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{{Infobox television
| image = Seethakalyanam TV series title poster.jpg
| caption = Seetha Kalyanam
| alt_name =
| genre = [[family]] [[Drama]] [[Romance film|Romantic]]
| creator = Nap Creations
| based_on = [[Lakshmi Kalyanam (TV series)|Lakshmi Kalyanam]]
| developer =
| writer = [[Sangeetha Mohan]] NAP Creative Team Vallikodu Vikraman
| director = Sunil Karyattukara Manu V Nair Kurup Mararikkulam
| creative_director =
| presenter =
| starring = [[#Cast|see below]]
| voices =
| narrated =
| opentheme = "ഓമൽ കുരുന്നുകൾ" ''Omal Kurunnukal'' by [[Ananya (actress)|Ananya]]
| endtheme = "സീതാ കല്യാണാ വൈഭോഗമേ" "Seethakalyana Vaibhogame"
| composer = Background Score : Gokul Sreekandhan, Rajeev Attukal
| country = India
| language = Malayalam
| num_episodes = 772
| executive_producer =
| producer = NAAP Communications
| editor = Harimukham Libin George Akhil V Kumar Pradeep Bhagvath
| location =
| cinematography = Anpu Mani Renju Mani
| camera = [[Multi-camera]]
| runtime = 22 minutes
| company =
| channel = [[Asianet (TV channel)|Asianet]]
| first_aired = {{Start date|2018|09|10|df=yes}}
| last_aired = {{End date|2021|09|10|df=yes}}
| related = {{Plainlist|
* [[Parasparam (TV series)|Parasparam]]
* [[Lakshmi Kalyanam (TV series)|Lakshmi Kalyanam]]
}}
| image_alt =
| num_seasons = 1
| list_episodes =
| network =
| released =
| native_name =
| theme_music_composer = Music : Sijo John Lyrics : B.K. Harinarayanan Singer :[[Ananya (actress)|Ananya]]
}}
'''''Seetha Kalyanam''''' is an Indian [[Malayalam]]-language television [[soap opera]] drama. The show premiered on general entertainment channel [[Asianet (TV channel)|Asianet]] channel and streaming on [[Disney+ Hotstar]] from 10 September 2018. Malayalam film actress [[Dhanya Mary Varghese]] played the title role in the show.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/malayalam/dhanya-mary-varghese-makes-her-come-back-through-seetha-kalyanam/articleshow/65426761.cms|newspaper=The Times of India|title=Dhanya Mary Varghese makes her come back through Seetha Kalyanam|last1=Ur |first1=Arya }}</ref> The show is the official remake of Telugu soap opera [[Lakshmi Kalyanam (TV series)|Lakshmi Kalyanam]] which aired on [[Star Maa]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vinodadarshan.com/2018/08/seetha-kalyanam-serial-on-asianet.html|title=Seetha Kalyanam Serial on Asianet launching on 10th September 2018|work=vinodadarshan.com}}</ref> The show aired its last episode on 10 September 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/malayalam/seetha-kalyanam-goes-off-air-dhanya-mary-varghese-pens-a-heart-touching-thank-you-note/articleshow/86160981.cms|title=Seetha Kalyanam goes off-air; Dhanya Mary Varghese pens a heart-touching thank you note|work=The Times Of India|date=13 September 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://malayalam.samayam.com/tv/serials/seetha-kalyanam-serial-going-to-end-soon/articleshow/85862324.cms|title=സീതാ കല്യാണം ക്ലൈമാക്സിലേക്ക്! ആ യാത്ര അവസാനിക്കുന്നു! സന്തോഷമായെന്ന് പ്രേക്ഷകരും!|work=Samayam}}</ref>

It replaced ''[[Parasparam (TV series)|Parasparam]]'' as the longest running serial in Malayalam, which completed 1,524 Episodes.

==Plot==
Seetha and Swathi are sisters from a poor household supported by their mother. Their mother dies and leaves Swathi in Seetha's care telling her that Swathi is now like her daughter. Seetha works to fund Swathi's education, remaining illiterate herself.

