Ayyanar Thunai

Ayyanar Thunai (transl. Support of Ayyanar) is a 2025 Indian Tamil-language drama television series starring Madhumitha Hirannaiah in the lead role, along with Aravinth Seiju, Munaf Rahman, VJ Arun Karthi, Parvez Musharaf and S. T. P. Rosary in prominent roles.^[3][4] It is produced by R. Venkatesh Babu and Vaishnavi V. under the banner of Global Villagers. It premiered on Star Vijay on 27 January 2025 and is also available on the digital platform JioHotstar.^[5][6][7][8]

The series follows the story of Nila, a university rank holder and gold medalist in architecture who aspires to pursue higher education abroad. However, her wealthy businessman father arranges her marriage to a man who expects her to be a traditional housewife. Unhappy with this arrangement, Nila's path crosses with Chozhan, a driver hailing from a modest background. Chozhan lives with his three brothers-Cheran, Pandian, Pallavan and their father, Natesan, a truck driver who becomes an alcoholic after his wife's death.^[9] The family faces societal challenges due to the absence of a homemaker in their household as well as legal issues with their home. The narrative unfolds with Nila's entry into their lives bringing about significant changes.^[10][11]

• Madhumitha Hirannaiah as Nila Chozhan, an architect, daughter of Manohar family; the second and only daughter in-law of Ayyanar family and Chozhan's wife
• Aravinth Seiju as Chozhan, a Cab driver, the second son of Ayyanar family and Nila's husband
• Munaf Rahman as Cheran, a Mason, the eldest son of Ayyanar family
• VJ Arun Karthi as Pandiyan, a Mechanic, the third son of Ayyanar family
• Parvez Musharaf as Pallavan, a B.Com student, fourth son of Ayyanar family
• S. T. P. Rosary as Natesan, a former skilled lorry driver, the father of Ayyanar brothers

• Reshma Prasad as Karthika, Cheran's ex-lover; Ashwin's wife
• Atchaya Roy as Vanathi, Pandiyan's girlfriend
• Swathi Nair as Chandayadha "Chanda", Aneesh's sister, Cheran's girlfriend
• Divya Vijay Kumar as Divya, Pallavan's love interest
• Ashwin Kannan as Ashwin, Karthika's husband
• Supergood Kannan as Manohar, Dass and Nila's father
• Gayathri Priya as Vijayalakshmi, Dass and Nila's mother
• Jebin John as Dass, Manohar and Viji's son, Nila's brother
• Deepthi Kapil as Madhi, Dass's wife; Nila's sister-in-law
• Malik as Aneesh, Cheran's co-worker and friend; Chanda's brother
• Unknown as Gayathri, a college student, Chozhan's friend who one-sided ly loves him
• Agalaya Agal as Kasturi, Karthika’s mother; Natesan’s younger sister
• Bharath Mohan as Karthika’s father
• Vincent Roy as Cherupara, Natesan's elder brother
• Sasindhar Pushpalingam as Surya, Nila's ex-fiance
• Paranthaman as Kannan, Pandiyan's friend and co-worker
• KB Bala Balasubramanian as Manickam, Vanathi and Vasanth's father and an auto driver
• Jasmine Praveen as Divya, Nila's colleague and friend
• Baala as Murugan, Nila's MD
• Vikash Sampath as Raghav, Nila's MD
• Chandru as Vasanth, Vanathi's brother and Vasanth's son
• Mullai Dhanasekaran as Vaazhavandhan, a constable; Chozhan's well-wisher
• Pushpa as Sumathi, Vaazhavandhan's wife

• Roopa Sree as Shanthi, Natesan's wife and the mother of Ayyanar brothers

The show got a TVR of 4.84 on its Launch week on January - February 2025.^[12] It is one of the most-watched Tamil television program within a period of 2025.

• From 11th August 2025 following the conclusion of the long-running series Baakiyalakshmi, both Pandian Stores 2 and Ayyanar Thunai were broadcast as 45 minutes special episodes. This extended telecast continued until 5th October 2025.

Since October 2025, Ayyanar Thunai has been remade in other languages such as in Kannada, Malayalam and Telugu. It is broadcast on JioHotstar's group of channels in the respective language.^[14]

• Ayyanar Thunai at IMDb