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{{Infobox television
{{Infobox television
| name                    = Bharathi Kannamma
| image               = Barathi Kannama TV series.jpg
| image                   = Barathi_Kannama_TV_series.jpg
| caption             = Barathi Kannama TV series poster
| caption                 =  
| genre               = [[Drama (film and television)|Drama]]
| genre                   = [[Drama (film and television)|Social Drama]]<br>[[Family]]
| creator             = Pradeep Panicker
| creator                 =  
| writer               = Maruthu Shankar <br> Pradeep Panicker
| writer                   = Maruthu Shankar <br> Pradeep Panicker
| director             = Praveen Bennett
| director                 = [[Praveen Bennett]]
| starring             = {{ubl|
| starring                 = [[Roshni Haripriyan]] <br> Arun Prasad
*[[Arun Prasath]]
| opentheme               = "Bharathi Kadhaliyae Kannamma" by [[Arunraja Kamaraj]]
*[[Vinusha Devi]]
| theme_music_composer     = [[M. Jayachandran]]<br>[[Shabareesh Varma]] (Lyrics)<br>Ilayavan (Background Score)
*[[Roshini Haripriyan]]
| editor                   = [[Vignesh Arjun]]
*[[Farina Azad]]
| country                 = [[India]]
}}
| language                 = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
| opentheme           = "Bharathi Kadhaliyae Kannamma"
| num_seasons             = 2
| theme_music_composer = Ilayavan (background score)
| num_episodes             = 555 (as of 3 July 2021)
| editor               = Vignesh Arjun
| list_episodes           =  
| country             = India
| producer                 = Ram Kumaradhas
| language             = Tamil
| related                  = ''[[Karuthamuthu]]'' <br> ''[[Karthika Deepam (TV series)|Karthika Deepam]]'' <br>
| num_seasons         = 2
''[[Muddulakshmi]]''
| num_episodes         = 1036
| camera                   = [[Multi-camera]]
| list_episodes       =  
| runtime                 = 20-22 minutes<br>42-44 minutes
| producer             = Ram Kumaradhas
| company                 = Global Villagers
| camera               = [[Multi-camera]]
| first_aired             = {{start date|df=yes|2019|02|25}}
| runtime             = approx.20-22 minutes per episode
| last_aired               = present
| company             = Global Villagers
| website                  = https://www.hotstar.com/tv/barathi-kannamma/s-2016
| first_aired         = {{Start date|2019|02|25|df=yes}}
| production_website      =  
| last_aired           = {{end date|2023|02|04|df=yes}}
| network                 = [[Star Vijay]]
| network             = [[Star Vijay]]
| screenplay               = Arun Bharathi
| screenplay           = Arun Bharathi<br>Priya Thambi
| cinematography           = Saravanan <br> Venkatesh
| cinematography       = Saravanan <br> Venkatesh
| picture_format          = [[SDTV]] [[576i]]<br/>[[HDTV]] [[1080i]]
| related              = [[Bharathi Kannamma 2|Season 2]]
}}
}}


'''''Bharathi Kannamma''''' is a 2019 Indian television [[Tamil language]] [[Drama (film and television)|Social Dramatic]] series aired on [[Star Vijay]] and streams on [[Hotstar|Disney+Hotstar]]. It premiered on 25 February 2019 starring Roshni Haripriyan and Arun Prasad playing the titular characters.<ref>{{cite web|title=New TV serial Bharathi Kannamma to premiere soon|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/new-tv-serial-bharathi-kannamma-to-premiere-soon/articleshow/68093003.cms|url-status=live|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> The series is a remake of the [[Malayalam]] television series ''[[Karuthamuthu]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=தெலுங்கு மற்றும் மலையாளத்தில் ஒளிபரப்பாகி வரும் பாரதி கண்ணம்மாவில் நடிப்பது இவங்க தான்.|url=https://tamil.behindtalkies.com/bharathi-kannamma-serial-in-telugu-and-malayalam/|url-status=live|website=Behind Talkies}}</ref>
'''''Bharathi Kannamma''''' is a 2019 Indian [[Tamil-language]] television series that aired on [[Star Vijay]] and is available to stream on [[Disney+ Hotstar]], directed by Praveen Bennett.


It stars Roshni Haripriyan (Kannamaa) who plays the role of a girl who has a dusky complexion who has to fight the social norm of not being fair-skinned in India.
The first season of the series premiered on 25 February 2019 and ended on 4 February 2023. It is a remake of the [[Malayalam]] series ''[[Karuthamuthu]]''<ref>{{Cite web|title=தெலுங்கு மற்றும் மலையாளத்தில் ஒளிபரப்பாகி வரும் பாரதி கண்ணம்மாவில் நடிப்பது இவங்க தான்.|url=https://tamil.behindtalkies.com/bharathi-kannamma-serial-in-telugu-and-malayalam/|url-status=live|website=Behind Talkies|date=15 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210524192555/https://tamil.behindtalkies.com/bharathi-kannamma-serial-in-telugu-and-malayalam/ |archive-date=24 May 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=பாரதி, கண்ணம்மா வாழ்க்கையின் 8 ஆண்டுகள் பயணம்; 3.5 மணி நேர ஸ்பெஷல் எபிசோட்!|url=https://tamil.samayam.com/tv/news/special-episode-of-bharathi-kannamma-serial-today-with-3-5-hours/articleshow/79713434.cms|url-status=live|website=[[The Times of India]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709183656/https://tamil.samayam.com/tv/news/special-episode-of-bharathi-kannamma-serial-today-with-3-5-hours/articleshow/79713434.cms |archive-date=9 July 2021}}</ref> and stars [[Roshini Haripriyan]] as Kannamma (who replaced by [[Vinusha Devi]] in 2022) with [[Arun Prasath]] as Bharathi, along with [[Farina Azad]], [[Roopa Sree]], [[Kanmani Manoharan]] and Agilan Pushparaj in supporting roles.<ref>{{cite news|title=New TV serial Bharathi Kannamma to premiere soon|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/new-tv-serial-bharathi-kannamma-to-premiere-soon/articleshow/68093003.cms|url-status=live|website=[[The Times of India]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426050500/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/new-tv-serial-bharathi-kannamma-to-premiere-soon/articleshow/68093003.cms |archive-date=26 April 2019 }}</ref> Within a year the series took its generation loop of 8 years was introduced with same cast in addition to, Baby Raksha Shyam and Baby Lisha Rajkumar played Bharathi and Kanamma's twin daughters. The story follows Dr. Bharathi (Arun), who loves and marries a girl named Kannamma (Roshini). However, Bharathi's obsessed lover, Dr. Venba (Farina), vows to destroy Bharathi and Kannamma's relationship and marry Bharathi.


==Summary==
6 February 2023, the series completion of 4 years, a spin-off was introduced with the [[Bharathi Kannamma 2|same title]], premiering on 6 February 2023 starring [[Sibbu Suryan]] as Bharathi whilst [[Vinusha Devi]] and [[Farina Azad]] returned as Kannamma and Venba, along with [[Roopa Sree]] and [[Deepa Shankar]] in the supporting roles.
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Kannamma ([[Roshni Haripriyan]]), a girl of a pure heart, is looked down upon by her beautiful but arrogant stepsister Anjali (Sweety) and stepmother Bhagyalakshmi ([[Senthi Kumari]]) owing to her dark complexion. Her only support in the house is her father Shanmugam, who praises her character and hates Bhagyam and Anjali for belittling her. Soundharya ([[Roopa Sree]]) is a business tycoon who is obsessed with beauty and fair-skin and dominant. Her son Bharathi (Arun Prasad) is a charming young doctor who follows his heart. Anjali wins the Miss Chennai pageant, and Soundharya develops an instant liking for her beauty and fixes her second son Akhil's wedding with her. Akilan falls for Anjali while she maintains an immense crush on Bharathi. Amidst this, Bharathi and Kannamma frequently encounter each other and Bharathi is impressed by Kannamma's kindness and generosity.


Anjali blackmails Bharathi to marry her or else she will commit suicide. Bharathi says he will talk with his mother after her (Anjali's) birthday party which is arranged by Soundharya later. Bharathi meets Kannamma and Anjali's father and asks his permission to marry Kannamma and reveals that he cannot sire children and asks Kannamma's father to tell this to Kannamma. If she accepts this, he will marry her in a temple. Kannamma's father is unable to find relations for Kannamma and accepts the proposal, but doesn't inform Kannamma about Bharathi's inability to have children. Kannamma is happy that a man with a good heart will marry her. On Anjali's birthday, Bharathi marries Kannamma without anyone from either side and brings her to the birthday party. Soundharya becomes angry that Bharathi married the swarthy girl. Anjali is furious that Bharathi married her elder sister, not her. Akhil, Bharathi's younger brother and Bharathi's father Venu Gopalakrishnan (Rishi Keshav) are happy.
== Series overview ==
However, after some insults, Soundharya allows Kannamma to be in the house and later Anjali marries Akhil but Anjali wants to get rid of Kannamma and Anjali and wants to marry Bharathi but she eventually fails and Soundharya senses odd behavior of Anjali and warns her to be a good wife and daughter-in-law or she will expel her. Anjali stops the attempts and starts loving Akhil.
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Meanwhile, a new character, Dr. Venba (Farina Azad), enters, obsessive lover of Bharathi, targets the couple, she was also Bharathi's childhood friend. Soundharya likes Venba as she is fair-skinned. Venba becomes angry when she learns Bharathi is married and promises herself she will get him back. Kannamma consults Venba as she wants to get pregnant and wants to know why she isn't expecting yet and Bharathi discusses this with Venba and she convinces Bharathi to change the reports before all of this.
! style="padding: 0 8px" rowspan="2" |Season
 
! rowspan="2" |No.of episodes
Bharathi and Kannamma go for Kannamma's school reunion. Venba is there, too. A new character, Varun (Raju Jeyamohan), Kannamma's classmate is introduced and Venba makes Bharathi believe Kannamma is cheating on him with Varun. Meanwhile, Kannamma gives some things that a sister gives to a brother. They return from there and Venba manipulates Bharathi more and more so he blindly believes Kannamma is cheating on him. Currently, Kannamma believes the reports that she can't have children. Soundharya learns of this and wants Bharathi to marry again. Venba is happy about this as she believes Soundharya will choose her to be Bharathi's second wife but is betrayed when Soundharya chooses someone else. Soundharya informs Bharathi that she will engage him to another woman the next day. Bharathi is shocked by this and asks Kannamma if she knows about the engagement while Kannamma is fast asleep. Kannamma doesn't answer. The next day Kannamma awakens and is shocked to hear about preparations of engagement. Kannamma cries, thinking Bharathi accepted this. Kannamma's father learns of the engagement and stops it. Soundharya lashes out at him, saying Kannamma can't bear the children. The other day Kannamma had some symptoms of pregnancy so with the advice of Arivumani (Kaavya) (Bharathi's cousin sister) she takes a pregnancy test and it turns out to be positive and tells Soundharya Bharathi doesn't need to marry again as Kannamma is pregnant.
! colspan="2" |Original broadcast
|-
!style="padding: 0 8px" | First aired
!style="padding: 0 8px" | Last aired
|-
|align="center" {{yes2|'''1'''}}
| style="text-align:center;"| 1036
| style="text-align:center;"| {{Start date|df=yes|2019|02|25}}
| style="text-align:center;"| {{End date|df=yes|2023|02|04}}
|-
|align="center" {{yes|'''[[Bharathi Kannamma 2|2]]'''}}
|style="text-align:center;"| 133
|style="text-align:center;"| {{Start date|df=yes|2023|02|06}}
|6 August 2023
|}


