Gettimelam

Gettimelam
Genre	Drama Romance Psychological thriller
Based on	Lakshmi Nivasa
Written by	Dialogues K.V. Pandiyan
Screenplay by	Mahesh Rao
Directed by	Ravi Pasappanathotti Lokesh Ranganath Rajan Mariyappan Bharathi Raja P
Starring	Praveena Ponvannan Chaya Singh Shreekumar Viraat Soundarya Reddy
Country of origin	India
Original language	Tamil
No. of episodes	110
Production
Executive producer	Harish kumar Sakthivel
Producers	Krithika M Rao Prakash Agar
Production location	Karnataka
Cinematography	Madhan Punith Pandihalli Raagu Kiyarhalli Sanju Mandiya
Camera setup	Multi-Camera
Running time	45 minutes
Production company	Keerthi Akshaya Network (Karnataka)
Original release
Network	Zee Tamil
Release	20 January 2025 (2025-01-20) – present

Gettimelam (transl. Wedding drumrolls) is an Indian Tamil language television drama that airs on Zee Tamil from 20 January 2025.^[1] The series stars an ensemble cast including Praveena, Ponvannan, Chaya Singh, Shreekumar, Viraat and Soundarya Reddy.^[2] It is an official remake of Zee Kannada's TV series Lakshmi Nivasa.^[3] The screenplay and direction were handled by Mahesh Rao, an Indian director and screenplay writer in Kannada industry. It was launched along with Manasellam series.^[4]

The synopsis is about Sivaraman and Lakshmi, vows to build a new big house but their children have different plans. Thus the couple makes the fulfilment to their children and keeping their family together.

Sivaraman and Lakshmi have Five children. Three sons - Balamurugan, Raguram and Kesavan, where Balamurugan is adopted son and two daughters - Thulasi and Anjali. Each has their own desires, dreams, and personality. The eldest son, Raghuram is stingy with his quick temper, quick wit, and stinginess. He always thinks only of his wife Kavitha and his child Vinay. He has no thought of helping the family or being a good son. Kesavan, who falls in love with Deepa from a rich background family, and married against her family. He also refuses to take responsibility for the house. Both their sons, has no thought of helping the family and keeps everything for themself. But Balamurugan, Thulasi and Anjali help the family in all the circumstances and make the house with full of happiness.

Lakshmi is anxious that Thulasi is still not married despite being over thirty due to her horoscope defect. Thulasi works in the company under the control of the head Srikanth. Srikanth is a widower and has a child Diya. Diya get attached with Thulasi and it creates a beautiful bond between them. Seeing Thulasi and Diya together in the office, Srikanth's mother Rajeshwari sends a message to Thulasi family that it would have been better if Thulasi had been the mother of her granddaughter Diya. Thulasi's family tells them about her horoscope defect but Srikanth and Rajeshwari didn't believe in it and they accept Thulasi and fixed the marriage date. Unfortunately on the day of the wedding, Thulasi's family and others waiting for Srikanth's arrival but the car in which Srikanth, Rajeshwari and Diya were travelling gets into an accident. Srikanth died in the accident but Diya is survived and Rajeshwari was in the serious condition at hospital. Before Rajeshwari's death, she tells to Thulasi that she wants to take care and accept Diya as her daughter so Thulasi agreed with her. Sivaraman and Lakshmi become worried a lot about Srikanth death and Thulasi's life. Srikanth's sister and her husband refuse to allow Diya to go with Thulasi but Diya calls Thulasi as her mother and wants to go with her. After so much obstacles Diya went to Thulasi's house. Srikanth's lawyer wants Thulasi to maintain full ownership of the property until Srikanth's daughter turns eighteen.

Meanwhile, Vetrivel "Vetri" Eeswaramoorthy, the younger brother of Deepa (Kesavan's wife) is a young politician. He fell in love with Thulasi at first sight and tried to win her over for marriage. Although he was initially engaged to Divya, the daughter of a politician, he secretly tied the mangalsutra around Thulasi’s neck without her knowledge. Eventually, the truth came to light, and after overcoming many obstacles, Thulasi chose to live with Vetri for the sake of her family’s happiness. But later, Thulasi realized Vetri’s true good nature and gradually began to develop feelings for him.

On the other hand, Anjali is studying in college and her best friend Kavin loves her. Kavin is none other than Lakshmi's elder brother Varadharajan's son. Kavin is unable to profess his love to Anjali because for the fear of losing their friendship.^[5] Mahesh, an orphan and a rich man visits Anjali's college as a chief guest and falls in love with Anjali at the first sight. With the permission of Anjali and her family, Mahesh married Anjali. After the marriage, Mahesh true face were revealed. His anger always manifests as an alter ego. Mahesh has a Psychological disorder that his closest person should not let him alone and not give attention to someone / other person. So he wants Anjali to give first priority to him and also if someone who teases or talks to Anjali rather than her family members, he become enraged and beats them in arrogant way. So his caring towards Anjali turns into psycho behavior. Anjali still does not know about Mahesh's real face, as he wearing a mask of a kind husband and good person to the society.

