Tamil television drama

[9] Nadhaswaram, This serial on 5 March 2014 achieved the feat of being the first TV drama in Indian and Tamil television to be aired live.

By airing a 23-minutes 25seconds long live telecast in a single shot, the TV drama has earned a place in the Guinness World Records.

Most Malaysian and Singapore produce a variety of Drama series including Comedy Romance, Thriller, Mystery, Teen and fantasy.

Some popular contemporary dramas in Malaysia include: Kalvanai Kandupidi, Manmadha Bullets, Avatharam, Zombie Kadhali,[35] Pasanga series.

Characters are mostly idealised, with Tamil female protagonists described as the ideal women, and can focus on ethics and social issues in rural areas.

Some popular contemporary dramas include: Chiti,[41] Anandham, Kalki, Kasalavu Nesam, Annamalai,[42] Metti Oli, Thangam, Thirumathi Selvam, Deivamagal, Kolangal, Azhagi, Athipookal, Uyirmei, Sembaruthi, Yaaradi Nee Mohini, Mella Thiranthathu Kadhavu, Thendral, Kana Kaanum Kaalangal, Office, Madhurai, Marmadesam, Kadhalikka Neramillai,[43] Nandini, Nayagi, Chinna Papa Periya Papa, Nadhaswaram, Sathya, Azhagiya Tamil Magal and Roja.

Other series will have at the very least a catchy melody in the beginning, displaying the drama's name that lasts a few seconds, and then one to two minutes of ending theme background music during the closing credits.

Original soundtracks (OSTs) are made specifically for each series and play an important role in Tamil dramas (mostly in Singapore and Malaysia).

OSTs help to heighten a situation, accentuate a mood, provide relief, or serve as background to an interior monologue.

It has been the normal in the Tamil television industry for actresses who initially played heroines in Kollywood films to get after married acting in Television serials such as Radhika Sarathkumar, Khushbu, Devayani, Ramya Krishnan, Meena, Mounika, Kutty Padmini, Gautami, Sukanya, Sri Priya, Kausalya, Ranjitha, Sanghavi, Archana, Nalini, Nirosha and Sonia Agarwal.

Their critical reception is still mixed, however, some of them, like Devadarshini, Sivakarthikeyan, Nivetha Thomas, Santhanam, Vijay Sethupathi,[46] Priya Bhavani Shankar and Vani Bhojan, became successful as Film actors and actresses.

such people include actress like Sujitha, Neelima Rani, Hemalatha, Raveena Daha, Gabriella Charlton and Sreethu Krishnan.

Thirumurugan and V. Thiruselvam[50] was also propelled to fame through his works Metti Oli and Kolangal & Ethirneechal, which became one of the highest rated dramas in Tamil Television history.

Kana Kaanum Kaalangal,[59] November Story,[60] Live Telecast are among the Disney+ Hotstar productions that gathered success in Tamil as well as many other Indian languages.

Victim, Tamil Rockerz, Vaazhl, Kasada Tabara, Naduvan, Appathava Aattaya Pottutanga, Yennanga Sir Unga Sattam, Sivaranjiniyum Innum Sila Pengalum, Pandrikku Nandri Solli, Clap, Seththumaan and Anel Meley PaniThuli are among the SonyLIV productions that gathered success in India.

It gives hope that the Tamil web series genre will choose nuanced storytelling over trying to stretch out cinematic mass moments for its actors.

"[66] Since late 2020s American streaming service Netflix has been producing original Tamil-languages dramas and movies available on its platform.

Netflix created its first original Tamil anthology drama series, Paava Kadhaigal, with the release date on 18 December 2020.

[67] In 2018 American streaming service Amazon Prime has been producing original Tamil dramas and movies available on its platform.

Suzhal: The Vortex, The first Tamil web series has been released on Amazon Prime Video in over 30 languages[69] through subtitles and has been dubbed in Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Castilian Spanish, Latin Spanish, Arabic, Portuguese and Turkish.

[76][77] Tamil TV dramas are popular overseas in countries such as India, Sri Lanka, Singapore and Malaysia.

In the Indian state of Kerala, Tamil series are popular and broadcast at prime time Kolangal, Aanandham, Nandini and Maya were aired on Surya TV.

The Udaya TV and Star Suvarna channels air Tamil series remade in the Kannada language.

Pandian Stores was remade on 31 August 2020 on Star Jalsha, one of the leading Bengali-language television channels in India, under the name Bhaggolokkhi.

Mu Bi Ardhangini, an Odia language adaptation of the Tamil drama series Yaaradi Nee Mohini, was released on 9 July 2018 on Zee Sarthak.

[101] Bandhan Toote Na, Bhojpuri language remake of Tamil drama, Yaaradi Nee Mohini, aired on Zee Ganga on 20 September 2021 to 18 November 2022.

Tamil television shows are aired on certain cable television channels in various countries such as the Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, Arab states of the Persian Gulf, South Africa, Réunion, Mauritius, Seychelles, Fiji, Guyana, Burma, Trinidad and Tobago, the French West Indies, Western Europe, Australia, Canada and the United States.

As The Iron Handed Phantom – Mayavi, the series aired dubbed in South Korea,[103] China (in Mandarin)[103] and Australia.

[107] This is a list of the longest-running Tamil Language television series, ordered by number of episodes the show has aired.