Yaare Nee Mohini (TV Series)

**Yaare Nee Mohini:** *(English: Who Are You, Ghost)* is a 2020-2023 Indian-Tamil Language of Thriller soap opera starring Vikram Shri, Sreeja and Divya Ganesh. It started airing on 04 May 2020 on Sun TV every Monday through Saturday and ended on 21 January 2023 by crossing 820 episodes. It is available to stream on Sun NXT. The show claimed to be the second-highest budgeted series on South Indian television.

## Plot

Moorthymama (Vijay/Shanavas Shanu/Vikram Shri) is the grandson of a rich landlord. He loses his mother and his father remarries Varalakshmi (Usha Elisabeth). He does not know that Varalakshmi is plotting to kill him, and in fact respects and trusts her. Meanwhile, Soundarya (Sreeja) his cousin loves him and wants to marry him. Varalakshmi secretly plots against him to acquire his father’s property for her children; however, a clause in the will forbids her, as it says Moorthymama’s wife must sign. Varalakshmi brings Manimsha (Kavitha Gowda/Divya Ganesh) her niece to get married to Moorthy and stands by her side. Meanwhile, Chitira’s **(Moorthymama’s dead wife)** ghost is now out to spoil Varalakshmi's evil designs. After few days Varalakshmi and her gang found it is sprit of Chitira who spoils their plan. Now, Manimsha becomes too wicked and controlled the power of Chitira's spirit. Meanwhile, she plots an idea and kills Soundarya mother and grandmother. Later, a final day comes were Manimsha and Moorthymama's marriage fixed, here comes Manimsha's ex-husband to stop the marriage. Manimsha comes to know this and planned to kill Moorthymama's father. Now, Soundarya becomes too lonely as everyone who supported her were dead. Here comes a clever character Kayal (Aarthi Subash), wife of Devaraj **(Varalakshmi's first son)** who finds power of Chitira and stand along with Soundarya. Devaraj later causes an accident to kill Kayal but she slips into coma. Chitira's mother comes in picture to reveal the truth to Moorthymama, but later gets killed by Varalakshmi. After some time, Shruthi (Sanjay), the real daughter of Moorthymama, reunites with him although he does not know that Shruthi is his daughter, But Shruthi knows that Manimsha is planning to separate herself and Soundarya from Moorthymama. In a series of events, Moorthymama identifies the true caring nature of Soundarya and how people in the house are taking advantages of her and stands beside her in all her problems. Moorthymama comes to know, from a priest that he has a biological child whom Chitira had delivered before her death. In an attempt to know his child, he climbs the Siddhar Malai and gets to know that Shruthi is his daughter. When he returns, Shruthi is abducted by a family **(hired by Manimsha)** who claim that Shruthi is the daughter of Madhavan and Chitira. Moorthymama doesn't believe this, but gets attacked by them in his head and gets hospitalized. In a series of events, the members who claimed Shruthi are killed by divine interventions and forces. Eventually, Soundarya brings a herb from Siddhar Malai and cures Moorthymama's ailment. The story now moves ahead to unveil how Moorthymama finds out the true colours of his family and whom he will marry.

## Cast

### Main

* Vijay /Shanavas Shanu / Vikram Shri as Moorthymama "Moorthy" Ramanathan – Ramanathan's son; Varalakshmi's stepson; Devaraj, Shobana, Vijayalakshmi and Ravi's half-brother; Chitira's widower; Manimsha's ex-fiancé; Soundarya's cousin and husband; Shruthi's father. (2021–2023) (Voice Dubbed by Aadhithyaa)
* Sreeja as Soundarya Moorthymama – Moorthymama's cousin and second wife; Shruthi's mother; Manimsha's rival. (2020–2023) (Voice Dubbed by Akshaya)
* Janani Ashok Kumar / Kavitha Gowda / Divya Ganesh as Manimsha Mahendran – Mahendran's daughter; Varalakshmi's niece; Moorthymama's ex-fiancée; Daniel Arockiyaraj's ex-wife; Soundarya's rival. (2022–2023) (Voice Dubbed by Gayathri)
* Sujitha Dhanush as Chitira Moorthymama – Moorthymama's first wife; Shruthi's foster mother. (2020–2023) (Dead) (Voice Dubbed by Priya Anand)
* Sanjay as Shruthi Moorthymama – Moorthymama and Chitira's daughter; Soundarya's foster daughter. (2021–2023)
* Livingston as Sivasakthi – Moorthymama's childhood friend (2021–2022)
* Usha Elizabeth as Varalakshmi Ramanathan – Shamugam, Mahendran and Vallidevi's sister; Ramanathan's widow; Devaraj, Shobana, Vijayalakshmi and Ravi's mother; Moorthymama's stepmother; Manimsha's aunt; Shruthi's step-grandmother. (2020–2022) (Dead) (Voice Dubbed by Shakthi)