Balamurugan "Murugan", the adopted son of Lakshmi and Sivaraman, is a bubbly and loving man, who is both deaf and unable to speak since his childhood. The couple has raised him as their own and eldest son. He is loved by all the family members, except Raghuram. Murugan's real name is Arjunan and he is the childhood best friend of Mahesh. Murugan is closely connected to Mahesh's mysterious past. Murugan is unaware that Mahesh is his childhood best friend. Murugan was separated from his mother Sivagami, whom he is searching for. He works in a small shop in outside of the temple. Murugan fell in love with Revathy, a flower seller near the temple. Revathy is living with her mother Bhuvana, who is blind. Revathy also developped feelings for Murugan. After some comical and serious moments, they confessed their love to each other and got married.

The story track is focusing on Lakshmi - Sivaraman's dream house, Thulasi - Vetri's marriage life and Mahesh - Murugan's mysterious past story.

• Praveena as Lakshmi Sivaraman – Sivaraman's wife; Raguram, Kesavan, Thulasi and Anjali's mother; Murugan's adopted mother; Kavitha, Deepa, Mahesh and Vetri's mother-in-law.
• Ponvannan as Sivaraman – Lakshmi's husband; Raguram, Kesavan, Thulasi and Anjali's father; Murugan's adopted father; Kavitha, Deepa, Mahesh and Vetri's father-in-law.
• Chaya Singh as Thulasi Vetrivel – Lakshmi and Sivaraman's first daughter; Raguram's younger sister; Kesavan and Anjali's elder sister; Vetri's love interest turned wife; Eshwaramoorthy and Abhirami's second daughter-in-law; Srikanth's ex-fiancée; Diya's adopted mother.
• Sibbu Suryan / Shreekumar as Vetrivel "Vetri", a politician – Eshwaramoorthy and Abhirami's younger son; Kathir and Deepa's younger brother; one-sided lover of Thulasi turned her husband; Lakshmi and Sivaraman's first son-in-law; Diya's adopted father.
• Viraat as Mahesh Chandran "Mahesh", a business man, Psychopath - Murugan (Arjunan)'s childhood best friend in orphanage; Anjali's husband; Lakshmi and Sivaraman's second son-in-law.
• Soundarya Reddy as Anjali Mahesh Chandran – Lakshmi and Sivaraman's second daughter; Raguram, Kesavan and Thulasi's younger sister; Kavin's ex-love interest; Mahesh's wife.

• Sillilalli Anand as Balamurugan "Murugan" aka Arjunan – Mahesh's childhood best friend in orphanage; Lakshmi and Sivaraman's adopted son; Sivagami's biological son; Raguram, Kesavan, Thulasi and Anjali's adopted elder brother; Revathy's love interest turned husband
• Cherika (Ashwini) R. Murthy as Revathy Balamurugan aka Revathy Arjunan, a florist - Murugan's love interest turned wife, Sivagami's daughter-in-law
• Padmini Chandrasekar as Sivagami - Murugan's biological mother; Revathy's mother-in-law
• Dhriti Shettar as Diya – Srikanth's daughter; Thulasi and Vetri's adopted daughter; Rajeshwari's granddaughter
• P. R. Varalakshmi as Rangammal – Sivaraman's mother; Lakshmi's mother-in-law; Raguram, Kesavan, Thulasi and Anjali's grandmother; Murugan's adopted grandmother.
• Varun Udhai as Raguram – Lakshmi and Sivaraman's first son; Kesavan, Thulasi and Anjali's elder brother; Kavitha's husband; Vinai's father.
• Royal Swathi as Kavitha Raguram – Lakshmi and Sivaraman's first daughter-in-law; Raguram's wife; Kesavan, Thulasi and Anjali's sister-in-law; Vinai's mother.
• Master Dushyanth Chakravarthi as Vinai – Raguram and Kavitha's son; Lakshmi and Sivaraman's grandson
• Sudharsanam as Kesavan – Lakshmi and Sivaraman's second son; Raguram and Thulasi's younger brother; Anjali's elder brother; Deepa's husband; Eshwaramoorthy and Abhirami's son-in-law.
• Durga as Deepa Kesavan – Lakshmi and Sivaraman's second daughter-in-law; Kesavan's wife; Vetri's elder sister; Kathir's younger sister; Eshwaramoorthy and Abhirami's daughter.
• L. Raja as Eshwaramoorthy – Vetri, Kathir and Deepa's father; Abhirami's husband.
• Premalatha as Abhirami – Vetri, Kathir and Deepa's mother; Eshwaramoorthy's wife
• Vandana Michael as Meenakshi Kathirvel aka Meena – Eshwaramoorthy and Abhirami's first daughter-in-law; Kathir's wife; Vetri and Deepa's sister-in-law.
• Nathan Shyam as Kathirvel "Kathir" – Eshwaramoorthy and Abhirami's elder son; Meenakshi's husband; Vetri and Deepa's elder brother.
• J.Lalitha as Vetri, Kathir and Deepa's grandmother.
• Shankaresh Kumar / Christy as Kavin – Anjali's one side love interest and maternal cousin.
• Vaishali Thaniga as Monica – Srikanth's younger sister; Diya's aunt; Rajeshwari's daughter; Jegan's wife.
• Guhan Shanmugam as Jegan – Monica's husband; Srikanth's brother-in-law; Diya's uncle.
• Vijayalakshmi Subramani as Kokila Varadharajan, Kavin's mother, Varadharajan's wife, Lakshmi's sister-in-law
• Prabhakaran / K. S. G. Venkatesh as Varadharajan - Kavin's father, Lakshmi's elder brother.
• Poojitha as Kavin's maternal cousin and fiancée
• Balakumar as IPS officer