A grown-up Seetha and Swathi meet Rajeshwari, a bad-tempered and arrogant woman who hates poor people. Seetha gets into a fight with Rajeshwari and later apologises to her driver Kalyan. A humiliated Rajeshwari vows to take revenge from the sisters. Kalyan, who is in fact Rajeshwari's elder son, falls in love with Seetha. Swathi tries to commit suicide but is stopped by Seetha who is shocked to find out that Swathi is pregnant with her ex-boyfriend's child. Her ex-boyfriend is revealed to be Ajay, Rajeshwari's younger son.

Seetha helps Ajay and Swathi reunite. Rajeshwari is forced to accept them after Ajay tries to commit suicide. It is then revealed that Rajeshwari is in fact Kalyan's maternal aunt and step-mother. She finds a will bequeathing the entire property to Kalyan and plots to marry him to a sterile woman so he can never have children who can inherit.

Seetha and Kalyan fall in love. Rajeshwari demands Seetha marry her older son Kalyan and sign an agreement that she will never bear children and only then will she agree to Swathi and Ajay's marriage. Seetha agrees and breaks up with Kalyan. Swathi tries to stop Seetha but fails. On the wedding day, Kalyan and Seetha discover they are marrying each other and are shocked.

Seetha tries to win Kalyan's heart but all in vain. She starts working with the kalaakaars at the textile factory and wins them over helping them get their jobs back from Rajeshwari, thus impressing Kalyan. She then helps Kalyan track down his biological mother Ambika who had been accused of murder and is hated by Kalyan's father Venu because of misunderstandings created by Rajeshwari. This brings them closer and he accepts that she must have had a reason for rejecting him.

Later, Seetha gets [[pregnant]] too. However, Rajeshwari makes another evil move. She hires goons to kidnap Kalyan. Later, a lawyer named Jayadevan claims that Rajeshwari is his wife. Rajeshwari is shocked and worried.

It is later revealed in a flashback that, Rajeshwari's real name was Radhika Devi. She was from a wealthy family. She fell in love with Jayadevan, the son of a police officer. His father, had wished his son and his nephew, Hariprasad "Hari" to be an officer just like him.

Jayadevan and Hari is happy with the idea. It is also shown that Hari was in love with Jayasudha, the sister of Jayadevan. It is shown that Radhika, desperately wanted to marry Jayadevan. However, Jayadevan denied it to follow his dreams. Agitated, Radhika threatened him that she would commit suicide. Helpless, Jayadevan agrees. Soon, after Radhika gives birth to Aswathy, but she is mentally disabled because of which Radhika hates her and attempts to kill her, which fails.

Meanwhile, Jayadevan is in jail for the crime he didn't commit. After, releasing Jayadevan gets to know of Radhika's evil motives. However, he is shattered to learn that Radhika also murdered his family except Hari. Jayadevan and Hari joins hands to revenge. Jayadevan studies law and becomes a lawyer. Not knowing any of these, Ajay suspects Rajeshwari's evil motives and trusts Jayadevan. However, Jayadevan struggles to tell Ajay that he is Ajay's father.

Seetha brings in two children, Meenakshi "Meenu" and the other is none other than Aswathy "Achu" (She grew up under the care of Jayadevan), now a grown up girl. Achu and Meenu dislikes Rajeshwari. Meenu is later kidnapped, by Annadurai, Rajeshwari's goon.

Kalyan, is now a drug addict. However, Seetha manages to get Rajeshwari arrested and rescues Kalyan and Meenu. Ajay, realises that Jayadevan is his father and Achu is his sister. The show ends joyously with Jayadevan, Ajay, Kalyan, Meenu, Swathi and Seetha rejoicing, Rajeshwari's defeat.

