Himself (episodes 455–467)
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==Casting==

*Actor [[Sanjeev (Tamil actor, born 1975)|Sanjeev]] who was the last seen in [[Zee Tamil]]'s ''[[Yaaradi Nee Mohini (TV series)|Yaaradi Nee Mohini]]'' was cast as Kannan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tamil.indianexpress.com/entertainment/kanmani-serial-sanjeev-sun-tv/|title=Actor Sanjeev in Kanamani|last=|first=|date=|website=The Indian Express Tamil|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>
* [[Poornima Bhagyaraj]] was cast as Vijayalakshmi, making her television series debut.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/tv-actress-shambhavi-to-feature-in-kanmani/articleshow/67838808.cms|title=TV actress Shambhavi to feature in 'Kanmani'|last=|first=|date=|website=The Times of India|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>
*In February 2019, Shambhavi Gurumoorthy, who was known for Thamarai which was her debut with Neelima Rani,{{relevance inline|date=May 2021}} was cast as Muthuselvi.<ref name=":0" />
*Priya Prince was selected to the role of Suganya (Viji's daughter) who played an important role who was known for Tamil Kadavul Murugan
*Anitha Nair entered the show as the main antagonist of Unknown.{{clarify|date=May 2021}}

== Crossover ==
On 19 January 2019 in episode 73, ''Kanmani'' had a crossover with ''[[Lakshmi Stores]]''.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}{{relevance inline|date=May 2021}}

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20141007220928/http://www.suntvnetwork.in/tv-channel-details.aspx?Channelid=1&channelname=SUN%20TV&LanguageID=1&Type=q Official Website] {{in lang|en}}

{{Sun TV shows}}
{{Works by Home Movie Makers}}

[[Category:Sun TV television series]]
[[Category:Tamil-language television soap operas]]
[[Category:2010s Tamil-language television series]]
[[Category:2018 Tamil-language television series debuts]]
[[Category:Tamil-language television shows]]

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