Malli is a 2024 Indian Tamil-language television series starring Nikitha Rajesh, Vijay Venkatesan, and Rahila Sayedh. The series was produced by Saregama. It premiered on 29 April 2024 on Sun TV and it is also available on the digital platform Sun NXT.
Cast
Main
- Nikitha Rajesh as Malliga Vijayakumar (Malli): Vijay's second wife
- Vijay Venkatesan as Vijayakumar (Vijay): Renuka and Malli's husband; Venba's father
- Rahila Sayedh as Venba Vijaykumar: Vijay and Renuka's daughter
Recurring
- Mahalashmi Shankar as Rajeshwari alias Raji: Vijay's eldest sister (Main Antagonist)
- Gracy Thangavel as Ranjitha: Vijay's niece
- VJ Akshaya / Nagashree GS as Renuka Vijayakumar (Vijay's first wife and Venba's mother) / Sudarvizhi
- Sanjay Asrani as Raghuram : Vijay's rival
- Niranjana as Nisha: Renuka's sister
- Bharathi Mohan as Kathiresan: Renuka's father
- Dev Anand Sharma as Manohar: Vijay's brother-in-law
- Krithika Annamalai as Nagalakshmi a.k.a Nagu: Malli's sister-in-law
- Venkat Subramanian / Ashwin as Pathram Babu a.k.a Babu: Malli's elder brother
- Nalini as Annapoorani: Malli's aunt
- Jay Srinivasa Kumar as Aravind: Malli's best friend
- Nisha Kapoor as Chitra Manohar: Vijay's elder sister
- Ambika as Podhum Ponnu: Vijay's step-mother
- Priya as Sivagami: Renuka's mother
- Poornima Bhagyaraj as Advocate Vidhya: Vijay's adopted mother
- Madhan Bob as Subramaniyam: Vijay's father
- Uma Padmanabhan as Advocate Devasena
- Sanjay Kumar Asrani as Raghuram
- Nikitha Murali as Meera: Malli's friend
- Rokinth as Velan: Kumudha's husband
- Nithish Kutty as Mani: Malli's younger brother
- Dhanushree as Mayil: Malli's younger sister
Production
Development
After the ending of the longest running Sun TV drama Anbe Vaa.
Casting
Vijay Venkatesan was cast in the male lead role as Vijayakumar after his role as Karthikeyan in Zee Tamil`s Peranbu, while actress Nikitha Rajesh was cast as the female lead role as Malli, marking her return after Zee Tamil`s Suryavamsam. Roja serial fame Akshaya Mohan Kumar replaced later by Chandralekha serial fame Nagashree GS, veteran actress Nalini, Poornima Bhagyaraj joined the cast.
On 3 June 2024, actress Ambika was cast as Pothum Ponnu.
Release
The show started airing on Sun TV on 29 April 2024 from Monday to Sunday, replacing 'Anbe Vaa'.
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