### Supporting

* Sankarapandian as Devaraj Ramanathan – Varalakshmi and Ramanathan's elder son; Poongodhai, Janani and Karthik's brother; Mutharasan's half-brother; Kalai's husband. (2020–2023) (Voice Dubbed by Senthil Kumar)
* VJ Sangeetha as Shobana Senthil; Varalakshmi's first daughter. (2020–2023) (Voice Dubbed by Jai Vidhya)
* Jagan / Kovai Babu as Dr. Senthil; Shobana's husband. (2021–2023) (Voice Dubbed by Singam Kavi)
* Harish Uthaman / Imman Annachi as Ravi; Varalakshmi's second son. (2021–2023)
* Anusai Elakiya / Ashritha Sreedas / Nisha as Vijayalakshmi; Varalakshmi's second daughter. (2022–2023) (Voice Dubbed by Ishwarya)
* Sampath Raj as Shamugam; Varalakshmi's elder brother. (2021–2023)
* Yogi Babu as Thangaraj; Moorthymama's brother. (2021–2023)
* O. A. K. Sundar as Moorthymama and Soundarya's father. (2021–2023)
* Janane Prabhu as Moorthymama and Soundarya's mother. (2021–2023)
* Siddharth Kumaran as Arjun; Vijayalakshmi's husband. (2022–2023) (Voice Dubbed by Pradeep)
* VJ Archana as Archana, one of Manimsha's cousin who comes to take revenge. (2022)
* Danny Sapani as Bob; Moorthymama's friend. (2020)
* Nikhila Rao as Ayesha; Manimsha's friend. (2020)
* Ramya Ramakrishna as Vallidevi; Varalakshmi's sister. (2020–2021) (Voice Dubbed by Viji)
* Prakash Rajan / Aravind Akash as Daniel Arockiyaraj; Manimsha's first husband. (2021)
* Aarthi Subash as Kayal; daughter in law of Varalakshmi, Soundarya's friend, wife of Devaraj. (2020–2021) (Voice Dubbed by Meenalochani)
* Ashish Vidyarthi as Mahendran; Varalakshmi's brother, Manimsha's father; died, killed by Chitira. (2020–2021)
* Latha / Uma Padmanabhan as Vinodhini; Manimsha's mother. (2020–2021)
* Singapore Deepan as Kumaran; Vellathurai's brother; died, killed by Soundarya. (2020–2021)
* Preethi Sanjeev as Soundarya's mother; died, killed by Manimsha's father. (2020–2021)
* Tamil Selvi as Chithira's mother; died, killed by Varalakshmi & Manimsha's father. (2020–2021)
* T. R. Omana as Soundarya's grandmother: killed by Varalakshmi & Manimsha's father. (2020–2021)
* Elvis as Moorthymama's family doctor who cares for Shruthi from childhood. (2021)
* Yathikumar as Ramanathan: Varalakshmi's husband, biological father of Moorthymama and also father of Devaraj, Shobana, Ravi and Vijayalakshmi; he was killed by Manimsha. (2020–2021)
* Kumara Moorthi as Franklin; Moorthymama's friend. (2020)
* Ramachandran Mahalingam as Vellathurai's father. (2020–2021)
* Sri Vidhya Shankar as Vellathurai's mother. (2020–2021)
* Karate Raja as Vellathurai; Moorthymama's cousin. (2020–2021)
* Ponnambalam as powerful exorcist: Joined Manimsha to destroy the ghost Chitira. (2020–2021)
* Aishwarya Bhaskaran as Sri Jayanthi; died; killed by Manimsha. (2022)
* Supergood Kannan as Madhavan; Sivasakthi's friend. (2022)
* Bommu Sarja as Bommu; Manimsha's friend. (2021–2022)
* Swetha Senthilkumar as Swetha; Manimsha's friend. (2021–2022)
* Sathya as Manimsha's friend. (2021–2022)
* Rehana as Manimsha's friend. (2021–2022)
* Akshara as Sevanthi: Arjun's sister. (2022) (Voice Dubbed by Lakshana)

### Special Appearance

* Ashwanth Thilak as fake Daniel Arockiyaraj
* Debjani Modak as fake Manimsha
* Thaman Kumar as fake Moorthymama
* Papri Ghosh as Kayalvizhi Kutty Sundaram
* Naresh Eswar as Kutty Sundaram
* Guhan Shanmugam as Anbu Sundaram
* Aarthi Subhash as Malliga Anbu Sundaram
* Anu Sulash as Roshini
* Mohammad Absar as Nalla Sundharam
* Surendar Raaj as Azhagu Sundaram
* Anisha as Thenmozhi Azhagu Sundaram

## Casting

This, series is a horror love story produced by S. Sabreesh Kumar of Home Movie Maker that airs on Sun TV. Mullum Malarum and Tamil Selvi fame Vijay was selected to portray the lead role as Moorthymama. Shanavas Shanu made his comeback in first serial. In, November 01, 2021 she left the show. Later, Kavitha Gowda was replaced in the role of Manimsha in Episode: 427. Actress Sreeja landed in the lead role as Soundarya in the show, is making her return with the series. Kavitha Gowda was selected to portray the second leading role and main antagonist as Manimsha, Usha Elizabeth entered the show as the main antagonist as Varalakshmi, Sujitha Dhanush was selected to play as Moorthymama's first wife who turns to a ghost. Besides, VJ Sangeetha, Sankarapandian, Kovai Babu, Aarthi Subash and Siddharth Kumaran were added to the cast. The series features many new cast entries.