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{{Short description|Indian television series}}
{{About|2021 Tamil soap opera|2021 Malayalam soap opera|Sundari (Malayalam TV series)|2021 Marathi soap opera|Sundari (Marathi TV series)}}
{{Paid contributions|date=December 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2023}}
{{Infobox television
| image = Sundari serial.jpg
| caption =
| alt_name = Oru Sarasari Pennin Porattam
| genre = [[Drama]]
| executive_producer =
| director = Azhagar Saamy<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/popular-tv-show-sundari-completes-600-episodes-heres-what-actress-gabriella-sellus-and-director-azhagar-have-to-say/articleshow/98328050.cms|title=Popular TV show 'Sundari' completes 600 episodes;here's what actress Gabriella Sellus and director Azhagar have to say|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=March 1, 2023|language=en}}</ref>
| starring = {{Plainlist|
Gabriella Sellus Jishnu Menon [[Krishna (TV actor)|Krishna]] Shreegopika Neelanath Lithanya Sivabalan
}}
| country = India
| language = Tamil
| num_seasons = 2
| num_episodes = 1158<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/popular-tamil-tv-show-sundari-to-go-off-air-soon/articleshow/114507624.cms|title=TV show 'Sundari' to go Off-air after almost 1200 episodes|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=October 23, 2024|language=en}}</ref>
| list_episodes =
| producer = Cinematographer Karaikudi Balasubramaniem (KT.Balu _ Manonmani Stores )
| company = [[Sun Network|Sun Entertainment]] Miracle Media
| opentheme = "Aathangara Kaatre" [[Shweta Mohan]] (Vocals)
| cinematography = Banumurugan Vijayapaandi
| editor =
| camera =
| runtime = 22-24 minutes
| channel = [[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]]
| first_aired = {{Start date|df=y|2021|02|22}}
| last_aired = {{End date|df=y|2024|12|01}}
| related =
}}

'''''Sundari''''' is a 2021 Indian [[Tamil-language]] [[Drama (film and television)|dramatic]] series having two seasons. The first season of the series stars Gabriella Sellus in the title role along with Jishnu Menon<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/jishnu-menon-is-excited-about-his-new-show-sundari/articleshow/81086515.cms|title=Jishnu Menon is excited about his new show Sundari|newspaper=The Times of India|date=18 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref> and Shreegopika Neelanath. It premiered on [[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]] on 22 February 2021 and ended on 26 August 2023. After a 7-year leap, it continued the second season of the series starring Gabriella Sellus in the lead role along with Jishnu Menon, [[Krishna (TV actor)|Krishna]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://tamil.asianetnews.com/gallery/cinema/actor-krishna-lead-in-sundari-season-2-rzykxv|title=சுந்தரி சீசன் 2 சீரியலில் என்ட்ரி கொடுக்கும் புதிய ஹீரோ! யார் தெரியுமா? வெளியான தகவல்..!|newspaper=tamil.asianetnews.com|date=25 August 2023|language=ta}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/television-actor-krishna-joins-the-cast-of-sundari/articleshow/103100120.cms|title=Television actor Krishna joins the cast of Sundari|newspaper=timesofindia.indiatimes.com|date=27 August 2023|language=en}}</ref> and Lithanya Sivabalan. It Started airing from 28 August 2023 onwards and ended on 1 December 2024 and is replaced by Annam serial. It is available for worldwide streaming on [[Sun NXT]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/new-daily-soap-sundari-premieres-from-february-22/articleshow/80974012.cms|title=New daily soap Sundari premieres from February 22|newspaper=The Times of India|date=16 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

==Series overview==
{{series overview

| color1 = #FEA530 
| link1 = #Season 1
| episodes1 = 762
| start1 = {{start date|df=yes|2021|02|22}}
| end1 = {{end date|df=yes|2023|08|26}}

| color2 = #30B39F 
| link2 = #Season 2
| episodes2 = 382
| start2 = {{Start date|df=yes|2023|8|28}}
| end2 = {{Start date|df=yes|2024|12|01}}
}}

==Plot==
===Season 1===
Sundari Devi alias Sundari is the story of a girl who faces discrimination for her dark complexion, yet she fights against adversities in life. She has a kind heart but struggles to find the right man to marry. Undeterred, she strives to become an IAS officer. Her journey towards achieving her goal faces many challenges, strengthening her belief that inner beauty is more important than physical appearance, which forms the crux of the story.

