| Metti Oli | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Soap opera |
| Written by | Story: M. Thirumurugan Screenplay: C. U. Muthuselvan Dialogues: Baskar Sakthi |
| Directed by | Thirumurugan |
| Creative director | Thirumurugan |
| Starring |
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| Theme music composer | Dhina |
| Opening theme | 'Ammi Ammi Ammi Mithithu' |
| Composer | Sanjeev Rathan |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Tamil |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 811 |
| Production | |
| Producers | S. Siddique, Raja Kaveri, Mani |
| Cinematography | Sevilo Raja Sarath K.Chandran |
| Editor | M. Jaya Kumar |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | approx. 34-37 minutes |
| Production company | Cine Times Entertainment |
| Release | |
| Original network | Sun TV |
| Original release | 8 April 2002 – 18 June 2005 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Mettala Savvadi Shubh Vivah Mangalya Minnukettu Akshintalu |
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Metti Oli (transl. Sound of the toe ring) is an Indian Tamil-languagesoap opera that aired on weekdays on Sun TV for 811 episodes.[1] The show starred Delhi Kumar, Kaveri, Gayathri, Vanaja, Uma, Chetan, Bose Venkat, Neelima Rani, Thirumurugan, Shanti Williams and Deepa Venkat. It was produced by Cine Times Entertainment S. Siddique, written and directed by Thirumurugan.
Plot
| Metti Oli | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Soap opera |
| Written by | Story: M. Thirumurugan Screenplay: C. U. Muthuselvan Dialogues: Baskar Sakthi |
| Directed by | Thirumurugan |
| Creative director | Thirumurugan |
| Starring |
|
| Theme music composer | Dhina |
| Opening theme | 'Ammi Ammi Ammi Mithithu' |
| Composer | Sanjeev Rathan |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Tamil |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 811 |
| Production | |
| Producers | S. Siddique, Raja Kaveri, Mani |
| Cinematography | Sevilo Raja Sarath K.Chandran |
| Editor | M. Jaya Kumar |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | approx. 34-37 minutes |
| Production company | Cine Times Entertainment |
| Release | |
| Original network | Sun TV |
| Original release | 8 April 2002 – 18 June 2005 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Mettala Savvadi Shubh Vivah Mangalya Minnukettu Akshintalu |
Metti Oli (transl. Sound of the toe ring) is an Indian Tamil-languagesoap opera that aired on weekdays on Sun TV for 811 episodes.[1] The show starred Delhi Kumar, Kaveri, Gayathri, Vanaja, Uma, Chetan, Bose Venkat, Neelima Rani, Thirumurugan, Shanti Williams and Deepa Venkat. It was produced by Cine Times Entertainment S. Siddique, written and directed by Thirumurugan.
Plot[edit]
The entire plot of Metti Oli is about the daily happenings of Chidambaram's five daughters. The father is patient and remains calm in any circumstances. He is often troubled by Rajam quoting the activities of Saroja, his second daughter.
Chidambaram is a respected land broker. He was a widower and raised his five daughters alone. Chidambaram has taken extra care in raising their girls as disciplined daughters who are very innocent and caring.
During the last episodes of the serial, Chidambaram dies in a road accident when he was walking on the road, feeling depressed. However, the serial finally ends happily, as the family reunites.
Cast[edit]
Main[edit]
- Delhi Kumar as Chidambaram, a land-broker
- Kaveri as Dhanalakshmi 'Dhanam', Chidambaram's eldest daughter and Bose's niece and wife
- Gayathri Shastry as Saroja 'Saro', Chidambaram's second daughter, Manikam's wife, and Natarajan's mother[2]
- Vanaja as Leelavathy 'Leela', Chidambaram's third daughter and Ravi's wife
- Uma Maheshwari as Vijayalakshmi 'Viji/Vijaya', Chidambaram's fourth daughter, Gopi's wife, a nurse
- Revathi Priya as Bhavani, Chidambaram's youngest daughter Singapore
Recurring[edit]
- Bose Venkat as Bose, Dhanam husband, Chidhambaram Nephew, a Soda factory Ex Owner.