Venba approaches the serial killer Durga (Praveen Devasagayam) who only kills bad people. Venba convinces him that Kannamma cheated on her friend Bharathi and that he wants to get rid of her. Durga accepts the deal and enters as the car driver especially for Kannamma. Kannamma is sad that Bharathi is behaving oddly with her and showing no sign of happiness for the pregnancy. Kannamma goes to her parents where even her father treats her weirdly, so tearful Kannamma returns. After seeing Kannamma's kindness, Durga is convinced that Venba is the bad one. Venba learns of this and convinces Durga she won't harm Kannamma anymore but Durga doesn't believe her and remains the car driver to protect Kannamma from Venba. Venba plans to kill both of them as she killed Hema, but they escape with few injuries but Durga succumbed to his injuries. Later Durga confesses to Kannamma he was there to kill her. Hearing this, a stunned Kannamma asks who wants to kill her, as she never harmed anyone her entire life. Durga says Bharathi to protect Venba as he is in love with Venba. Kannamma returns home and prepares to leave the house  but Soundharya stops her and asks why she wants to leave the house. A tearful Kannamma tells Soundharya that her Bharathi  wants to kill her and the baby which is growing in her womb. Hearing this, the family is shocked and they ask Bharathi why he wants to kill his pregnant wife and Bharathi says he may dislike her but would never try to kill her. Furious, he spills the truth, saying he isn't the father of the child, shocking Kannamma. Soundharya slaps Bharathi, telling him to watch his words. Bharathi shows the reports to the family and everyone becomes silent. A betrayed Kannamma leaves the house saying she can't live in a house where her loyalty and love are questioned. She goes to her parent's house and confronts her father regarding him knowing the truth from the beginning and storms off. A guilty father tries to stops her and asks her to live with him, but Kannamma says even he doubted her and leaves. Soundharya believes, but Venu Gopalakrishnan and Akhil don't believe Bharathi and ask to take the tests again but  Venba convinces him not again to test. Kannamma tries to find a job so she can take care of the baby.
== Plot ==
{{No plot|date=November 2025}}


Later Soundharya tries to convince Bharathi to take the test, but Bharathi doesn't listen to her. After so many hurdles, Kannamma gives birth to twins and Soundharya takes one baby away so the babies can reconcile their parents. Soundharya takes the dark-skinned baby with her to redeem herself for mistreating Kannamma while she was in the house. Kannamma awakens and caresses her remaining baby. Thulasi (Sherin Jaanu), the nurse who delivered Kannamma's baby, offers shelter to Kannamma. Soundharya takes the baby home and says she got the baby from an orphanage so Bharathi could care for her. Bharathi initially doesn't care for the baby, but slowly begins to love her. Bharathi and his family name the baby Hema in the remembrance of his ex-lover Hema and Kannamma names her baby Soundharyalakshmi her mother-in-law's name. Meanwhile one day, Venba tries to marry Bharathi with his approval but later gets stopped by his mother Soundharya. Kannamma leaves the city to live peacefully with her baby.
== Cast==


=== 8 years later<ref>{{Cite web|title=பாரதி, கண்ணம்மா வாழ்க்கையின் 8 ஆண்டுகள் பயணம்; 3.5 மணி நேர ஸ்பெஷல் எபிசோட்!|url=https://tamil.samayam.com/tv/news/special-episode-of-bharathi-kannamma-serial-today-with-3-5-hours/articleshow/79713434.cms|url-status=live|website=The Times of India}}</ref> ===
=== Season 1 ===
Hema (Lisha Khelge) and Soundharyalakshmi "Lakshmi" (Raksah Shyam) are now eight years old. Kannamma lives with Soundharyalakshmi in a village where they meet Palani and Seetha and became close to them. Kannamma runs a tailor shop. Bharathi and his family come to that village for organising a free medical camp for those people, unaware that Kannamma lives there. The family stays there to attend the village's temple festival. Bharathi meets Soundharyalakshmi, not knowing that she is his daughter. After 8 years, Durga has become a doctor. Now all the staff and patients from Venba's hospital go to Durga's hospital just opposite the road; it makes Venba angry. But Durga falls in love with Venba. Now Kannamma and Lakshmi go to [[Chennai]] by auto. There, Lakshmi goes into Bharathi's hospital and asks where he is. Meanwhile, Kannamma stays in the auto and sees Bharathi leaving the hospital and stay near his car. She hides from him, but Bharathi does not see her since he was on a phone call. Now Kannamaa and Lakshmi stays with Thulasi. Here Anjali is pregnant also she realised her mistakes and changed her character. Hema and Lakshmi studies in same school with same class. Bharathi has a soft corner towards Lakshmi. Again, Bharathi decided to marry Venba against his family but her attitude towards Hema. So Bharathi hates her. Here, Kannamaa, Thulasi and their house owner Sumathi (Neepa) started a new business. Few Days ago, Hema and Lakshmi surprised to have a same birthday date. So, they celebrates their birthday at the same time in same place. In that time, Bharathi meets Kannamaa for the first time with Hema. Later, Hema gets kidnapped by Venba. Bharathi accuses kannamma thinking that she kidnapped her.Later he understood the truth,that kanamma didnt kidnap Hema.He and Hema visit Kannamma's house as Hema wants to bid a farewell to Kannamma before she goes to America with her father.
* [[Roshini Haripriyan]] / [[Vinusha Devi]] as Kannamma – Shanmugam and Shenbagam's daughter; Baakiyalakshmi's step-daughter; Anjali's half-sister; Bharathi's wife; Lakshmi and Jr. Hema's mother.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tamil.indianexpress.com/lifestyle/bharathi-kannama-serial-actress-roshni-haripriyan-personals-tamil-news-307661/|title="என்னை நானே முதலில் ரசித்த தருணம் அதுதான்" – 'பாரதி கண்ணம்மா' ரோஷ்னி ஹரிப்ரியன் பெர்சனல்ஸ்!|website=tamil.indianexpress|date=27 May 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cinema.vikatan.com/television/bharathi-kannamma-serial-new-heroine-is-likely-to-be-vinusha-devi|title=பாரதி கண்ணம்மா' தொடரின் அடுத்த கண்ணம்மா இவர்தானா? யார் இந்த வினுஷா தேவி?|website=Vikatan TV|date=27 October 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-16/latest-is-this-actress-going-to-replace-roshni-haripriyan-in-bharathi-kannamma.html|title=Latest: Is this actress going to replace Roshni Haripriyan in Bharathi Kannamma? Know here ft Vinusha Devi|date=27 October 2021|website=Behindwoods}}</ref> (2019–2021) / (2022–2023) (Dubbed By: Meenalochani)
* [[Arun Prasath]] as Dr. Bharathi – Soundarya and Venu's elder son; Shruti and Akhilan's brother; Hema's former love-interest; Kannamaa's husband; Lakshmi and Jr. Hema's father. (Dubbed By: Arun Kumar) (2019–2023)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/barathi-kannamma-fame-actor-arun-prasath-is-a-fitness-freak-see-pics/articleshow/69132001.cms|title=Barathi Kannamma fame actor Arun Prasath is a fitness freak; see pics|website=[[The Times of India]]|date=May 2019 }}</ref>
* [[Farina Azad]] as Dr. Venba - Sharmila's daughter; Bharathi's childhood friend and obsessive ex-lover; Rohit's wife; Hema's murderer. (Main Antagonist) (2019–2023)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tamil.indianexpress.com/lifestyle/bharathi-kannamma-venba-vijay-tv-bharathi-kannamma-serial-venba-marriage-hotstar-241833/|title=குக்கரி டூ சீரியல் வில்லி… பாரதி கண்ணம்மா வெண்பாவின் சின்னத்திரை வளர்ச்சி!|date=11 January 2021 }}</ref> (Dubbed By: Lakshana Rajeev)
* Raksha Shyam as Lakshmi – Bharathi and Kannamma's elder daughter; Hema's twin sister. (2020–2023)
* Lisha Rajkumar as Jr. Hema – Bharathi and Kannamma's younger daughter; Lakshmi's twin sister. (2020–2023)
* [[Roopa Sree]] as Soundarya – Venu's wife; Shruti, Bharathi and Akhilan's mother; Yazhini, Lakshmi, Jr. Hema and Aadhavan's grandmother. (2019–2023)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tamil.indianexpress.com/lifestyle/vijaytv-serial-bharathi-kannamma-soundarya-rupa-sree-biography-301820/|title=80's களின் ஹீரோயின்.. இப்போ 2k கிட்ஸ்களின் ஃபேவரைட் மாமியார்.. பாரதி கண்ணம்மா சவுந்தர்யா லைப் ஸ்டோரி..|date=10 May 2021 }}</ref> (Dubbed By: Jayageetha)
*Rishi Keshav as Venu Gopalakrishnan – Soundarya's husband; Shruti, Bharathi and Akhilan's father; Yazhini, Lakshmi, Jr. Hema and Aadhavan's grandfather. (2019–2023)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tamil.indianexpress.com/lifestyle/vijaytv-serial-bharathi-kannamma-bharathi-father-venu-rishi-keshav-biography-309932/|title=சினிமாவில் ஹீரோ என்ட்ரி.. இப்போ சீரியலில் ஹீரோவின் அப்பா.. பாரதி கண்ணம்மா நடிகரின் லைஃப் ட்ராவல்..|date=2 June 2021 }}</ref>
* [[Kanmani Manoharan]] / Aruljothi Arockiaraj as Anjali – Shanmugam and Baakiyalakshmi's daughter; Kannamma's half-sister; Akhilan's wife; Aadhavan's mother.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cinema.vikatan.com/kollywood/bharathi-kannamma-serial-actress-kanmani-interview-aval-vikatan|title=''சீரியலே வேணாம்னு நினைச்சேன்!'' - Serial Actress Kanmani Manoharan Interview &#124; Aval Vikatan|first=SURYAGOMATHI|last=S,தி.ஹரிஹரன்,துரை.நாகராஜன்|website=www.vikatan.com/|date=22 September 2021 }}</ref> (2019–Jan.2022) / (Feb.2022–2023) (Dubbed By: Akshaya Prabha)
* Agilan Pushparaj / Sugesh Rajendran as Akhilan – Soundarya and Venu's younger son; Shruti and Bharathi's brother; Anjali's husband; Aadhavan's father.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-16/this-bharathi-kannamma-serial-actor-in-prabhu-devas-bagheera.html|title=This Bharathi Kannamma serial actor in Prabhu Deva's Bagheera|date=20 April 2021|website=Behindwoods}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/akilan-spr-has-quit-television-to-concentrate-on-a-career-in-films/articleshow/86258021.cms|title=Akilan SPR has quit television to concentrate on a career in films|website=[[The Times of India]]|date=16 September 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/sugesh-rajendran-joins-the-cast-of-barathi-kannamma/articleshow/85792803.cms|title=Actor Sugesh Rajendran joins the cast of Barathi kanamma|website=[[The Times of India]]|date=31 August 2021 }}</ref> (2019–Aug.2021) / (2021–2023) (Dubbed By: Vignesh a.k.a. Vicky)
* [[Kaavya Arivumani]] as Arivumani – Soundarya's niece; Shruti, Bharathi, Akhilan's cousin. (2019–2020)
* Shruthi Shanmugapriya as Shruthi – Soundarya and Venu's daughter; Bharathi and Akhilan's sister; Yazhini's mother. (2019–2020)
* Sabarinathan as Rohit – Venba's husband. (2022–2023)
* Sherin Jaanu as Thulasi – A former nurse at Bharathi's hospital, Kanamma's friend. (2020–2022)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tamil.indianexpress.com/entertainment/bharathi-kannamma-serial-actress-sherin-janu-got-chance-in-one-more-serial-342973/|title=புதிய சீரியலில் பாரதி கண்ணம்மா நடிகை… விஜய் டிவிக்கு ரொம்ப பெரிய மனசு!|date=19 September 2021 }}</ref>
* Venkatesh / Muthu Kumara Swamy as Shanmugam – Shenbagam's widower; Baakiyalakshmi's husband; Kannamma and Anjali's father; Lakshmi, Jr. Hema and Aadhavan's grandfather.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/bharathi-kannamma-actor-venkatesh-passes-away-55-145747|title='Bharathi Kannamma' actor Venkatesh passes away at 55|date=23 March 2021|website=The News Minute}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-16/bharathi-kannamma-serial-popular-actor-joins-the-serial-as-kannammas-father.html|title=Bharathi Kannamma serial - Popular actor joins the serial as Kannamma's father|date=26 June 2021|website=Behindwoods}}</ref> (2019–2021) / (2021–2023)
* [[Senthi Kumari]] as Baakiyalakshmi – Anbukarasi's daughter; Selva's sister; Shanmugam's second wife; Anjali's mother; Kannamma's step-mother; Aadhavan's grandmother; Lakshmi and Jr. Hema's step-grandmother. (2019–2022)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tamil.indianexpress.com/lifestyle/vijaytv-barathi-kannamma-chithi-actress-senthilkumari-biography-312286/|title=கனா காணும் காலங்கள் டீச்சர் டூ பாரதி கண்ணம்மா சித்தி.. விஜய் பட நடிகையின் கேரியர் ஸ்டோரி..|date=9 June 2021 }}</ref>
* Rajkumar Manoharan as Selva Ganapathy – Anbukarasi's son; Baakiyalakshmi's brother. (2019–2023)
* Vijayalakshmi as Anbukarasi – Baakiyalakshmi and Selva's mother; Anjali's grandmother. (2019–2020) (Dead)
* [[Rekha Harris|Rekha]] as Sharmila – Venba's mother. (2022–2023)
* Bharath Kalyan as Vikram – Owner of Vikram Babu Hospital; Soundarya and Venu's colleague. (2020–2022)
* [[Praveen Devasagayam]] as "Killer" Durga – Venba's henchman. (2020–2022)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/praveen-devasagayam-joins-the-cast-of-barathi-kannamma/articleshow/77593418.cms|title=Praveen Devasagayam joins one of the cast in Bharathi Kannamma|website=[[The Times of India]]|date=17 August 2020 }}</ref>
* Neepa as Sumathi – Kannamaa's house owner. (2021)
* Revathee Shankar as Gayatri – Venu's sister. (2019–2020)
* Uma Rani as Shenbagavalli – Soundarya's friend; Manimegalai's mother. (2019–2020)
* Pushpa Vetriselvan as Santhi – Venba's housekeeper. (2019–2022)
* Minor Yogi as Maayandi – Nirmala's husband; Baakiyalakshmi's henchman. (2019–2022)
* Subageetha as Nirmala – Maayandi's wife; Anjali's caretaker. (2019–2021)
* [[M. J. Shriram]] as Venba's uncle (2019–2020) (Dead)
* Balaji Babu as Kumar – Kannamaa's auto-driver. (2020–2022)
* [[Aranthangi Nisha|Arandhangi Nisha]] as Advocate Vadivukkarasi aka Vadivu – Kannamma's neighbour. (2021–2022)
* Thamarai Selvi as Thamarai (2022–2023)


