Balaganapathy is a Malayalam soap opera that launched on Asianet. The first episode aired on 31 March 2014.[1] It was relaunched in Asianet Plus from late 2016.[2][3][4] The show was also remade into Tamil under the same title on Star Vijay from 14 September 2015 to 18 December 2015 for 65 episodes.[5]

Balaganapathy
GenreDrama
Fantasy
Mythology
Directed byHarison
Music byS.P. Venkatesh
Country of originIndia
Original languageMalayalam
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes307
Production
ProducerG S SUDHEER
Production locationKerala
EditorShafeek
Running timeapprox. 20-22 minutes per episode
Original release
NetworkAsianet
Release31 March 2014 (2014-03-31) –
5 June 2015 (2015-06-05)
Related
Bala Ganapathy

Plot

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Balaganapathy tele serial tells the story of Ram, a ten-year-old child and his devotion to Lord Ganesha. Ram believes blindly in the powers of almighty and he learned about Lord Ganesha through the stories told by grandmother. Pooja is his best friend, who stays with him throughout his failures and gives him confidence. Their class teacher Sunitha is compassionate to Ram and wants to see him succeed in life. However, he fails to succeed in many of the tasks presented to him. In the story's turning point, Lord Ganesh himself takes the avatar of Balagnapathy to accompany Ram and his friends to overcome all difficulties in his life.[citation needed]

Cast

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Main

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  • Biswas Chinmaya as Balaganapathy / Lord Ganesha/Vighnu
  • Siddharth Ajithkumar as Ram Gopal Varma
  • Niranjana as Pooja Manohar
  • Sibin Sakaria as Thadiayan / Rohit
  • Adityan as Motta / Sunder
  • Dileep Shankar as Gopal Varma / Gopalan (Ram's father)
  • Souparnika Vijay as Sunitha Teacher (Ram's teacher)
  • Sajitha Betti as Radhika Varma

Supporting

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  • Priya Mohan as Sunanda (Kunjappu's daughter)
  • Kollam Thulasi as Kunjappu
  • Poojappura Radhakrishnan as Kaimal (Radhika's father)
  • Ambika Mohan as Aayamma
  • G S Sudheer as Advocate Vikraman
  • Mahesh as ACP Manohar (Pooja's father)
  • Geetha Nair as Remaniamma (Sunitha's mother)
  • Sethu Lakshmi as Kichammayi
  • Azeez as Milkman Supran
  • Harikumaran Thampi as Ram's school principal
  • Kalyan Khanna

Awards

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Won-Asianet Television awards 2015
  • Best Character actor (Special Jury) -Mahesh
Won- Asianet Television awards 2014
  • Best Child Artist-Biswas, Sidharth, Sebin, Niranjana, Adityan.
  • Best director
Nominated-Asianet Television awards 2015
  • Best Character Actor- Dileep Sankar
  • Best actress in a negative role-Sajitha Betti

References

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  1. ^ "Balaganapathy Serial on Asianet -Cast & Crew |Actors and Actresses of Malayalam Serial".
  2. ^ "Malayalam Tv Serial Balaganapathy Synopsis Aired on Asianet TV Channel".
  3. ^ "Malayalam Tv Serial Balaganapathy - Full Cast and Crew".
  4. ^ "Balaganapathy".
  5. ^ "Tamil Tv Serial Bala Ganapathy".
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