# Saravanan Meenatchi season 3

The third season of Saravanan Meenatchi began aired on 18 July 2016 and finished on 17 August 2018. It consisted of 575 episodes. The show starred Sun Music anchor Rio Raj and Saravanan Meenatchi (season 2) fame Rachitha Mahalakshmi in the titular roles.
The 2nd longest Tamil TV series ended up with season 3 being the last version of the Saravanan Meenatchi franchise after running successfully for 1765 episodes as of 17 August 2018 (7 years).

## Synopsis

Love blossoms between a simple middle class boy Saravanan (Rio Raj) and a rich girl Meenatchi (Rachitha Mahalakshmi), an MBA graduate from London. Despite the differences in their background, Saravanan and Meenakshi get married and lead a happy life together.

## Cast
### Main

* Rio Raj as Saravanan Veluchamy: Ramasamy's Grandson; Meenatchi's husband, Veluchamy's Second son and Muthazhagu's ex-fiance
* Rachitha Mahalakshmi as Meenatchi Saravanan / Vedhavalli: Saravanan's wife, Lakshmi's first daughter and Veluchamy's Second daughter in law
* Gayathri Yuvraaj as Muthazhagu Sankarapandi: Sankarapandi's wife; Palani's first daughter and Raji's best friend, Saravanan's ex-fiance
* Ravi Chandran as Veluchamy: Ramasamy's son; Sankarapandi, Saravanan, Sathya, Raji's father and Deivanai's husband and Palani's brother and Maruthu's best friend
* Senthi Kumari as Deivanai Veluchamy: Sankarapandi, Saravanan, Sathya, Raji's mother and Veluchamy's wife; Ramasamy's daughter in law
* Rajasekar as Ramasamy: Veluchamy and Palani's father; Sankarapandi, Saravanan, Sathya and Raji's Grand father
* Sankarapandi as Sankarapandi Veluchamy: Veluchamy's first son; Saravanan, Sathya and Raji's elder brother ; Muthazhagu's husband
* Deepa Shankar as Pazhaniyammal [Pazhani]: Veluchamy's sister and Ramasamy's daughter; Muthazhagu and Thangam's mother
* Syamantha Kiran as Sathyavathi Sakthivel a.k.a.[Sathya]: Sankarapandi's younger sister and Saravanan and Raji's elder sister, Veluchamy's first daughter; Sakthivel's wife
* Rajkumar Manoharan as Sakthivel: Sathya's husband
* Pavithra Janani as Rajeswari Veluchamy a.k.a. [Raji]: Veluchamy's Second daughter; Sankarapandi, Sathya and Saravanan's younger sister and Randi's love interest

### Recurring

* Lakshmi Vasudev as Lakshmi Marudupandi: Marudu's wife; Meenatchi, Randi and Jyothi's mother
* G. Gnanasambandan as Marudupandi a.k.a. Marudu: Veluchamy's best friend and Lakshmi's husband; Meenatchi, Randi and Jyothi's father
* Rindhya as Maya / Madathi: Vedhavalli's Foe
* Suchithra as Jyothi, Maruthu's Younger daughter; Meenatchi and Randi's younger sister
* Britto as Rathnavel Pandi [Randi]: Maruthu's son and Meenatchi's younger brother; Raji's love interest
* Anbarasan as Muthaiah: Lakshmi's brother; Meenatchi's uncle and Karthi's father
* Meenakshi Govindarajan as Thangam a.k.a. Thangameenatchi: Palani's second daughter, Muthazhagu's younger sister and Kathir's lover
* 'Dubsmash' Vishnu Unnikrishnan as Kathirvel Saravanan [Kathir]: Thangam's lover
* Suzane George / Haripriya Isai as Raadhika: Sankarapandi's ex-fiance
* Shivani Narayanan as Gayatri: Saravanan's friend and Swetha's friend; Also a Participant in Kitchen Competition
* Myna Nandhini as Madonna: Meenatchi's best friend
* V. J. Chitra as Veni: (Ghost), Karthi 's wife (Killed by Lakshmi and her brother; so she take a revenge against Meenatchi's family)
* Vadivukkarasi as Judge
* Rhema Ashok as Swetha: Gayatri's friend and Saravanan's friend but initially she doesn't like Saravanan. Also a Participant in Kitchen Competition
* Karthi as Karthi: Anbarasu's son and Meenatchi's ex-fiance and Veni's husband
* Kumara Moorthi as Kuruvilla, Saravanan's best friend
* Franklin as Gnanamani, Saravanan's best friend
* Vasu Vikram as Renganathan: Kathir's Father
* Nithya Ravindran as Sivakami Ammal: Kathir's Mother
* Saai Gayatri as (Host)
* V.J. Andrews as (Host) and Saravanan's friend