==Cast==
===Mahasangamam [[Pandian Stores]]===
=== Main ===
* Stalin Muthu as Sathyamoorthy aka Moorthy – Lakshmi and Pandian's eldest son; Jeeva, Kathir and Kannan's brother; Dhanam's husband. (2020)
{| class="wikitable" style="width:70%;"
* [[Sujitha]] as Dhanalakshmi aka Dhanam – Varadarajan and Kamakshi's daughter; Jaga's sister; Moorthy's wife. (2020)
! Portrayed by !! Character !! Year(s) !! Description
* [[Venkat Renganathan]] as Jeevanandham aka Jeeva – Lakshmi and Pandian's second son; Moorthy, Kathir and Kannan's brother; Meena's husband. (2020)
|-
* Hema Rajkumar as Meenatchi aka Meena – Janarthanan's elder daughter; Jeeva's wife. (2020)
| [[Roshni Haripriyan]]  
* Kumaran Thangarajan as Kathiravan aka Kathir – Lakshmi and Pandian's third son; Moorthy, Jeeva and Kannan's brother; Mullai's husband. (2020)
| Kannamma
* [[V. J. Chitra]] as Mullai as Mullai Kathiravan - Muruganandham and Parvathy's younger daughter; Malli's sister; Aishu's cousin; Kathir's wife. (2020)
| 2019–present
* [[Saravana Vickram]] as Jayakannan aka Kannan – Lakshmi and Pandian's youngest son; Moorthy, Jeeva and Kathir's brother. (2020;2023)
| Bharathi's ex-wife; Hema and Soundarya Lakshmi's mother. Venba's arch rival. Shanmugam's elder daughter, Anjali's half-sister and Soundharya's elder daughter-in-law. Thulasi's best friend. She is dark-skinned, illiterate but bold, courageous, talented, intelligent and zealous lady also, is a tailor and food supplier. She is also called by Hema as '''Samayal Amma'''.
|-
| Arun Prasad
| Dr. Bharathi Priyan
| 2019–present
| Kannamaa's ex-husband, Venba's love interest, Anjali's ex-love interest; Hema and Soundarya Lakshmi's father and the ex-boyfriend of Hema, a [[Cardiologist]]. He marries Kannamma, but later distances himself from her due to a misunderstanding that she had an affair with her friend Varun. He is also called by Lakshmi as '''Doctor Mama'''.
|-
| Raksah Shyam
| Soundarya Lakshmi
| 2020–present
| Also known as Lakshmi. A fair-skinned and talkative girl, Bharathi and Kannamma's daughter; Soundarya and Venu's grand-daughter. She's the eldest of twins born to Bharathi and Kannamma. She's bold and talkative and stays alone with her mother in a poor house.
|-
| Lisha Rajkumar  
| Hema Bharathi Jr.
| 2020–present
| She is dark-skinned and calm, Bharathi and Kannamma's daughter; Soundarya and Venu's granddaughter. She's the youngest of twins born to Bharathi and Kannamma. She's sensitive and stays with her father, uncle, aunt and grandparents in the rich villa, after Bharathi adopted her thinking that she's an orphan.
|-
| Farina Rahman Ubaidh
| Dr. Venba
| 2019–present
| A fair-skinned girl, Bharathi's childhood friend, colleague and obsessive ex-girlfriend, a [[gynecologist]] also a drug addict and insane woman. She wants to separate Bharathi Kannamma's relationship and she wants to marry Bharathi, also she hates Kannamma, she killed Bharathi's first lover Hema and repeatedly tried to kill his wife Kannamma, and she is Durga's love interest.
|-
| [[Roopa Sree]]  
| Soundarya Devi
| 2019–present
| Venu's wife; Bharathi, Akhilan and Shruthi's mother, Kannamma and Anjali's mother-in-law; Yazhini, Soundarya Lakshmi and Hema's grandmother. She loves Kannamma. Initially, she hated Kannamma for her skin tone but then she realized her innocent qualities and began to support her. She is a powerful businesswoman and loves her daughter-in-law Kannamma and Anjali also. She tries to unite Kannamma and Bharathi and hates Venba for doing wrong thing.
|-
| Kanmani Manoharan ("Sweety")
| Anjali Akilan (Miss Chennai)
| 2019–present
| A fair-skinned girl, Akilan's wife (pregnant); Kannamma's half-sister; Shanmugam and Baakya's daughter. Soundharya's younger daughter-in-law. Initially, She hates Kannamma; she loves Bharathi and had feelings on Bharathi but not now and married Akhilan his younger brother. She hated Kannamma because of her mother Baagya's upbringing but later reconciled with and supported her.
|-
| Akhil Pushparaj
| Akilan
| 2019–present
| Anjali's husband; Venu and Soundarya's son; Shanmugam and Baakiyalakshmi's son-in-law. He loves and marries Anjali and later tries to unite Kannamma and Bharathi, along with his parents. He supports and loves Kannamma like his mother. He hates Venba for being close with Bharathi.
|-
| Rishi Keshav
| Venu Gopalakrishnan
| 2019–present
| Soundarya's husband; Bharathi, Akhilan and Shruthi's father, Kannamma and Anjali's father-in-law; Yazhini, Soundharya Lakshmi and Hema's grandfather. He loves her wife so much and give respect to dessicion He also supports Kannamma and likes her innocence and boldness.
|}


