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Marmadesam
Marmadesam (English:Land of Mystery) was a 1996-2001 Tamil mystery
anthology television series telecasted between 1995 and 1998 on Sun TV
Marmadesam
and then on Raj TV between 1997 and 2001. It was based on a series of மர்மேதசம்
books written by Indra Soundar Rajan and directed by Naga and C. J.
Bhaskar. It has been re-telecast on Vasanth TV since 3 August 2015,
Monday through Friday at 7:30 PM.[1][2]

Contents
Stories
Plot
Ragasiyam
Vidaathu Karuppu
Sorna Reghai (Tamil: ெசார்ண ேரைக)
Iyanthira Paravai (Tamil: இயந் ர பறைவ)
Genre Mystery
Edhuvum Nadakkum (Anything can happen)
Thriller
Cast
Suspense
Popularity Drama
Remake Soap Opera
YouTube Release Created by Minbimbangal
DVD
Directed by Naga
References
(Ragasiyam, Vidāthu
External links Karuppu, Edhuvum
Nadakkum)
C. J. Bhaskar
Stories (Sorna Reghai, Iyanthira
The television series consisted of 5 stand-alone stories dealing with Paravai)
supernatural and mystery occurrences. While the stories are purely Country of India
fictitious, they explore to some extent the beliefs and real-life traditions of origin
Tamilnadu. While Ragasiyam was set in both village and city, Vidathu
Original Tamil
Kaupu had a complete village setting.Sorna Regai had a complete city
language(s)
setting. Iyandira Paravai had both village and city setting and Edhuvum
Nadakkum was set in a forest. No. of 204
episodes
The seasons are named:
Production
Ragasiyam (Tamil: ரக யம் ) (English: The Secret) (fantasy thriller) Producer(s) K.Balachander
(Director: Naga) .. Explores the legend of the mysterious healing
powers of Nava-bhashana lingam. 75 Episodes. Running 30 minutes
Vidāthu Karuppu (Tamil: டா க ப் ) (English: Karuppu Never time
Spares) (psychological thriller) (Director: Naga).. Explores the legend
of the Hindu village deity Karuppu Sami. 82 Episodes.
Release
Sorna Reghai (Tamil: ெசார்ண ேரைக) (English: Golden palmlines) Original Sun TV
(crime thriller) (Director: C.J.Bhaskar) .. Explores the field of palmistry. network retelecast Raj TV
21 Episodes.
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Iyanthira Paravai (Tamil: இயந் ர பறைவ) (English: The Vasanth TV

Mechanical Bird) (crime thriller) (Director: C.J.Bhaskar).. Explores the
art of Varmakalai. 36 Episodes. Picture 576i (SDTV)
Edhuvum Nadakkum (Tamil: எ ம் நடக் ம் ) (English: Anything format
can happen) (fantasy horror) (Director: Naga)..Explores the legend of Original 15 November 1997 –
Kalpaka-vriksham and environment as a living entity. 33 Episodes(the
story is not complete as it was abandoned mid-way.) release 22 December 2001
External links
Plot Website (http://www.rajtv.tv/)

Ragasiyam
Ragasiyam is the first season of Marmadesam series. The story-line is about the mysterious healing powers of
Navabhashanam Lingams of Lord Shiva.

The plot opens with a small fictional village named Chitharpatti, where a temple of Chitheswarar (also pronounced as
Sitheshwarar) attracts a large number of devotees thanks to its legend as well as its purported power to heal any
known or unknown disease. An ashram adjacent to the temple, headed by Oomaisaamy (Charuhasan) is also a popular
name, as it cures literally any physically or mentally ill patient.

The temple is closed from 6 pm every evening until 6 am the following morning. It is believed that Siddhars enter the
temple past its closure for the day, and perform their rituals and prayers and leave before dawn, and anyone who
disturbs the prayers of the Siddhars is done away with by the guardian of the temple, Kaalabhairavar, who is believed
to guard the temple during the night in the form of a dog. This belief attracts a number of rationalists to the temple,
who want to try and solve the mystery. One such rationalist, a journalist names Srikanth (Indra Soundar Rajan), hides
in the temple when it is being closed for the day, in an attempt to find out what really happens in the temple in the
dark. However, as if the villagers' fear is made true, Srikanth is killed by a dog while he is inside the temple. Hence, the
entire village is convinced that the temple of Chitheshwarar is actually a den of heavenly Siddhas who pray during the
night, leaving ordinary people to pray during the day.