• Prajin as Srikanth – Thulasi's ex-fiancé; Diya's father; Rajeshwari's son; Monica's elder brother (Dead)
• Malavika Avinash as Rajeshwari – Srikanth and Monica's mother; Diya's grandmother (Dead)
• Ambika as Kamakshi Ammal

The success of the fictional drama Lakshmi Nivasa in Karnataka prompted Zee Tamil to create a Tamil-language remake.^[6][7] So that the channel planned to collaborated with Zee Kannada to launch the series for the first time. The production and technical team of the series Lakshmi Nivasa and Amruthadhare which airs in Zee Kannada, marked to produce the Tamil version of Lakshmi Nivasa under the title Gettimelam.^[8] The Kannada films director and screenwriter Mahesh Rao and his wife Kirthika M Rao, a producer and investor was decided to produce Gettimelam under their production company "Keerthi Akshaya Network".^[9] Since the production is from Karnataka, the shooting primarily taking place in Bengaluru, Karnataka and with some scenes filming in Tamil Nadu.^[1]

Most of the cast members—such as Sibbu Suryan, Viraat, Soundarya Reddy, Chaya Singh, Sillilalli Anand, Ashwini R. Murthy, Royal Swathi and Master Dushyanth Chakravarthi and Baby Dhriti Shettar—all of whom are natives of Karnataka, were chosen to act. Chaya Singh, Sillilalli Anand, Royal Swathi and Master Dushyanth Chakravarthi were currently acting in Amruthadhare, were selected to portray the respective roles in this series to avoid the call sheet date issues for both the series.^[10][11] After Meenakshi Ponnunga, Soundarya Reddy made a comeback through this series as "Anjali".^[12] Sun TV stars Sibbu Suryan and Viraat also re-entered television with this series after a long break. Shreekumar replaced Sibbu Suryan in the role of Vetrivel from episode 221. Ponvannan, Praveena and P. R. Varalakshmi joins the cast to play the prominent roles.^[13] Cherika (Ashwini) R. Murthy is right now working in Lakshmi Nivasa as a character Chelvi, was chosen by the team to reprise the same role, renamed "Revathy" in the series, opposite Sillilalli Anand.^[14]

Language	Title	Original release	Network(s)	Last aired	Notes
Kannada	Lakshmi Nivasa ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮೀ ನಿವಾಸ[15]	16 January 2024	Zee Kannada	Ongoing	Original
Malayalam	Manathe Kottaram മാനത്തെ കൊട്ടാരം[16]	12 August 2024	Zee Keralam		Remake
Marathi	Lakshmi Niwas लक्ष्मी निवास	23 December 2024	Zee Marathi
Tamil	Gettimelam கெட்டிமேளம்	20 January 2025	Zee Tamil
Telugu	Lakshmi Nivasam లక్ష్మీ నివాసం[17]	3 March 2025	Zee Telugu

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result
2025	Zee Tamil Kudumbam Viruthugal	Best Actor Female	Chaya Singh (Thulasi)	Won
		Best Actor Male	Viraat (Mahesh)	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actor Male	Sillilalli Anand (Balamurugan)	Won
		Best Serial	Gettimelam	Nominated
		Best Villi	Vandhana (Meenakshi)	Nominated
		Best Pair	Viraat and Soundarya (Mahesh and Anjali)	Nominated
		Best Director	Mahesh Rao	Won
		Best Dialogue Writer	K. V. Pandiyan	Won
		Most Popular Amma	Praveena (Lakshmi)	Nominated
		Most Popular Appa	Ponvannan (Sivaraman)	Nominated
		Most Popular Pair	Viraat and Soundarya (Mahesh and Anjali)	Won
		Favorite Actress	Chaya Singh (Thulasi)	Nominated
		Favorite Actress	Soundarya (Anjali)	Nominated
		Favorite Actor	Viraat (Mahesh)	Nominated
		Favorite Serial	Gettimelam	Nominated
		Favorite Pair	Viraat and Soundarya (Mahesh and Anjali)	Nominated

• Gettimelam at IMDb
• Gettimelam at ZEE5