=== Supporting ===
===Mahasangamam Raja Rani 2===
* Sherin Jaanu as Thulasi Sundar: A former nurse in Bharathi's hospital, she assisted in Kannamma's delivery.  She concealed the secret about birth of twins, on Soundarya's request. A good soul for Soundarya's family, Kannamma's close friend, Sundar's wife (2020–present)
* Alya Manasa (2021) / [[Riya Vishwanathan]] (2022) as Sandhya: Saravanan's wife
* [[Venkatesh]] (2019-2021) (Dead) as Shanmugam: Kannamma and Anjali's father, Bharathi and Akhilan's father-in-law, Shenbagam and Baakiyalakshmi's husband. He loves her elder daughter Kannamma more than his younger daughter Anjali
* Sidhu Sid as Saravanan: Sandhya's husband, Ravi and Sivagami's elder son; Senthil, Parvathy and Aaditya's elder brother. (2021–2022)
** Muthu Kumara Swamy (Jun.2021–present) (Replacement of Venkatesh after his death)
* [[Praveena]] as Sivagami: Ravi's wife; Saravanan, Senthil, Parvathy and Aaditya's mother. (2021–2022)
* [[Senthi Kumari]] as Baagyalakshmi "Baagya" Shanmugam: Anjali's mother and Kannamma's stepmother, Shanmugam's second wife, Anbukarasi's daughter. She is greedy and mistreats Kannamma and hates her husband as he loves Kannamma more than her own daughter Anjali. Soundarya teaches her a proper lesson to mend her ways but she remains greedy. (2019–present)
* Saivam Ravi as Ravi Sundaram: Sivagami's husband, Saravanan, Senthil, Parvathy and Aaditya's father. (2021–2022)
* Kaavya Hegde as Arivumani: Soundarya's niece; Bharathi, Akhilan and Sruthi's cousin, Kannamma's best friend and Selva's love interest (2019–present)
* Balaji Thiyagarajan Dayalan as Senthil: Archana's husband, Ravi and Sivagami's second son, Saravanan's younger brother and Parvathy, Aaditya's elder brother. (2021–2022)  
* Rajkumar Manoharan as Selva Ganapathy (Selva): Bhagyalakshmi's brother, Anbukarasi's son, Anjali's maternal uncle, Kannamma's helper; Arivumani's love interest. (2019–present)
* [[Archana Ravichandran]] as Archana: Senthil's wife.
* Vijayalakshmi as Anbukarasi "Patti": Baagyalakshmi and Selva Ganapathy's mother, Anjali's grandmother also Shanmugam's mother-in-law. She hates Kannamma (2019–2020) (Dead)
* Vaishnavi Sundar as Parvathy: Bhaskar's wife, Ravi and Sivagami's daughter, Saravanan and Senthil's younger sister and Aaditya's elder sister (2021–2022)
* Raju Jeyamohan as Varun Mohan alias Sundar: Kannamma's classmate and her best friend also a famous poet. Thulasi's husband. Though he treats Kannamma as a sister, Venba brainwashes Bharathi into believing that he had an affair with Kannamma, eventually creating a misunderstanding (2020–present)
* VJ Prathosh as Aditya: Ravi and Sivagami's younger son, Saravanan, Senthil and Parvathy's younger brother. (2021–2022)  
* Shruthi Shanmugapriya as Sruthi: Bharathi and Akhilan's sister Soundarya and Venu's daughter, Kannamma and Anjali's sister-in-law (2019–present)
* Ashwin Kannan as Bhaskar: Parvathy's husband. (2022)
* Praveen Devasagayam as Dr. Durga: Initially, a rowdy, Venba's helper; but he realizes his mistakes and knows that Kannamma is innocent, so he vows to protect Kannamma. Venba's arch-rival; after eight years, he became a doctor (impostor) to intimidate Venba (2020–present)
* Unknown as Selvam: A terrorist and former worker at Saravanan's sweet shop (2022)
* Neepa as Sumathi Sekar: Kannamaa's house owner and her good friend (2020–present)
* Tanushri Gowda as Young Yazhini: Shruthi's daughter and Soundarya and Venu's granddaughter (2019–2020)
** Akshaya Dinesh replaced Gowda as Yazhini: Shruthi's daughter; Venu and Soundarya's granddaughter (2020–present)
* Revathee Shankar as Gayatri: Venu Gopalakrishnan's sister and Soundharya's sister-in-law (2019–2020)
* Pushpa Vetriselvan as Santhi: Venba's housekeeper (2020–present)
* Yogi as Maayandi: Kannamma's ex-fiancée, Anjali's helper and Nimmi's husband (2019–2020)
* Subageetha as Nirmala "Nimmi" Maayandi: Maayandi's wife and Anjali's caretaker. She hates Kannamma (2019–present)
* [[M. J. Shriram]] as Venba's uncle (2019–present)
* Balaji as Babu: Venba's helper, Durga's enemy (2019–present)
* Mahesh Kumar as Sekar: Sumathi's husband: Arrogant (2020–present)
* Adhithiri Sree as Manju: Sumathi and Sekhar's daughter, Lakshmi's friend (2020–present)
* Manoj Kumar as "Brother" Kumar: Kannamaa's helper, an auto-driver (2020–present)
* Lakshmi as Gomathi: A stranger in an orphanage, Venba's helper to destroy Kannamma. She is accidentally killed by Venba (2020)


=== Special Guests ===
===Special appearances===
* Deepthi Kapil (2019) as young Kannamma
* [[Snehan]] as himself (2019; 2023)
* Spoorthi Santhosh Rao (2019) as Young Anjali
* [[Deepa Shankar]] as Shenbagam – Shanmugam's first wife; Kannamma's mother; Lakshmi and Jr. Hema's grandmother. (2019) (Dead)
* [[Snehan]] as himself (Episode 1) (2019)
* Preethi Sanjeev as Vadivambal, Kannamma's cousin (2019)
* Deepa Shankar (2019) as Shenbagam: Shanmugam's first wife; Kannamma's mother (Episode 1)
* [[Arunraja Kamaraj]] as Himself - Bharathi's friend (2019)
* [[Alya Manasa]] as Dr. Hema: Bharathi's ex-lover. Bharathi's first love in college. She was killed in a car accident planned by Venba. Bharathi names his adopted daughter Hema after her (2019)
* Uma Rani as Shenbagavalli (Episode 2-3, 92-93, 242-243) (2019–2020)
* [[Manimegalai (VJ)|Manimegalai]] as Manimegalai, Shenbagavalli's daughter and Bharathi's proposed bride (Episode 242-243) (2020)
* [[Kaaka Muttai]] Shanthi Mani as Paatti (Episode 3) (2019)
* [[Kaaka Muttai]] Shanthi Mani as Paatti (Episode 3) (2019)
* Madhumitha Illayaraja as Meenatchi "Meena" Sathasivam: Akhilan's love interest and his dream girl (2020)
* Preethi Sanjeev as Vadivambal - Kannamaa's cousin. (2019)
* [[Manoj Kumar (film director)|Manoj Kumar]] as Sathasivam: Meena's father (2020)
* [[Arunraja Kamaraj]] as himself – Bharathi's friend. (2019)
* Madurai Mohan as Natraj: a person who helps Kannamma while she left home, he takes care of her, a hand carter (2020)
* Alya Manasa as Dr. Hema – A [[cardiologist]]; Bharathi's colleague and former love-interest. (2019)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/B3o3TwPl8hj/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/B3o3TwPl8hj |archive-date=24 December 2021 |url-access=limited|title=Alya make a special appearance in Roshni Haripriyan's Bharathi Kannamaa}}{{cbignore}}</ref> (Dead)
* Chenniamma as Petchiamma: Natraj's wife (2020)
* [[Manimegalai (VJ)|Manimegalai]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/tv-show-host-mani-megalai-makes-her-acting-debut-with-bharathi-kannamma/articleshow/73957621.cms|title=TV show host Mani Megalai makes her acting debut with Bharathi Kannamma|website=[[The Times of India]]|date=5 February 2020 }}</ref> as Manimegalai – Shenbagavalli's daughter; Bharathi's proposed bride. (2020)
* Rohini as Veni: an owner in petrol bunk (2020)
* [[Raju Jeyamohan]] as Varun Mohan – A poet; Kannamma's classmate and best friend. (2020)
* Jeya Lakshmi: an incharge in an orphanage (2020)
* Madhumitha Illayaraja as Meenatchi - Akhilan's friend. (2020)
* [[Vasu Vikram]] as Mahalingam: Kannamma's MD in a tailoring departmental store (2020)
* Madurai Mohan as Natraj – A hand carter. (2020)
* Babitha as Maheshwari Mahalingam: Soundarya's friend and Mahalingam's wife (2020)
* Chenniamma as Petchiamma – Natraj's wife. (2020)
* Yuvan Pattison as Prashad Mahalingam: Bharathi's friend and Mahalingam's son (2020)
* Rohini as Veni – An owner in petrol bunk. (2020)
* KPY Pazhani as Pazhani: Kannamma's neighbour, good-hearted (2020-2021)
* Jeya Lakshmi – An incharge in an orphanage. (2020)
* Nilani as Seetha Pazhani: Pazhani's wife, Kannamma's friend based in Thiruvallur (2020-2021)
* [[Vasu Vikram]] as Mahalingam – Kannamma's MD in a tailoring departmental store. (2020)
* Jeyanthi as an IAS officer (2021)
* Babitha Jose as Maheshwari Mahalingam – Soundarya's friend; Mahalingam's wife. (2020)
* [[Aari Arujunan]] as Himself (2021)
* Yuvan Pattison as Prasad – Bharathi's friend; Mahalingam and Maheshwari's son. (2020)
* KPY Pazhani as Pazhani – Kannamma's neighbour. (2020)
* Nilani as Seetha – Pazhani's wife; Kannamma's friend based in Thiruvallur. (2020)
* Jeyanthi as an IAS officer. (2021)
* Salma Arun as Dr. Priya – Bharathi's friend. (2021)
* [[Aari Arujunan]] as himself (2021)
* [[Sivaangi Krishnakumar]] as herself (2021)
* [[Sivaangi Krishnakumar]] as herself (2021)
* Suresh Chakravarty as himself (2021)
* Suresh Chakravarty as himself (2021)
* Bj Bala as himself (2021)
* [[KPY Bala]] as himself (2021)
* [[Archana Chandhoke]] as herself (2021)
* [[Archana Chandhoke]] as herself (2021)
* [[Sona Nair]] as a Judge of Court (2021)
* [[Nakshatra Nagesh]] as Saraswathi (2022)
* Sasilaya as IPS Sasikala (2022)
* [[Ajay Rathnam|Ajay Ratnam]] as Police IG (during terrorists hijacks hospital) (2022)
* Kiruba as Hema's mother (2022)
* Shobanaa Uthaman as herself (2023)
* [[Ashwini Aanandita]] as herself (2023)
* [[Deepak Dinkar]] as himself (2023)
* Navin Vetri as himself (2023)
* Dharshna Sripal Golecha as herself (2023)
* [[Swathi Konde]] as herself (2023)
* Kannika Ravi as herself (2023)
* [[RJ Balaji]] as himself (2023)
* Shivin Ganesan as herself (2023)
* K. S. Suchitra Shetty as [[Baakiyalakshmi]] (2023)
* Meena Sellamuthu as [[Baakiyalakshmi|Selvi]] (2023)