Srikanth's friend, Mani Sundaram (Ramji) is the young son of the temple's chief priest. He is a rationalist, who does
not believe in myths and rituals. Instead, he chooses to rationalize his beliefs, and hence often ends up at odds with his
father with regard to the temple's mysteries and rituals. One by one, four people are killed inside the temple, including
a police inspector who is there to investigate the mystery. At this juncture, Dr. KR (Delhi Ganesh)—once a great
psychiatrist, but now mentally retarded—strays into the village, and is admitted to Oomaisaamy's ashram by Mani.
Prasad (Prithviraj), Dr. KR's son, comes in search of him, and ends up being a guest to Mani and his sister Lalitha
(Vasuki). As Mani and Prasad try to reveal the temple's mystery even more, they come to know that Dr. KR is actually
acting as a retard, and he too is trying to do the same. But Dr. KR has personal intentions. He had been regarded as
one of the best psychiatrists of India, and an Indian Central Minister admits his mentally retarded son to his hospital
for treatment. But Dr. KR is unable to cure the Minister's son even after giving his best for the patient. Enraged by this,
the Minister ridicules Dr. KR and moves his son away to Oomaisaamy's ashram after hearing other people speak so
highly about it. Dr. KR feels insulted and decides to find out how Oomaisaamy is able to cure patients so effortlessly in
his ashram. To achieve this, he makes everyone believe he is retarded, and lands up in Oomaisaamy's ashram. What
Dr. KR does not know, is that he was unable to cure the Minister's son not because of his incompetency, but because of
a sinister scheme laid out by his junior, Dr. Vishwaram (Mohan V. Ram).

As Dr. KR acts as a retard and tries to uncover Chitharpatti's mystery, he stumbles upon a greater truth about what
might be going on inside the temple during the dark. Dr. KR and Mani then decide to work together to find out the
truth. Mani finds out that there are actually one or more persons entering the temple at night through a secret
entrance to the temple, and exiting at dawn. In an attempt to find out what they are actually doing inside the temple,
Mani hides in the temple one night. He finds out that the two men enter the temple with trained dogs searching for
Navabhashana lingams, of which, he learns, they have six already and are trying to locate the remaining three. Mani
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finds out that these dogs were the ones that killed the four, and it was just the work of thugs and not God, as the
villagers believe. Also, the two men seem to get instructions from someone inside the village, who knows and is
capitalizing on the superstitious nature of the villagers.

Meanwhile, Prasad fall in love with lalitha(Vasuki), (sister of Sundaram) and they decide to marry. Mani is found
hiding by these men, and a chase ensues where Mani, fighting for his life, kills the dogs, and forces the two men to
leave the temple as stealthily as they arrived, and set the ball rolling for a police probe. Vaithiyar (Kavithalaya
Krishnan), Mani's best friend in the village, turns out to be the man behind these killings inside the temple. As he is
about to get caught, he escapes with the lingams he had already stolen, and sets off to Chennai with an accomplice.
However, on the way, the accomplice is killed by a truck, which also chases Vaithiyar, but only manages to send him
into a coma. The box containing the lingams is lost in the van Vaithiyar was driving, and finds its way to Chennai.

The rest of the story is a nail-biting chase for these lingams. In various stages of the plot, the significance of these
lingams, values of ancient Hindu scriptures are brought out, which makes the viewer intrigued until the last scene.

This Serial is being re-telecast in Vasanth TV on Sundays from 2:00 PM to 4:30 PM (IST). It covers 5 episodes. Ad-
breaks are after 25 minutes. It's nice to watch all the episodes for a week in a single day. 11th Episode had completed
on 3rd Jan '16. This serial is also telecasted in Telugu as Rahasyam.

The novel version of this season is ரக யமாக ஒ ரக யம் .

