Sundari is a 2021 Indian Tamil-language dramatic series having two seasons. The first season of the series stars Gabriella Sellus in the title role along with Shreegopika Neelanath and Jishnu Menon. It premiered on Sun TV on 22 February 2021 and ended on 26 August 2023. After a 7-year leap, it continued the second season of the series starring Gabriella Sellus in the lead role along with Jishnu Menon, Krishna, Baby Lithanya Sivabalan and Shreegopika Neelanath in a cameo appearance. It Started airing from 28 August 2023 onwards and ended on 1 December 2024 and is replaced by Annam serial. It is available for worldwide streaming on Sun NXT.
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Plot
Season 1
Sundari Devi alias Sundari is the story of a girl who faces discrimination for her dark complexion, yet she fights against adversities in life. She has a kind heart but struggles to find the right man to marry. Undeterred, she strives to become an IAS officer. Her journey towards achieving her goal faces many challenges, strengthening her belief that inner beauty is more important than physical appearance, which forms the crux of the story.
Karthick, who is from Sundari's village and her relative, marries her due to pressure from his family but desires to marry a fair-skinned woman for life. It also features the fair-skinned urban girl, Anupriya alias Anu, who is modern, empowered, and waiting for a loving and sincere partner. Karthick marries Anu and abandons Sundari.
Anu is made a scapegoat by Karthik and she's not allowed to make her own decisions by scapegoating her over her health issues. However, Karthick is shown in a better light of wanting to have a family with Anu for her skin complexion that he also falls for her sincere love. Yet he is perverse and manipulates her for his selfish desires because of his fantasies. As a result, Anu becomes pregnant with Karthik's child. Sundari learns the truth but chooses to remain silent as she has a great respect for Anu and wants to protect her and the unborn child. After many twists and turns, Anu gives birth to a daughter named Thamizh.
At last, Anu and Sundari's family come to know about the true face of Karthick. Anu finally leaves the house to an unknown location after giving her child Thamizh to Sundari to take full responsibility as mother of Thamizh. It shown that Karthick committed suicide and Sundari is going abroad to pursue her training along with Thamizh and grandmother Gandhimathi.
Season 2
Seven years Later, Sundari Devi alias Sundari is an IAS officer and she lives with her grandmother Gandhimathi, her adopted daughter Thamizh (who is Anu and Karthick's daughter), Krishna and Malini. It is also the story of Vetriselvan alias Vetri, a former IAS officer who lives with his son, Akhilan alias Akhil. Vetri and Sundari fall in love with each other.
Anu is presumed to be dead. It also shows that after Anu's death, Karthick is still alive and works as PT Master in the school where his daughter Thamizh and Akhilan study. Meanwhile, Rajappan a ruthless village president and Porkodi, his mother-in-law create problems for Sundari and Vetri. Karthick enters to create complications in Sundari's life and tries to get Thamizh back. How the protagonists emerge from his devious schemes forms the crux of the story.
In the end, Anu is revealed to be alive. Karthick has realized his mistakes, asks forgiveness from Sundari and reunites with Anu. Finally, Sundari and Vetri get married and live happily along with Thamizh and Akhilan.
Cast
Season 1
Gabriella Sellus as Sundari Devi
Deepthi Sri as Child Sundari
Shreegopika Neelanath as Anupriya "Anu"
Baby Ahana as Child Anu
Jishnu Menon as Karthikeyan
P. R. Varalakshmi as Gandhimathi
Deepthi Rajendran as Malini
Aravish Kumar as Krishnakanthan aka Krishna
Manohar Krishnan / Sathish / Manohar Krishna as Murugan
Niharika Harshu / Premi Venkat as Mallika Devi
Minnal Deepa as Lakshmi Murugan: Murugan's wife
Lakshmi Vasudevan / J.Lalitha as Selvi
Vigneshwaran as Arun
Jay Srinivas Kumar as Siddharth aka Siddhu
Soundarajan as Ramasubbu
Arumpon Balaji as Kurangu Kumar
Lailaa as Sudha
Sangeetha Balan as Janaki alias Jaanu
Arunkumar Padmanathan as Pazhani (Dead)
Indumathy Manikandan as Valliamma (Dead)
Hariharan as Dilli
Prithiksha Sankar as Nila
Season 2
Gabriella Sellus as IAS Sundari Devi
Baby Lithanya Sivabalan as Thamizh
Krishna as Ex-Collector Vetriselvan
Jishnu Menon as Karthikeyan/KS Master
Master Sarvesh Raghav as Akhilan alias "Akhil"
Shreegopika Neelanath as Anupriya alias Anu / Radha (Cameo)
P. R. Varalakshmi as Gandhimathi
Deepthi Rajendran as Malini
Aravish Kumar as Krishnakanthan aka Krishna
Manohar Krishnan in dual role as:
Murugan
Ayyapan
Papri Ghosh as Usha
Arunraja as Rajappan (Dead)
Vadivukkarasi as Porkkodi (Dead)
Bharatha Naidu as Chinnaponnu
Archana as Latha Ayyapan: Ayyapan's wife
Minnal Deepa as Lakshmi Murugan: Murugan's wife
Revathy Sankar/ Dharani as Umaiyaal
J.Lalitha as Selvi (Dead)
Vigneshwaran as Arun
Soundarajan as Ramasubbu
Casting
Season 1
The series is a family melodrama that airs on Sun TV. Gabriella Sellus was cast in the female lead role of Sundari.
Season 2
Some cast members from the first season were retained except Shreegopika. Additionally, new characters were introduced in the new season, like Master Sarvesh Raghav and few others. Krishna Raghunandan was cast in the male lead role in the serial, making his comeback to Tamil television after Thalattu. Vadivukkarasi was cast in October 2023.