==Production==
==Production==
=== Soundtrack ===
{{Infobox album
| name      = Bharathi Kannamaa soundtrack
| type      = soundtrack
| artist    = [[M. Jayachandran]], [[Rajesh Murugesan]]
| cover      =
| alt        =
| caption    = Album cover for ''Bharathi Kannamaa''
| released  = 01 January 2020
| recorded  = Since 2019
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| genre      = [[Film soundtrack|Tv serial soundtrack]]
| length    =
| language  = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
| label      = [[Praveen Bennett|Rejaputhra Visual media]]
| producer  = [[M. Jayachandran]]
| prev_title =
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}}
;Soundtrack
{{tracklist
| headline      = Track list
| extra_column  = Singer(s)
| title1        = Bharathi Kadhaliyae Kannamaa  <br> (பாரதி காதலியே கண்ணம்மா) Romantic Version
| lyrics1 = [[Shabareesh Varma]]
| extra1 = [[Arunraja Kamaraj]]
| length1        = 4:57
| title2        = Kannamaa Kannamaa <br> (கண்ணம்மா கண்ணம்மா) Sad Version
| lyrics2 = [[Shabareesh Varma]]
| extra2 = [[Sean Roldan]], Pradeep Kumar
| length2        = 1:08
}}
===Filming===
===Filming===
Due to the COVID-19 outbreak in India, ''Bharathi Kannamma'', and all other Indian television series and films production were suspended from 19 March 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Coronavirus: The 'serial' killer|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2020/jun/10/-coronavirus-the-serial-killer-2154443.html|url-status=live|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref> Three Months later, shooting was permitted and the team commenced filming in July.<ref>{{Cite web|title=This is how Tamil TV serials are being shot in the COVID-19 era|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/this-is-how-tamil-tv-serials-are-being-shot-in-the-covid-19-era/article32336342.ece|url-status=live|website=The Hindu}}</ref> The show commenced telecasting new episodes from 27 July 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Caution is key as Tamil TV serials resume shooting, fresh episodes to air from July 27|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/caution-is-key-as-tamil-tv-serials-resume-shooting-fresh-episodes-to-air-from-july-27/article32172098.ece|url-status=live|website=The Hindu}}</ref> With the increase in Covid cases in Tamil Nadu, the production was once again suspended in mid May 2021 for few days and resumed soon.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Coronavirus {{!}} Film and TV shooting activities to be suspended till May 31, says FEFSI|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/coronavirus-film-and-tv-shooting-activities-to-be-suspended-till-may-31-says-fefsi/article34563982.ece|url-status=live|website=The Hindu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Fighting Covid: Tamil Nadu extends lockdown till June 7|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/coronavirus-outbreak/story/fighting-covid-tamil-nadu-extends-lockdown-till-june-7-1808194-2021-05-28|url-status=live|website=India Today}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=ஷாக் நியூஸ்… விஜய் டிவியில் இந்த 2 முக்கிய சீரியல்களும் நிறுத்தம்?|url=https://tamil.indianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil-vijay-tv-serial-bharathi-kannamma-and-raja-rani-stop-for-covid-lockdown-307961/|url-status=live|website=The Indian Express}}</ref>
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ''Bharathi Kannamma'', and all other Indian television series and films production were suspended on 19 March 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Coronavirus: The 'serial' killer|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2020/jun/10/-coronavirus-the-serial-killer-2154443.html|url-status=live|website=The New Indian Express|date=10 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611115112/https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2020/jun/10/-coronavirus-the-serial-killer-2154443.html |archive-date=11 June 2020 }}</ref> Three months later, shooting was permitted and the team commenced filming in July.<ref>{{Cite news|title=This is how Tamil TV serials are being shot in the COVID-19 era|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/this-is-how-tamil-tv-serials-are-being-shot-in-the-covid-19-era/article32336342.ece|website=The Hindu|date=12 August 2020}}</ref> The show commenced telecasting new episodes from 27 July 2020.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Caution is key as Tamil TV serials resume shooting, fresh episodes to air from July 27|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/caution-is-key-as-tamil-tv-serials-resume-shooting-fresh-episodes-to-air-from-july-27/article32172098.ece|website=The Hindu|date=23 July 2020}}</ref> With the increase in Covid cases in Tamil Nadu, production was again suspended for a few days in mid-May 2021.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Coronavirus {{!}} Film and TV shooting activities to be suspended till May 31, says FEFSI|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/coronavirus-film-and-tv-shooting-activities-to-be-suspended-till-may-31-says-fefsi/article34563982.ece|website=The Hindu|date=15 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Fighting Covid: Tamil Nadu extends lockdown till June 7|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/coronavirus-outbreak/story/fighting-covid-tamil-nadu-extends-lockdown-till-june-7-1808194-2021-05-28|url-status=live|website=India Today|date=28 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210528142929/https://www.indiatoday.in/coronavirus-outbreak/story/fighting-covid-tamil-nadu-extends-lockdown-till-june-7-1808194-2021-05-28 |archive-date=28 May 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=ஷாக் நியூஸ்… விஜய் டிவியில் இந்த 2 முக்கிய சீரியல்களும் நிறுத்தம்?|url=https://tamil.indianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil-vijay-tv-serial-bharathi-kannamma-and-raja-rani-stop-for-covid-lockdown-307961/|url-status=live|website=The Indian Express|date=28 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603170700/https://tamil.indianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil-vijay-tv-serial-bharathi-kannamma-and-raja-rani-stop-for-covid-lockdown-307961/ |archive-date=3 June 2021 }}</ref>
 
===Crossover Episodes===
In January 2020, Bharathi Kannamma had a crossover with ''[[Pandian Stores]]'' for a week.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pandian Stores - Bharathi Kannama serials mega Sangamam|url=https://tamil.oneindia.com/television/pandian-stores-and-barathi-kannamma-serials-merged-373383.html|website=One India}}</ref> It also had a crossover with ''[[Raja Rani (TV series)|Raja Rani 2]]'' during March 2021 for 3 weeks and a day (Raja Rani S2 E-108 to E-126).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bharathi Kannamma - Raja Rani 2: பாரதி கண்ணம்மாவில் இணைந்த ராஜா ராணி 2!|url=https://tamil.news18.com/news/entertainment/television-vijay-tv-bharathi-kannamma-raja-rani-2-mega-sangamam-live-streaming-hotstar-scs-428447.html|url-status=live|website=[[CNN News18]]}}</ref> With the sudden announcement of suspension of shoot in mid May 2021 and with a few cast availability then for bank episodes shoot, once again the series was crossed over with ''Raja Rani 2''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=சங்கமம் எதற்கு? கண்ணம்மாவை ரிப்பீட் பண்ணலாமே?|url=https://tamil.indianexpress.com/entertainment/vijay-tv-serial-tamil-news-fans-got-upset-after-bharathi-kannamma-and-raja-rani-2-telecasted-as-mahasangamam-309675/|url-status=live|website=The Indian Express}}</ref>


==Adaptations==
===Crossover episodes===
Besides ''Bharathi Kannamma'', ''[[Karuthamuthu]]'' is adapted in various other Indian languages listed below.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The bright side of darkness|url=https://m.tribuneindia.com/news/entertainment/the-bright-side-of-darkness-33365|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603164557/https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/entertainment/the-bright-side-of-darkness-33365|archive-date=3 June 2021|website=[[The Tribune (India)|The Tribune]]}}</ref>
In January 2020, Bharathi Kannamma had a crossover with ''[[Pandian Stores]]'' for a week.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pandian Stores - Bharathi Kannama serials mega Sangamam|url=https://tamil.oneindia.com/television/pandian-stores-and-barathi-kannamma-serials-merged-373383.html|website=One India|date=6 January 2020}}</ref> It also had a crossover with ''[[Raja Rani (Tamil TV series)|Raja Rani 2]]'' during March 2021 for three weeks and a day (Raja Rani S2 E-108 to E-126).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bharathi Kannamma - Raja Rani 2: பாரதி கண்ணம்மாவில் இணைந்த ராஜா ராணி 2!|url=https://tamil.news18.com/news/entertainment/television-vijay-tv-bharathi-kannamma-raja-rani-2-mega-sangamam-live-streaming-hotstar-scs-428447.html|url-status=live|website=[[CNN News18]]|date=15 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210315093254/https://tamil.news18.com/news/entertainment/television-vijay-tv-bharathi-kannamma-raja-rani-2-mega-sangamam-live-streaming-hotstar-scs-428447.html |archive-date=15 March 2021 }}</ref> With the suspension in mid-May 2021 and with a few cast availability then for bank episodes, the series crossed over with ''Raja Rani 2''. Again in 2022, the series joined Mahasangamam with Raja Rani 2.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/bharathi-kannamma-and-raja-rani-2-set-for-mahasangamam/articleshow/92727599.cms|title=இந்த பாரதி கண்ணம்மா தொல்லை தாங்க முடியல|language=ta|website=The Times of India|date=7 July 2022 }}</ref>
 
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width: 100%; margin-right: 0;"
|- style="color:white"
! style="background:#7b0c0c; width:35%;" | Language
! style="background:#7b0c0c; width:50%;" | Title
! style="background:#7b0c0c; width:64%;" | Original release
! style="background:#7b0c0c; width:12%;" | Network(s)
! style="background:#7b0c0c; width:25%;" | Notes
|-
| [[Malayalam]]
| [[Karuthamuthu]](Original) <br> കറുത്തമുത്ത്
| 20 October 2014 – 9 August 2019
| [[Asianet (TV channel)|Asianet]]
| 1450
|-
| [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
| [[Karthika Deepam (Telugu TV series)|Karthika Deepam]] <br> కార్తీక దీపం
| 16 October 2017 – present
| [[Star Maa]]
| Ongoing
|-
| [[Kannada language|Kannada]]
| [[Muddulakshmi]] <br> ಮುದ್ದುಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಿ
| 22 January 2018 – present
| [[Star Suvarna]]
| Ongoing
|-
| [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
| [[Rang Majha Vegla]] <br> रंग माझा वेगळा
| 30 October 2019 – present
| [[Star Pravah]]
| Ongoing
|-
| [[Hindi]]
| [[Kartik Purnima (TV series)|Karthik Purnima]] <br> कार्तिक पूर्णिमा
| 3 February – 27 March 2020
| [[Star Bharat]]
| 45
|}


