Kana Kaanum Kaalangal

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Kana Kaanum Kaalangal
File:Kana Kaanum Kaalangal Poster.jpg
Genre
Written by
  • Story
    Bramma
    S.Ramana Girivasan
  • Screenplay
    Bramma
    S.Ramana Girivasan
  • Dialogue
    Bramma
    Sa.Murali Manohar
    Sheeba Prabhu
    S.Ramana Girivasan
Directed by
  • Season 1
    Prabhu Radhakrishnan
  • Season 1- Season 2
    Ravi Raja
  • Season 2, 4 episodes
    Tamil Bharathi[1][2][3]
  • Season 2, 4 episodes
    G. Anbazhagan
Starring
Theme music composer
Opening theme
  • Kanavugal Kaanum Vayasuachu
  • Vocals
    C. Sathya
    Maya
  • Lyrics
    Thenmozhi Das
Country of originIndia
Original languageTamil
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes500+
Production
Producers
  • Season 1
    Raghavesh Asthana
  • Season 1 - Season 2
    R. Rajeshwari
CinematographyE. Martin Joe
Editors
  • A. R. Bennyraj
  • Raju
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running timeApprox. 20 minutes
Production companyTime Frames
Release
Original networkSTAR Vijay
Original release30 October 2006 (2006-10-30) –
25 April 2009 (2009-04-25)
Chronology
Followed by
  • Kana Kaanum Kaalangal Oru Kallooriyin Kadhai
  • Kana Kaanum Kaalangal Kalloori Saalai
External links
Production website

Kana Kaanum Kaalangal was a Tamil drama soap opera that aired on weekdays on STAR Vijay.[4][5][6] It was a school life drama. Due to the success of the serial, a sequel called Kana Kaanum Kaalangal Kallooriyin Kadhai was made.[7][8][9][10][11][12] Later another sequel to the serial called Kana Kaanum Kalangal Kalloori Saalai was made. Both the sequels focused on college life.

Cast[edit]

School season[edit]

