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{{short description|Indian Television soap opera}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2015}}
{{Infobox television
| name = Metti Oli
| image = Metti Oli.jpg
| caption =
| genre = Soap opera
| creator =
| based_on =
| writer = '''Story:''' [[Thirumurugan (director)|M. Thirumurugan]] '''Screenplay:''' C. U. Muthuselvan '''Dialogues:''' Baskar Sakthi
| creative_director = Thirumurugan
| director = Thirumurugan
| starring = {{ubl
|[[Delhi Kumar]]
|Thirumurugan
|[[Kaveri (Tamil actress)|Kaveri]]
|Gayathri Shastry
|[[Bose Venkat]]
|[[Sanjeev (Tamil actor, born 1975)|Sanjeev]]
|Rindhya}}
| country = India
| language = Tamil
| num_seasons = 1
| num_episodes = 811
| list_episodes =
| producer = [[S. Siddique]] Raja Kaveri Mani
| company = [[Cine Times Entertainment]]
| theme_music_composer = [[Dhina]]
| opentheme = "Ammi Ammi Ammi Mithithu"
| composer = Sanjeev Ratheen
| cinematography = Sevilo Raja Sarath K. Chandran
| editor = M. Jaya Kumar
| camera = [[Multi-camera]]
| runtime = approx. 34-37 minutes
| channel = [[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]]
| first_aired = {{start date|df=yes|2002|04|08}}
| last_aired = {{end date|df=yes|2005|06|18}}
| related = ''Mettala Savvadi'' ''[[Shubh Vivah]]'' ''Mangalya'' ''[[Minnukettu]]'' ''Akshintalu''
| production_website =
}}

'''Metti Oli''' ({{Translation|Sound of the toe ring}}) was an Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil-language]] [[soap opera]] that aired on weekdays on [[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]] for 811 episodes.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Choosy housewives and their favourite soaps|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/2011/may/06/choosy-housewives-and-their-favourite-soaps-250563.html|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref> The show starred [[Delhi Kumar]], Kaveri, Gayathri, Vanaja, Uma, [[Chetan (actor)|Chetan]], [[Bose Venkat]], [[Neelima Rani]], [[Thirumurugan (director)|Thirumurugan]], [[Shanti Williams]] and [[Deepa Venkat]]. It was produced by Cine Times Entertainment S. Siddique, and written and directed by [[Thirumurugan (director)|Thirumurugan]].

==Plot==
The story is about Chidambaram, and about his 5 daughters, who faces various challenges in life.

Chidambaram is a real-estate broker from a small village called Azhagarkulam. He has 5 daughters, Dhanalakshmi (Dhanam), Saroja (Saro), Leelavathi (Leela), Vijayalakshmi (Viji) and Bhavani. The girls' mother had passed away and apart from them, their maternal uncle Bose stays with them as well. Chidambaram is a respected man in the village and his daughters love him. Saro and Bose have feelings for each other unknown to others. Soon proposals starts coming in for the Dhanam and Saro. A prospective groom for Dhanam comes to meet her. He is Manickam. Manickam has a younger brother Selvam and a younger sister Nirmala. All three of them were raised by their single-mother Rajam. Manickam is the most dearest to Rajam and he would do anything for her happiness. The reveal a shock that the eldest child from two families shouldn't marry, and that they want Saro as their daughter-in-law. Chidambaram agrees to Manickam - Saro wedding while Dhaman's wedding is fixed with Bose. The two couples marry. Dhanam stays in Azhagarkulam while Saro moves to Chennai.

Manickam's house is a small rented house in the city. Rajam's true nature starts to be revealed and soon she starts to torture Saro. Manickam though loving towards her doesn't speak against his mother nor let anyone else to. Selvam is the only one in the house who truly cares for Saro's well-being. He sets up an astrologer who tricks Manickam and Rajam that if the mother-son duo stay together, Rajam's life would be at stake. Fearing this, Manickam moves to a compound house with Saro, with Rajam visiting him regularly. Leela and Selvam, who have been meeting regularly, fall in love.