==Reception==
==Reception==
===Ratings===
===Viewership and ratings===
In September 2020, the sequence of the series where lead Kannamma leaves the house and was seen walking on the streets for 5 episodes, received criticisms with memes which trended on online platforms due to which the series gained more popularity and viewership than before, entering top five tamil television programs.<ref>{{Cite web|title='Kannamma' of Vijay TV soap fame trends the internet|url=https://www.dtnext.in/Lifestyle/LifeStyleTopNews/2020/09/30175231/1254027/Kannamma-of-Vijay-TV-soap-fame-trends-the-internet.vpf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210217101857/https://www.dtnext.in/Lifestyle/LifeStyleTopNews/2020/09/30175231/1254027/Kannamma-of-Vijay-TV-soap-fame-trends-the-internet.vpf|archive-date=17 February 2021|website=[[Dina Thandi]]|access-date=17 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=நடந்தே கைலாசாவிற்கு போன கண்ணம்மா.... கையெடுத்து கும்பிட்டு வரவேற்ற நித்யானந்தா... வைரலாகும் மீம்ஸ்.....|url=https://tamil.asianetnews.com/gallery/cinema/bharathi-kannamma-serial-kannamma-walking-memes-wins-internet-qhf2xz|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210217102750/https://tamil.asianetnews.com/gallery/cinema/bharathi-kannamma-serial-kannamma-walking-memes-wins-internet-qhf2xz%23image1|archive-date=17 February 2021|website=[[Asianet News]]|access-date=17 February 2021}}</ref> During which, in the week 37 of 2020, it became the third most watched Tamil soap for the first time garnering 8.254 million impressions and becoming the second [[Star Vijay]] program to enter top five.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=BARC Data for Week 37: Tamil Programmes|url=https://twitter.com/BARCIndia/status/1309034946867101697|url-status=live|website=[[Broadcast Audience Research Council|BARC India]]}}</ref> However, in week 21 of 2021 when the rival channel [[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]]'s top rated soap ''[[Roja (Tamil TV series)|Roja]]'' was shifted to 9:00 pm (IST) against ''Bharathi Kannamma'', the viewership of ''Bharathi Kannamma'' dropped drastically and it moved out of top five but soon returned back within 3 weeks.<ref>{{Cite web|title=ரோஜாவுக்கு டஃப் கொடுக்கும் கண்ணம்மா: பாக்யா இந்த லிஸ்ட்லயே இல்லை!|url=https://tamil.indianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil-serial-trp-rating-update-roja-and-bharathi-kannamama-competition-307924/|url-status=live|website=The Indian Express}}</ref>
Beginning with an average viewership and trp of 5.53, after a year, In September 2020, the sequence of the series where lead Kannamma leaves the house, the series gained viewership and entering top five Tamil television programs.<ref>{{Cite web|title='Kannamma' of Vijay TV soap fame trends the internet|url=https://www.dtnext.in/Lifestyle/LifeStyleTopNews/2020/09/30175231/1254027/Kannamma-of-Vijay-TV-soap-fame-trends-the-internet.vpf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210217101857/https://www.dtnext.in/Lifestyle/LifeStyleTopNews/2020/09/30175231/1254027/Kannamma-of-Vijay-TV-soap-fame-trends-the-internet.vpf|archive-date=17 February 2021|website=[[Dina Thandi]]|date=30 September 2020|access-date=17 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=நடந்தே கைலாசாவிற்கு போன கண்ணம்மா.... கையெடுத்து கும்பிட்டு வரவேற்ற நித்யானந்தா... வைரலாகும் மீம்ஸ்.....|url=https://tamil.asianetnews.com/gallery/cinema/bharathi-kannamma-serial-kannamma-walking-memes-wins-internet-qhf2xz|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210217102750/https://tamil.asianetnews.com/gallery/cinema/bharathi-kannamma-serial-kannamma-walking-memes-wins-internet-qhf2xz%23image1|archive-date=17 February 2021|website=[[Asianet News]]|access-date=17 February 2021}}</ref> In week 37 of 2020, it became the third-most watched Tamil soap for the first time, garnering 8.254 million impressions and the second [[Star Vijay]] program to enter the top five.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=BARC Data for Week 37: Tamil Programmes|url=https://twitter.com/BARCIndia/status/1309034946867101697|url-status=live|website=[[Broadcast Audience Research Council|BARC India]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925015242/https://twitter.com/BARCIndia/status/1309034946867101697 |archive-date=25 September 2020 }}</ref> However, in week 21 of 2021 when the rival channel [[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]]'s top rated soap ''[[Roja (Tamil TV series)|Roja]]'' shifted against Bharathi Kannamma. During Week 32, Bharathi Kannamma defeated Roja by a margin of 2TVR across Urban and Urban+Rural markets, repeatedly leading in the slot.<ref>{{Cite web|title=ரோஜாவுக்கு டஃப் கொடுக்கும் கண்ணம்மா: பாக்யா இந்த லிஸ்ட்லயே இல்லை!|url=https://tamil.indianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil-serial-trp-rating-update-roja-and-bharathi-kannamama-competition-307924/|url-status=live|website=The Indian Express|date=28 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210610072104/https://tamil.indianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil-serial-trp-rating-update-roja-and-bharathi-kannamama-competition-307924/ |archive-date=10 June 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://tamil.indianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil-serial-trp-rating-in-tamil-bharathi-kannamma-1st-and-raja-serial-2nd-in-serial-trp-336570/|title=தமிழில் டாப் 10 சீரியல்கள் இவைதான்… சன் டிவி- விஜய் டிவி இடையே செம ஃபைட்!|website=tamil.indianexpress|date=28 August 2021 }}</ref>
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|- align=center
!rowspan="2"| Week and year
! colspan="2" |[[Broadcast Audience Research Council|BARC]] viewership (Tamil GEC)
! rowspan="2" |Ref(s)
|-
!Impressions (in millions)
!Ranking
|-
|Week 37, 2020
|8.25
|3
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|Week 50, 2020
|9.41
|2
|<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=WEEK 50 - DATA: Saturday, 12th December 2020 To Friday, 18th December 2020|url=https://www.barcindia.co.in/data-insights|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231053446/https://www.barcindia.co.in/data-insights|archive-date=31 December 2020|access-date=|website=BARC India}}</ref>
|-
|Week 4, 2021
|7.01
|5
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Leading Tamil television programs across India in week 4 of 2021, by weekly viewership|url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/1003896/india-top-television-tamil-programs-by-impressions/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210217065432/https://www.statista.com/statistics/1003896/india-top-television-tamil-programs-by-impressions/|archive-date=17 February 2021|website=[[Statista]]}}</ref>
|-
|Week 6, 2021
|9.10
|1
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=டிஆர்பி-யில் முதலிடம் பிடித்த விஜய் டிவி சீரியல்! எது தெரியுமா?|url=https://tamil.samayam.com/tv/news/bharathi-kannamma-serial-tops-viewership-in-week-6-of-2021-barc-stats/articleshow/81094616.cms|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210223112411if_/https://tamil.samayam.com/tv/news/bharathi-kannamma-serial-tops-viewership-in-week-6-of-2021-barc-stats/articleshow/81094616.cms|archive-date=23 February 2021|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>
|-
|Week 7, 2021
|9.53
|1
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=டிஆர்பியில் இந்த வாரமும் பாரதி கண்ணம்மா முதலிடம்! இரண்டாம் இடத்தில் எந்த சீரியல் தெரியுமா?|url=https://tamil.samayam.com/tv/news/bharathi-kannamma-serial-tops-trp-rating-in-2021-week-7/articleshow/81246100.cms|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210301164641/https://tamil.samayam.com/tv/news/bharathi-kannamma-serial-tops-trp-rating-in-2021-week-7/articleshow/81246100.cms|archive-date=1 March 2021|access-date=1 March 2021|website=The Times of India}}</ref>
|-
|Week 8, 2021
|9.00
|1
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=WEEK 8 - DATA: Saturday, 20th February 2021 To Friday, 26th February 2021|url=https://www.barcindia.co.in/data-insights|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310174123/https://www.barcindia.co.in/data-insights|archive-date=10 March 2021|access-date=17 February 2021|website=BARC India}}</ref>
|-
|Week 9, 2021
|8.546
|2
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=WEEK 9 - DATA: Saturday, 27th February 2021 To Friday, 5th March 2021|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210317173404/https://www.barcindia.co.in/data-insights|url-status=live|website=BARC India}}</ref>
|-
|Week 10, 2021
|8.540
|2
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=மீண்டும் டிஆர்பியில் முதலிடம் பிடித்த சன் டிவி சீரியல்! பாரதி கண்ணம்மாவை பின்னுக்கு தள்ளியது|url=https://tamil.samayam.com/tv/news/sun-tv-roja-serial-beats-bharathi-kannamma-serial-to-top-trp-rating/articleshow/81575002.cms|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210404081229/https://tamil.samayam.com/tv/news/sun-tv-roja-serial-beats-bharathi-kannamma-serial-to-top-trp-rating/articleshow/81575002.cms|archive-date=4 April 2021|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>
|-
|Weel 12, 2021
|8.18
|2
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=டிஆர்பி டாப் 5ல் இடம் பிடித்த விஜய் டிவியின் இரண்டு சீரியல்கள்! சன் டிவிக்கு பின்னடைவு?|url=https://tamil.samayam.com/tv/news/bharathi-kannamma-and-baakiyalakshmi-serial-in-trp-top-10-list/articleshow/81884488.cms|url-status=live|website=The Times of India}}</ref>
|-
|Week 14, 2021
|7.94 (3 April) <br> 8.12 (4-9 April)
|3 <br>2
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=ஒரே சீரியலை வைத்து டிஆர்பி டாப் 5ல் இரண்டு இடங்களை கைப்பற்றிய விஜய் டிவி|url=https://tamil.samayam.com/tv/news/vijay-tvs-bharathi-kannamma-retains-second-spot-in-tv-trp-ratings/articleshow/82105896.cms|url-status=live|website=The Times of India}}</ref>
|-
|Week 15, 2021
|7.92
|4
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=மாஸ்டர் படத்தால் டிஆர்பி-யில் விஜய் டிவிக்கு பெரிய அடி! குக் வித் கோமாளி லிஸ்ட்டிலேயே இல்லை|url=https://tamil.samayam.com/tv/news/master-in-sun-tv-tops-trp-ratings-in-tamil-new-year-week-vijay-tv-barathi-kannamaa-in-4th-spot/articleshow/82195159.cms|url-status=live|website=The Times of India}}</ref>
|-
|Week 16, 2021
|7.42
|3
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=தமிழில் டாப் 5 சீரியல்கள் லிஸ்ட்! கடந்த வார டிஆர்பி விவரம் இதோ|url=https://tamil.samayam.com/tv/news/roja-serial-tops-trp-ratings-bharathi-kannamma-in-third-spot/articleshow/82310033.cms|url-status=live|website=The Times of India}}</ref>
|-
|Week 18, 2021
|7.84
|3
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=விஜய் டிவிக்கு பெரிய பின்னடைவு! டாப் 2 இடங்களில் சன் டிவி சீரியல்கள் தான்.. டிஆர்பி ரேட்டிங் விவரம் இதோ|url=https://tamil.samayam.com/tv/news/sun-tv-vs-vijay-tv-trp-sun-tv-retains-top-2-places-barathi-kannamma-gets-3rd-spot/articleshow/82601559.cms|url-status=live|website=The Times of India}}</ref>
|-
|Week 19, 2021
|7.77
|4
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=கண்ணம்மா, பாக்யாவுக்கு பின்னடைவு: எதிர்பாராமல் முன்னுக்கு வந்த சன் டிவி சீரியல்|url=https://tamil.indianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil-tv-trp-rating-in-tamil-trp-rating-for-top-5-tamil-serial-in-tamil-305589/lite/|url-status=live|website=The Indian Express}}</ref>
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|Week 20, 2021
|8.89
|3
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=டிஆர்பி-யில் கடந்த வாரம் இந்த சீரியல் தான் டாப்.. முழு லிஸ்ட் இதோ|url=https://tamil.samayam.com/tv/news/tv-trp-ratings-for-20th-week-released-sun-tv-retains-4-spots-in-top-5-list/articleshow/83015399.cms|url-status=live|website=The Times of India}}</ref>
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|Week 21, 2021
|10.50
|1
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==Awards and honours==
== Spin-off ==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
===Bharathi Kannamma 2 ===
|-
{{Main|Bharathi Kannamma 2}}
! scope="col"| Award{{efn|Awards, festivals and organizations are in Alphabetical order.}}
! scope="col"| Date of ceremony{{efn|Date is linked to the article about the awards held that year, wherever possible.}}
! scope="col"| Category
! scope="col"| Recipient(s)
! scope="col"| Character(s)
! scope="col" class="unsortable"| Result
! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| Rowspan="2" |[[Behindwoods Gold Medals]]
| Rowspan="2" | 2020
| Most Popular Actress
| Roshni Haripriyan
| Kannamaa - Bharathi Kannamaa (Star Vijay)
| {{Won}}
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|-
| Most Celebrated Pair On Television
| Roshni Haripriyan and Arun Prasad
| Kannamaa and Bharathi
| {{Won}}
|
|-
| Rowspan="9" |[[Vijay Television Awards|6th Annual Vijay Television Awards]]
| Rowspan="9" | 2021
| Favorite Heroine
| Roshni Haripriyan
| Kannamaa
| {{Won}}
|
|-
| Best Hero
| Arun Prasad
| Dr. Bharathi
| {{Won}}
|
|-
| Favorite Villi
| Farina Azad
| Dr. Venba
| {{Won}}
|
|-
| Favorite Mamiyar
| [[Roopa Sree]]
| Soundarya Devi
| {{Won}}
|
|-
| Favorite Couple
| Roshni Haripriyan and Arun Prasad
| Kannamaa and Bharathi
| {{Won}}
|
|-
| Best Director
| Praveen Bennett
| Bharathi Kannamaa
| {{Won}}
|
|-
| Popular Serial
| Bharathi Kannamaa
|
| {{Won}}
|
|-
| Best Supporting Actor Female
| Kanmani Manoharan
| Anjali
| {{Nom}}
|
|-
| Best Supporting Actor Male
| Akhil Pushparaj
| Akilan
| {{Nom}}
|
|-
|}


