Metti Oli

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Metti Oli
File:Metti Oli.jpg
GenreSoap opera
Written byStory:
M. Thirumurugan
Screenplay:
C. U. Muthuselvan
Dialogues:
Baskar Sakthi
Directed byThirumurugan
Creative directorThirumurugan
Starring
Theme music composerDhina
Opening theme"Ammi Ammi Ammi Mithithu"
ComposerSanjeev Ratheen
Country of originIndia
Original languageTamil
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes811
Production
ProducersS. Siddique
Raja Kaveri
Mani
CinematographySevilo Raja
Sarath K. Chandran
EditorM. Jaya Kumar
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running timeapprox. 34-37 minutes
Production companyCine Times Entertainment
Release
Original networkSun TV
Original release8 April 2002 (2002-04-08) –
18 June 2005 (2005-06-18)
Chronology
Related showsMettala Savvadi
Shubh Vivah
Mangalya
Minnukettu
Akshintalu
External links
[{{#property:P856}} Website]

Metti Oli (transl. Sound of the toe ring) was an Indian Tamil-language soap opera that aired on weekdays on Sun TV for 811 episodes.[1] The show starred Delhi Kumar, Kaveri, Gayathri, Vanaja, Uma, Chetan, Bose Venkat, Neelima Rani, Thirumurugan, Shanti Williams and Deepa Venkat. It was produced by Cine Times Entertainment S. Siddique, and written and directed by Thirumurugan.

Plot[edit]

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

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

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

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

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

Cast[edit]

Main[edit]

  • Delhi Kumar as Chidambaram, a land-broker
  • Kaveri as Dhanalakshmi "Dhanam", Chidambaram's eldest daughter and Bose's niece and wife
  • Gayathri Shastry as Saroja "Saro", Chidambaram's second daughter, Manikam's wife, and Natarajan's mother[2]
  • Vanaja as Leelavathy "Leela", Chidambaram's third daughter and Ravi's wife
  • Uma Maheshwari as Vijayalakshmi "Viji/Vijaya", Chidambaram's fourth daughter, Gopi's wife, a nurse
  • Revathi Priya as Bhavani, Chidambaram's youngest daughter works in Singapore
  • J. Venkatesan "J. Venkat" (Bose Venkat) as Bose, Dhanam husband, Chidhambaram's brother-in-law, the former owner of a soda factory.
  • Chetan as Manikkam, Saro husband, Rajam Son, Selvam and Nirmala brother, a vegetable shop owner.
  • Raj Kanth as Ravichandran "Ravi", Leela husband, Sumathi Ex-husband, a TV shop owner.
  • Thirumurugan as Gopikrishnan "Gopi", Viji husband, a big sewing shop manager.

Recurring[edit]

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

Production[edit]

Filming[edit]

The series was filmed in Chennai, Papanasam, Palani, Kanchipuram, Kodaikanal, Oddanchatram, Nerkundram, Kovur, Porur, Mudichur, Muttukadu, Devipattinam, Puducherry and Mumbai in India. The series was also shot in Singapore.

Soundtrack[edit]

[3][4]

Track listing
No. TitleSinger(s) Length
1. "Ammi Ammi Ammi Mithithu
அம்மி அம்மி அம்மி மிதித்து"  
Nithyasree Mahadevan, Master. D. Kiran 3:34
2. "Manase Manase
மனசே மனசே"  
S. P. Balasubrahmanyam 9:35

Remakes[edit]

The series has been remade into in Kannada language as Mangalya on Udaya, Malayalam language as Minnukettu on Surya, Hindi language as Shubh Vivah on Sony tv, Telugu language as Akshantalu on Gemini TV and in Bengali language as Konyadaan on Sun Bangla.[5] But the story lines change in all four language into different stories and all had a different climax. While the Kannada, Telugu and Malayalam versions were successful, Hindi version Shubh Vivah did not garner expected ratings and was pulled off air within 4 months considering its low ratings.[5][6]

Country Language Channel Show Name Aired (Date) Notes
India India Kannada language Udaya TV Mangalya [7]
Malayalam language Surya TV Minnukettu September 16, 2004 - January 2, 2009 It was the first serial to air about 1000+ episodes on Surya TV and in Malayalam also.(Number of episodes -1345)[7]
Hindi language Sony TV Shubh Vivah 27 February 2012 – 29 June 2012 [8][9]
Telugu language Gemini TV Akshintalu[10] 14 April 2014 - 1 August 2014 Besides Akshantalu, it was also dubbed in Telugu language as Mettala Savvadi aired same channel.
Bengali language Sun Bangla Kanyadaan 7 December 2020 – Present
Marathi language Sun Marathi Kanyadaan 17 October 2021 – Present

Reception[edit]

Awards[edit]

The Metti Oli team won several awards, including the Kalaimamani from the Tamil Nadu State Government.[11]

Ratings[edit]

Metti Oli was one of the highest-rated Indian and Tamil soap opera in its run time which garnered ratings ranging between 23 and 26 TVR.[12] It garnered a peak rating of 50.3 points overall in its runtime.[13] The final episode garnered 45 TVR for Sun TV.[14]

In 2008, the series was later re-telecasted in Sun TV. Since 2018, it is currently being re-telecasted in Moon Tv. In 2020, it's rerun in Sun TV during COVID-19 pandemic, the series became one of the most watched Tamil television program.[15][16] It garnered 4.004 and 4.934 million impressions during week 12 and 13 of 2020.[17]

Critics[edit]

Hindustan Times described Metti Oli as "highly melodramatic" in a review asking for more CID and crime drama instead to be broadcast.[18]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. "Choosy housewives and their favourite soaps". The New Indian Express.
  2. "Sun TV Metti Oli Gayathri". The Indian Express.
  3. "Metti Oli Song Cine Times Thirumurugan Moon TV". You Tube. 31 July 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  4. "Manase Manase Exclusive Song Metti Oli Serial Moon TV". You Tube. 2 December 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  5. 5.0 5.1 "The southern connection". The Indian Express.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. "Shows that launched, bombed and scrapped in 2012". The Times of India.
  7. 7.0 7.1 "Far from the flashy crowd". India Today.
  8. "Hindi television soaps on a remaking spree". Daily News and Analysis.
  9. "10 Hindi serials that are remakes of popular regional shows". Desi Martini.
  10. "Akshinthalu to premiere soon on Gemini". The Times of India.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. "From Chithi to Chinna Thambi: Hit fiction shows to keep the audience entertained during lockdown period". The Times of India.
  12. "How Maran helped Sun beat rivals". Rediff.com. 4 May 2005. Archived from the original on 18 November 2020.
  13. "Metti Oli team has a reunion after 12 years". The Times of India.
  14. "UTV gets aggressive". The Indian Express.
  15. "'Metti Oli' Broadcast Again: Sun TV Announcement". The Hindu.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  16. "Return of Ramayan, Mahabharat boosts DD's viewership". Live Mint.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. "Chaos less "Thangam"... quietly achieved "Metti Oli"... such a welcome to the old serials?". Asianet News.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  18. "Why are soaps still pedalling backwards?". Hindustan Times.

External links[edit]

Metti Oli on IMDb

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