Vidaathu Karuppu
The second season was titled Vidaathu Karuppu. Vidathu Karuppu was the most successful of the Marmadesam
series. The story examines the psychological underpinnings of the concept of split personalities even while exploring in
detail the rural cult of Karuppu Sami prevalent in the southern part of Tamil Nadu. Starring C. T. Rajakantham,
Chetan, Devadarshini, Meenakumari, Vijaya Sarathy, Master Lokesh, Mohan V. Ram, Poovilangu Mohan, Ponvannan,
Sureshwar, Kausalya, Muthusubramanian and Sivakavitha, the series was a huge commercial success and triggered
imitations and supernatural thrillers by other television directors [citation needed].

Each episode was made of two parts—the first ten minutes of each 30-minute episode was set in the year 1972; the
second part of each episode was set in 1997 and related to the events shown in the first part. While the first part
revolved around the events of the Anaimudi Alampriyar household as seen through the eyes of the young Rajendran
(played by Master Lokesh), the second part was mainly concerned with the customs, beliefs and traditions of the
village and events unfolding in the Anaimudi Alampriyar household as seen through the eyes of the sceptical medical
student Reena (Devadarshini) and her superstitious mentor (Mohan V. Ram). The story begins with Reena's arrival in
the village in the company of her colleague and best friend, Ratna, daughter of the village headman, Anaimudi
Alampriyar, who seeks sanction from her village's guardian deity Karuppu Sami to marry her lover Aravind.

In Ratna's village, Reena and her boss learn about the cult of Karuppu Sami, the guardian deity and how Karuppu
Sami punishes people who transgress his rules. While Reena's boss instantly believes in the legend, Reena, herself is
sceptical about it. Eventually, they witness some mysterious and gruesome deaths. Simultaneously, the story of the
Anaimudi Naicker's mother, the evil moneylender Pechi who indulges in usury is told in flashback through the eyes of
Naicker's son and Ratna's older brother, the extremely soft and timid Rajendran who is obsessed with legends of
Karuppu Sami. Pechi murders one of her opponents and is eventually killed herself, the first in a string of mysterious
deaths attributed to Karuppu Sami. A few days later, strange events and sightings take place in the Anaimudi Naicker
household, prompting Anaimudi Naicker's family to conclude that the house is haunted by Pechi's ghost and move out.

Reena, anxious to know the identity of Karuppu Sami, investigates the murders and discovers that the haunting was a
sham perpetuated by the village schoolteacher (played by Poovilangu Mohan) who held a grudge against the
Alampriyar's family and orchestrated the haunting to drive them out of the house. But the schoolteacher vehemently
denies that he had anything to do with the mysterious murders. Reena, then suspects the priest of the Karuppu Sami

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shrine in the village who frequently enters a state of trance during which he is possessed by Karuppu Sami and
pronounces judgement. But Reena discovers that though the priest is genuinely possessed by the spirit of Karuppu
Sami on occasion, he was not the killer. In her investigations, Reena is assisted by Rajendran who acts as her guide.
Rajendran gradually falls in love with Reena who, though in love with Rajendran, pretends not to be.

Eventually, Rajendran proposes to Reena who rebuffs him questioning his masculinity. Shamed, Rajendran rapes
Reena and absconds. Who the actual karuppu is revealed later.

The novel version of this season is Vittu Vidu Karuppa.

Sorna Reghai (Tamil: ெசார்ண ேரைக)

It is a crime story based on palmistry, story revolves between honest police, criminal and Astrologer. all are need find
bandit gold Anwar,an honest policer officer searches for the escaped criminal muni ratham.In the end,muni rantham
was shot dead by anwar,but the gold box went missing.

Iyanthira Paravai (Tamil: இயந் ர பறைவ)

It is a crime story based on the Varma kalai, which is using to kill the people. The culprit also using the Boomerang
to kill the people and it will knock the varma point of the human body to kill the people. The lady doctor who identify
the murder which was done by Varma Kalai and she informed Anwar about it.

The CB-CID police officer / inspector Anwar ( poovilangu Mohan) stating to find the culprit with the help of News Tv9
Channel Reporter Charu Latha, who also got aware about the murder before it will happen. The Aasaan (varma kalai
Teacher) running a Varma Kalai School, generation by generation at the Aandavar vanam and he lives with his Wife
and two sons Kasi (Chetan) and Valari (Gowtham). The Aandavar vanam shows some unbelievable Mysteries also it
has some hidden facts on behalf of the Varma Kalai. The whole Murder is targeted to the persons who are very close to
S.V.S (Ravikumar) and Kumarasammy (Subaleka Sudhakar) in order to create shadow war between them.