- Chetan as Manikkam, Saro husband, Rasam Son, Selvam and Nirmala brother, a Vegetable Shop Owner.
- Raj Kanth as Ravichandran 'Ravi', Leela husband, Sumathi Ex husband, a TV Shop Owner.
- Thirumurugan as Gopikrishnan 'Gopi', Viji husband, a big sewing Shop manager.
- Shanti Willams as Rajeshwari 'Rasam', Manikkam, Selvam and Nirmala mother.
- Vishwa as Selvam, Rajam second son, Manikam and Nirmala brother
- Shanmugasundari as Kamatchi (House owner patti)
- Rindhya/Aruna Devi as Nirmala, Rajam's sole daughter, Santhosh's ex-wife
- V. Thiruselvam as a bank officer/Gnanaraj (Santosh), ex-husband of Nirmala
- Sai Nathan (Bombay Babu/Kaveri Babu) as Sivasamy, former boss of Manikkam
- Vinayak (Vinay) as Ramesh, son of former boss of Manikkam
- Krithika as Arundhathi, ex-wife of Selvam
- Sanjeev as Ilango
- Neelima Rani as Sakthi
- Sindhu as Sarala, Manikkam's former mistress
- Ramachandran as Ramachandran, Sarala's husband
- Sampathkumaran Sridharan (Auditor Sridhar) as Sundaram, Saro's uncle
- V. C. Jeyamani as Ravi's father
- Ushapriya (K. Priya) as Ravi's mother
- Deepa Venkat as Priya
- Gayathri Priya as Sumathi, Ravi's first wife
- Vietnam Veedu Sundaram as Kathiresan, Gopi's father
- Y. V. Subramaniam as Sumathi's father
- Rangathurai (Rajaguru) as Lakshmanan, Gopi elder brother-in-law
- Vijaya Raj as Sivaraman, Gopi younger brother-in-law
- Latha Rao as Kavitha, Gopi's younger sister
- Karnan as Kumar, Gopi's brother
- N. Bhuvaneshwari (Bhuvana) as Eeswari, Gopi's elder sister
- Hema as Raji
- Geetha Ravishankar as Lakshmi
- Soundhar as Ponraj
- Sai Madhavi as Narmadha, Saro and Manikkam's neighbour, Meena's sister. Her mother runs Mess
- Deepa Shankar as Meena, Saro and Manikkam's neighbour, Narmadha's sister. Her mother runs Mess
- Varshini as Malliga, Narmadha and Meena's younger sister
- Rani as Ramya, Saro and Manickam's neighbour
- Mousmiya/Latha Shalini as Radha
- Ashok as Radha's husband
- Sai Deepika as Sivasamy's wife
- Sukumaran Sairam as Shiva
- Nellai Sarathy as house owner thatha
- Subbulakshmi as house owner patti
- Aranthangi Shankar as a bank manager
- B. Muralikrishnan as Ramesh's friend
- Jayaprakasam as Amarnath
- Ramnaath as Kamatchi's son
- R. M. Palaniappan as Balasubramanian, Arundhathi's father
- Anjalidevi as Deivanai, Arundhathi's mother
- C. N. Ravishankar as Sundar, Vasu's friend
- S. Gokulthilak as Gokul, Ilango's friend
- Rajkumar as Mayilravanan (Murali)
- Viji Kannan as Harsha's mother
- Azhagu as Sakthi's father
- Thozhar. La. Ve. Aadhavan as Sakthi's father's creditor
- Black Pandi as a boy working in the market/room boy
- G. V. Vijesh as Nirmala's neighbour
- J. Lalitha as Nirmala's neighbour
- Ramdoss as a garment worker
- Soodhu Kavvum Sivakumar as Leela's colleague
- Kadugu Ramamoorthy as a marriage broker
- Udhay as a photographer
- Aparna as a TV host
- Nathan Shyam as David's friend
- Vaazha Meen Muthuraj as a boy working in the rice warehouse
- Swaminathan as a Raji's uncle
- C. Rajaappasamy as Madhusudhanan
- Baskar Sakthi as Kasirajan's lodge manager
Production[edit]
Filming[edit]
Metti Oli Castrol
The series was filmed in Chennai, Alagankulam, Papanasam, Palani, Kanchipuram, Kodaikanal, Oddanchatram and Puducherry in India. However, it was also shot in foreign locations such as Singapore, Malaysia and New York City.
