Raja Rani 2 (Tamil TV series)

Raja Rani 2
Genre	Drama
Written by	Priya Thambi
Screenplay by	Maruthu Shanker
Directed by	Praveen Bennett (2020-Feb.2023) Ramesh Bharathi (2023)
Starring	Asha V. Gowda Sidhu Sid Praveena
Theme music composer	Ilayavan Kiran Riya Vishwanathan
Country of origin	India
Original language(s)	Tamil
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	643
Production
Producer(s)	Venkatesh Babu
Cinematography	Saravanan
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	22 minutes
Production company(s)	Global Villagers
Release
Original network	Star Vijay
Picture format	576i HDTV 1080i
Original release	12 October 2020 (2020-10-12) – 21 April 2023 (2023-04-21)
Chronology
Related shows	Diya Aur Baati Hum
External links
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Raja Rani 2 was a 2020 Indian Tamil drama produced by Global Villagers and directed by Praveen Bennett upto Feb. 2023 From March 2023, he was replaced by newcomer director Ramesh Bharathi due to his other commitments. It airs on Star Vijay and digitally streams on Disney+ Hotstar. It is based on Star Plus's Hindi series Diya Aur Baati Hum. However it has a different narration later.

It premiered on 12 October 2020 and ended on 21 April 2023 due to fluctuating ratings with 643 Episodes.

It initially stars with Alya Manasa (who appeared in the first season of the series) as Sandhya. From February 2022, Riya Vishwanath replaced her as Sandhya, due to her maternity. Then, followed by Asha V. Gowda replaced her as Sandhya from March 2023 due to her mental health issues. It also stars Sidhu Sid and Praveena in the other prominent roles.

Summary

Ambitious and educated, Sandhya pursues her dream of becoming an IPS officer for her father Sivakumar. Saravanan, (Sidhu) a partially educated and simple young master-confectioner is the perfect elder heir to his middle-class traditional family in Tamil Nadu.

Saravanan, a loving husband and self-made man, despite belonging to a middle-class family, helps and supports his ambitious wife Sandhya achieving her dreams of becoming an IPS officer by becoming her strength. Sandhya's dreams and aspirations are destroyed as she loses her father Sivakumar and her mother Saranya in a terrorist attack. Planning to move abroad, her brother Mani fixes her marriage to Saravanan whose strict mother Sivagami wants her daughter-in-law to be simple and not well educated, with the excellent skills of a housewife. Soon, as her truth of being educated and not knowing cooking is revealed, Sivagami banishes her. Sandhya gives up her education and dreams, accepting her roles as a wife and the elder daughter-in-law of the family.

Sivagami gives Sandhya a period of three months to prove herself as a good and proper daughter-in-law of the family. She challenges Sandhya and gives various hurdles. In anger as she told lies, she also doesn't let her do the work easily.

After three months, Sandhya proves herself as a good and proper daughter-in-law of the family and win all the hurdles on the family. Sandhya's friend Anitha advises her to divorce Saravanan and places divorce papers in her bag. Saravanan misunderstands the conversation and thinks Sandhya wants a divorce. Saravanan's sister Parvathy is about to marry Bhaskar and on their engagement day, Saravanan proves Sandhya's divorce papers in her bag and asks her to leave the house. He drops her to the bus stop however the bus meets with an accident. Fortunately, Sandhya doesn't get any major injuries and returns home safely and clears the misunderstanding with Saravanan. Later, Sandhya encourages Saravanan to participate in a cooking competition and he wins 1st place.

Soon, Saravanan finds out about Sandhya's dream to become an IPS Officer and supports her with her dream. He enrolls Sandhya in a college. Further preparations for Parvathy's marriage starts and Parvathy's ex-boyfriend Vicky constantly creates problems. With Saravanan and Sandhya's help Parvathy marries Bhaskar happily. Eventually, Sivagami finds out about Sandhya's secret classes and gives her 3 chances. Soon, Sivagmi allows Sandhya to become an IPS Officer. Sandhya passes her exams with flying colors. The story later introduces Jessi, a Christian girl who is Sandhya's classmate. She is also in love with Saravanan's youngest brother, Aadhi. Sivagami and her mother in law Valli end up insulting Jessi after learning she is pregnant. Sandhya is determined to get Aadhi and Jessi married. After witnessing Jessi's kind nature, Sivagami agrees to get Aadhi and Jessi married. Sivagami gives Sandhya full responsibility to prepare the wedding. She successfully completes the task and gets Aadhi and Jessi married. Later Sandhya has to go to a police training at an academy at a different city. Sivagami is initially hesitant but gives Sandhya a chance by giving her a task o prove who was responsible for theft. Sandhya proves Aadhi was responsible for the theft. Later, Sandhya leaves for the police training. Sivagami forces Sandhya to win the best Cadet award so her posting will be at their hometown. At first Sandhya struggles to perform well in the training causing IPS Gauri to humiliate her. Her teammate Abdul constantly mocks her. One day, Sandhya falls unconscious while performing a task. She starts doubting if she is pregnant and shares her suspicions with Saravanan. Sandhya takes a pregnancy test which turns out to be positive. Sandhya feels worried about her future. Sivagami on the other hand is delighted by Sandhya's pregnancy. Sivagami and Saravanan go to the academy to take Sandhya home but her friend stops her and says that Sandhya's pregnancy was false and the pregnancy test had been wrong. Sandhya resumes her training and strives to win the best cadet award.