Unknowingly the TV reporter revel the Shadow war between the S.V.S and Kumarasammy and the Kumarasammy is
trying to hide the war between them. Kumarassammy and M.P Ponnampalam have some illegal business connecting
regarding with the Information City. Meanwhile, the Kumarassammy daughter was killed by the culprit who object the
information city project and S.V.S trying to calm down the kumarasammy and he saying that he will not kill the
kumarasammys' daughter. The TV9 Reporter also trying to find out the mysteries on the Aandavar Vanam and
consequently she was chased by the Aasan and his sons. Therefore, the reporter suspect the Aasan and told about it to
the Anwar and Kumarasammy, the both are neglect her statement. Due to the funeral rites of kumarasamy daughter,
the TV9 reporter Cahru telecast the all evidences collected by her and those evidences are showing about the shadow
war between the S.V.S and Kumarasammy and Aandavar vanam. Afterward she was dismissed by Kumarasammy
(TV9 Chairmen) and she joined with new channel.

However, S.V.S killed by the culprit, the Aasan and Kumarasammy came to the spot and they were arrested by police
under the doubt, also M.P Ponnampalam (venu arvind) try to give bail to them and it was rejected by Anwar.
Meanwhile, both of them were released by Court and the Charu was suspect the Anwar, too. Finally Anwer found the
culprit, why he murder the people, culprits' scope and reveals the Aandevar vanams' Mysteries to charu too.
Meanwhile, the right hand of culprit was killed by Aasan using Varma Kalai along with a boomerang to save the Varma
Kalai.

Edhuvum Nadakkum (Anything can happen)

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'Edhuvum Nadakkum' which explores the legend of Kalpavriksham and environment as a living entity.
Thanumalayakkudi is a small tribal settlement in a jungle in the interior of South India. Strict inter-clan codes and
beliefs bind the members of the tribe. They do not accept money in exchange for their produce of chiefly honey and
fruits; they are ready to barter them. In this tribal settlement, there exists a myth that the Kalpavriksham, the celestial
tree that can grant any wish and desire of the person standing underneath it, is situated somewhere in the forest.
Strangers to the area who go in search of this tree are lost in the forest. To this forest come Sivagurunathan, a
divisional forest officer and his brother Natarajan, a wildlife filmmaker and a visiting lecturer of the film and TV
institute. Witnesses to the miracles and mysteries of the forest, they are lost in the jungle in pursuit of the
Kalpavriksham. It is believed that they are killed in the pursuit of this sacred tree. Siddharth, a student of Natarajan
and an aspiring filmmaker, comes to the settlement along with Varsha a sound recordist to make a film on the forest
and its wildlife. As the duo learn about the mysteries of the place, they smell something fishy in the alleged deaths of
Sivagurunathan and Natarajan. This serial was stopped by the makers for unknown reasons. The plot does not
continue. The secret is untold.

The novel version of this season is Vaanathu Manithargal.An interesting fact is that the novel was published much
later after this series ended.Because of that we can say that this novel is based on Edhuvum Nadakkum series.

Cast
Rahasiyam

R. N. Krishna Prasad as Guovindarajan .G

R. N. Sudarshan as Rungarajan .G
Poovilangu Mohan as CB-CID officer Rudrapathi.
Prithviraj as Prasad
Delhi Ganesh as psychologist and Prasad's father Dr. K. R.
Vasuki Anand as Lalitha, daughter of Siddharpatti temple priest and fiancee of Prasad
Ramji as Mani Sundaram, son of Siddharpatti temple priest
Charuhasan as the mute Siddhar (Oomaisami)
Kavithalaya Krishnan as "Vaidyan" Ramarathinam
Sadhasivam as the Siddharpatti temple priest
Mohan Raman as Dr. Vishwaram
Nimmi as Devi
Indra Soundar Rajan as writer Srikanth
TKS Chandiran as Chettiyaar
NaliniKanth as Annamalai
Mohanapriya as Amsavalli
Subhalekha Sudhakar as Agniraasu
Ajay Rathnam as CB-CID officer Raghu succeeding the suspended Rudrapathi.
Idichapuli Selvaraj as Grocery shop owner Perumal Chetty
Mayilsamy as Santhana Krishnan who works at K.R. Hospital
Ramachandran as constable Manickam
Cheenu Mohan as parcel service driver

