Balaganapathy is a Malayalam soap opera that launched on Asianet. The first episode aired on 31 March 2014.[1] It was relaunched in Asianet Plus from late 2016.[2][3][4] The show was also remade into Tamil under the same title on Star Vijay from 14 September 2015 to 18 December 2015 for 65 episodes.[5]
| Balaganapathy | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Genre | Drama Fantasy Mythology |
| Directed by | Harison |
| Music by | S.P. Venkatesh |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Malayalam |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 307 |
| Production | |
| Producer | G S SUDHEER |
| Production location | Kerala |
| Editor | Shafeek |
| Running time | approx. 20-22 minutes per episode |
| Original release | |
| Network | Asianet |
| Release | 31 March 2014 – 5 June 2015 |
| Related | |
| Bala Ganapathy | |
Plot
editBalaganapathy tele serial tells the story of Ram, a ten-year-old child and his devotion to Lord Ganesha. Ram believes blindly in the powers of almighty and he learned about Lord Ganesha through the stories told by grandmother. Pooja is his best friend, who stays with him throughout his failures and gives him confidence. Their class teacher Sunitha is compassionate to Ram and wants to see him succeed in life. However, he fails to succeed in many of the tasks presented to him. In the story's turning point, Lord Ganesh himself takes the avatar of Balagnapathy to accompany Ram and his friends to overcome all difficulties in his life.[citation needed]
Cast
editMain
edit- Biswas Chinmaya as Balaganapathy / Lord Ganesha/Vighnu
- Siddharth Ajithkumar as Ram Gopal Varma
- Niranjana as Pooja Manohar
- Sibin Sakaria as Thadiayan / Rohit
- Adityan as Motta / Sunder
- Dileep Shankar as Gopal Varma / Gopalan (Ram's father)
- Souparnika Vijay as Sunitha Teacher (Ram's teacher)
- Sajitha Betti as Radhika Varma
Supporting
edit- Priya Mohan as Sunanda (Kunjappu's daughter)
- Kollam Thulasi as Kunjappu
- Poojappura Radhakrishnan as Kaimal (Radhika's father)
- Ambika Mohan as Aayamma
- G S Sudheer as Advocate Vikraman
- Mahesh as ACP Manohar (Pooja's father)
- Geetha Nair as Remaniamma (Sunitha's mother)
- Sethu Lakshmi as Kichammayi
- Azeez as Milkman Supran
- Harikumaran Thampi as Ram's school principal
- Kalyan Khanna
Awards
edit- Won-Asianet Television awards 2015
- Best Character actor (Special Jury) -Mahesh
- Won- Asianet Television awards 2014
- Best Child Artist-Biswas, Sidharth, Sebin, Niranjana, Adityan.
- Best director
- Nominated-Asianet Television awards 2015
- Best Character Actor- Dileep Sankar
- Best actress in a negative role-Sajitha Betti