Cast

Main

• Alya Manasa (2020–January 2022) / Riya Vishwanathan (2022–February 2023) / Asha V. Gowda (2023) as ACP Sandhya S. Saravanan: An aspiring police officer; Sivakumar and Saranya's daughter; Mani's sister; Saravanan's wife
• Sidhu Sid as Saravanan Sundaram: A sweet-stall owner; Sivagami and Ravi's eldest son; Senthil, Adi and Parvati's brother; Sandhya's husband (2020–present)
• Praveena as Sivagami Sundaram: Ravi's wife; Saravanan, Senthil, Adi and Parvathi's mother (2020–present)

Supporting

• Saivam Ravi as Sundaram aka Ravi: Valli's son; Sivagami's husband; Saravanan, Senthil, Adi and Parvati's father
• Srilekha Rajendran as Valli Paati: Ravi's mother; Saravanan, Senthil, Adi, Parvathi and Valarmathy's grandmother, Sivagami's mother-in-law
• Balaji Thiyagarajan Dayalan as Senthil Kumaran "Senthil" Sundaram: Sivagami and Ravi's second son; Saravanan, Adi and Parvati's brother; Archana's husband
• VJ Archana (2020–October 2022) / Archana Kumar (2023) as Archana Rajasekar Senthil Kumaran – Valli and Rajasekar's elder daughter; Priya's sister; Senthil's wife
• VJ Prathosh "Prathu" as Aditya "Adi" Sundaram: Sivagami and Ravi's youngest son; Saravanan, Senthil and Parvati's brother, Jessi's husband
• Vaishnavi Sundar as Parvathy: Sivagami and Ravi's daughter; Saravanan, Senthil and Adi's sister, Vicky's ex-girlfriend and Bhaskar's wife
• Ashwin Kannan as Balamurugan aka Bhaskar: Priya's ex-fiancé, Parvathi's husband
• Navya Suji as Mayilu: Sivagami's housekeeper
• Sangeetha as Jessi: Sandhya's colleague and Aadhi's wife
• Salsa Mani as Manikandan "Mani" Sivakumar: Sivakumar and Saranya's son; Sandhya's brother; Janani's husband
• Shobhana Bhuniya / Niharikka Rajjith as Janani Manikandan: Mani's wife
• Britto Ravi as Vignesh "Vicky" Karunakaran: Karunakaran's son; Parvathi's ex-boyfriend
• Pasanga Sivakumar as Sivakumar: Saranya's husband; Mani and Sandhya's father (dead)
• Gayathri Priya as Saranya Sivakumar: Sivakumar's wife; Mani and Sandhya's mother (dead)
• Adhithri Dinesh as Anitha: Sandhya's best friend
• Baby George as Valli: Rajasekar's wife; Archana and Priya's mother
• Rajasekhar as Rajasekhar: Valli's husband; Archana and Priya's father
• Dhakshana as Priya Rajasekar: Valli and Rajasekar's younger daughter; Archana's sister; Bhaskar's ex-fiancée
• Giridharan as MLA Karunakaran: Sandhya's arch-rival; Vicky's father
• Uma Riyaz Khan as Gowri IPS
• Baboos Baburaj as SP Sathyamoorthy

Special appearances

• Regina Jaanu as Valarmathy Karthikeyan: Saroja's daughter; Saravanan, Senthil, Adi and Parvati's cousin
• Shankaresh Kumar as Karthikeyan "Karthi": Deepa's brother; Valarmathy's husband
• VJ Mohana as Deepa Dileep: Karthi's sister; Dileep's wife
• Gopinath Shankar as Dileep: Deepa's husband
• Preetha Babu as Jaanu: Valarmathy's friend
• Rindhya Ravi as Saroja: Valarmathy's mother
• Manoj Kumar as Sundaram's brother; Valarmathy's father; Saroja's husband
• Ashok Kumar as Ashok: Adi's friend
• Shalini Sundar as Parvathy's friend

Special appearances

• Ahana Sharma as Child Sandhya Sivakumar (2020)
• Raghavan as Child Saravanan Sundaram (2020)
• Roshini Haripriyan as Kannamaa (2020;2021)
• Manjula Paritala as Inspector Devi – Sandhya's role model in her childhood (2020)
• Sivaangi Krishnakumar as herself (2021)
• Archana Chandoke as herself (2021)
• Gabriella Charlton as herself (2021)
• Vinusha Devi as Kannamma (2022)

Reception

Rediff.com quoted the series as an absolute embarrassment to fans and viewers of its original Diya Aur Baati Hum and its Tamil-dubbed version aired and discontinued known as En Kanavan En Thozhan by Star Vijay.

'Hindustan Times quoted that Raja Rani 2 is a mockery serial that ruined the complete storyline and characters along.

The Indian Express rated one star and stated, "Raja Rani 2 is a disaster that could have been avoided, one of biggest irrelevant decisions by the channel."

The serial began with a TRP of 5.5, which was considered to be low considering the original version Diya Aur Baati Hum ruled as TRP topper in charts for years. The TRP drastically decreased further while viewers demanding to broadcast En Kanavan En Thozhan instead . The director of Raja Rani 2 also left the serial in 2023 resulting the story to deviate from original, Diya Aur Baati Hum. With the trp decreasing, the makers decided to end the show for good.

External links

• Raja Rani 2 at Hotstar
• Raja Rani 2 on IMDb Search this movie on

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