==Cast==
===Lead cast===
* [[Dhanya Mary Varghese]] as Seetha – Swathi's sister; Sravani's half-sister; Kalyan's wife
** Eva as Child Seetha
* [[Reneesha Rahiman]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/malayalam/my-brother-refused-to-talk-for-months-when-i-signed-for-the-serial-says-seetha-kalyanam-actress-reneesha-rahiman/articleshow/69644011.cms|title=My brother refused to talk for months when I signed for the serial, says Seetha Kalyanam actress Reneesha|work=The Times Of India|date=4 June 2019 }}</ref> as Swathi – Seetha's sister; Sravani's half-sister; Ajay's wife
** Baby Athmika as Child Swathi
* [[Roopa Sree]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://malayalam.samayam.com/lifestyle/beauty-fashion/lesser-known-facts-about-seetha-kalyanam-serial-actress-roopa-sree/articleshow/68742761.cms|title=മിനിസ്ക്രീനിലെ തകർപ്പൻ താരം രൂപശ്രീയുടെ വിശേഷങ്ങൾ|work=Samayam}}</ref> as Radhika "Rajeshwari" Devi – Ambika's sister; Venu and Jayadevan's wife; Ajay and Aswathy's mother; Kalyan's step-mother
** Souparnika Subhash as Young Radhika Devi
* [[Anoop Krishnan]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/malayalam/the-satisfaction-i-get-for-playing-kalyan-is-akin-to-doing-10-films-anoop-krishnan/articleshow/67828767.cms|title=The satisfaction I get for playing Kalyan is akin to doing 10 films: Anoop Krishnan|work=The Times Of India|date=4 February 2019 }}</ref> / Alif Shah<ref>{{cite web| url=https://malayalam.samayam.com/tv/serials/dhanya-mary-varghese-introduces-new-kalyan-latest-photo-goes-viral/articleshow/84436710.cms |title=പുതിയ കല്യാണിനൊപ്പം ധന്യ മേരി വർ ഗീസ്! ലൈക്കടിച്ച് അനൂപ് കൃഷ്ണനും! സീതയ്ക്കൊപ്പം ഇനി കല്യാണായി അലിഫ്ഷാ! ചിത്രം വൈറലാവുന്നു|work=Samayam}}</ref> as Kalyan – Ambika and Venu's son; Radhika's step-son; Ajay and Aswathy's cousin; Seetha's husband
* Jithu Venugopal<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/malayalam/seetha-kalyanam-actor-jithu-venugopal-it-feels-like-i-am-starting-afresh/articleshow/76324080.cms|title=Seetha Kalyanam actor Jithu Venugopal: It feels like I am starting afresh|work=The Times Of India|date=11 June 2020 }}</ref> as Ajay – Radhika and Jayadevan's son; Aswathy's brother; Kalyan's cousin; Swathi's husband
* [[Sona Nair]] as Ambika Devi aka Saradananda Swamikal – Radhika's sister; Venu's ex-wife; Kalyan's mother
* Anand Thrissur as Venu – Ambika's ex-husband; Radhika's first husband; Kalyan's father
*Rahul Mohan as Jayadevan – Jayasudha's brother; Hariprasad's cousin; Radhika's husband; Ajay and Aswathy's father

===Recurring cast===
*J Padmanabhan Thampi as Moorthy
*Adithyan Jayan as [[Superintendent of police (India)|SP]] Hariprasad [[Indian Police Service|IPS]] – Jayadevan and Jayasudha's cousin
*Amboori Jayan as Mahendran
*[[Souparnika subhash]] as Ashwathy aka Achu – Radhika and Jayadevan's daughter; Ajay's sister; Kalyan's cousin
*Gopika Janardhanan as [[Superintendent of Police#India|SP]] Pooja [[Indian Police Service|IPS]]
*[[Archana Suseelan]] as Sravani Saigal – Seetha and Swathi's half-sister
* Tom Jacob as Annadurai
*Manu Varma as Jayadevan and Hariprasad's father
*Haridas as Hrishikeshananda Swamikal
**Disciple of Saradananda Swamikal and spoiled brat who aims to take over Swami's wealth
*Ranjith Raj as [[Superintendent of Police#India|SP]] Goutham [[Indian Police Service|IPS]]
*Saji Surya as CI Musthafa
*Joshy Varghese as DYSP Mahesh
*Vimala as Shantha, Rajeshwari's Servant
*Hareendran as Hari
*Rajmohan as Hareendra Varma
*Anoop Sivasenan as Abhiram
*Sini Varghese as Nayana/Shreya
*Anzil Rahman as Abhiram's Friend
*[[Subbalakshmi]] as Sravani's grandmother
*Anugraha as Minnu, Achu's Friend
*Asha Nair as Nimmy
* Pala Aravindan as Mashammavan
* Sheeji Master as D2A2
*Sreekutty as Pramila
*Raima Rai as Nurse, Mashammavan's daughter
*Surya Mohan as Sandra
*Aparna Nair as [[Circle Inspector#Kerala|CI]] Nirmala
*Manu Gopinathan as Theeppori Bhaskaran
*____ as Dr. Reshma
*Leela Manacaud

