# Mounaragam (Malayalam TV series)

Mounaragam (transl. Silent Symphony) is a Malayalam-language Indian television soap opera that airs on Asianet and streams on JioHotstar in India It is a loose adaptation of the Telugu language serial Mouna Raagam, which airs on Star Maa. It is one of the longest-running soap opera in Malayalam.

## Plot summary

A mute, talented young woman, Kalyani, seeks her father's affection. She is drawn into the life of a wealthy boy, Kiran, who falls for her kind nature. Their love story is complicated by family feuds, misunderstandings, and a villainous cousin, Sarayu. Kalyani's journey is one of overcoming adversity, finding love, and proving her worth.
The story explores themes of gender discrimination, familial love, and the resilience of the human spirit. It delves into the complexities of family dynamics, the consequences of toxic masculinity, and the enduring bond between mother and child.

## Cast
### Main cast

* Aishwarya Ramsai as Kalyani Kiran: A mute girl and the daughter of Prakashan and Deepa, sister of Kadambari and Vikram, the wife of Kiran, and the mother of Kalyan.
* Naleef Gea as Kiran Chandrasenan: The son of Chandrasenan and Roopa, brother of Sonia, Sarayu's cousin and Kalyani's husband. Kiran is Kalyan's father and Sarayu's ex-fiancé.
* Darshana Das(2019-2020)(2022-present)/ Madhusri (2020) /Pratheeksha G Pradeep (2020-2022)as Sarayu: One of Manohar's wives, daughter of Rahul, and the foster daughter of Shari and biological daughter of Thara, cousin of Kiran and Sonia, and Kiran's ex-fiancée.

### Recurring cast

* Balaji Sharma as Prakashan: Karthika, Kalyani, Kadambari and Vikram's father, Deepa and Lakshmi's ex-husband who hates girl childs.
* Saritha Balakrishnan (2019-2020)/ Beena Antony (2020–Present) as Shari Rahul: Rahul's wife, Sarayu's mother, Kiran and Soniya's aunt.
* Sethu Lakshmi as Bhanumathi: Prakashan's mother, Deepa and Lakshmi's mother-in-law, Karthika, Kalyani, Kadambari and Vikram's grandmother who early hates Kalyani.
* Anju Nair as Roopa: Kiran and Sonia's mother, Kalyani's mother-in-law, Rahul's sister and Sarayu's aunt; Chandrasenan's wife
* Firosh as Chandrasenan/CS: Roopa's husband, Kiran and Soni's father, MD of Sonyray group of companies.
* Padmini Jagadeesh (2019-2020)/ Sabitha Nair (2020–Present) as Deepa: Prakash's ex-wife, Kalyani, Vikram and Kadambari's mother
* Avani Nair (2019)/ Shwetha Mahalakshmi (2019-2023) / Rithika Krishna (2023-Present) as Sonia a.k.a. Soni: Kiran's younger sister, Vikram's ex-wife, Charu's mother, Albert's wife
* Sabu Varghese as Rahul: Kiran and Sonia's uncle, Sarayu's father and Roopa's brother and wants to separate Kiran and Kalyani and wants Kiran to marry Sarayu and inherit the wealth of Roopa
* Baby Janavi Suresh as Kalyan, Son of Kiran and Kalyani
* Jelina p as Parukkutty, Kiran's and Sonia's niece, daughter of DYSP Dineshan and supports Kalyani and wants Kiran to marry Kalyani
* Kalyan Khanna as Vikramadithyan a.k.a. Vikram: Kalyani and Kadambari's younger brother, Prakashan and Deepa's son and Sonia's ex-husband, Charu's father
* Arun Mohan as Ratheeshan: Kadambari's husband
* Anjusree Bhadran / Shari Krishnan as Kadambari Ratheesh: Kalyani and Vikram's elder sister and Ratheesh's wife
* Roshan Mathew John as Thara: Mute maid at Roopa's house, Rahul's illegitimate girlfriend, Sarayu's biological mother
* Aagneya /Natalia IshaSharma Charuletha:Soni and Albert's daughter
* Karthik Prasad as Baiju: A mentally challenged youth who dreams of marrying Kalyani. Later, he supports Kalyani.
* Jithu Venugopal as Manohar/Riyas/Victor/Rony, a fraud who married many women including Sarayu, Jumana and Nisha
* Kiran Dev as Albert (Alby): Soni's husband, Businessman
* ___ as Chanthu, a local goon
* Mini Sreekumar as Yamini: Domestic help of Roopa
* Swathi Thara as Daisy: Sarayu's friend
* Sreekala as Bhargavi Amma: An old woman who offered Kalyani a job in her thattukada. Domestic help/Care taker of Kalyani and Sonia.
* Kottayam Rasheed as Dayanandan, Deepa's brother
* Jose K George as Xavier
* Asha Nair as Xavier's wife
* Thamburu as Linda: Kalyani's best friend
* Haridas as Dasan, Prakashan friend
* Baby Parthavi as Young Kalyani
* Thirumala Ramachandran as Balan, Prakashan's friend
* Reshma R Nair as Dona Kuriakose
** Manohar's girlfriend
* Aseena Yousuf as Kalyani's friend
* Dr. D Kris Venugopal as Kuriakose
** Leading businessman and best friend of CS
* Dayandan as CS's assistant
* Sarayu As Vrinda
** Neighbour of Kiran, Kalyan, Manohar & Sarayu
* Sruthisha Nair as Jumana, one of Manohar's wives
* Sreelakshmi Haridas as Dr. Swathi, Sony's friend who is pretending to love Vikram
* Amboori Jayan as advocate
* Niyas Musaliyar as Doctor Pious
* Ashraf as Dr. Thomas
* Suresh as Sanal
* Suresh Babu as Hari
* Kollam Shah as Rajappan
* Athira Madhav as Saranya
* Harisree Martin as Samuel
* Anjusha Gopi as Nisha
* Sariga S as Meghna
* Vishnu Nair as Adarsh
* Lakshmi Keerthana as Nayana
* Rajani Murali as Lakshmi, Prakashan's first wife
* Varsha Evaliya as Karthika Prakashan, Prakashan and Lakshmi's daughter
* Jishnu Vijayan as Vandana, Manohar's girlfriend
* Firosh Mohan as Gangaprasad, Karthika 's brother a local goon