Season 1
  • Hemalatha as Raghavi
  • S. Shiva (Rishikesh) as Bala (Thala)
  • Mohamed Irfan as Vineeth
  • Yuthan Balaji as Joseph Gabriel "Joe"
  • Lingeswaran as Pandi
  • Hariharan "Hari" as Krishnamoorthy "Krishna"/"Krish"
  • Vasudeva Krish Madhusudhan "Madhu" as Pachaiyappan "Pachai"
  • Stalin Shanmugavel as Rishi
  • Iyappan as Unni Menon "Unni"
  • Monisha Ravishankar as Sanghavi
  • Sheron as Deepa
  • Kothai as Ragini
  • Preethi as Saraswathi "Sis"
  • Sri as Sri Ram "Sri"
  • Kiran Konda as Madan
  • Dinesh as Rakesh "Rocky"
  • Sarath as Ganesa Lingam "Lingu"
  • Ravikumar as Aadhi
  • Ramesh as Thomas "Tom"
  • Krishna Priya "Priya Atlee" as Priya
  • Vicky Krish as Vignesh "Vicky"
  • Raghavendran as Pulikesi (Puli Gates/Sullan)
  • Gadam Kishan as Ramakrishnan "Kichcha"/(Kishan)
  • Poornima as Karthika "Karthi"
  • Haritha as Mintu
  • Vaishnavi as Mano
  • Bhanu Chander as Rajendran, Raghavi and Sanghavi's father
  • Rekha as Lakshmi, Raghaviand Sanghavi's mother
  • Ilavarasan as Raghavi's father
  • Meera Krishnan as Raghavi's mother
  • Naren (Aadukalam Naren) as Chidambaram, correspondent
  • Anbazhagan "Anbu" as PT Peeli Sivam
  • Jeeva as Jeeva, teacher
  • Kalpana Sri as Madhavi, principal
  • Raviraj as Gabriel Arokyaraj, Joseph's father
  • Senthi Kumari as teacher
  • Kavyavarshini as Bharathi
  • Saakshi Siva as Vineeth's father
  • Peeli Sivam as Moorthy
  • Brindha Das as Vineeth's mother
  • Ramana Ramakrishnan as Bala's father
  • Nesan as Deepa's uncle
  • Jhayasundari as Deepa' mother
  • Sachin as Bala's brother
  • Kuyili as Jeeva's mother
  • Shailaja as Krishnamoorthy's mother
  • Engineer Srinivasan as Rajendran's father
  • Kousalya Senthamarai as Rajammal, Rajendran's mother
  • Rathnaraj as Kathiresan, police Inspector
  • Chelladurai as Pandi's father
  • Shobana as Pandi's mother
  • Theni Murugan as Murugan, Pachaiyappan's father
  • Sumathi Sri as Pachaiyappan's mother
  • Pasi Sathya as Pandi's aunt
  • Minnal Deepa as PT Peeli Sivam's wife
  • Suchithra as Kalavathi, Raghavi's sister
  • Ganesh Babu as teacher
  • Jayakanthan as Shanmuganathan, teacher
  • Karnaa Radha as teacher
  • Vincent as Vincent, teacher
  • Birla Bose as police inspector
  • Vinoth as Ilam Parithi
  • Master Udayaraj as mechanic
  • Sivakarthikeyan as himself (special appearance)
  • Cheran as himself (special appearance)
  • Deepak Dinkar as himself (special appearance)
  • Venkat as Himself (special appearance)
  • Divyadharshini "DD" as herself (special appearance)
  • Nisha Venkat as herself (special appearance)
  • Swaminathan as Gaja/Aalaiyamani (Temple bell) (special appearance)
  • Gowthami Vembunathan as herself (special appearance)
Season 2
  • Sri Ram "Sri" as Sri Ram "Sri"
  • Vignesh Kumar "Vicky Krish" as Vignesh "Vicky"
  • Kiran Konda as Madan
  • Dinesh as Rakesh "Rocky"
  • Ravikumar as Aadhi
  • Ramesh as Thomas "Tom"
  • Krishna Priya "Priya Atlee" as Priya
  • Hema as Hema
  • Michael Thangadurai as Michael Varadharaj
  • Raghavendran as Pulikesi "Puli"(Puli Gates/Sullan)
  • Jhony as Jhony
  • Prabhu as Prabhu
  • Udhay as Udhay
  • Gadam Kishan as Ramakrishnan "Kichcha"/(Kishan)
  • Hemalatha as Raghavi
  • Ligeswaran (Black Pandi) as Pandi (Black Pandi)
  • Vasudeva Krish Madhusudhan "Madhu" as Pachaiyappan "Pachai"
  • Stalin Shanmugavel as Rishi
  • Iyappan as Unni Menon "Unni"
  • Bhavya Rajan as Bhavya
  • Venkat Renganathan as a student
  • Azhagappan as a student
  • Bala Saravanan as a student
  • Anandhi Ajay as a student
  • Sri Vidya Nagarajan as a student
  • Anbazhagan "Anbu" as PT Peeli Sivam
  • R. Raveendran "R. Ravi"/(Jeeva Ravi) as Sri Ram, Vignesh and Bhavya's father
  • Y. V. Subaramaniam as Correspondent
  • Deepa Nethran as Vicky and Bhavya's mother and Sri Ram's step mother
  • Usha Elizabeth as Sri Ram's mother and Vignesh and Bhavya's step mother
  • Kamal Haasan (Kamal Bharathi) as Kamal Haasan, English teacher
  • Raviraj as Gabriel Arokyaraj, principal
  • Rathnaraj as police inspector
  • Chelladurai as Pandi's father
  • Theni Murugan as Murugan, Pachaiyappan's father
  • Pattukkottai Sivanarayana Moorthy as Pulikesi's grandfather
  • Varalakshmi as Pulikesi's grandmother
  • Suryakanth as Pechiyammal's father and Pandi's uncle
  • Larawin as Larawin, dance master
  • Vincent as Vincent, teacher
  • Sivakarthikeyan as himself (special appearance)
  • Shreekumar "Shree" as himself (special appearance)
  • Dev Anand as himself (special appearance)
  • Tinku as himself (special appearance)
  • Divyadharshini "DD" as herself (special appearance)
  • Swaminathan as Gaja/Aalaiyamani (Temple bell) (special appearance)
  • Roopesh as himself (special appearance)[13][14][15]

College season[edit]

