Vani Rani (TV series) explained

Genre:Soap opera
Family
Creative Director:Radhika Sarathkumar
Starring:Radhika Sarathkumar
Venu Arvind
Babloo Prithiveeraj
Theme Music Composer:C. Sathya
Country:India
Language:Tamil
Num Seasons:1
Num Episodes:1743[1]
Executive Producer:Suku Kuchappan
Radhika Sarathkumar
Cinematography:
  • Meenatchippatti P. Kasinathan
  • S. Rajeeva Alwin
  • P. Chella Pandiyan
Editor:
  • K. Ganesh
  • K. Sathyabalan
  • B. James
  • B. Ramesh Lal
  • K. Bharath Kumar
  • M. Jayasimman
Camera:Multi-camera
Runtime:21 minutes per episode
Company:Radaan Mediaworks
Channel:Sun TV (2013-2018)
Kalaignar TV (2021-2023)
Murasu TV (2023)

Vani Rani is an Indian Tamil-language soap opera that aired on Sun TV from 21 January 2013 to 8 December 2018 with 1,743 episodes.[2] [3] [4] The show stars Radhika Sarathkumar, Venu Arvind, and Babloo Prithiveeraj.

This show was directed by multiple directors (O.N. Rathnam, V.C. Ravi, A. Ramachantiran, R. Aravindraj, and C.J. Baskar). This was Radaan Mediaworks' longest running serial and fourth longest running Tamil serial after Chandralekha, Valli, and Kalyana Parisu.[5] [6]

The show started to re-telecast on Kalaignar TV from 19 July 2021 Monday to Saturday but it was shifted to Murasu TV from 4 September 2023.[7] Radhika reprised the roles of Vani and Rani again in a serial named Ponni C/O Rani which is being aired in Kalaignar TV since 27 June 2022.

Plot

Twin-sisters, Vani and Rani are raised by their uncle, Rajamanickam, after their parents died. Rani sacrifices her education for Vani, who aspires to be a lawyer. Vetrivelan is the father of Bhoominathan, Swaminathan and Jyothi. his character has neen mentioned several times but he dead and has never appeared onscreen even in flashback scenes. his name has never been revealed. Vani becomes a successful lawyer and marries Bhoominathan aka Bhoomi, a granite businessman. Rani marries Bhoomi's half-brother, Saaminathan aka Saami, a restaurant owner. Rajamanickam's son, Manohar falls in love with Bhoomi's sister, Jyothi. Rani is forced to get them married, earning Vani and Rani the wrath of their uncle and their mother-in-law Angayarkanni. Vani refuses to speak with Rani after that.

As years pass, Vani and Bhoomi turn out to be successful and have three children, Suryanarayanan, Gauthamkrishnan and Anupriya. Anupriya Anu is youngest and only daughter of Vani and Bhoominathan. She was out of higher studies. while Swami and Rani have three children, Saravanan, Selvi and Thenmozhi. They all share the same house. Angayarkanni enters to worsens the problems. Rani's elder daughter, Selvi falls in love and marries Rajesh with only Vani as a chance witness, resulting in Vani and Rani getting separated, with Bhoomi and Angayarkanni as the major cause. Eventually, He realizes his faults and tries to get the family together.

Vani and Rani's families get together but live in separate houses. Kadhiravan, a local don who has his vengeance against Rani's son Saravanan, creates problems. Vani's younger son, Gautham marries Kadhiravan's niece Pooja to rescue Saravanan. Kadhir turns good after Pooja's marriage. Jyothi's daughter, Poongodi is involved in a love triangle between her cousins, Karthik and Saravanan. In the end, she marries Karthik. Selvi also faces numerous problems through her father-in-law Kaali, Alamelu, Shenbagam, Shiva, Geetha and Malathi.

Vani's elder son, Surya marries Dimple, who hates Vani and Bhoomi. Rani faces her own problems with her house owner and his family members Muthupechi, Naagaraj and Velu. Later, Gautham becomes a policeman and investigates a murder than took place in a quarry which was owned by Guru Paadham (GP). GP is also a prominent business magnate and industrialist who controls the Indian medicine mafia activity and his son, Arya. GP puts a bomb in Pooja's car resulting in the death of Pooja's mother and aunt, Sudha and Pushpa, respectively. Gautham later kills Arya, enraging GP who vows for revenge. GP tries to kill Kadhiravan but is eventually arrested by Gautham. Poongodi and Karthik face their own problems with Azhagumayil and Parvatham. Saranvanan marries Pavithra.

