# Moondru Mudichu (Tamil TV series)

Moondru Mudichu (transl.  Three Knots) is a 2024 Indian Tamil-language television series starring Swathi Konde, Niyas Khan and Preethi Sanjiv. This story evolves around a Girl , Her Husband & Her Mother in Law, whose lives were changed after an unexpected marriage.
This series is directed by Nanthan C. Muthiah and produced by Sun Entertainment and AR Film World. It premiered on 19 August 2024, and airs from Monday to Saturday at 8:30 PM on Sun TV and also available on the digital platform Sun NXT.

## Plot

Nandini, a strong-willed girl of a middle-class single father, lives in a village. She is well liked and places her family's happiness above hers. Suryakumar is young businessman and hates his mother. His rich joint family members have different thoughts. He resents his mother and deliberately bonds with Nandini to cause strife. Then, surya forcibly marries Nandhini. At first, they dislike this marriage and then they soon fall in love with each other. The story revolves around Nandini's life in Suryakumar's joint family.

## Cast
### Main

* Swathi Konde as Nandhini Surya: Surya's wife
* Niyaz Khan as Suryakumar Arunachalam alias Surya: a young businessman, Arunachalam and sundaravalli's only son
* Preethi Sanjiv as Sundaravalli Arunachalam: Surya's mother and Nandhini's mother in law

### Recurring

* Prabhakaran Chandran as Arunachalam
* Krithika Laddu as Mathavi
* Dharshna Sripal Golecha as Archana
* Agathiyan as Ex-Minister Rathnavelu
* Poraali Dileepan as Ashok
* Meena Vemuri as Rathnavelu's wife
* Theni Murukan as Singaaram
* Geetha Ravishankar
* Durai Sudhakar
* Winner Ramachandran
* Sundari Sekhar
* Singapore Deepan
* Sai Lavanyaa
* Kavya Bellu
* T Jayanthi
* Pulikutty Selvam as Kalyanam
* M. Sukanya
* R. Ashok Pandiyan
* Manikandan Raj as Inspector Pandian

## Production
### Development

The series was announced as a part of Sun TV's six upcoming series slate of content in April 2024. The series is directed by Nanthan C. Muthiah. AR Productions produces the show. Initially, the title of the serial was named 'Devathai' and 'Vaaranam Aayiram'. After some reasons the first promo was released in the name of as 'Moondru Mudichu' on 31 July 2024.

### Casting

Actress Swathi Konde was cast as Nandini. This marks Swathi Konde's return to Tamil television after Eeramana Rojave 2. Preethi Sanjiv was cast as Sundaravalli. Niyaz Khan was cast as the male lead Surya. Niyaz to act in this series, he was left the series Sandakozhi which aired on Zee Tamil.
In September, Dharshna Sripal Golecha was cast as Archana, making her third collaboration with Sun TV after Chithi 2 and Poova Thalaya. The same month Tamil film director Agathiyan was cast as Archana's father.

### Release

The first promo was unveiled on 31 July 2024, which gave a brief insight in Nandini's lives. The second promo was unveiled on 13 August 2024, featuring Surya's family and also revealing the upcoming release date. The serial was released on 19 August 2024, replacing Vanathai Pola in its 8:30 PM slot on Sun TV.

## Adaptations

| Language | Title | Original release | Network(s) | Last aired | Notes |
| Tamil | Moondru Mudichu மூன்று முடிச்சு | 19 August 2024 | Sun TV | Ongoing | Original |
| Telugu | Moodu Mullu మూడు ముల్లు | 30 September 2024 | Gemini TV | Ongoing | Remake |
| Malayalam | Swayamvarapanthal സ്വയംവരപ്പന്തല്‍ | 17 February 2025 | Surya TV | Ongoing | Remake |