Azhagu (TV series)


Azhagu is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language soap opera starring Revathi, Thalaivasal Vijay, Shruthi Raj and V J Sangeetha. The show premiered on 20 November 2017 and apparently ended on 3 April 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic. The show was produced by Vision Time India Pvt Ltd on Sun TV.

Synopsis

The story is about the nuances of love between husband Palaniswamy and his wife Azhagu, even though they have been married for decades, and have successful and robust individual personas.
Azhagu is the one who finds amicable solutions to all family problems and issues while struggling to help her five children Ravi, Aishwarya, Mahesh, Thiruna and Kavya survive peacefully.
Ravi's wife Sudha becomes an ideal daughter in law of the family while Mahesh's wife Poorna hatches various plots against the family. Soon, it is revealed that Poorna and Sudha are Sakundala's long lost daughters. Despite, Poorna turns eviler, and she creates various problems.

Cast

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Casting

Revathi was cast as the lead Azhagu who making her comeback after 10 years. It is the second serial for the male lead Thalaivasal Vijay after 27 years. Shruthi Raj and V J Sangeeta were cast as the next leads. Aishwarya makes a TV serial comeback after 3 years sabbatical.
In October 2019, Sahana Sheddy playing Kavya quit the series stating less screen space for her role. However, within few days, she rejoined the series after the production team convenced her. In November 2019, Vaishnavi Arulmozhi replaced Akshitha Bopaiah as Nivedita. In the same month, Revathi returned to the series after 2 months break after her film shootings.

Development

On 1 April 2018, a special celebration sequence of Azhagu and Palanisamy getting married took place with the invitation of their friends and public.
The production and shooting of all Indian television series and films were halted, due to COVID-19 pandemic in India, on 19 March 2020 and were supposed to resume after 31 March 2020. However, due to nationwide lockdown in the country imposed from 25 March 2020, it could not resume and the last new episode was broadcast on 3 April 2020. After about three months, the shooting resumed after being granted permission in early June 2020 and some sequences were shot with some cast including Urvashi as a new addition. However, Tamil Nadu Government announced full lockdown from 19 June 2020 to 30 June 2020 for Chennai and its surrounding three districts. Due to it the production and filming was also once again halted. In July 2020, Sun TV abruptly confirmed the series not returning back as many of the cast members including Revathi and Sruthi Raj were sceptical to arrive to shoot owing the pandemic.

Ratings

In the table below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.

International broadcast

The series was released on 20 November 2017 on Sun TV and Sun TV HD. The Show was also broadcast internationally on Channel's international distribution.