The rivalry between Vani and Akhilandeshwari starts because of Surya's relationship with the latter's daughter, Janani during college days. They had a daughter, Riyah. Akhilandeshwari's brother, Sudhakar murderers Janani and frames Vani. Rani's younger daughter, Thenmozhi aka Thenu falls of a cliff and is presumed dead. Alive, but having memory loss, She lives as Bhavani with Chandrika and her brother, Poochi, who rescued her. Akhilandeshwari helps Chandrika and forces Thenu to smuggle drugs, but Rani and Vani save her. Eventually, Thenu regains her memory and reunites with her family.

Akhilandeshwari and Sudhakar begin a new plan with the help of Neela, Sanjay and Mukesh. Neela blackmails Saravanan and Sanjay through a plan and make money from them and Sanjay takes Bhoominathan's company with the help of Sudhakar and creates a confusion between Saaminathan and Bhoominathan.

Angayarkanni is murdered by Sanjay and Saami gets framed, occurring fights between him and Bhoomi. Sanjay plans to kill Saaminathan and Rani. Rani finds proof regarding Angayarkanni's murder and blackmails Sanjay, who is arrested. Bhoomi and Saami are reunited. Rani learns Akhilandeshwari's plan to kill Vani and risks her own life in danger. Vani too who faints learning Rani's situation. After some emotional affection between the sisters, their health improves. Akhilandeshwari finds out that Janani is murdered by Sudhakar and is arrested by Gautham, while apologizing for all her mistakes from Vani and Rani. Finally, both families are reunited after a lot of problems.

Cast

Main

Recurring Cast

Production

Development - Overview

O.N.Rathnam was finalised as the Director. P.A.Raghavan and S.Kumaresan were the screen players and writers. The music was managed by P.A.Vijay. Suku Kuchappan, under Radaan Mediaworks, with the help of Radhika Sarathkumar managed the production

Music

The title song was written by lyricist Pa. Vijay, composed C. Sathya and was sung by Sakthisree Gopalan, Dharshini and Kaushik Menon.

Soundtrack

Sequel

Ponni C/O Rani

See main article: Ponni C/O Rani.

A sequel series Ponni C/O Rani premiered on 27 June 2022. The series narrates the story of Vani and Rani's friend, Ponni and the problems she faces in her family. The show stars Preethi Sanjiv, Manohar Krishnan in lead roles and Radhika Sarathkumar playing the dual role, making her comeback.[8]

Adaptations

LanguageTitleOriginal releaseNetwork(s)Last airedNotes
TamilVani Rani21 January 2013Sun TV8 December 2018Original
HindiVaani Rani7 August 2017&TV2 March 2018Remake[9]
BengaliSeemarekha23 October 2017Zee Bangla12 January 2019[10]

Notes and References

  1. News: Vani Rani completes 1200 episodes. timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 2 March 2017. en.
  2. News: TV show Vani Rani serial breaks the record set by Kolangal and Kasthuri. The Times of India . 5 April 2018 .
  3. Web site: முடிவடையும் 'வாணி ராணி' சீரியல்: ட்விட்டரில் ராதிகா நெகிழ்ச்சி.
  4. News: Radhika Sarathkumar's Vaani Rani to go off-air soon. timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 6 December 2018. en.
  5. News: Vani Rani hits century. The Times of India. 2017-07-11. en.
  6. News: TV drama Vani Rani completes seven years of production. The Times of India. 2018-01-22. en.
  7. News: கலைஞர் டிவியில் வரும் ராதிகாவின் முக்கிய சீரியல். tamil.samayam.com. 24 July 2021. ta.
  8. Web site: ராதிகாவின் புதிய தொடர்: பொன்னி c/o ராணி.... https://web.archive.org/web/20220624190706/https://m.dinamalar.com/cinema_detail.php?id=105295. dead. 24 June 2022. 23 May 2022. Dinamalar. ta.
  9. News: 'Vani Rani': A tale of estranged twins. The Times of India. 2017-08-07. en.
  10. News: 'Seemarekha' on Zee Bangla Tv . newstechcafe.com. en.