Mounaragam (transl.âÂÂSilent Symphony) is a Malayalam-language Indian television soap opera that airs on Asianet and streams on JioHotstar in India. It is inspired from Telugu television series Mouna Raagam, which aired on Star Maa. It is currently the longest-running soap opera in Malayalam. After successful run for over six years, the show is set to go off-air soon.
Plot
The series follows the life of Kalyani, the mute daughter of Deepa and Prakashan. Prakashan, who despises daughters and longs for a son, ill-treats Kalyani and favors his son Vikramadhityan, while Deepa and her brother Dayanand stand by her. Despite her disability and hardships, Kalyani grows up to be talented and kind-hearted, but continues to face neglect and humiliation from her father and grandmother.
As a young woman, Kalyani reunites with Kiran, a wealthy businessman whose life she had saved during childhood. Their bond gradually turns into love, but KiranâÂÂs cousin SarayuâÂÂhis former fiancéeâÂÂgrows jealous and vows revenge, supported by her parents Rahul and Shari. Meanwhile, Vikram deceives KiranâÂÂs sister Sonia into marriage, creating further conflict between the two families.
The story traces KalyaniâÂÂs journey as she faces conspiracies, forced marriage attempts, and repeated opposition from her own family as well as KiranâÂÂs. With the support of Kiran, Sonia, and their niece Paru, Kalyani becomes stronger and more confident. After overcoming numerous obstacles, betrayals, and tragedies, Kalyani and Kiran finally marry. The series continues with their struggles against Sarayu and others, while Kalyani gradually earns her place as a respected woman, regains her voice through surgery, and builds a new life with Kiran.
Cast
Main cast
- Aishwarya Ramsai as Kalyani Kiran: A Former mute girl and the daughter of Prakashan and Deepa, sister of Kadambari and Vikram, the wife of Kiran, and the mother of Kalyan.
- Naleef Gea as Kiran Chandrasenan: The son of Chandrasenan and Roopa, brother of Sonia, Sarayu's cousin and Kalyani's husband. Kiran is Kalyan's father and Sarayu's ex-fiancé.
- Darshana Das(2019-2020)(2022-present)/ Madhusri (2020) /Pratheeksha G Pradeep (2020-2022)as Sarayu: One of Manohar's wives, daughter of Rahul, and the foster daughter of Shari and biological daughter of Thara, cousin of Kiran and Sonia, and Kiran's ex-fiancée.
Recurring cast
- Balaji Sharma as Prakashan. Bhanumathi's son. Karthika, Kalyani, Kadambari and Vikram's father, Deepa's husband; Lakshmi's ex-husband who formerly hates girl children; now supports Kalyani. Grandfather of Kalyan and Charu.
- Firosh as Chandrasenan/CS: Roopa's husband, Kiran and Soni's father, MD of Sonyray group of companies. Grandfather of Kalyan and Charu.
- Sethu Lakshmi as Bhanumathi: Prakashan's mother, Deepa and Lakshmi's mother-in-law, Karthika, Kalyani, Kadambari and Vikram's grandmother who early hates Kalyani. Great-grandmother of Kalyan and Charu
- Anju Nair as Roopa: Kiran and Sonia's mother, Kalyani's and Albert's mother-in-law, Rahul's sister, Shari's sister-in-law and Sarayu's aunt; Chandrasenan's wife. Grandmother of Kalyan and Charu.
- Sabitha Nair (2020âÂÂ2025) as Deepa: Prakash's wife, Kalyani, Vikram and Kadambari's mother. Grandmother of Kalyan and Charu.(Dead)
- Padmini Jagadeesh as Deepa Prakashan (2019 - 2020)
- Beena Antony (2020âÂÂPresent) as Shari Rahul: Rahul's wife, Sarayu's foster-mother, Kiran and Soniya's aunt.
- Saritha Balakrishnan as Shari (2019 - 2020) for 120 episodes
- Rajani Murali as Lakshmi, Prakashan's first wife. Gangadharan and Karthika's mother.
- Varsha Evaliya as Karthika Prakashan, Prakashan and Lakshmi's daughter. Kadambari, Kalyani and Vikram's half-sister.
- Rithika Krishna (2023-Present) as Sonia a.k.a. Soni: Kiran's younger sister, Vikram's ex-wife, Charu's mother, Albert's wife
- Shwetha Mahalakshmi as Sonia (2019-2023)
- Avani Nair as Sonia (2019)
- Sabu Varghese as Rahul: Kiran and Sonia's uncle, Sarayu's father, Shari's husband, Thara's baby-daddy and Roopa's brother and wants to separate Kiran and Kalyani and wants Kiran to marry Sarayu and inherit the wealth of Roopa.