Viji is the spoilt brat among the girls and is arrogant. She works as a nurse in a local clinic and gets acquainted with a man called Elango. Elango is a married man but hides the fact from Viji to cheat on her for his own pleasures. Despite warnings from Leela, Viji spends time with Elango and in turns of events, she marries him and loses her virginity. Very soon, she learns about his true colors. Saro, who is in Azhagarkulam at that time, fights with Elango's wife and she breaks her relation with him. Elango gets angry at Viji. He tries to kill Viji, only to get stabbed by Viji herself. Bose puts the blame on himself, but Elango's wife bails him out saying that Elango is not good. Viji relocates to Chennai and stays with Saro in her compound. Selvam's love with Leela is revealed to Manicakam and Saro, and they are happy. But things don't turn out well as Rajam threatens to commit suicide if Leela and Selvam marry, thus, Manickam forbids the idea. Leela's marriage is arranged with another man, but Rajam spoils it by spreading fake news about Leela. Saro manages to fix Leela's wedding with a small time businessman Ravi and both families agree. Leela tries to forget Selvam and starts to convince herself.

Gopikrishnan alais Gopi is a man who works in a garment. He gets his bag swapped with Saro's in a bank and goes to return it. He meets Viji and immediately falls in love with her, without knowing her actual name. When Selvam calls for Nirmala, Viji comes out instead and Gopi mistakes her to be Selvam's sister, Nirmala. Fallen in love, he brings his family to see 'Nirmala' but his family doesn't like her. Realizing its the wrong girl, Gopi creates much confusion, angering Rajam. But finally, his marriage is fixed with Viji.

==Cast==
===Main ===
*[[Delhi Kumar]] as Chidambaram, a land-broker
*[[Kaveri (Tamil actress)|Kaveri]] as Dhanalakshmi "Dhanam", Chidambaram's eldest daughter and Bose's niece and wife
*Gayathri Shastry as Saroja "Saro", Chidambaram's second daughter, Manikam's wife, and Natarajan's mother<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sun TV Metti Oli Gayathri|url=https://tamil.indianexpress.com/lifestyle/tamil-serial-news-sun-tv-metti-oli-gayathri-shastry-roja-kalpana-189974/|website=The Indian Express}}</ref>
*Vanaja as Leelavathy "Leela", Chidambaram's third daughter and Ravi's wife
*Uma Maheshwari as Vijayalakshmi "Viji/Vijaya", Chidambaram's fourth daughter, Gopi's wife, a nurse
*Revathi Priya as Bhavani, Chidambaram's youngest daughter works in Singapore
*[[Bose Venkat|J. Venkatesan]] "J. Venkat" (Bose Venkat) as Bose, Dhanam husband, Chidhambaram's brother-in-law, the former owner of a soda factory.
*[[Chetan (actor)|Chetan]] as Manikkam, Saro husband, Rajam Son, Selvam and Nirmala brother, a vegetable shop owner.
*Raj Kanth as Ravichandran "Ravi", Leela husband, Sumathi Ex-husband, a TV shop owner.
*[[Thirumurugan (director)|Thirumurugan]] as Gopikrishnan "Gopi", Viji husband, a big sewing shop manager.