Soundtrack[edit]
[3][4]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 'Ammi Ammi Ammi Mithithu அம்மி அம்மி அம்மி மிதித்து' | Vairamuthu | Dhina | Nithyasree Mahadevan, Master. D. Kiran | 3:34 |
| 2. | 'Manase Manase மனசே மனசே' | Eknath | Sanjeev Rathan | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 6:13 |
Remakes[edit]
The series has been remade into in Kannada language as Mangalya on Udaya, Malayalam language as Minnukettu on Surya, Hindi language as Shubh Vivah on Sony tv, Telugu language as Akshantalu on Gemini TV and in Bengali language as Konyadaan on Sun Bangla.[5] But the story lines change in all four language into different stories and all had a different climax. While the Kannada, Telugu and Malayalam versions were successful, Hindi version Shubh Vivah did not garner expected ratings and was pulled off air within 4 months considering its low ratings.[5][6]
| Country | Language | Channel | Show Name | Aired (Date) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | Kannada language | Udaya TV | Mangalya | [7] | |
| Malayalam language | Surya TV | Minnukettu | September 16, 2004 - January 2, 2009 | It was the first serial to air about 1000+ episodes on Surya TV and in Malayalam also.(Number of episodes -1345)[7] | |
| Hindi language | Sony tv | Shubh Vivah | 27 February 2012 – 29 June 2012 | [8][9] | |
| Telugu language | Gemini TV | Akshintalu[10] | 14 April 2014 - 1 August 2014 | Besides Akshantalu, it was also dubbed in Telugu language as Mettala Savvadi aired same channel. | |
| Bengali language | Sun Bangla | Konyadaan | 7 December 2020 - Present |
Reception[edit]
Awards[edit]
The Metti Oli team won several awards, including the Kalaimamani from the Tamil Nadu State Government.[11]
Ratings[edit]
Metti Oli was one of the highest-rated Indian and Tamil soap opera in its run time which garnered ratings ranging between 23 and 26 TVR.[12] It garnered a peak rating of 48.3 points overall in its runtime.[13] The final episode garnered 40 TVR for Sun TV.[14]
In 2008, the series was later re-telecasted in Sun TV. Since 2018, it is currently being re-telecasted in Noon. In 2020, it's rerun in Sun TV during Covid-19 pandemic, the series became one of the most watched Tamil television program.[15][16] It garnered 4.004 and 4.934 million impressions during week 12 and 13 of 2020.[17]
Critics[edit]
Hindustan Times described Metti Oli as 'highly melodramatic'.[18]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
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- ^'Sun TV Metti Oli Gayathri'. The Indian Express.
- ^'Metti Oli Song Cine Times Thirumurugan Moon TV'. You Tube. 31 July 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- ^'Manase Manase Exclusive Song Metti Oli Serial Moon TV'. You Tube. 2 December 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
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- ^'Akshinthalu to premiere soon on Gemini'. The Times of India.
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- ^'How Maran helped Sun beat rivals'. Rediff.com. 4 May 2005. Archived from the original on 18 November 2020.
- ^'Metti Oli team has a reunion after 12 years'. The Times of India.
- ^'UTV gets aggressive'. The Indian Express.
- ^''Metti Oli' Broadcast Again: Sun TV Announcement'. The Hindu.
- ^'Return of Ramayan, Mahabharat boosts DD's viewership'. Live Mint.
- ^'Chaos less 'Thangam'... quietly achieved 'Metti Oli'... such a welcome to the old serials?'. Asianet News.
- ^'Why are soaps still pedalling backwards?'. Hindustan Times.
External links[edit]
Metti Oli Tamil Drama Serial
- Official Website(in English)
- Sun TV Network(in English)
- Sun Group(in English)