- Jithu Venugopal as Manohar/Riyas/Victor/Rony, a fraud who married many women including Sarayu
- Firosh Mohan as Gangaprasad, Karthika's brother, a local goon
- Kalyan Khanna as Vikramadithyan a.k.a. Vikram: Kalyani and Kadambari's younger brother, Prakashan and Deepa's son and Sonia's ex-husband, Charu's father. Kalyan's uncle.
- Arun Mohan as Ratheeshan: Kadambari's husband.
- Shari Krishnan as Kadambari Ratheesh: Kalyani and Vikram's elder sister and Ratheesh's wife (2022 - present)
- Anjusree Bhadran as Kadambari Ratheesh (2019 - 2021)
- Baby Janavi Suresh as Kalyan, Son of Kiran and Kalyani.
Jelina p as Parukkutty, Kiran's and Sonia's niece, daughter of DYSP Dineshan and supports Kalyani and wants Kiran to marry Kalyani
- Roshan Mathew John as Thara: Mute maid at Roopa's house, Rahul's illegitimate girlfriend, Sarayu's biological mother
- Aagneya /Natalia Isha, Albert's daughter
- Karthik Prasad as Baiju: A mentally challenged youth who dreams of marrying Kalyani. Later, he supports Kalyani.
- Kiran Dev as Albert (Alby): Soni's husband. Step father of Charu. Businessman
- ___ as Chanthu, a local goon
- Mini Sreekumar as Yamini: Domestic help of Roopa
- Swathi Thara as Daisy: Sarayu's friend
- Sreekala as Bhargavi Amma: An old woman who offered Kalyani a job in her thattukada. Former Domestic help/Care taker of Kalyani and Sonia.
- Kottayam Rasheed as Dayanandan, Deepa's brother
- Jose K George as Xavier
- Asha Nair as Xavier's wife
- Thamburu as Linda: Kalyani's one of the best friend
- Haridas as Dasan, Prakashan friend
- Baby Parthavi as Young Kalyani
- Thirumala Ramachandran as Balan, Prakashan's Bestfriend
- Reshma R Nair as Dona Kuriakose : Manohar's girlfriend
- Aseena Yousuf as Kalyani's friend
- Dr. D Kris Venugopal as Kuriakose
- Leading businessman and best friend of CS
- Dayandan as CS's assistant
- Sarayu As Vrinda
- Neighbour of Kiran, Kalyan, Manohar & Sarayu
- Sruthisha Nair as Jumana, one of Manohar's wives
- Sreelakshmi Haridas as Dr. Swathi, Sony's friend who is pretending to love Vikram
- Amboori Jayan as advocate
- Niyas Musaliyar as Doctor Pious
- Ashraf as Dr. Thomas
- Suresh as Sanal
- Suresh Babu as Hari
- Kollam Shah as Rajappan
- Athira Madhav as Saranya
- Harisree Martin as Samuel
- Anjusha Gopi as Nisha
- Sariga S as Meghna
- Vishnu Nair as Adarsh
- Lakshmi Keerthana as Nayana
- Jishnu Vijayan as Varun/ Vandana : Manohar's disguised girlfriend, Dona's husband.
- Aneesh Kailas as Velu
- Varsha Vinod as Amalu
- Vijayan Karanthoor as Mooppan
Guest appearances
Adaptations
Reception
Airing history
Mounaragam premiered on 16 December 2019 on Asianet at 9:00 PM replacing Kasthooriman to 9:30 PM.
Following a temporary suspension of production during the COVID-19 pandemic, the series was shifted to the 8:30 PM from 15 June 2020. Between 2020 and 2023, Asianet introduced several new serials, including Padatha Painkili and Thoovalsparsham, in the 8:30 PM slot, replacing Mounaragam to 9:00 PM. However, due to low reception for new entries, Mounaragam was repeatedly reassigned to the 8:30 PM slot during this period.
With the launch of the series Patharamattu on 15 May 2023, the show was moved back to the 9:00 PM slot.
For the launch of Janakiyudeyum Abhiyudeyum Veedu, Mounaragam was shifted to the 9:30 PM slot. Within a few weeks, the series was moved back to the 9:00 PM slot due to low reception of the new series.
Later, with the introduction of the series Pavithram, Mounaragam was shifted to the 9:30 PM slot from 16 December 2024.
From 3 August 2025, due to launch of Bigg Boss Malayalam Season 7, Mounaragam was moved to evening slot 6:00 PM
Viewership
The TRP performance of Mounaragam according to Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) is as follows:
Crossover
Mounaragam had a crossover episode with Patharamattu from November 20 to November 24, 2023. The second crossover, a special Mahasangamam episode, aired on February 14, 2024, as a one-hour Valentine's Day special.
References
External links
Mounaragam - JioHotstar