===Recurring===
*[[Shanthi Williams|Shanti Willams]] as Rajeshwari "Rajam", Manikkam, Selvam and Nirmala mother.
*Vishwa as Selvam, Rajam second son, Manikam and Nirmala brother
*[[Shanmugasundari]] as Kamatchi (House owner patti)
*Rindhya/Aruna Devi as Nirmala, Rajam's sole daughter, Santhosh's ex-wife
*V. Thiruselvam as a bank officer/Gnanaraj (Santosh), ex-husband of Nirmala
*Sai Nathan (Bombay Babu/Kaveri Babu) as Sivasamy, former boss of Manikkam
*Vinayak "Vinay" as Ramesh, son of former boss of Manikkam
*Krithika as Arundhathi, ex-wife of Selvam
*[[Sanjeev Venkat|Sanjeev]] as Ilango
*[[Neelima Rani]] as Sakthi
*[[Sindhu (actress)|Sindhu]] as Sarala, Manikkam's former mistress
*Ramachandran as Ramachandran, Sarala's husband
*Sampathkumaran Sridharan (Auditor Sridhar) as Sundaram, Saro's uncle
*V. C. Jeyamani as Jeyamani, Ravi's father
*Ushapriya (K. Priya) as Meenatchi, Ravi's mother
*[[Deepa Venkat]] as Priya
*Gayathri Priya as Sumathi, Ravi's first wife
*[[Vietnam Veedu Sundaram]] as Kathiresan, Gopi's father
*Y. V. Subramaniam as Sumathi's father
*Rangathurai (Rajaguru) as Lakshmanan, Gopi maternal uncle/elder brother-in-law
*Vijaya Raj as Sivaraman, Gopi younger brother-in-law
*Latha Rao as Kavitha, Gopi's younger sister
*Karnan as Kumar, Gopi's brother
*N. Bhuvaneshwari (Bhuvana) as Eeswari, Gopi's elder sister
*Hema as Raji
*Geetha Ravishankar as Lakshmi
*Soundhar as Ponraj
*Sai Madhavi as Narmadha, Saro and Manikkam's neighbour, Meena's sister. Her mother runs Mess
*Deepa Shankar as Meena, Saro and Manikkam's neighbour, Narmadha's sister. Her mother runs Mess
*Varshini as Malliga, Narmadha and Meena's younger sister
*Rani as Ramya, Saro and Manickam's neighbour
*Mousmiya/Latha Shalini as Radha
*Ashok Samuel as Radha's husband
*Sai Deepika as Sivasamy's wife
*Sukumaran Sairam as Shiva
*Nellai Sarathy as house owner thatha
*Subbulakshmi as house owner patti
*Sujatha Logesh as Gopi's colleague/staff
*Aranthangi Shankar as a bank manager
*B. Muralikrishnan as Ramesh's friend
*G. Danush as Ramesh's friend
*Jayaprakasam as Amarnath
*Ramnaath as Kamatchi's son
*R. M. Palaniappan as Balasubramanian, Arundhathi's father
*Anjalidevi as Deivanai, Arundhathi's mother
*C. N. Ravishankar as Sundar, Vasu's friend
*S. Gokulthilak as Gokul, Ilango's friend
*Rajkumar as Mayilravanan (Murali)
*Viji Kannan as Harsha's mother
*Azhagu as Sakthi's father
*Thozhar. La. Ve. Aadhavan as Sakthi's father's creditor
*[[Black Pandi]] as a boy working in the market/room boy
*G. V. Vijesh as Nirmala's neighbour
*Jothilajkshmi as Vinodhini
*Amitha as Elizabeth
*Veera Srinivasan (K. Veera) as a lorry company owner
*R. Selvakumar as Chidambaram's customer
*J. Lalitha as Nirmala's neighbour
*[[Munishkanth|Ramdoss]] as a garment worker
*T. Sivakumar (Soodhu Kavvum Sivakumar) as Leela's colleague
*Kadugu Ramamoorthy as a marriage broker
*[[Chelladurai]] as a garment owner
*[[Kovai Senthil]] as a remedist
*Udhay as a photographer
*Aparna as a TV host
*Nathan Shyam as David's friend
*Venkatakrishnan as a lodge owner
*Sregajesh as a lodge guest
*Giridhar Thirumalachary as Arundhathi and David's professor
*Vaazha Meen Muthuraj as a boy working in the rice warehouse
*Mythili as Jaya and Meena's teacher
*[[Swaminathan]] as a Raji's uncle
*C. Rajaappasamy as Madhusudhanan
*Jayakanthan as a police inspector
*P. S. Vijaya Kumar as worker in the market
*Vijay Ganesh as Aarumugam
*E. Vikkiramathithan as Pazhani
*Baskar Sakthi as Kasirajan's lodge manager
*[[Livingston (actor)|Livingston]] in a special appearance as himself
*[[Rambha (actress)|Rambha]] in a special appearance as herself
*[[Vijayalakshmi (Kannada actress)|Vijayalakshmi]] in a special appearance as herself
*Indhu in a special appearance as herself
*[[Lavanya (actress)|Lavanya]] in a special appearance as herself
*Arunasri in a special appearance as herself
*Poorvaja (Karishma/Archana) as in a special appearance as herself
*[[Ramesh Khanna]] as in a special appearance as himself
*[[Vaiyapuri]] in a special appearance as himself
*[[Suraj (director)|Suraj]] in a special appearance as himself