== Notes ==
It premiered on [[Star Vijay]] on 6 February 2023 from Monday to Saturday at 21:00<ref>{{cite news |title=New TV serial 'Bharathi Kannamma 2' to premiere today; deets inside|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/new-tv-serial-bharathi-kannamma-2-to-premiere-today-deets-inside/articleshow/97647168.cms?from=mdr|newspaper=The Times of India| date=6 February 2023 |language=en}}</ref> and is also available on the digital platform on [[Disney+ Hotstar]].<ref>{{cite web |title=பாரதி கண்ணம்மா: பல்வேறு நட்சத்திரங்களின் கேமியோவுடன் முடிவடையும் தொடர் - சீசன் 2-வில் என்ன நடக்கும்?|url=https://cinema.vikatan.com/television/bharathi-kannamma-series-is-to-end-this-week-whats-special-in-the-climax|website=cinema.vikatan.com|date=February 2023 |language=ta}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=யுவராஜ் |first=லாவண்யா |date=7 February 2023 |title=Bharathi Kannamma 2 : ஊர் சுற்றும் குடிகார பாரதி... ஜெயிலில் கண்ணம்மா... மாறுபட்ட கதைக்களத்துடன் பாரதி கண்ணம்மா சீசன் 2 முதல் எபிசோட் |url=https://tamil.abplive.com/entertainment/bharathi-kannamma-2-1st-episode-today-100231 |website=[[ABP Nadu]] |language=ta}}</ref> The spin-off stars [[Sibbu Suryan]] as Bharathi while [[Vinusha Devi]] as Kannamma. Along with [[Roopa Sree]] and [[Deepa Shankar]] in the supporting roles.
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Bharathi Kannamma
Barathi Kannama TV series poster
GenreDrama
Created byPradeep Panicker
Written byMaruthu Shankar
Pradeep Panicker
Screenplay byArun Bharathi
Priya Thambi
Directed byPraveen Bennett
Starring
Theme music composerIlayavan (background score)
Opening theme"Bharathi Kadhaliyae Kannamma"
Country of originIndia
Original languageTamil
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes1036
Production
ProducerRam Kumaradhas
CinematographySaravanan
Venkatesh
EditorVignesh Arjun
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running timeapprox.20-22 minutes per episode
Production companyGlobal Villagers
Release
Original networkStar Vijay
Original release25 February 2019 (2019-02-25) –
4 February 2023 (2023-02-04)
Chronology
Related showsSeason 2
External links
[{{#property:P856}} Website]

Bharathi Kannamma is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language television series that aired on Star Vijay and is available to stream on Disney+ Hotstar, directed by Praveen Bennett.

The first season of the series premiered on 25 February 2019 and ended on 4 February 2023. It is a remake of the Malayalam series Karuthamuthu[1][2] and stars Roshini Haripriyan as Kannamma (who replaced by Vinusha Devi in 2022) with Arun Prasath as Bharathi, along with Farina Azad, Roopa Sree, Kanmani Manoharan and Agilan Pushparaj in supporting roles.[3] Within a year the series took its generation loop of 8 years was introduced with same cast in addition to, Baby Raksha Shyam and Baby Lisha Rajkumar played Bharathi and Kanamma's twin daughters. The story follows Dr. Bharathi (Arun), who loves and marries a girl named Kannamma (Roshini). However, Bharathi's obsessed lover, Dr. Venba (Farina), vows to destroy Bharathi and Kannamma's relationship and marry Bharathi.

6 February 2023, the series completion of 4 years, a spin-off was introduced with the same title, premiering on 6 February 2023 starring Sibbu Suryan as Bharathi whilst Vinusha Devi and Farina Azad returned as Kannamma and Venba, along with Roopa Sree and Deepa Shankar in the supporting roles.

Series overview[edit | edit source]

Season No.of episodes Original broadcast
First aired Last aired
1 1036 25 February 2019 (2019-02-25) 4 February 2023 (2023-02-04)
2 133 6 February 2023 (2023-02-06) 6 August 2023

Plot[edit | edit source]

Cast[edit | edit source]

Season 1[edit | edit source]

  • Roshini Haripriyan / Vinusha Devi as Kannamma – Shanmugam and Shenbagam's daughter; Baakiyalakshmi's step-daughter; Anjali's half-sister; Bharathi's wife; Lakshmi and Jr. Hema's mother.[4][5][6] (2019–2021) / (2022–2023) (Dubbed By: Meenalochani)
  • Arun Prasath as Dr. Bharathi – Soundarya and Venu's elder son; Shruti and Akhilan's brother; Hema's former love-interest; Kannamaa's husband; Lakshmi and Jr. Hema's father. (Dubbed By: Arun Kumar) (2019–2023)[7]
  • Farina Azad as Dr. Venba - Sharmila's daughter; Bharathi's childhood friend and obsessive ex-lover; Rohit's wife; Hema's murderer. (Main Antagonist) (2019–2023)[8] (Dubbed By: Lakshana Rajeev)
  • Raksha Shyam as Lakshmi – Bharathi and Kannamma's elder daughter; Hema's twin sister. (2020–2023)
  • Lisha Rajkumar as Jr. Hema – Bharathi and Kannamma's younger daughter; Lakshmi's twin sister. (2020–2023)
  • Roopa Sree as Soundarya – Venu's wife; Shruti, Bharathi and Akhilan's mother; Yazhini, Lakshmi, Jr. Hema and Aadhavan's grandmother. (2019–2023)[9] (Dubbed By: Jayageetha)
  • Rishi Keshav as Venu Gopalakrishnan – Soundarya's husband; Shruti, Bharathi and Akhilan's father; Yazhini, Lakshmi, Jr. Hema and Aadhavan's grandfather. (2019–2023)[10]
  • Kanmani Manoharan / Aruljothi Arockiaraj as Anjali – Shanmugam and Baakiyalakshmi's daughter; Kannamma's half-sister; Akhilan's wife; Aadhavan's mother.[11] (2019–Jan.2022) / (Feb.2022–2023) (Dubbed By: Akshaya Prabha)
  • Agilan Pushparaj / Sugesh Rajendran as Akhilan – Soundarya and Venu's younger son; Shruti and Bharathi's brother; Anjali's husband; Aadhavan's father.[12][13][14] (2019–Aug.2021) / (2021–2023) (Dubbed By: Vignesh a.k.a. Vicky)
  • Kaavya Arivumani as Arivumani – Soundarya's niece; Shruti, Bharathi, Akhilan's cousin. (2019–2020)
  • Shruthi Shanmugapriya as Shruthi – Soundarya and Venu's daughter; Bharathi and Akhilan's sister; Yazhini's mother. (2019–2020)
  • Sabarinathan as Rohit – Venba's husband. (2022–2023)
  • Sherin Jaanu as Thulasi – A former nurse at Bharathi's hospital, Kanamma's friend. (2020–2022)[15]
  • Venkatesh / Muthu Kumara Swamy as Shanmugam – Shenbagam's widower; Baakiyalakshmi's husband; Kannamma and Anjali's father; Lakshmi, Jr. Hema and Aadhavan's grandfather.[16][17] (2019–2021) / (2021–2023)
  • Senthi Kumari as Baakiyalakshmi – Anbukarasi's daughter; Selva's sister; Shanmugam's second wife; Anjali's mother; Kannamma's step-mother; Aadhavan's grandmother; Lakshmi and Jr. Hema's step-grandmother. (2019–2022)[18]
  • Rajkumar Manoharan as Selva Ganapathy – Anbukarasi's son; Baakiyalakshmi's brother. (2019–2023)
  • Vijayalakshmi as Anbukarasi – Baakiyalakshmi and Selva's mother; Anjali's grandmother. (2019–2020) (Dead)
  • Rekha as Sharmila – Venba's mother. (2022–2023)
  • Bharath Kalyan as Vikram – Owner of Vikram Babu Hospital; Soundarya and Venu's colleague. (2020–2022)
  • Praveen Devasagayam as "Killer" Durga – Venba's henchman. (2020–2022)[19]
  • Neepa as Sumathi – Kannamaa's house owner. (2021)
  • Revathee Shankar as Gayatri – Venu's sister. (2019–2020)
  • Uma Rani as Shenbagavalli – Soundarya's friend; Manimegalai's mother. (2019–2020)
  • Pushpa Vetriselvan as Santhi – Venba's housekeeper. (2019–2022)
  • Minor Yogi as Maayandi – Nirmala's husband; Baakiyalakshmi's henchman. (2019–2022)
  • Subageetha as Nirmala – Maayandi's wife; Anjali's caretaker. (2019–2021)
  • M. J. Shriram as Venba's uncle (2019–2020) (Dead)
  • Balaji Babu as Kumar – Kannamaa's auto-driver. (2020–2022)
  • Arandhangi Nisha as Advocate Vadivukkarasi aka Vadivu – Kannamma's neighbour. (2021–2022)
  • Thamarai Selvi as Thamarai (2022–2023)

