Mappillai is a 2016 Indian Tamil language soap opera starring Senthil Kumar and Sreeja Chandran. STAR Vijay initially broadcast the series on weeknights at 9:00PM (IST), with the debut episode screened on 14 November 2016.^[1] On 26 June 2017, the broadcast time of the show was changed to 8:00PM (IST).

The show reunited actor-actress couple Senthil Kumar and Sreeja Chandran, who previously starred together in television soap operas Madhurai, and the first season of Saravanan Meenatchi.^[2][3][4] The show ended from 6 October 2017 with 241 Episodes.

It is a story about Senthil (Senthil Kumar), who is forced to live in his mother-in law's house, which isn't a dignity according to Tamil people. Further, the show deals with the difficulties he goes through in Jaya's (Sreeja Chandran) house because of her parents and how a husband supports his wife in achieving success in her life.

• Senthil Kumar as Senthil Kumar "Senthil"
• Sreeja Chandran as Jaya Chandran "Jaya" (Maya)
• Pandi Kamal as Kamal
• Janani Ashok Kumar as Janani Kamal ^[5]
• Rajashekar as Chandran, Jaya, Ramya, Janani, Sakthi & Divya's father

• Azhgappan as Azhagappan
• Anbazhgan as Anbazhagan "Anbu"
• Priya Prince as Priya
• Ramya Ramakrishna as Ramya Chandran
• Teenu as Sakthi Tamizh: Krish's 1st lover and Tamizh's wife
• Vaishali Taniga as Divya Chandran
• Sabitha Anand as Sharadha: Senthil, Kamal & Shalu's mother
• Shamily Sukumar as Shalu, Senthil's sister & Krish's wife
• RJ Navalakshmi as police inspector Selvi
• Viji Kannan as Parvathi Jaya, Ramya, Janani, Sakthi & Divya's mother
• Devi Priya as Devi
• Maanas Chavali as Krishna "Krish"
• Amit Bhargav as Deepak
• Stalin Muthu as Tamizh
• Yamini as Maggi aka Madhumitha
• Kumaran Thangarajan as Jeeva

In 2017, at its Vijay Television Awards, the channel gave its Nominated nine Category awards and This series was won Four awards.

• Official Website at hotstar
• Mappillai at IMDb