==Production==

===Filming===
The series was filmed in [[Chennai]], [[Papanasam, Tirunelveli|Papanasam]], [[Palani]], [[Kanchipuram]], [[Kodaikanal]], [[Oddanchatram]], [[Nerkundram]], [[Kovur, Chennai|Kovur]], [[Porur]], [[Mudichur]], [[Chengalpattu|Muttukadu]], [[Devipattinam]], [[Pondicherry|Puducherry]] and [[Mumbai]] in [[India]]. The series was also shot in [[Singapore]].

==Soundtrack==
<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYb9Ze7CKvo&list=RDRYb9Ze7CKvo&start_radio=1 |title=Metti Oli Song Cine Times Thirumurugan Moon TV |publisher=You Tube |date=31 July 2019 |access-date=7 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQKzE9Fu22w&list=RDRYb9Ze7CKvo&index=2 |title=Manase Manase Exclusive Song Metti Oli Serial Moon TV | publisher=You Tube |date=2 December 2019 |access-date=7 April 2020}}</ref>
{{tracklist
| headline = Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = [[Ammi Ammi Ammi Mithithu]] அம்மி அம்மி அம்மி மிதித்து
| lyrics1 = [[Vairamuthu]]
| music1 = [[Dhina]]
| extra1 = [[Nithyasree Mahadevan]], Master. D. Kiran
| length1 = 3:34
| title2 = Manase Manase மனசே மனசே
| lyrics2 = Eknath
| music2 = Sanjeev Ratheen
| extra2 = [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]]
| length2 = 9:35
}}

==Remakes==
The series has been remade into in [[Kannada language]] as Mangalya on [[Udaya TV|Udaya]], [[Malayalam language]] as Minnukettu on [[Surya]], [[Hindi language]] as [[Shubh Vivah]] on [[Sony tv]], [[Telugu language]] as Akshantalu on [[Gemini TV]] and in [[Bengali language]] as Konyadaan on [[Sun Bangla]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=The southern connection|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/web/the-southern-connection/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=The Indian Express}}</ref> But the story lines change in all four [[language]] into different stories and all had a different climax. While the Kannada, Telugu and Malayalam versions were successful, Hindi version Shubh Vivah did not garner expected ratings and was pulled off air within 4 months considering its low ratings.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Shows that launched, bombed and scrapped in 2012|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/tv/news/hindi/shows-that-launched-bombed-and-scrapped-in-2012/articleshow/17518923.cms|website=The Times of India}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:85%;"
! Country !! Language !! Channel !! Show Name !! Aired (Date) !! Notes
|-
| rowspan=6| {{flagicon|India}} India ||[[Kannada language]] ||[[Udaya TV]] || Mangalya|| ||<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Far from the flashy crowd|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/media/story/20071008-far-from-the-flashy-crowd-734248-2007-09-28|website=India Today}}</ref>
|-
|[[Malayalam language]] ||[[Surya TV]] || [[Minnukettu]]|| September 16, 2004 - January 2, 2009|| It was the first serial to air about 1000+ episodes on [[Surya TV]] and in Malayalam also.(Number of episodes -1345)<ref name=":0" />
|-
| [[Hindi language]] || [[Sony TV]] || [[Shubh Vivah]]|| 27 February 2012 – 29 June 2012 ||<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hindi television soaps on a remaking spree|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-hindi-television-soaps-on-a-remaking-spree-1697830|website=Daily News and Analysis}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=10 Hindi serials that are remakes of popular regional shows|url=https://www.desimartini.com/news/martini-shots/galleries-tv/10-hindi-tv-serials-that-are-remakes-of-popular-regional-shows-article96290.htm|website=Desi Martini}}</ref>
|-
|[[Telugu language]] ||[[Gemini TV]] || Akshintalu<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Akshinthalu to premiere soon on Gemini|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/tv/news/telugu/Akshinthalu-to-premiere-soon-on-Gemini/articleshow/33185354.cms|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=The Times of India}}</ref>|| 14 April 2014 - 1 August 2014 || Besides Akshantalu, it was also dubbed in [[Telugu language]] as Mettala Savvadi aired same channel.
|-
| [[Bengali language]] || [[Sun Bangla]] || Kanyadaan || 7 December 2020 – Present ||
|-
| [[Marathi language]] || [[Sun Marathi]] || Kanyadaan || 17 October 2021 – Present ||
|}

