Jothi (TV series)

Indian supernatural television series Nandhini 2

Jothi

Genre| Drama
Supernatural
Fantasy
Story by| Sundar C
Directed by| Raj Kapoor
Starring|

* Meghashree
* Chandana Shetty
* Vishnu Unnikrishnan

Opening theme| "Jothi"
Country of origin| India
Original language| Tamil
No. of seasons| 1
No. of episodes| 13
Production
Producers| Sundar C
Kushboo Sundar
Cinematography| U. K. Senthil Kumar
Editor| Sutheef S & Mathi YiD
Production companies|

* Sun Entertainment
* Avni Telemedia

Original release
Network| Sun TV
Release| 29 May (2021-05-29) –
1 August 2021 (2021-08-01)
Related
Nandini

Jothi is a 2021 Indian Tamil-language supernatural thriller television series, which aired on Sun TV on every weekend and later rescheduled to air on every Sunday. It was produced by Sundar C under the studio of Avni Telemedia.[1][2]

It starred Meghashree portraying the title role, along with Chandana Shetty and Vishnu Unnikrishnan in the lead roles. This show was a sequel of "Nandini".[3] The series went off air on 1 August 2021.

## Synopsis

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The story of the serial moves as a woman named Sivagami, falls in love with a mysterious man Aadhisheshan, who is a powerful shapeshifting snake. Sivagami and Aadhisheshan both get married and they had two girls- Jothi and Shreya. Jothi inherited human quality also snake powers and Sherya inherited the snake quality. Unaware of her shape shifting serpent powers Jothi, the Nagaloga prince's sole heir is a maid at her own palace, while enduring several hardships from evil serpent forces & her ill-treating family. How she finds her true identity, marries the love of her life and acquires the ‘Nagamanickam’ unravels as a mystical tale.

## Cast

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### Main

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* Meghashree as Jothi Anirudh: A human element but has a snake powers. Aadhisheshan and Sivagami's elder daughter, Shreya's sister, Anirudh's wife; she was adopted and working as a servant in the palace and later turned as daughter-in-law.
* Chandana Shetty as Shreya: A Shapeshifting ("Icchadhari") snake. Aadhisheshan and Sivagami's younger daughter, Jothi's sister. She was protecting the "Naga Rathinam".
* Vishnu Unnikrishnan as Anirudh: Vasuki and Rajashekar's son, Padmavathi's grandson; Jothi's husband

### Recurring

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* Seema as Padmavathi
* Ramesh Pandit as Rajashekar
* Mercy Layal as Vasuki Rajashekar
* Anuradha
* Neela Menon as Leelavathi
* Advani as Naveena
* Sankavi as Manasa
* Sivasankar Master as Hakkim Bhai
* Jeeva Rajendran as Chandru
* Anu Mohan as Rangan
* Eesan Sujatha as Saraswathi
* KPY Palani as Korea
* Pollachi Babu
* Singamuthu
* Geetha Narayanan as Indhrasena
* Master Ashwin
* VJ Settai Senthil as Kumar
* Kottachi

### Special appearances

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* Nassar as Narasimhan - Jothi and Shreya's grandfather, Sivagami's father and Padmavathi's brother (Photographic appearance only)
* Kushboo Sundar as Sivagami Aadhisheshan - Jothi and Shreya's mother
* Aishwarya as Sambhavi - Padmavathi and Narasimhan's sister (Photographic appearance only)
* Power Star Srinivasan as Minister Nagarajan

## Production

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The series began production in mid 2020 under title Nandini 2.[4] The team completed filming more than 50 episodes, initially Sun TV rejected the show reportedly due to producer of the show, Khushbu Sundar's exit from Indian National Congress and her entry to Bharatiya Janata Party.[5] Due to this political issue between the channel and the production company, producers tried to air the show in another channel and they had discussions with Zee Tamil and the channel also agreed to the same.[6]But due to second wave of COVID-19, all television series stopped their production which led SUN TV Network to took over the show and Telugu dubbed version of the show was initially premiered on Gemini TV on 12 April 2021.[7] After almost two months, the original Tamil version premiered on Sun TV on 29 May 2021 on every weekends by reducing it's episodes only aired 13 episodes .[8]

## Dubbed Versions

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Language  | Title  | Original release  | Network(s)  | Last aired

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Telugu | Jyothi | 12 April 2021  | Gemini TV | 14 May 2021
Bengali | Onno Roope Nandini | 19 April 2021  | Sun Bangla | 9 May 2021
Kannada | Jyothi  | 10 July 2021  | Udaya TV | 15 August 2021
Malayalam | Jyothi  | 21 November 2021  | Surya TV | 26 June 2022

## References

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1. ^ "Sun Tv lunches new serial Jothi". Tamil IndianExpress. 24 May 2021.
2. ^ "Details about new Tamil serial - Jyothi to be telecasted in Sun TV - Watch promo here". Behindwoods. 22 May 2021.
3. ^ "Khushbhu clarifies about Nandini part 2". The Times of India. 26 December 2018.
4. ^ "Sequel to supernatural television serial Nandini to go on air soon?". The Times Of India. 20 September 2020.
5. ^ "குஷ்பு சீரியலுக்கு 'நோ' சொன்ன சன் டிவி?". The Indian Express.
6. ^ "சூப்பர் ஹிட் சீரியலுக்கு திடீர் தடை போட்ட சன் டி.வி... சைடு கேப்பில் தட்டித்தூக்கிய முன்னணி சேனல்!". Asianet News.
7. ^ "லாக் டவுனை சமாளிக்க இதுதான் வழி: சன் டிவி களமிறக்கும் ஜோதி சீரியல்!". The Indian Express.
8. ^ "சன் டிவியில் விரைவில் தொடங்கும் புது சீரியல்! வைரலாகும் ப்ரோமோ". Samayam.

## External links

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* Jothi at IMDb

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