Pagal Nilavu (TV series)

Pagal Nilavu
Genre	Soap opera Drama Romance
Screenplay by	S. Ramana Girivasan P. S. Shahul Hameed Saleema (Dialogue) Priya Thambi P. S. Shahul Hameed Jagan Mohan
Story by	S. Ramana Girivasan Saleema
Directed by	Francis Kathiravan (episodes 1–555) Ravi Priyan (episode 556–800)
Starring	Syed Anwar Ahmed Sameera Sherief Shivani Narayanan Mohammed Azeem Vignesh Karthick Soundarya Bala Nandakumar
Theme music composer	Ilayavan
Opening theme	Ilayavan
Country of origin	India
Original language	Tamil
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	800
Production
Producer	K. J. Ganesh
Cinematography	M. Antony
Editors	H. Syed Mohamed V. Sakthi
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	approx. 20–22 minutes per episode
Production companies	Venus Infotainment Vision Times
Original release
Network	Star Vijay
Release	9 May 2016 (2016-05-09) – 9 March 2019 (2019-03-09)
Related
Andal Azhagar

Pagal Nilavu (lit. Day's Moon) is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language soap opera starring Syed Anwar Ahmed, Sameera Sherief, Shivani Narayanan, Mohammed Azeem, Vignesh Karthick and Soundarya Bala Nandakumar. It began airing on 9 May 2016 on STAR Vijay.^[1][2]

The series is the sequel and next generation story of Andal Azhagar, both of which were directed by Francis Kathiravan.^[3][4]

It is a story about love, but circumstances have made Andal and Azhagar's families rival for two generations. The drama explores whether their daughters, Revathy (Soundarya Bala Nandakumar) and Sakthi (Sameera Sherief) reunite the family.

• Syed Anwar Ahmed as Prabhakaran "Prabha": Sakthivel and Malar's son, Sakthi's husband, Karthick's half-brother and Sneha's former fiance (2016-2018)
• Sameera Sherief as Sakthi Prabhakaran: Andal Azhagar's elder daughter, Praba's wife and Sneha's cousin (2016-2018)
• Shivani Narayanan as Sneha Arjun: Arjun's Wife, Prabha former fiance and Sakthi and Revathi's cousin (2016-2019)
• Mohammed Azeem as Arjun, Sneha's husband, Thamizh former fiance, Malarvizhi's Assistant (2017-2019)
• Vignesh Karthick as Karthick: Sakthivel and Revathi's son, Praba's half-brother, Revathy's husband and Sneha's friend (2016-2018)
• Soundarya Bala Nandakumar as Revathy Karthick: Andal Azhagar's younger daughter, Karthick's wife and Sneha's cousin (2016-2018)

• Udhayabhanu Maheswaran as Sakthivel: Revathi and Malar's husband; Praba, Karthick and Thamizh's father and Andal's brother (2016-2019)
• Sindhu Shyam as Revathi: Sakthivel's first wife; Karthick's mother; Azhagar's sister; Sakthi, Revathy and Sneha's aunt (2016-2019)
• Reshma Pasupuleti (2016); Suzane George (2017); Dr. Sharmila (2017–2019) as Malarvizhi Sakthivel a.k.a. "Malar": Sakthivel's second wife; Praba and Thamizh's mother (main antagonist)
• Sreenidhi Sudarshan / Sahana Reddy as Thamizhselvi "Thamizh": Prabha's sister; Karthick half-sister; Sakthivel and Malar's daughter; Sneha's arch-rival, Arjun's former fiance; Vikram's love interest (2016-2019) (dead)
• Mona Bedre as Andal Azhagar: Azhagar's wife; Sakthivel's sister; Sakthi and Revathi's mother (2016-2019)
• Manush as Azhagarsamy a.k.a. Azhagar: Andal's husband; Revathi's brother; Sakthi and Revathi's father; Sneha's uncle (2016-2019)
• Rekha Suresh as Ramya: Sneha's mother and Revathi's best friend; her brother's wife, Dileep's paternal aunt (2016-2018) (Dead)
• Rathinavel as Malar's brother (Antagonist) and Sakthivel's Politician friend (2016-2019)
• Mithun Raj as Dileep: Ramya's brother's son and Sneha's ex-fiancé (antagonist) (2017-2019)
• Deepa as Subatra: Andal's sister-in-law and Kayal's mother (comedian) (2016-2019)
• P.S.Chitra as Kayal: Subatra's daughter (2016-2018)
• Sathya as Inspector Sathya: Sneha's well-wisher (2018-2019)
• Jeeva as Vikram: Thamizh's love interest (2018-2019)
• Saif Ali Khan as Professor Ram: Sakthi and Sneha's enemy (antagonist) (2017-2018)
• K. Natraj as Chidambaram: Andal and Sakthivel's father; Prabha, Karthick, Sakthi, Revathi, Sneha and Thamizh's Grandfather
• Raghavendran as Palsamy
• Mani K. L. as Mani
• Ramesh Nallayan as Karthik and Sneha's friend
• Anand Amirthalingam as Vinay
• Shivakanth as Shiva
• Krishna Kumar as Krishna
• Manikandaraj Major as Vigilance officer
• Anita Nair as Dhara Bhai
• Gemini as Anand
• Karthik as Senior student
• Jeevanantham as Kuruvi
• R. Shyam as Rathinavel
• Subbaiah as Aaruchamy
• Sheela as Viji Chidambaram: Andal and Sakthivel's mother; Sakthi, Revathi, Thamizh, Praba and Karthick's grandmother (2016-2019)
• Chandraprakash as Murugesan: Azhagar, Revathi's father; Sakthi, Revathi, Sneha and Karthick's grandfather (2016-2017)
• Vanitha Hariharan as Nikhila "Nikki": Karthick and Sneha's friend
• Gemini Mani as Poosari: Sakthivel's best friend
• Raghavan as Dinesh
• Pavithra Janani as Karthika
• Priya as Vadivu Murugesan: Azhagar and Revathi's mother; Sakthi, Revathi, Sneha and Karthick's grandmother (2016-2017)

• Andal Azhagar

• Pagal Nilavu at IMDb