==Reception==
===Awards===
The Metti Oli team won several awards, including the [[Kalaimamani]] from the [[Government of Tamil Nadu|Tamil Nadu State Government]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=From Chithi to Chinna Thambi: Hit fiction shows to keep the audience entertained during lockdown period|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/from-chithi-to-chinna-thambi-hit-fiction-shows-to-keep-the-audience-entertained-during-lockdown-period/photostory/75086836.cms?picid=75087229|website=The Times of India}}</ref>

===Ratings===
''Metti Oli'' was one of the highest-rated Indian and Tamil soap opera in its run time which garnered ratings ranging between 23 and 26 [[Television Viewer Rating|TVR]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=4 May 2005|title=How Maran helped Sun beat rivals|url=https://m.rediff.com/money/2005/may/04spec2.htm|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118084147/https://m.rediff.com/money/2005/may/04spec2.htm|archive-date=18 November 2020|website=[[Rediff.com]]}}</ref> It garnered a peak rating of 50.3 points overall in its runtime.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Metti Oli team has a reunion after 12 years|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/metti-oli-team-has-a-reunion-after-12-years/articleshow/63642963.cms|website=The Times of India}}</ref> The final episode garnered 45 TVR for Sun TV.<ref>{{Cite web|title=UTV gets aggressive|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/utv-gets-aggressive/748482/0|website=The Indian Express}}</ref>

In 2008, the series was later re-telecasted in [[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]]. Since 2018, it is currently being re-telecasted in Moon Tv. In 2020, it's rerun in Sun TV during [[COVID-19 pandemic]], the series became one of the most watched Tamil television program.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title='Metti Oli' Broadcast Again: Sun TV Announcement|url=https://www.hindutamil.in/news/cinema/tamil-cinema/547217-metti-oli.html|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Return of Ramayan, Mahabharat boosts DD’s viewership|url=https://www.livemint.com/industry/media/return-of-ramayan-mahabharat-boosts-dd-s-viewership-11586460807145.html|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=[[Live Mint]]}}</ref> It garnered 4.004 and 4.934 million impressions during week 12 and 13 of 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Chaos less "Thangam"... quietly achieved "Metti Oli"... such a welcome to the old serials?|url=https://tamil.asianetnews.com/cinema/sun-tv-thangam-and-mettioli-serial-won-lot-of-viewer-ship-q8qasn|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=[[Asianet News]]}}</ref>

===Critics===
[[Hindustan Times]] described Metti Oli as "highly melodramatic" in a review asking for more CID and crime drama instead to be broadcast.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Why are soaps still pedalling backwards?|url=https://m.hindustantimes.com/tv/why-are-soaps-still-pedalling-backwards/story-wTn0cez7VDSgdcVa9R2PfM.html|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of programs broadcast by Sun TV]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==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}}
* [https://www.youtube.com/suntv Sun TV on YouTube]
* [http://www.suntv.in/ Sun TV Network] {{in lang|en}}
* [http://www.sun.in Sun Group] {{in lang|en}}
{{IMDB title|12182408}}

{{Sun TV shows}}

[[Category:Sun TV television series]]
[[Category:Tamil-language television soap operas]]
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[[Category:2002 Tamil-language television series debuts]]
[[Category:2005 Tamil-language television series endings]]

Metti Oli - Revision history

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