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Sthreedhanam
Genre	IndianTelevision Series Drama Romance
Created by	R. Remesh Babu
Developed by	Pradeep panicker
Written by	Joyci
Screenplay by	Pradeep Panicker
Story by	Joycee
Directed by	Krishnamoorthy
Presented by	Risun pictures
Starring	Rajeev Roshan Divya Padmini Chithra Shenoy Sonu Satheesh Kumar Arya Rohit
Narrated by	Prof. Aliyar
Theme music composer	Devika Murali (Music), K.S.Chithra (Singer)
Opening theme	'മഴ അറിയും ഈ മൗനം' 'Mazhayariyum ee mounam'
Country of origin	India
Original language	Malayalam
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	1146
Production
Producer	R. Ramesh Babu
Production location	Thiruvananthapuram
Cinematography	Ambili
Editor	Rajesh thrissur
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	22 minutes
Production company	Rise sun Pictures
Release
Original network	Asianet
Picture format	1080i (HDTV)
Original release	2 July 2012 – 14 May 2016

Sthreedhanam (English: Dowry) is an Indian Malayalam-language television soap opera drama. The show premiered on Asianet channel and streaming on Hotstar from 2 July 2012 to 14 May 2016.^[1]

Kannada actress Chithra Shenoy along with Divya Padmini and Rajiv Roshan played the major roles.

It is remade in Tamil as Ponnukku Thanga Manasu on Star Vijay.^[2] It is remade in Telugu on Star Maa as Kante Koothurne Kanali.^[3]

Plot[edit]

The show begins with Prashanthan's wedding. He is the eldest among Sethulakshmi and Lakshmanan Pillai's three sons. They belong to the refined Palat clan.

Sethulakshmi is a dominant and greedy mother who forcefully pushed Prashanthan to marry Divya from the Meledath family. But Sethulakshmi was not happy that Divya will be part of their family with a worthless grant and small gold. All she wants is Divya's wealth. She used her power as Divya's mother-in-law and gave Divya and her parents an extremely big trouble. Mayuri is the cousin of Prashanthan asked about what is going on in the Palat's family.

She wished to ruin Prashanthan and Divya's marriage because she wants to become Prashanthan's wife. She uses deceitful tricks when there is a chance. Meanwhile, Sethulakshmi found out that Divya's jewelry are all fake, so she brings Divya back to their house. And later finds out that it is a settlement between Prashanthan and Govindhan, Divya's father. So she decided that Divya can only come back to their house if she provides her entire ornaments.

Govindhan borrowed money to buy what Sethulakshmi wants and returned her daughter to the Palat's house. Prakashan, the younger brother of Prashanthan, is in love with Veni. Sethulakshmi accepts her because she came from a wealthy family. Their marriage was arranged, and the conceited Veni entered the Palat's household. However, Sethulakshmi did not give her freedom. And that's where the story goes.

The film is based on Sthreedhanam by C. V. Nirmala. It deals with the problems created by dowry in a middle class Malayali family. This film has also been interpreted in a serial, with the same name.

Cast[edit]

Main[edit]

Divya Vishwanth as Divya Prasanth MLA^[4]
Chithra Shenoy as Palat Sethulakshmi^[5]
Sonu Satheesh Kumar as Veni^[6]
Rajeev Roshan as Prashanthan
Arya Rohit as Pooja Prasad^[7]
Midhun/Prakash as Indran

Recurring[edit]

Vishnu Prakash as Lekshmanan (Lekshmi) Pillai
Ambarish / Dheepan Murali as Prasad
Rajeev Ganesh as Prakashan
Deepa Jayan as Prema
Sidha Raj as Swaminathan
Haridas as Vinayan
Kottayam Rasheed as Mathi Suku
Gayathri Varsha as Prema's Mother in law
Sini Varghese as Mayuri
Rajani Murali as Mayuri's mother
Arya Sreeram / Dini Daniel as Varada
Amala Rose Kurian/ Alis Christy as Keerthana
Molly kannamaly as Chala Mary
Senthil Krishna as Natholi Nelson
Kavitha Lakshmi as Santha Sukumaran
Santosh Sashidharan as Ananthan
Mahesh as Dinakaran
Madhu Mohan as Manuel
Sruthy as Razia
Anoop Sai as Appu
Lakshmi as Devi
Harikumaran Thampi as Thanku
Sajan Surya as Film actor Kiran ( Cameo)
Shibu Laban as Chandrahasanan
Vijayan as Pooja's father S I
Sumi Santosh
Pratheeksha G Pradeep
Sreejith Cheruvally
Varsha
Jismy
Navya
Apsara
Swathi Thara
Jose Perrorkada
Vanchiyoor Praveen Kumar
Bindu Murali as Pooja's mother
Sreedevi Anil
Revathi

Versions in other languages[edit]

Language	Title	Original release	Network(s)	Episodes
Malayalam	Sthreedhanaam സ്ത്രീധനം	2 July 2012 – 14 May 2016	Asianet	1147
Telugu	Kante Koothurune Kanali కాంటే కూతురుణే కనాలి	16 March 2018 – 15 March 2019	Star Maa	355
Tamil	Ponnukku Thanga Manasu பொன்னுகு தங்க மனசு	20th August 2018 – 12 December 2020	Star Vijay	559

References[edit]

^'And the Show Goes On...'New Indian Express.
^'New show 'Ponnukku Thanga Manasu' to focus on the social issue of dowry system'. Times Of India.
^'New show 'Kante Koothurne Kanali' coming soon on Star Maa'. Times Of India.
^'Sthreedhanam actress Divya Viswanath to replace Navami in Gouri'. Times Of India.
^'I am overwhelmed: Chithra Shenoy'. Times Of India.
^'Negative-roles-give-me-more-scope-for-performance-Sonu-S-K'. Times Of India.
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