Karthick, who is from Sundari's village and her relative, marries her due to pressure from his family but desires to marry a fair-skinned woman for life. It also features the fair-skinned urban girl, Anupriya alias Anu, who is modern, empowered, and waiting for a loving and sincere partner. Karthick marries Anu and abandons Sundari.

Anu is made a scapegoat by Karthik and she's not allowed to make her own decisions by scapegoating her over her health issues. However, Karthick is shown in a better light of wanting to have a family with Anu for her skin complexion that he also falls for her sincere love. Yet he is perverse and manipulates her for his selfish desires because of his fantasies. As a result, Anu becomes pregnant with Karthik's child. Sundari learns the truth but chooses to remain silent as she has a great respect for Anu and wants to protect her and the unborn child. After many twists and turns, Anu gives birth to a daughter named Thamizh.

At last, Anu and Sundari's family come to know about the true face of Karthick. Anu finally leaves the house to an unknown location after giving her child Thamizh to Sundari to take full responsibility as mother of Thamizh. It shown that Karthick committed suicide and Sundari is going abroad to pursue her training along with Thamizh and grandmother Gandhimathi.

===Season 2===
Seven years Later, Sundari Devi alias Sundari is an IAS officer and she lives with her grandmother Gandhimathi, her adopted daughter Thamizh (who is Anu and Karthick's daughter), Krishna and Malini. It is also the story of Vetriselvan alias Vetri, a former IAS officer who lives with his son, Akhilan alias Akhil. Vetri and Sundari fall in love with each other.

Anu is presumed to be dead. It also shows that after Anu's death, Karthick is still alive and works as PT Master in the school where his daughter Thamizh and Akhilan study. Meanwhile, Rajappan a ruthless village president and Porkodi, his mother-in-law create problems for Sundari and Vetri. Karthick enters to create complications in Sundari's life and tries to get Thamizh back. How the protagonists emerge from his devious schemes forms the crux of the story.

In the end, Anu is revealed to be alive. Karthick has realized his mistakes, asks forgiveness from Sundari and reunites with Anu. Finally, Sundari and Vetri get married and live happily along with Thamizh and Akhilan.

==Cast==
===Season 1===
====Main====
* Gabriella Sellus as IAS Sundari Devi
** Deepthi Sri as Child Sundari
* Jishnu Menon as Karthikeyan
* Shreegopika Neelanath as Anupriya "Anu"
** Baby Ahana as Child Anu
====Recurring====
*[[P. R. Varalakshmi]] as Gandhimathi
*Deepthi Rajendran as Malini
*Aravish Kumar as Krishnakanthan aka Krishna
* Manohar Krishnan as Murugan
*Niharika Harshu / Premi Venkat as Mallika Devi
* Minnal Deepa as Lakshmi Murugan: Murugan's wife
* Lakshmi Vasudevan / J.Lalitha as Selvi
* Vigneshwaran as Arun
* Jay Srinivas Kumar as Siddharth aka Siddhu
* Soundarajan as Ramasubbu
* Arumpon Balaji as Kurangu Kumar
* Lailaa as Sudha
* Sangeetha Balan as Janaki alias Jaanu
* Arunkumar Padmanathan as Pazhani (Dead)
* Indumathy Manikandan as Valliamma (Dead)
* Hariharan as Dilli
* Prithiksha Sankar as Nila
* Murali Kumar as Manimaaran alias Mani
* Nivedha Pankaj as Meena
* Vj Ayub as Dr. Shiva
* [[L. Raja]] as Sankarapandian alias "Shankar" (Dead)
* Gracy Thangavel as Viji

====Special appearances====
* [[Mime Gopi]] as Kalyana Sundaram (Dead) (2021)
* [[Vaiyapuri]] as Kattam Kandhaswamy (2021)
* Krithika Annamalai as ACP Geetha (2021)
* Sandhya Jagarlamudi as Radha: (2021)
* Tharani Suresh Kumar as Periyanayaki aka Berry (2021)
* Swetha Khelge as Thulasi (2021)
* VJ Aswath as Himself (2022)
* Swetha Senthilkumar as Herself (2022)
* Rakesh KM as Himself (2022)
* Nila Gracy as Devi (2022)
* [[Kausalya (actress)|Kausalya]] as Nandan Bharathi (2022)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/actress-kausalya-joins-the-cast-of-sundari-latest-news/articleshow/107877535.cms|title=Actress Kausalya joins the cast of Sundar|newspaper=timesofindia.indiatimes.com|date=21 February 2024|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Pondy Ravi]] as Murugan's friend (2023)