Season 1
  • Karthik Raj as Karthikeyan "Karthi"
  • Prem Kumar "Prem" (Vetri) as Vetri
  • Swetha as Swetha
  • Sai Pramodita as Jaya
  • Madhan Pandian as Madhan
  • Lingeswaran (Black Pandi) as Thangappandi
  • Raghavendran as Jakku
  • Bala Saravanan as Bala
  • Chatriyan as Chatri "Kaathadi"
  • Franklin as Appu
  • Vishnu as Ashokan "Ashok"
  • Haripriya as Priya
  • Karthick Vasudevan as Vasu
  • Sindhu Shyam
  • Ganesh Prabhu as Saravana
  • Nisha Krishnan as Divya
  • Inba as Inba
  • Rajini as Rajini
Season 2
  • Kavin Raj as Shiva
  • Prem Kumar "Prem" (Vetri) as Vetri
  • Rio Raj as Palani
  • Asritha Sreedas as Sandhya
  • Vaishali Radhakrishnan as Vaishali
  • Sai Gayatri Bhuvanesh as Manjula
  • Rishika Suman as Stella
  • Abinaya as Thenu
  • Sanchana Natarajan as Sanjana
  • Raju Jeyamohan as Jeeva
  • RJ Shivakanth as Kathir
  • Britto Mano as Britto
  • Pavel Mani as Mani
  • Sridhar as college correpondent/Shiva and Vetri's father
  • Deepa Nethran as Shiva's mother and Vetri's stepmother
  • Lakshmi as Vetri's mother and Shiva's stepmother
  • Pooja as a lecturer
  • Dev as Shiva

Soundtrack[edit]

The title song was composed by the music director Vijay Antony and the background score was composed by C. K. Ganesh with lyrics written by Thenmozhi Das

Track listing
No. TitleSinger(s) Length
1. "Kanavugal Kaanum Vayasuachu"  C. Sathya, Maya 3:31
2. "Farewell Anthem"    3:04

Awards and nominations[edit]

Year Award Category Recipient Role Result
2014 Vijay Television Awards[16][17] Favourite Fiction Series Kana Kaanum Kaalangal Nominated
Favourite Comedian Fiction Lingeswaran Black Pandi Nominated

Production[edit]

Casting[edit]

STAR Vijay conducted a talent search and students between 14 and 22 years were shortlisted and selected for the serial except Hemalatha and Ligeswaran who had prior acting experience all others were students who were acting for the first time with an emphasis to make as natural as possible with real life emphasis with actors using there natural language, slangs and make it very close to real school life.[18][19][20] It is also being re-aired on STAR Vijay Super from 16 January 2017, Monday through Friday at 8:00PM (IST).

References[edit]

  1. "Kana Kanum Kalangal Serial - Vijay Tv 01". YouTube. 13 October 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  2. "Kana Kanum Kalangal Serial - Vijay Tv 02". YouTube. 13 October 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  3. "Kana Kanum Kalangal Serial - Vijay Tv 03". YouTube. 13 October 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  4. "Star Vijay is launching a whole new bouquet of shows ranging from music, movies, chat, drama and talent starting 30 October". IndianTelevision. 24 October 2006. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  5. "Stories from a classroom". The Hindu. 28 April 2007. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  6. "A new talent hunt". The Hindu. 10 April 2006. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  7. "Teens rule on Tamil TV channels". M Suganth. The Times of India. 16 November 2012. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  8. "A dream come true". Rinku Gupta. The New Indian Express. 31 December 2008. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  9. "Time to dream". The Hindu. 10 January 2007. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  10. "Targeting the youth". The Hindu. 1 December 2007. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  11. "The sequel begins". The Hindu. 1 May 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  12. "Time to dream and enjoy humour". The Hindu. 13 January 2007. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  13. "Kana Kanum Kalangal Serial - Vijay Tv 01". YouTube. 13 October 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  14. "Kana Kanum Kalangal Serial - Vijay Tv 02". YouTube. 13 October 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  15. "Kana Kanum Kalangal Serial - Vijay Tv 03". YouTube. 13 October 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  16. "Vijay Television Awards launched". timesofindia.indiatimes.com.
  17. "Vijay Television Awards 2014 Winners". awardsandwinners.com.
  18. "A rare Chance". 4 May 2007. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  19. "The Sivaji of Television". www.behindwoods.com. 3 July 2007. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  20. "Old Memories of Kana Kanum Kalangal". YouTube. 14 May 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2021.

External links[edit]

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