### Guest appearances

* Meera Vasudevan as Sumithra (episodes 145–147)
* Sai Kiran as Mohan Kumar (episodes 179–182)
* Gauri P. Krishnan as Anumol (episodes 179–182)
* Chef Suresh Pillai as Cookery show judge (Onam episode 2021)
* Shweta Menon as Herself (episodes 557–562)
* Sreethu Krishnan as Aleena (episodes 548–550)
* Noobin Johny as Pratheesh (episodes 548–550)
* Reshma Nair as Sanjana Pratheesh (episodes 548–550)
* Manisha Mahesh as Kanmani (episodes 548–550)

## Adaptations

| Language | Title | Original release | Network(s) | Last aired | Notes |
| Telugu | Mounaraagam మౌన రాగం | 16 September 2018 | Star Maa | 30 January 2021 | Original |
| Kannada | Mouna Raaga ಮೌನ ರಾಗ | 17 December 2018 | Star Suvarna | 3 July 2019 | Remake |
| Tamil | Kaatrin Mozhi காற்றின் மொழி | 7 October 2019 | Star Vijay | 10 April 2021 | Remake |
| Malayalam | Mounaragam മൗനരാഗം | 17 December 2019 | Asianet | Ongoing | Remake |
| Marathi | Mulgi Zali Ho मुलगी झाली हो | 2 September 2020 | Star Pravah | 14 January 2023 | Remake |
| Hindi | Teri Laadli Main तेरी लाडली मैं | 5 January 2021 | Star Bharat | 22 April 2021 | Remake |

## Crossover

Mounaragam had a crossover episode with Patharamattu from November 20 to November 24, 2023. The second crossover, a special Mahasangamam episode, aired on February 14, 2024, as a one-hour Valentine's Day special.

## Reception

Series was started on 16th December 2019 at 9 PM. It got huge support after some weeks. Later, it was temporarily stopped due to Covid 19. Then it was again relaunched and started airing at 8.30pm.
Later, for the arrival of new series, it was again shifted to previous time slot of 9pm. From 17th June 2024, it was shifted to 9.30pm for the launch of new series Janakiyudeyum Abhiyudeyum Veedu. Later because of huge response and good TRP rating it was back to 9pm.And again, from December 16 for the launch of new serial Pavithram, it was shifted to 9.30pm.