Mouna Raagam (TV series)

Plot

Cast

Main

• Baby Krithika as Shakthi Karthik Krishna / Shakthi Velan / Sathya
• * Mallika and Karthik Krishna's daughter, who is born out of wedlock, and is a natural singer. She is cute, naughty and prodigiously a talented girl. She was raised by her mother. Music is Shakthi's life, but despite Shakthi's passion for singing, her mother, Mallika prevents her from joining the singing because her father left them for his music career. After her mother died, Swarna exploits Shakthi to sing for her own selfish benefits, but however her uncle takes a stern decision regarding Shakthi. She reaches Chennai, disguised as a boy with hopes of finding her biological father.She is adopted by Karthik Krishna's childless elder brother, Murali Krishna and sister-in-law, Nandini, who eventually discover Shakthi's lineage and assist in her attempts to reconcile with her father.
• Baby Sherine Farhana as Shruthi
• * Daughter of Kaadhambari and Karthick Krishna an argumentative, arrogant, and stubborn girl, who has been spoiled by her mother and grandmother, Rukmani. She constantly exhibits behavioral problems from being overindulged by Karthik's family. She hates Shakthi because her father loves and showers more affection on Shakthi. She also constantly torments Shakthi in numerous ways and battles with her for Karthik's affection.
• Rajeev Parameshwar as Karthik Krishna
• * A well renowned playback singer and the estranged biological father of Shruthi and Shakthi, Mallika and Kaadhambari's husband. He is a acumen and smart person. He falls in love with Mallika, who lived in Kuttralam. They secretly got married although he wanted to be a successful singer. Mr. Vishwananthan gave him an opportunity for him to sing, but including conditions that Karthik would have to marry his daughter, Kaadhambari. He then leaves Mallika and marries Kaadhambari, and is unaware about his and Mallika's daughter Shakthi. He eventually discovers that Shakthi is his daughter through the interference of Mallika's brother, Pazhani and ever since tries his level best to secure a bright future for Shakthi and make up for her lost childhood, while rescuing her from the clutches of Kaadhambari, Vishwanathan and Rukmani.
• Shamitha Shreekumar as Kadhambari or Kadhambari Karthik Krishna / Kaadhu
• * Karthik Krishna's second-wife and Shruthi's mother, who is a woman brought up with pampered love by her parents. She fell in love with Karthik supposedly, after listening to and watching his performance and demanded her father, Vishwanathan for Karthik, who accordingly, did the essential and formed an agreement to fuel Karthik's career if he married his daughter. However, before her marriage to Karthik, she was brutally raped by her college friend, Raaghav, who had developed a crush on her since he met her. However, Vishwanathan tactfully hides this incident and gets Kaadhambari married to Karthik. After marriage, she has daughter, Shruthi. She will do anything in order to ensure her daughter's happiness going to vast extents. But Raghav claims that Shruthi as his daughter. Kadhambari used to despise Shakthi and Karthik's family and constantly taunts and torments their lives, along with her parents.
• Chippy Renjith as Mallika / Karpagam
• * Shakthi's biological mother and Shruthi's Step Mother and Karthik Krishna's first wife. She had loved Karthik and secretly married him. Karthik left her for his career and never returned. Their marriage gave her a child Shakthi, who is a natural singer. But Mallika hates music, owing to her haunting memories of her relationship with Karthik Krishna. She was believed to have died in an accident caused by Kaadhambari and her sister Maya. However she survived the accident, with a severe case of amnesia, where she was rescued and brought to Guruji's Ashram where she currently resides.