===Guest appearance===
* Leena Nair as Seetha and Swathi's mother (Dead)
* Della George as herself (Episode 11)
* [[Pratheeksha G Pradeep]] as herself (Episode 11)
* [[Haritha G Nair]] as herself (Episode 11)
* [[Vindhuja Vikraman]] as host (Episode 11)
* Rohini M Jayachandran as Anchor (Episode 33)
*[[Mareena Michael Kurisingal]] as Marina in Maha episode (Episode 362)

==Controversies==
In June 2021, police arrested the cast and crew of the show from a resort in [[Varkala]] for secretly shooting the TV series violating [[COVID-19]] protocols.<ref>{{cite web|title=ലോക്ഡൗണ്‍ ലംഘിച്ച് അതീവ രഹസ്യമായി സീതാകല്യാണം സീരിയല്‍ ഷൂട്ടിങ്; താരങ്ങളും അണിയറ പ്രവര്‍ത്തകരും അറസ്റ്റില്‍|url=https://thekarmanews.com/police-siezed-seetha-kalyanam-shooting-set/|website=Karma News|date=4 June 2021 }}</ref> The lead actors [[Dhanya Mary Varghese]], [[Reneesha Rahiman]] and Jithu Venugopal later revealed that they were not part of the shoot.<ref>{{cite web|title=ഞങ്ങൾ സേഫാണെന്ന് ധന്യയും റെനീഷയും ജിത്തുവും: അപ്പോഴേ പറഞ്ഞതല്ലേ വേണ്ട വേണ്ടെന്ന്; ഇനിയെങ്കിലും ഇതിനൊരു അവസാനം ഉണ്ടാക്കൂ എന്ന് ആരാധകർ!|url=https://malayalam.samayam.com/tv/celebrity-news/seetha-kalyanam-fame-dhanya-mary-varghese-reneesha-rahiman-and-jithu-s-viral-reaction/articleshow/83252707.cms?story=1|website=Samayam}}</ref>

[[Anoop Krishnan]] who played lead role of Kalyan left the show in February 2021 due to his entry in ''[[Bigg Boss (Malayalam TV series) season 3|Bigg Boss season 3]]''. Later in June 2021, he said that he completely left the show stating that he is looking for big screen roles.<ref>{{cite web|title=സീതാകല്യാണത്തിലേക്ക് ഇനിയില്ല; അനൂപ് കൃഷ്ണൻ പറയുന്നു|url=https://malayalam.indianexpress.com/television/anoop-krishnan-about-seetha-kalyanam-508486/|website=Indian Express}}</ref> After almost 4 years in March 2025, he reveled that his experience on the show as "torturous" and mentioned that the management of the production, including delayed payments, made it difficult for him to continue. The delayed payments and other frustrations with the show’s management were significant factors in his decision to leave.<ref>{{cite web|title='ടോര്‍ച്ചറിന്റെ അങ്ങേയറ്റം, തുടര്‍ന്നാല്‍ കുടംബത്തെ ബാധിക്കുമെന്നായി'; സീതാകല്യാണം വിട്ടത് എന്തിനെന്ന് അനൂപ്|url=https://malayalam.filmibeat.com/television/anoop-krishnan-reveals-he-left-sita-kalyanam-because-of-torture-but-doesnt-regret-127191.html|website=Filmibeat|date=15 March 2025 }}</ref>

==Awards and reception==
'''12th Asianet Television Awards 2019'''

* Best Star Pair –[[Anoop Krishnan|Anoop krishnan]] and [[Dhanya Mary Varghese|Dhanya mary varghese]]
* Performer In a Negative Role -[[Roopa Sree|Roopasree]]

This is the third serial among the 5 top-rated serials in Malayalam television with 4.46 million impressions (Week 05, 2019) following [[Vanambadi (TV series)|Vanambadi]] and [[Neelakkuyil (TV series)|Neelakkuyil]], according to BARC India.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.barcindia.co.in/index.aspx|title=BARC India}}</ref> The TRPs of weeks in month January 2019 is shown below.