===Season 2===
====Main====
*Gabriella Sellus as IAS Sundari Devi
*Jishnu Menon as Karthikeyan/KS Master (Main Antagonist)
*[[Krishna (TV actor)|Krishna]] as Ex-Collector Vetriselvan
*Lithanya Sivabalan as Thamizh

====Recurring====
*[[P. R. Varalakshmi]] as Gandhimathi
*Deepthi Rajendran as Malini
*Aravish Kumar as Krishnakanthan aka Krishna
* Manohar Krishnan in dual role as:
**Murugan
**Ayyapan
*[[Papri Ghosh]] as Usha
* Arunraja as Rajappan (Dead)
*[[Vadivukkarasi]] as Porkkodi (Dead)
* Bharatha Naidu as Chinnaponnu
* Sarvesh Raghav as Akhilan alias "Akhil"
* Archana as Latha Ayyapan: Ayyapan's wife
* Minnal Deepa as Lakshmi Murugan: Murugan's wife
* Revathy Sankar/ Dharani as Umaiyaal
* J.Lalitha as Selvi (Dead)
* Vigneshwaran as Arun
* Soundarajan as Ramasubbu
* Manikantan as Shekhar
* Nanditha as Thangam
* Hariharan as Dilli
* Ravivarman as Vasudevan
* Krishna Kumar as Police Officer Penner
====Special Appearances====
* [[Kausalya (actress)|Kausalya]] as Nandan Bharathi (2024)
* Shreegopika Neelanath as Anupriya alias Anu / Radha (2024)
* Anu Sulash as Mythili (2023, Dead)
* Premi Venkat as Mallika Devi (2023/2024)
* Murali Kumar as Manimaaran alias Mani (2024)
* Arumpon Balaji as Kurangu Kumar (2024)
* Jay Srinivas Kumar as Siddharth aka Siddhu (2024)
* [[Lavanya (actress)|Lavanya]] as Malar Sister (2024)
* Gayatri Shastri as Saranya (2024)

==Casting==
===Season 1===
The series is a family melodrama that airs on [[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]]. Gabriella Sellus<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-16/popular-tik-tok-star-gabrella-debuts-with-sun-tv-serial-sundari.html|title=Popular Tik-Tok Star debuts with Sun Tv Serial|website=www.behindwoods.com|date=3 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref> was cast in the female lead role of Sundari. Jishnu Menon was cast for the male lead role of Karthik. Shreegopika Neelanath was cast as second female lead role. Indumathy Manikandan was cast in a supporting role of Sundari's Mother. Minnal Deepa was cast in a supporting role. Manohar Krishnan, Aravish Kumar, [[P. R. Varalakshmi]], Premi Venkat and others were also selected for supporting roles.{{cn|date=September 2024}}

===Season 2===
Some cast members from the first season were retained except Shreegopika. Additionally, new characters were introduced in the new season, like Master Sarvesh Raghav and few others. [[Krishna (TV actor)|Krishna Raghunandan]] was cast in the main role in the serial,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://tamil.asianetnews.com/gallery/cinema/actor-krishna-lead-in-sundari-season-2-rzykxv|title=சுந்தரி சீசன் 2 சீரியலில் என்ட்ரி கொடுக்கும் புதிய ஹீரோ! யார் தெரியுமா? வெளியான தகவல்..!|newspaper=tamil.asianetnews.com|date=25 August 2023|language=ta}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/television-actor-krishna-joins-the-cast-of-sundari/articleshow/103100120.cms|title=Television actor Krishna joins the cast of Sundari|newspaper=timesofindia.indiatimes.com|date=27 August 2023|language=en}}</ref> making his comeback to Tamil television after ''[[Thalattu (TV series)|Thalattu]]''. Actress [[Vadivukkarasi]] was cast in October 2023.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/senior-tv-actress-vadivukkarasi-joins-the-cast-of-sundari/articleshow/104038812.cms|title=Senior TV actress Vadivukkarasi joins the cast of Sundari|newspaper=timesofindia.indiatimes.com|date=29 September 2023|language=en}}</ref>