Vidaadhu Karuppu

Chetan as Rajendran
Devadarshini as Reena [Rathna's friend]
Master Lokesh as the young Rajendran
C. T. Rajakantham as Pechi Nachiyar (Pei Kizhavi / Perasa Kizhavi / Pechi Kizhavi) [Rathna's Grandmother]
K. K. Soundar as Kuthiraikaara Paranthaaman
Meenakumari as Rathna (Rajendran's younger sister)
Mohan Raman as Dr. Nanda

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Sadhasivam as Anaimudi Thevar (Pechi's elder son)

Ramachandran as Kattaiyan (Pechi's younger son)
Poovilangu Mohan as schoolmaster Varadharajan / Kasi
Shobana as Velli Nachoyar [Rathna's mother]
Sivakavitha as Sivagami [Bramman's wife / Anaimudi's younger sister]
Ponvannan as Bramman (Anaimudi Thevar's brother-in-law)
Vijayasarathy as Aravind [Rathna's boyfriend]
Sureshwar as Shanmugham (Schoolmaster Varadharajan's son)
Kausalya as Lakshmi [Rathna's younger sister / Shanmugam's wife]
Kavi as Selli [Rajendran's fiancee]
Ajay Rathnam as Karuppusami (in Title Song)

Sorna Reghai

Poovilangu Mohan as police inspector Anwar

Delhi Ganesh as astrologer and Anwar's foster-father Chakravarthy
Vishwa as Thirunaavukarasu
Thalaivasal Vijay as Munirathinam
O.A.K. Sundar as smuggler
Ramachandran as Palani

Iyanthira Paravai

Poovilangu Mohan as police inspector Anwar

Vijayasarathy as Tv9 Channel Cameraman Balu
Venu Arvind as MP Ponnambalam
Chetan as Kasinathan the Foster son of Aasaan
Subhalekha Sudhakar as Kumaarasamy Tv9 Channel Owner
Gowtham Sundararajan as Valari

Edhuvum Nadakkum

Sureshwar as Naadi Muthu

Mohan Vaidya as Nataraj (a) Natti
Poovilangu Mohan as Moopar
Devadarshini as sound recordist Varsha.
Ponvannan as forest officer Sadasivam.
Vijayasarathy as Siddharth student of the wildlife filmmaker Natarajan
Ramachandran as Irusan
Samuthirakani as a tribal (Episode 1)
TKS Chandiran as one of the vaanathu manidhargal
Sadasivam as one of the vaanathu manidhargal

Popularity
Marmadesam was an extremely successful tele-serial. It was ranked first in viewership among the television
programmes telecast from Chennai in 1997.[3]

Remake
The first series of Marmadesam, Ragasiyam, was remade in Hindi and was on air from 30 October 2017 to 30 April
2018 on Star Bharat under the name Kaal Bhairav Rahasya with significant changes in the storyline and starring
Chhavi Pandey, Rahul Sharma and Sargun Kaur and was shot in Bhopal.

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YouTube Release
All the episodes of Ragasiyam, Vidathu Karupu, Sorna Regai, Iyanthira Paravai, and Edhuvum Nadakum are released
on YouTube in Rajshri Tamil channel.

DVD
The first part of the serial, Ragasiyam, was released on DVD as a 5-disc region-free set in 2011 by Swathi Soft
Solutions, Chennai.

References
1. "Marmadesam retelecast on Vasanth TV" (http://cinema.dinamalar.com/tamil-tv-serials/35900/Chinna-thirai-Televi
sion-News/Premi-serial-retelecast-in-Vasanth-tv.htm). cinema.dinamalar.com.
2. "Marmadesam serial on Vasanth TV" (http://tamil.filmibeat.com/television/vasanth-tv-telecast-marmadesam-premi
-tv-serials-036104.html). tamil.filmibeat.com.
3. Amos Owen Thomas (2005). Imagi-nations and borderless television: media, culture and politics across Asia.
SAGE. p. 115. ISBN 0761933956, ISBN 978-0-7619-3395-3.

External links
Raj TV Official Site (http://www.rajtv.tv)
Raj Television Network (http://www.rajtvnet.in)
Raj TV on Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq-TXfMQ76sYpT9APdN9eqA)

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