===January 2019===
{| class="wikitable"
! Date
! Episode
! Rank
! TRP Rating (Impressions)
|-
| 30 Mar – 5 Apr
| 157 – 162
| 2
| 4.20 M
|-
| 26 Jan – 1 Feb
| 109 – 113
| 3
| 4.46 M
|-
| 19 Jan – 25 Jan
| 104 – 108
| 3
| 4.24 M
|-
| 12 Jan – 18 Jan
| 98 – 103
| 3
| 4.67 M
|-
| 5 Jan – 11 Jan
| 93 – 97
| 3
| 5.00 M
|-
| 29 Dec – 4 Jan
| 88 – 92
| 3
| 4.59 M
|}

===2020===
In July 2020, the show got 4th position,<ref>{{cite web|title=Kudumbavilakku rules the TRP charts; Here are the top 5 shows of Malayalam TV|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/malayalam/kudumbavilakku-rules-the-trp-charts-here-are-the-top-5-shows-of-malayalam-tv/articleshow/77126508.cms|website=The Times Of India|date=23 July 2020 }}</ref> and in August 2020, it dropped to fifth position.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kudumbavilakku to Seetha Kalyanam: Here's the top 5 shows on Malayalam TV|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/malayalam/kudumbavilakku-to-seetha-kalyanam-heres-the-top-5-shows-on-malayalam-tv/photostory/77675297.cms?picid=77675362|website=The Times Of India| date=21 August 2020 }}</ref>

== Adaptations ==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!style="background: LightSteelBlue;"|Language
!style="background: LightSteelBlue;"|Title
!style="background: LightSteelBlue;"|Original release
!style="background: LightSteelBlue;"|Network(s)
!style="background: LightSteelBlue;"|Last aired
!style="background: LightSteelBlue;"|Notes
|-
| [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
| ''[[Lakshmi Kalyanam (Telugu TV series)|Lakshmi Kalyanam]]'' లక్ష్మీ కళ్యాణం
| 7 November 2016
| [[Star Maa]]
| 10 October 2020
| Original
|-
| [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
| ''[[Lakshmi Kalyanam (TV series)|Lakshmi Kalyanam]]'' லட்சுமி கல்யாணம்
| 7 February 2017
| [[Star Vijay]]
| 23 June 2017
| rowspan="5"| Remake
|-
| [[Kannada]]
| ''Sindhoora'' ಸಿಂಧೂರ
| 20 March 2017
| [[Star Suvarna]]
| 23 April 2020
|-
| [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
| ''[[Mayar Badhon (TV series)|Mayar Badhon]]'' মায়ার বাঁধন
| 29 May 2017
| [[Star Jalsha]]
| 17 June 2018
|-
| [[Hindi]]
| ''[[Jiji Maa]]'' जीजी माँ
| 9 October 2017
| [[Star Bharat]]
| 18 February 2019
|-
| [[Malayalam]]
| ''Seetha Kalyanam'' സീതാകല്യാണം
| 10 September 2018
| [[Asianet (TV channel)|Asianet]]
| 10 September 2021
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|tt10305356|title=Seetha kalyanam}}

{{Asianet programs}}

[[Category:Indian television soap operas]]
[[Category:2018 Indian television series debuts]]
[[Category:Malayalam-language television shows]]
[[Category:Indian drama television series]]
[[Category:Asianet (TV channel) original programming]]
[[Category:Malayalam-language television series based on Telugu-language television series]]
[[Category:2021 Indian television series endings]]
[[Category:Television productions suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic]]

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