==Adaptations==
===Season 1===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|- style="color:white"
! style="background:Yellow; width:15%;"| Language
! style="background:Yellow; width:24%;"| Title
! style="background:Yellow; width:22%;"| Original release
! style="background:Yellow; width:12%;"| Network(s)
! style="background:Yellow; width:12%;"| Last aired
! style="background:Yellow; width:42%;"| Notes
! style="background:Yellow; width:42%;"| Ref.
|-
| [[Kannada]]
| ''Sundari'' ಸುಂದರಿ
| 11 January 2021
| [[Udaya TV]]
| 12 August 2023
| Original
|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/kannada/daily-soap-sundari-goes-off-air-after-three-years-of-successful-run-team-wraps-the-shoot/articleshow/102300221.cms|title=Daily Soap Sundari Goes Off-Air After Three Years Of Successful Run; Team Wraps The Shoot|date=5 August 2023|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>
|-
| [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
| ''Sundari'' சுந்தரி
| 22 February 2021
| [[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]]
| 26 August 2023
| rowspan="6"| Remake
|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/kannada/newly-launched-kannada-show-sundari-to-have-its-tamil-remake-soon/articleshow/80645057.cms|title=Newly Launched Kannada Show 'Sundari' To Have Its Tamil Remake Soon - Times of India|date=2 February 2021|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>
|-
| [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
| ''Sundari'' সুন্দরী
| 19 July 2021
| [[Sun Bangla]]
| 11 June 2023
|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/kannada/kannada-show-sundari-to-have-its-bengali-remake-soon/articleshow/84136946.cms|title=Kannada show 'Sundari' to have its Bengali remake soon - Times of India|date=1 July 2021|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>
|-
| [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
| ''Sundari'' సుందరి
| 23 August 2021
| [[Gemini TV]]
| 17 August 2024
|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/kannada/kannada-show-sundari-to-have-its-telugu-remake-soon/articleshow/84606155.cms|title=Kannada show 'Sundari' to have its Telugu remake soon - Times of India|date=21 July 2021|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>
|-
| [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
| ''[[Sundari (Marathi TV series)|Sundari]]'' सुंदरी
| 17 October 2021
| [[Sun Marathi]]
| 29 June 2024
|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/marathi/popular-kannada-tv-show-sundari-to-be-remade-in-marathi/articleshow/86986801.cms|title=Popular Kannada TV show Sundari to be remade in Marathi - Times of India|date=13 October 2021|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>
|-
| [[Malayalam]]
| ''[[Sundari (Malayalam TV series)|Sundari]]'' സുന്ദരി
| 15 November 2021
| [[Surya TV]]
| 11 February 2024
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://malayalam.samayam.com/tv/serials/sundari-serial-latest-episode-promo-out/articleshow/93295414.cms|title=സുന്ദരി ഇതൊന്നും മനപൂർവം ചെയ്യുന്നതല്ലല്ലോ, ഇങ്ങനെ കുറ്റപ്പെടുത്തിയാൽ എങ്ങനെയാ ശരിയാകുന്നത്!!!|language=ml|work=Samayam|access-date=5 August 2022}}</ref>
|}

===Season 2===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|- style="color:white"
! style="background:Violet; "| Language(s)
! style="background:Violet; "| Title(s)
! style="background:Violet; "| Original release
! style="background:Violet; "| Network(s)
! style="background:Violet; "| Last aired
! style="background:Violet; "| Notes
! style="background:Violet; "| Ref.
|-
|[[Tamil language|Tamil]]
|''Sundari 2'' சுந்தரி
|28 August 2023
|[[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]]
|1 December 2024
|Original
|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/popular-tamil-tv-show-sundari-to-go-off-air-soon/articleshow/114507624.cms|title=Popular Tamil TV show 'Sundari 2' to go off-air soon|newspaper=The Times of India|date=23 October 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|[[Malayalam]]
|''[[Sundari (Malayalam TV series)|Sundari 2]]'' സുന്ദരി
|12 February 2024
|[[Surya TV]]
|21 July 2024
|Rowspan=2|Remake
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://malayalam.samayam.com/tv/serials/sundari-serial-latest-episode-promo-out/articleshow/93295414.cms|title=സുന്ദരി ഇതൊന്നും മനപൂർവം ചെയ്യുന്നതല്ലല്ലോ, ഇങ്ങനെ കുറ്റപ്പെടുത്തിയാൽ എങ്ങനെയാ ശരിയാകുന്നത്!!! |language=ml|work=Samayam|publisher=The Times of India|access-date=5 August 2022}}</ref>
|-
|[[Kannada]]
|''Anu Pallavi'' ಅನು ಪಲ್ಲವಿ
|16 February 2025
|[[Udaya TV]]
|Ongoing
|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.southmoviez.com/kannada/kannada-tv/anupallavi-new-kannada-serial-promo-cast-story/|title="Anupallavi" – A Tale of a Mother's Duty and Love|website=southmoviez.com|date=22 January 2025|language=en}}</ref>
|}

==References==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|tt15079796}}

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