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Role | Result |
| 2017 | 3rd Vijay Television Awards | Favourite Find of The Year | Rio Raj | Saravanan | Won |
| 2017 | 3rd Vijay Television Awards | Favourite Actor Female | Rachitha | Meenatchi | Won |
| 2017 | 3rd Vijay Television Awards | Favourite Supporting Actor Female | Gayathri | Muthazhagu | Won |
| 2017 | 3rd Vijay Television Awards | Special Jury Award | Sankarapandi | Sankarapandiyan | Won |
| 2017 | 3rd Vijay Television Awards | Favourite Supporting Actor Male | Sankarapandi | Sankarapandiyan | Nominated |
| 2017 | 3rd Vijay Television Awards | Favourite Fiction Series | Saravanan Meenatchi (season 3) | | Won |
| 2017 | 3rd Vijay Television Awards | Best Family | Saravanan Meenatchi (season 3) | | Nominated |
| 2017 | 3rd Vijay Television Awards | Best Director | Praveen Bennet | | Won |
| 2017 | 3rd Vijay Television Awards | Favourite Mamiyar | Deepa | | Nominated |
| 2017 | 3rd Vijay Television Awards | Favourite Mamiyar | Senthikumari | Deivanai | Nominated |
| 2017 | 3rd Vijay Television Awards | Favourite Mother | Senthikumari | Deivanai | Nominated |
| 2017 | 3rd Vijay Television Awards | Favourite Comedian Fiction | Daglus Kumara Moorthy | Kuruvilla | Nominated |
| 2017 | 3rd Vijay Television Awards | Favourite Comedian Fiction | Frankline | Gnanamani | Nominated |
| 2017 | 3rd Vijay Television Awards | Favourite Negative role Female | Lakshmi | Lakshmi | Nominated |
| 2017 | 3rd Vijay Television Awards | Favourite Actor Male | Rio Raj | Saravanan | Nominated |
| 2018 | Galatta Nakshathra Awards | Best Actor | Rio Raj | Saravanan | Nominated |
| 2018 | Galatta Nakshathra Awards | Best Actress | Rachitha | Meenatchi | Nominated |
| 2018 | Galatta Nakshathra Awards | Best Pair | Rio Raj & Rachitha | Saravanan & Meenatchi | Nominated |
| 2018 | Galatta Nakshathra Awards | Best Villain | Gayathri | Muthazhagu | Nominated |
| 2018 | Galatta Nakshathra Awards | Best Serial | Saravanan Meenatchi (season 3) | | Nominated |
| 2018 | Galatta Nakshathra Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Senthil Kumari | Deivanai | Nominated |
| 2018 | Galatta Nakshathra Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Nandhini | | Nominated |
| 2018 | 4th Vijay Television Awards | 6 Years Awards | Rachitha | Meenatchi | Won |
| 2018 | 4th Vijay Television Awards | Favourite Actor Male | Rio Raj | Saravanan | Nominated |
| 2018 | 4th Vijay Television Awards | Favourite Supporting Actor Male | Sankarapandi | Sankarapandiyan | Nominated |
| 2018 | 4th Vijay Television Awards | Favourite Mamiyar | Senthil Kumari | Deivanai | Won |
| 2018 | 4th Vijay Television Awards | Favourite Fiction Series | Saravanan Meenatchi (season 3) | | Nominated |
| 2018 | 4th Vijay Television Awards | Best Crew Fiction | Saravanan Meenatchi (season 3) | | Nominated |
| 2018 | 4th Vijay Television Awards | Favourite Family | Saravanan Meenatchi (season 3) | | Nominated |
| 2018 | 4th Vijay Television Awards | Best Father | Ravi Chandran | | Nominated |
| 2018 | 4th Vijay Television Awards | Favourite Comedian Fiction | Rajkumar | Sakthivel | Won |
| 2018 | 4th Vijay Television Awards | Favourite Comedian Fiction | Kumara Moorthi | Kuruvilla | Nominated |
| 2018 | 4th Vijay Television Awards | Favourite Screen Pair | Rio Raj & Rachitha | Saravanan & Meenatchi | Nominated |