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2023 Indian Tamil TV series

Mahanadhi
Genre	Drama
Written by	Priya Thambi
Directed by	Praveen Bennett
Starring	see below
Opening theme	Sonthamulla Vaazhkai Sorgathukku Mela
Country of origin	India
Original language	Tamil
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	700+
Executive producers	John, Anthony
Production location	Tamil Nadu
Camera setup	Multi-Camera
Running time	approx. 22–24 minutes per episode
Production company	Global Villagers
Network	Star Vijay
Release	23 January 2023 (2023-01-23) – present

Mahanadhi – Sagotharigalin Kadhai (transl. The Great River – The Story of Sisters) is a 2023 Indian Tamil-language drama television series that premiered on Star Vijay on 23 January 2023.^[1][2] It is produced by Praveen Bennett under the banner of Global Villagers. It is also available on the digital platform JioHotstar.^[3][4]

The series was launched along with Siragadikka Aasai.^[5][6]

Mahanadi tells the tale of four sisters who coexisted well with their parents. leaving them in distress over the loss of their father. This piece discusses how the mother and girls will manage without an actual figure of a father.

• Lakshmi Priya as Kaveri: Vijay’s wife, the second daughter of Mahanadhi family.
• Swaminathan Anantharaman as Vijay: Kaveri’s husband, a young CEO, the second son-in law of Mahanadhi family
• Prathiba (2023) / Divya Ganesh (Nov.2023–2024) / Dharani Hephzibah (Aug.2024–present) as Ganga: Kumaran’s wife, and the eldest daughter of Mahanadhi family
• Aadhirai Soundarajan (2023–2025) / Swetha Kumar (Jul.2025–present) as Yamuna: the third oldest sister of Mahanadhi family and she has a love-interest on Nivin one-sidedly and eventually becomes his wife
• K.Kamrudin as Kumaran: Ganga’s husband, eldest son in law of mahanadhi family, Santhanam’s nephew (2023-Oct.2025)
• Rudran Praveen as Nivin: Kaveri’s ex-boyfriend, Yamuna’s husband and Pasupathy’s nephew, Ragini’s ex-fiancée, third son in law of Mahanadhi family

• Sujatha Sivakumar as Saradha, Santhanam’s wife, Mother of Mahanadhi Sisters.
• Baby Kaavya as Narmadha: the youngest sister of Mahanadhi family
• Pankajam as Annakkili Paatti – Santhanam and Shanthi’s mother, Saradha’s Mother-in-law, Grandmother of Mahanadi Sisters, Kumaran’s Ammachi
• Ramesh as Pasupathy – Santhanama’s close friend who betrayed Santhanam by stealing all the money which he has saved for ganga’s marriage and so Santhanam dies off after knowing his betrayal. Father of Ragini.
• Shathiga as Ragini – Pasupathy’s daughter, Kaveri’s former friend turned rival, who hates her and competes with her for Nivin’s love but latter married Ajay to exact revenge on her.
• Baskar Natarajan as Ajay – Anbarasu’s & Radha son, Vijay’s cousin brother, Kavya’s brother, Ragini’s Husband
• Manikandan Raj as Somasundaram “Somu” – Kalyani’s husband, Radha’s father, Vijay, Ajay and Kavya’s grandfather.
• Kallu as Kalyani Somasundaram: Somasundaram’s wife, Radha’s mother, Vijay, Ajay and Kavya’s grandmother.
• Bharathi Mohan as Anbarasu – Vijay’s Uncle, Radha’s husband. Ajay and Kavya’s father. Raagini’s father-in-law
• Padmini Chandrasekhar as Radha – Vijay’s aunt. Ajay and Kavya’s mother. Raagini’s mother-in-law.
• Sumi Santhosh as Jaya, Nivin’s mother, Pasupathi Sister
• Santhi as Santhi, Kumaran’s Mother
• Mahalakshmi S as Mary, Kumaran’s Sister
• Sanjay Mohan (2023-2024) / Karthikeyan (2025–present) as Raghav – Raagini’s brother, Pasupathy’s son
• Senthikumarai as Muthu Malar, Santhanam’s Second Wife
• Aravindh as Krishna, Santhanam Muthu Malar Son
• Abinaya as Sindhu, Santhanam Muthu Malar Daughter

• Saravanan as Santhanam, Sarada’s husband, Father of Mahanadi sisters (2023) (Dead)
• Kanmani Manoharan (2024) / Vaishali Thaniga (Nov.2024–2025) as Vennila – Vijay’s ex-lover who suffered from memory loss
• KB Bala Balasubramaniam as Nambirajan, Vennila’s uncle (2025)
• Kavitha Solairaja as Pankajam, House Owner’s wife
• Vaishu Jayachandhiran as Kavya – Anbarasu & Radha’s daughter, Vijay’s cousin sister, Ajay’s sister. (2024)
• Vishwa Mithran as Salim, Kumaran’s friend. (2023)
• Shruti Shanmuga Priya as Vijay’s mother (2025) (Dead)
• Milla as Fashion Show Judge (2024)

The shooting of the serial commenced in December 2022. The first promo was released on 7 January 2023.^[7] The series was also promoted in the Bigg Boss 6 house on 16 January.^[8]

Actress Lakshmi Priya cast as the main female lead as Kaveri. This marks her second TV-series. Actresses Prathiba and Aadhirai were cast in parallel leads as Ganga and Yamuna. On 23 November 2023, Prathiba opted out from the show due to her upcoming movie offers^[9] and was replaced by Divya Ganesan,^[10] However she left the series in August 2024 to gets hospitalized due to Dengue.^[11] So she was replaced by newcomer actress Dharani Hephzibah.^[12] In late June 2025, Aadhirai left the series due to participation in Bigg Boss Season 9 Tamil Edison,^[13] so she was replaced by newcomer actress Swetha Kumar.^[14] New comer actors cum models Kamuruddin and Rudran Praveen portrayed parallel male leads as Kumaran and Nivin respectively, but in October 2025, Kamuruddin quit the series to participate in Bigg Boss Season 9. Senior actors Saravanan and Sujatha Sivakumar were also selected for supporting roles.^[15][16]

On 27 September 2023, Swaminathan Anantharaman was introduced as the male lead, Vijay, for a new storyline with Kaveri.^[17] In mid 2024, actress Kanmani Manoharan was cast as the pivotal role as Vennila (Vijay’s ex-lover).^[18] But later in November 2024, she was to quit the series because of her pregnancy so actress Vaishali Thaniga was then replaced her as Vennila. But in July 2025, she too leaving the series due to her pregnancy so her character Vennila was ended with a positive note.^[19]

In early 2025 Kavitha Solairaja was cast to play an extended special appearance.^[20]

Following a promo released on 2 February, it was teased that there would be a crossover between Mahanadhi and Aaha Kalyanam.^[21] This was then confirmed with a promo released by Star Vijay, with both families staying at the same resort to compete for 5 lakhs.^[22]