Tamil TV serials-A nostalgic view

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for diwali 1985, the chennai doordarshan produced a drama- a two hour long one- called " en veedu, en kanavan, en kuzhandhai", with aachi manorama donning the lead role, as a middle-aged childless brahmin lady.
her pair is noted dramatist kambar jayaraman.
the drama is the best drama produced by DD ad was telecast millions of time.

manorama, though childless, devotes completly for the service of her husband's brothers and sisters.
and finally gets conceiving, as a gift from god for her selfless nature.

she also went on to act two more serials , like
andhapuram- a histroical drama set in middle age tamil kingdoms caught up in power struggle, with manorama as the queen-mother.

the second one in "kaatu patti chathiram" as a loud mouthed tea shop owner, who solves all problems in the highway transit village of the same name.

but for me , her best role in Tv is 2002- sun TV produced, and suhasini directed "anbulla snehithi"-in which manorama plays a old iyengar lady and a aunt /old memebr of ladies only iyengar family caught between past and present.
that serial also had brilliant performance from , seema, swarnamalya, anu hassan , banuchander, ravi raghavendra, gopi.
the serial was one of the shortest produced by sun TV with story ending in 100-120 episodes.
with final episodes being more gripping.