- Source: Bhantham
Bhantham (Tamil: பந்தம், transl. Bond) was an Indian Tamil-language soap opera which aired on Sun TV. It is a non-prime time serial that aired weekdays from 25 September 2006 to 29 May 2009. The show aired on Sun TV every Monday to Friday at 11:30am.
The show stars Preethi Sanjeev, Rindhya, Deepak Dinkar, Kanya Bharathi, Shanthi Williams, Nalini, Sreekumar, Absar, Poovilangu Mohan, Rajasekhar, Devipriya, Shilpa Mary Teresa, Balaji, Manohar, Jayanth, Venkat, Dev Anand & Yuvasri.
The show is produced by San Media & directed by M. K. Eeswara Moorthy, K. Rangaraj & Hari Babu. The show was later replaced by Uravugal which was also produced by San Media.
Plot
story is revolving around 2 identical sisters Nithila & Jeeva (both played by Preethi Sanjeev/Rindhya) who fights with each other for entrenching their rights over their late father Thillainayagam's (Poovilangu Mohan) property which was cunningly grabbed by Aadhilakshmi (Nalini) who has grudge over their father & mother Thamirabharani (Kanya Bharathi/Shanthi Williams) who was Aadhi's childhood friend. Nithila supports Aadhi believing their mother had murdered their father, while Jeeva tries to retrieve the property from Aadhi & also tries to prove that she was the one who had muredered their father to seek vengeance along with proving the innocence of their mother who got falsely accused for their father's murder.
Cast
Preethi Sanjeev/Rindhya as Nithila (Gowri) & Jeeva
Deepak Dinkar as Selva Ganapathy "Selvam/Selva"
Kanya Bharathi/Shanthi Williams as Thamirabharani "Thamira"
Nalini as Aadhilakshmi "Aadhi"
Sreekumar as Anand
Absar as Shakthi
Poovilangu Mohan as Thillainayagam
Rajasekhar as Sundara Ganapathy
Devipriya as Neelambari
Shilpa Mary Teresa as Lalitha
Balaji/Manohar as Shantha Ganapathy "Shantha"
Jayanth as Sathish
Venkat as Surya
Dev Anand as Prabhakar
Yuvasri as Gayathri
Yogini
Shilpa
Aishwarya
Jyothi
Neepa as Mahila
Mali
B. Murali as Michael
Saval Raman
Sukran
M. R. Krishnamurthy as Aadiyapatham
Vasu Vikram
Gowthami Vembunathan
Padmini as Anand's aunt
Akila
Soundtrack
The title song was composed by D. Imman, while the background score & the other songs were composed by Rehan. Lyrics were written by Vairamuthu.