Mahasangamam Pandian Stores[edit | edit source]

  • Stalin Muthu as Sathyamoorthy aka Moorthy – Lakshmi and Pandian's eldest son; Jeeva, Kathir and Kannan's brother; Dhanam's husband. (2020)
  • Sujitha as Dhanalakshmi aka Dhanam – Varadarajan and Kamakshi's daughter; Jaga's sister; Moorthy's wife. (2020)
  • Venkat Renganathan as Jeevanandham aka Jeeva – Lakshmi and Pandian's second son; Moorthy, Kathir and Kannan's brother; Meena's husband. (2020)
  • Hema Rajkumar as Meenatchi aka Meena – Janarthanan's elder daughter; Jeeva's wife. (2020)
  • Kumaran Thangarajan as Kathiravan aka Kathir – Lakshmi and Pandian's third son; Moorthy, Jeeva and Kannan's brother; Mullai's husband. (2020)
  • V. J. Chitra as Mullai as Mullai Kathiravan - Muruganandham and Parvathy's younger daughter; Malli's sister; Aishu's cousin; Kathir's wife. (2020)
  • Saravana Vickram as Jayakannan aka Kannan – Lakshmi and Pandian's youngest son; Moorthy, Jeeva and Kathir's brother. (2020;2023)

Mahasangamam Raja Rani 2[edit | edit source]

  • Alya Manasa (2021) / Riya Vishwanathan (2022) as Sandhya: Saravanan's wife
  • Sidhu Sid as Saravanan: Sandhya's husband, Ravi and Sivagami's elder son; Senthil, Parvathy and Aaditya's elder brother. (2021–2022)
  • Praveena as Sivagami: Ravi's wife; Saravanan, Senthil, Parvathy and Aaditya's mother. (2021–2022)
  • Saivam Ravi as Ravi Sundaram: Sivagami's husband, Saravanan, Senthil, Parvathy and Aaditya's father. (2021–2022)
  • Balaji Thiyagarajan Dayalan as Senthil: Archana's husband, Ravi and Sivagami's second son, Saravanan's younger brother and Parvathy, Aaditya's elder brother. (2021–2022)
  • Archana Ravichandran as Archana: Senthil's wife.
  • Vaishnavi Sundar as Parvathy: Bhaskar's wife, Ravi and Sivagami's daughter, Saravanan and Senthil's younger sister and Aaditya's elder sister (2021–2022)
  • VJ Prathosh as Aditya: Ravi and Sivagami's younger son, Saravanan, Senthil and Parvathy's younger brother. (2021–2022)
  • Ashwin Kannan as Bhaskar: Parvathy's husband. (2022)
  • Unknown as Selvam: A terrorist and former worker at Saravanan's sweet shop (2022)

Special appearances[edit | edit source]

  • Snehan as himself (2019; 2023)
  • Deepa Shankar as Shenbagam – Shanmugam's first wife; Kannamma's mother; Lakshmi and Jr. Hema's grandmother. (2019) (Dead)
  • Kaaka Muttai Shanthi Mani as Paatti (Episode 3) (2019)
  • Preethi Sanjeev as Vadivambal - Kannamaa's cousin. (2019)
  • Arunraja Kamaraj as himself – Bharathi's friend. (2019)
  • Alya Manasa as Dr. Hema – A cardiologist; Bharathi's colleague and former love-interest. (2019)[20] (Dead)
  • Manimegalai[21] as Manimegalai – Shenbagavalli's daughter; Bharathi's proposed bride. (2020)
  • Raju Jeyamohan as Varun Mohan – A poet; Kannamma's classmate and best friend. (2020)
  • Madhumitha Illayaraja as Meenatchi - Akhilan's friend. (2020)
  • Madurai Mohan as Natraj – A hand carter. (2020)
  • Chenniamma as Petchiamma – Natraj's wife. (2020)
  • Rohini as Veni – An owner in petrol bunk. (2020)
  • Jeya Lakshmi – An incharge in an orphanage. (2020)
  • Vasu Vikram as Mahalingam – Kannamma's MD in a tailoring departmental store. (2020)
  • Babitha Jose as Maheshwari Mahalingam – Soundarya's friend; Mahalingam's wife. (2020)
  • Yuvan Pattison as Prasad – Bharathi's friend; Mahalingam and Maheshwari's son. (2020)
  • KPY Pazhani as Pazhani – Kannamma's neighbour. (2020)
  • Nilani as Seetha – Pazhani's wife; Kannamma's friend based in Thiruvallur. (2020)
  • Jeyanthi as an IAS officer. (2021)
  • Salma Arun as Dr. Priya – Bharathi's friend. (2021)
  • Aari Arujunan as himself (2021)
  • Sivaangi Krishnakumar as herself (2021)
  • Suresh Chakravarty as himself (2021)
  • KPY Bala as himself (2021)
  • Archana Chandhoke as herself (2021)
  • Sona Nair as a Judge of Court (2021)
  • Nakshatra Nagesh as Saraswathi (2022)
  • Sasilaya as IPS Sasikala (2022)
  • Ajay Ratnam as Police IG (during terrorists hijacks hospital) (2022)
  • Kiruba as Hema's mother (2022)
  • Shobanaa Uthaman as herself (2023)
  • Ashwini Aanandita as herself (2023)
  • Deepak Dinkar as himself (2023)
  • Navin Vetri as himself (2023)
  • Dharshna Sripal Golecha as herself (2023)
  • Swathi Konde as herself (2023)
  • Kannika Ravi as herself (2023)
  • RJ Balaji as himself (2023)
  • Shivin Ganesan as herself (2023)
  • K. S. Suchitra Shetty as Baakiyalakshmi (2023)
  • Meena Sellamuthu as Selvi (2023)

Production[edit | edit source]

Filming[edit | edit source]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Bharathi Kannamma, and all other Indian television series and films production were suspended on 19 March 2020.[22] Three months later, shooting was permitted and the team commenced filming in July.[23] The show commenced telecasting new episodes from 27 July 2020.[24] With the increase in Covid cases in Tamil Nadu, production was again suspended for a few days in mid-May 2021.[25][26][27]

Crossover episodes[edit | edit source]

In January 2020, Bharathi Kannamma had a crossover with Pandian Stores for a week.[28] It also had a crossover with Raja Rani 2 during March 2021 for three weeks and a day (Raja Rani S2 E-108 to E-126).[29] With the suspension in mid-May 2021 and with a few cast availability then for bank episodes, the series crossed over with Raja Rani 2. Again in 2022, the series joined Mahasangamam with Raja Rani 2.[30]

Reception[edit | edit source]

Viewership and ratings[edit | edit source]

Beginning with an average viewership and trp of 5.53, after a year, In September 2020, the sequence of the series where lead Kannamma leaves the house, the series gained viewership and entering top five Tamil television programs.[31][32] In week 37 of 2020, it became the third-most watched Tamil soap for the first time, garnering 8.254 million impressions and the second Star Vijay program to enter the top five.[33] However, in week 21 of 2021 when the rival channel Sun TV's top rated soap Roja shifted against Bharathi Kannamma. During Week 32, Bharathi Kannamma defeated Roja by a margin of 2TVR across Urban and Urban+Rural markets, repeatedly leading in the slot.[34][35]

Spin-off[edit | edit source]

Bharathi Kannamma 2[edit | edit source]

Main article: Bharathi Kannamma 2

It premiered on Star Vijay on 6 February 2023 from Monday to Saturday at 21:00[36] and is also available on the digital platform on Disney+ Hotstar.[37][38] The spin-off stars Sibbu Suryan as Bharathi while Vinusha Devi as Kannamma. Along with Roopa Sree and Deepa Shankar in the supporting roles.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "தெலுங்கு மற்றும் மலையாளத்தில் ஒளிபரப்பாகி வரும் பாரதி கண்ணம்மாவில் நடிப்பது இவங்க தான்". Behind Talkies. 15 November 2019. Archived from the original on 24 May 2021.
  2. ↑ "பாரதி, கண்ணம்மா வாழ்க்கையின் 8 ஆண்டுகள் பயணம்; 3.5 மணி நேர ஸ்பெஷல் எபிசோட்!". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "New TV serial Bharathi Kannamma to premiere soon". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 26 April 2019.
  4. ↑ ""என்னை நானே முதலில் ரசித்த தருணம் அதுதான்" – 'பாரதி கண்ணம்மா' ரோஷ்னி ஹரிப்ரியன் பெர்சனல்ஸ்!". tamil.indianexpress. 27 May 2021.
  5. ↑ "பாரதி கண்ணம்மா' தொடரின் அடுத்த கண்ணம்மா இவர்தானா? யார் இந்த வினுஷா தேவி?". Vikatan TV. 27 October 2021.
  6. ↑ "Latest: Is this actress going to replace Roshni Haripriyan in Bharathi Kannamma? Know here ft Vinusha Devi". Behindwoods. 27 October 2021.
  7. ↑ "Barathi Kannamma fame actor Arun Prasath is a fitness freak; see pics". The Times of India. May 2019.
  8. ↑ "குக்கரி டூ சீரியல் வில்லி… பாரதி கண்ணம்மா வெண்பாவின் சின்னத்திரை வளர்ச்சி!". 11 January 2021.
  9. ↑ "80's களின் ஹீரோயின்.. இப்போ 2k கிட்ஸ்களின் ஃபேவரைட் மாமியார்.. பாரதி கண்ணம்மா சவுந்தர்யா லைப் ஸ்டோரி." 10 May 2021.
  10. ↑ "சினிமாவில் ஹீரோ என்ட்ரி.. இப்போ சீரியலில் ஹீரோவின் அப்பா.. பாரதி கண்ணம்மா நடிகரின் லைஃப் ட்ராவல்." 2 June 2021.
  11. ↑ S,தி.ஹரிஹரன்,துரை.நாகராஜன், SURYAGOMATHI (22 September 2021). "சீரியலே வேணாம்னு நினைச்சேன்! - Serial Actress Kanmani Manoharan Interview | Aval Vikatan". www.vikatan.com/.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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  13. ↑ "Akilan SPR has quit television to concentrate on a career in films". The Times of India. 16 September 2021.
  14. ↑ "Actor Sugesh Rajendran joins the cast of Barathi kanamma". The Times of India. 31 August 2021.
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  21. ↑ "TV show host Mani Megalai makes her acting debut with Bharathi Kannamma". The Times of India. 5 February 2020.
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  36. ↑ "New TV serial 'Bharathi Kannamma 2' to premiere today; deets inside". The Times of India. 6 February 2023.
  37. ↑ "பாரதி கண்ணம்மா: பல்வேறு நட்சத்திரங்களின் கேமியோவுடன் முடிவடையும் தொடர் - சீசன் 2-வில் என்ன நடக்கும்?". cinema.vikatan.com (in தமிழ்). February 2023.
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