Saravanan Meenatchi season 3

The third season of Saravanan Meenatchi began aired on 18 July 2016 and finished on 17 August 2018. It consisted of 575 episodes.[1][2][3] The show starred Sun Music anchor Rio Raj and Saravanan Meenatchi (season 2) fame Rachitha Mahalakshmi in the titular roles.[4]

Saravanan Meenatchi
Season 3
Cover Photo of Saravanan Meenatchi S3
StarringRio Raj
Rachitha Mahalakshmi
Gayathri Yuvraaj
No. of episodes1901 (as of combining three seasons)
Release
Original networkStar Vijay
Original release18 July 2016 (2016-07-18) –
17 August 2018 (2018-08-17)
Season chronology
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Season 2

The 2nd longest Tamil TV series ended up with season 3 being the last version of the Saravanan Meenatchi franchise after running successfully for 1765 episodes as of 17 August 2018 (7 years).[5][6]

Synopsis

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Love blossoms between a simple middle class boy Saravanan (Rio Raj) and a rich girl Meenatchi (Rachitha Mahalakshmi), an MBA graduate from London. Despite the differences in their background, Saravanan and Meenakshi get married and lead a happy life together.

Cast

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Main

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  • Rio Raj as Saravanan Veluchamy: Ramasamy's Grandson; Meenatchi's husband, Veluchamy's Second son and Muthazhagu's ex-fiance[7]
  • Rachitha Mahalakshmi as Meenatchi Saravanan / Vedhavalli: Saravanan's wife, Lakshmi's first daughter and Veluchamy's Second daughter in law
  • Gayathri Yuvraaj as Muthazhagu Sankarapandi: Sankarapandi's wife; Palani's first daughter and Raji's best friend, Saravanan's ex-fiance
  • Ravi Chandran as Veluchamy: Ramasamy's son; Sankarapandi, Saravanan, Sathya, Raji's father and Deivanai's husband and Palani's brother and Maruthu's best friend
  • Senthi Kumari as Deivanai Veluchamy: Sankarapandi, Saravanan, Sathya, Raji's mother and Veluchamy's wife; Ramasamy's daughter in law
  • Rajasekar as Ramasamy: Veluchamy and Palani's father; Sankarapandi, Saravanan, Sathya and Raji's Grand father
  • Sankarapandi as Sankarapandi Veluchamy: Veluchamy's first son; Saravanan, Sathya and Raji's elder brother ; Muthazhagu's husband
  • Deepa Shankar as Pazhaniyammal [Pazhani]: Veluchamy's sister and Ramasamy's daughter; Muthazhagu and Thangam's mother
  • Syamantha Kiran as Sathyavathi Sakthivel a.k.a.[Sathya]: Sankarapandi's younger sister and Saravanan and Raji's elder sister, Veluchamy's first daughter; Sakthivel's wife
  • Rajkumar Manoharan as Sakthivel: Sathya's husband
  • Pavithra Janani as Rajeswari Veluchamy a.k.a. [Raji]: Veluchamy's Second daughter; Sankarapandi, Sathya and Saravanan's younger sister and Randi's love interest

Recurring

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  • Lakshmi Vasudev as Lakshmi Marudupandi: Marudu's wife; Meenatchi, Randi and Jyothi's mother
  • Gnanasambandan as Marudupandi a.k.a. Marudu: Veluchamy's best friend and Lakshmi's husband; Meenatchi, Randi and Jyothi's father
  • Rindhya as Maya / Madathi: Vedhavalli's Foe
  • Suchithra as Jyothi, Maruthu's Younger daughter; Meenatchi and Randi's younger sister
  • Britto as Rathnavel Pandi [Randi]: Maruthu's son and Meenatchi's younger brother; Raji's love interest
  • Anbarasan as Muthaiah: Lakshmi's brother; Meenatchi's uncle and Karthi's father
  • Meenakshi Govindarajan as Thangam a.k.a. Thangameenatchi: Palani's second daughter, Muthazhagu's younger sister and Kathir's lover
  • 'Dubsmash' Vishnu Unnikrishnan as Kathirvel Saravanan [Kathir]: Thangam's lover
  • Suzane George / Haripriya Isai as Raadhika: Sankarapandi's ex-fiance
  • Shivani Narayanan as Gayatri: Saravanan's friend and Swetha's friend; Also a Participant in Kitchen Competition
  • Myna Nandhini as Madonna: Meenatchi's best friend
  • V. J. Chitra as Veni: (Ghost), Karthi 's wife (Killed by Lakshmi and her brother; so she take a revenge against Meenatchi's family)
  • Vadivukkarasi as Judge
  • Rhema Ashok as Swetha: Gayatri's friend and Saravanan's friend but initially she doesn't like Saravanan. Also a Participant in Kitchen Competition
  • Karthi as Karthi: Anbarasu's son and Meenatchi's ex-fiance and Veni's husband
  • Kumara Moorthi as Kuruvilla, Saravanan's best friend
  • Franklin as Gnanamani, Saravanan's best friend
  • Vasu Vikram as Renganathan: Kathir's Father
  • Nithya Ravindran as Sivakami Ammal: Kathir's Mother
  • Saai Gayatri as (Host)
  • V.J. Andrews as (Host) and Saravanan's friend

