Panjagni
| Panjagni | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama |
| Directed by | Manoj Sreekalam |
| Starring | Lima Babu Jayakrishnan Vaishnavi Sai Kumar Dileep Shankar |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Malayalam |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 130 |
| Production | |
| Production location | Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala |
| Original release | |
| Network | Flowers TV |
| Release | 5 August 2024 – present |
Panjagni is an Indian Malayalam-language soap opera directed by Manoj Sreekalam. It airs on Flowers TV from 5 August 2024.[1] It stars Lima Babu, Jayakrishnan, Vaishnavi Sai Kumar and Dileep Shankar in lead roles.[2] The title of the series is adapted from 1986 Malayalam film Panchagni.[3]
Synopsis
[edit]Renuka is wife of Chandrasenan and they have three daughters. At the time of her fourth delivery, she laboured twin daughters and she died. Chandrasenan refused to take these children as he wanted a boy. He married Kalavathy a rich woman. Kalavathy married him in condition to avoid all the five daughters. Amrita, elder daughter took care of all others alone. Years later, they begin a restaurant named Pancharatnam. Kalavathy tries many ways to close their business.
Cast
[edit]- Dileep Shankar[4] as Chandrasenan
- Rajashri Nair as Renuka
- Vaishnavi Saikumar[5] as Kalavathy
- Karthika Kannan as Shyamala
- Saji Vakkanad as Sahadevan
- Jayakrishnan as Abhimanyu
- Leema Babu[6] / Veena Nair[7] as Amrita
- Ashika/Della George as Anakha
- Sindhu Varma as Ambika
- Kiran Dev as Akash
- Anoop Soorya
- Manu Martin as Vivek
- Rubeena as Aradhya
- Rubiseena as Athira
- Aishwariyaa Bhaskaran as Prabhavathi
Production
[edit]The majority of shooting took place at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. Dileep Shankar who appeared as Chandrasenan, lead role of the series was found dead on 29 December 2024 in a private hotel at Vanross Junction.[8] He rented the hotel room for the shooting of the series before four days and had not been seen outside for the last two days.[9]The other actors of the series called the actor on the phone but could not reach him. After which, they arrived at the hotel to check up on Dileep and Hotel staff discovered his body after noticing a foul smell coming from the room.[10][11][12] Police confirmed that the actor died before two days.[13]Police have recovered some medicines for Liver diseases and empty liquor bottles from his room.[14] Manoj Sreekalam, the director of the series stated that the actor had been suffering from a serious illness and was receiving treatment for it but the nature of the illness is unknown to them.[15]
References
[edit]- ^ "Flowers TV Program Schedule , New Serial Panchagni Starts from 05 August, Monday to Saturday at 09:00 PM". Kerala TV. 5 August 2024.
- ^ "Panchagni Malayalam TV Serial On Flowers TV Starts from 05 August, Every Monday to Saturday at 09:00 PM". Kerala TV. 2 August 2024.
- ^ "Panchagni Malayalam TV Serial On Flowers TV Starts from 05 August, Every Monday to Saturday at 09:00 PM". Kerala TV. 2 August 2024.
- ^ "Malayalam Actor Dileep Sankar Found Dead In Hotel Room; Police Say This..." Zee News. 29 December 2024.
- ^ "'ഇത് പുത്തൻ അദ്ധ്യായം'; വൈഷ്ണവി സായ്കുമാർ ഇനി പഞ്ചാഗ്നിയിൽ!". Flowers Originals (in Malayalam). 25 July 2024.
- ^ "അമൃത ആയി എത്തുന്ന ലീമ, DQ ന്റെ ഒപ്പമെത്തിയ ആൾ; സ്വന്തമായി ഹോട്ടൽ ബിസിനസും; വിശേഷങ്ങൾ". Samayam. 27 August 2024.
- ^ "അഭിമന്യുവിന്റെ നായികയാകാൻ ഇനി ലിമ വരില്ല! ഞാൻ ഇനി അതിലേക്ക് ഇല്ല; അഷിതക്ക് പിന്നാലെ ലിമയുടെയും പിന്മാറ്റം!". Samayam. 20 December 2024.
- ^ "Television actor Dileep Shankar found dead in Thiruvananthapuram hotel". The Hindu. 29 December 2024.
- ^ "Malayalam actor Dileep Shankar found dead in hotel room". The Indian Express. 29 December 2024.
- ^ "Malayalam Actor Dileep Shankar Found Dead In Hotel Room, Cops Launch Probe". The NDTV. 29 December 2024.
- ^ "Malayalam TV actor Dileep Sankar found dead in hotel room". The Times Of India. 29 December 2024.
- ^ "Film and television actor Dileep Shankar found dead at TVM hotel". The Times Of India. 29 December 2024.
- ^ "How did Dileep Sankar die? Malayalam TV actor found dead in Thiruvananthapuram hotel room". The Week. 29 December 2024.
- ^ "അഞ്ച് ദിവസം മുൻപ് വിളിച്ചതല്ലേ, നിനക്ക് എന്താണ് പറ്റിയത് ദിലീപേ..; മനംനൊന്ത് സീമ ജി നായർ". Asianet News. 29 December 2024.
- ^ "Malayalam actor Dileep Shankar found dead in hotel room". Mathrubhumi News. 29 December 2024.