  Recurring Cast

• Manoharan Krishnan as Murali Krishna
• * Karthik Krishna's elder brother and a renowned musician himself, who finds out about Shakthi and adopts her, along with his wife, Nandhini as their own daughter. He is very loving and caring towards Shakthi, and always protects her from the evil clutches of Kaadhambari and Vishwanathan. He is also the prime source of support to Shakthi, who has helped her to achieve her dreams, despite facing numerous personal problems and losses, in the process.
• Rubiee as Anu
• Tamil Selvi as Nandhini Murali Krishna
• * Murali's wife and Karthik's sister-in-law. She is a very emotional and sensitive person who initially dislikes Shakthi, falling prey to Vishwanathan's plot, but eventually realises the truth and repents for her mistakes. She serves as Shakthi's mother figure, and is extremely possessive over her and is unable to control herself or let go of Shakthi.
• Supergood Kannan as Pazhaniswamy
• * Mallika' brother, Shakthi's loving maternal uncle, Swarna's husband and Nila's father, He is a farmer by profession, and lives to ensure that Shakthi is living a peaceful and happy life.
• Anand Babu as Vishwanathan
• * Kadhambari's and Maya's father, Shruthi's grandfather. A popular and renowned film producer and billionaire, who is wiling to do anything to secure his daughter's future.
• Baby Adhithiri as Lavanya
• * Shakthi's best friend and Shruthi's enemy.
• Seema G. Nair as Swarna
• * Shakthi's aunt and Mallika's sister-in-law, who is very cunning and selfish. She exploits Shakthi's singing skills to her own benefit, while she also manages to fool Nandhini and Karthik into believing Nila to be Shakthi and manages to obtain monetary benefits from them
• Anjali Devi as Rukmani Vishwanathan
• * Kadhambari and Maya's mother, Vishwanathan's wife and Shruthi's grandmother. She is a very cunning and selfish who tends to be a loudmouth, bobblered mouth and a gossip.
• Devika as Parvathi Krishnan
• * Murali's and Karthick's mother, Shakthi and Shruti's grandmother and Mallika, Kaadhambari and Nandhini's mother-in-law.
• Sindhu Manu Varma as Raaghav's mother
• * Raghavan's mother and Shurti's grandmother, who after realising about the existence of her heir, Shruthi, threatens Kadhambari and Rukkumani to fight a legal battle to obtain custody of Shruthi.

  Former Cast

• Janani Ashok Kumar as Miss Mallika
• * Shruthi and Shakthi's Governess, who also serves as a mother figure to Shakthi. She is the first person to discover Shakthi's real identity and eventually discovers Shakthi's relationship to the family through Murali Krishna.
• Raghavan as Guruji
• * An ayurvedic medical practitioner and a close family friend and well-wisher of Karthik Krishna's family, who revives and heals Mallika after her unfortunate accident. Mallika resided in his Ashram, prior to reuniting with her family.
• Nathan Shyam as Raghav and guru
• * Kadhambari's ex-boyfriend. He had developed an attraction and infatuation towards Kaadhambari during their college days, and was unable to control himself when he realised that Kaadhambari did not love him and was marrying someone else. As a result of this, he brutally raped Kaadhambari, the previous night before her wedding. He was sent to jail for eight years by Vishwanathan, Kadhambari's father who concealed this and married her to Karthik Krishna.
• * Guru, Raghav's twin brother. Kadhambari and Rukmani fear his ghost.
• Sesu as Maya Vishwanathan
• * Kadhambari's sister, Vishwanathan and Rukmani's daughter, Shruthi's aunt. She along with Kaadhambari were responsible for Mallika's accident in Kuttralam. She flees to Australia in fear of being linked to and arrested for the accident.
• V. R. Thilagam as Chokkalingam
• * Nandhini's father
• Mr...... As Manohar

  Release and Marketing

Soundtrack

Soundtrack

Versions

Awards and nominations

International broadcast

• It airs in Sri Lanka, Singapore, Vietnam, Japan, Hong Kong, United States, Europe, Malaysia, Mauritius and South Africa on Vijay TV and Vijay TV HD with English subtitle.
• In Australia it airs in Tharisanam TV.
• The drama is episodes on their app hotstar with English subtitle.
• It is also available via the internet protocol television service, Lebara Play with English subtitle, Lyca TV and YuppTV.