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Recipient Role Result
2017[8][9] 3rd Vijay Television Awards Favourite Find of The Year Rio Raj Saravanan Won
Favourite Actor Female Rachitha Meenatchi Won
Favourite Supporting Actor Female Gayathri Muthazhagu Won
Special Jury Award Sankarapandi Sankarapandiyan Won
Favourite Supporting Actor Male Nominated
Favourite Fiction Series Saravanan Meenatchi (season 3) Won
Best Family Nominated
Best Director Praveen Bennet Won
Favourite Mamiyar Deepa Nominated
Favourite Mamiyar Senthikumari Deivanai Nominated
Favourite Mother Nominated
Favourite Comedian Fiction Daglus Kumara Moorthy Kuruvilla Nominated
Favourite Comedian Fiction Frankline Gnanamani Nominated
Favourite Negative role Female Lakshmi Lakshmi Nominated
Favourite Actor Male Rio Raj Saravanan Nominated
2018 Galatta Nakshathra Awards Best Actor Rio Raj Saravanan Nominated
Best Actress Rachitha Meenatchi Nominated
Best Pair Rio Raj & Rachitha Saravanan & Meenatchi Nominated
Best Villain Gayathri Muthazhagu Nominated
Best Serial Saravanan Meenatchi (season 3) Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Senthil Kumari Deivanai Nominated
Nandhini Nominated
4th Vijay Television Awards 6 Years Awards Rachitha Meenatchi Won
Favourite Actor Male Rio Raj Saravanan Nominated
Favourite Supporting Actor Male Sankarapandi Sankarapandiyan Nominated
Favourite Mamiyar Senthil Kumari Deivanai Won
Favourite Fiction Series Saravanan Meenatchi (season 3) Nominated
Best Crew Fiction Nominated
Favourite Family Nominated
Best Father Ravi Chandran Nominated
Favourite Comedian Fiction Rajkumar Sakthivel Won
Kumara Moorthi Kuruvilla Nominated
Favourite Screen Pair Rio Raj & Rachitha Saravanan & Meenatchi Nominated

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "The popular TV show will see its season 3 take off starting tomorrow". www.dnaindia.com.
  2. ^ "சரவணன் மீனாட்சி சந்திச்சிட்டாங்க... இனி ஏலேலோதான்..." tamil.filmibeat.com. 30 July 2016.
  3. ^ "சரவணன் மீனாட்சி 3 : கபாலி படம் ரிலீஸ்... ரஜினிக்கு பாலபிஷேகம் செய்த சரவணன்". tamil.filmibeat.com. 20 July 2016.
  4. ^ "Saravanan Meenatchi' (Meenakshi) season 3: Rio, Rachita-starrer Vijay TV's show takes off on Monday". www.ibtimes.co.in. 16 July 2016.
  5. ^ "After 7 years Saravanan Meenatchi coming to an end - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Saravanan Meenatchi coming to an end after 7 years, Rachita Mahalakshmi breaks down into tears". Pinkvilla. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  7. ^ "சரவணன் மீனாட்சி- 3: சரவணனாக நடிக்கும் சன் மியூசிக் ரியோ". tamil.filmibeat.com. 15 July 2016.
  8. ^ "Vijay TV Awards 2017 on May 6". The Times of India.
  9. ^ "Watch Vijay Awards at 3 pm today". The Times of India.
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