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Agni Natchathiram
Genre	Soap opera
Written by	Shakthi Jegan (Dialogues)
Screenplay by	S. Kumaresan
Directed by	A.P Rajendhiran (1–67) M.K.Arunthavaraja (68–140) P.C Raghu (141–196) R.Karthikeyan (episodes 197–235) Arulrai (episodes 236–414)
Creative directors	P.R. Ravikumar (1–43) Dhanpal Ravi Kumar (44–140) V. Solairaja (141–414)
Starring	Varshini Arza Gayathri Raj Vasanth Vasi
Theme music composer	Hari
Opening theme	"Azhagana Nadhiyil" Sri Nisha (Singer) Kiruthiya (Lyrics)
Country of origin	India
Original language	Tamil
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	414
Production
Executive producer	P. Divya Priya
Producers	Team Vision (141–414) P. Ravikumar (68–140) P. V. Prasad (1–67)
Production location	Chennai
Cinematography	S.Mohan
Editor	Christopher
Running time	approx. 23–25 minutes
Production companies	Sun Entertainment (1–present) Ravi Prasad Productions (1–140) Team Vision (141–414)
Original release
Network	Sun TV
Release	27 May 2019 (2019-05-27) – 3 April 2021 (2021-04-03)

Agni Natchathiram is a 2019- 2021 Indian Tamil-language television series starring Varshini Arza, Mersheena Neenu, Gayathri Raj and Vasanth Vasi.^[1] It premiered on Sun TV from 27 May 2019^[2] on Monday to Saturday at 11:30 AM and ended on 3 April 2021 with 414 episodes.^[3]

Two girls, Akila and Meera, are polar opposites. Their fathers are friends and also master and driver to one another. Akila is the master's daughter and Meer, the driver's. Unknown to them, they are actually twins of the latter. They are caught in a love triangle with Shridhar. The plot is slightly inspired from the 1988 film of the same name. In that film, two men (who are polar opposites) were unknown that they are half-brothers. In this TV series, the gender was reversed.

• Varshini Arza as Meera Shridar: Selvam's first daughter, Shridhar's wife
• Mersheena Neenu (2019–2020) as Akhila
  • Gayathri Raj (2020–2021) as Akhila Surya: Selvam's second daughter, Meera's younger sister, Surya's second wife
• Vasanth Vasi as Shridhar: Meera and Akila's love interest, later Meera's husband

• Raj Kumar Manoharan as Surya: Shridhar's elder brother, Revathi and Akhila 's husband
• Mounika^[4]/Keerthana as Jayanthi, Selvam's wife
• Rishi Keshav as Selvam: Meera and Akila's father
• Vinodhini / Pramodini Pammi / Shilpa Mary Teresa / Gayathri Priya as Nalini Chandrashekar: Selvam's sister, Akila's foster mother
• Bharath Kalyan as Chandrashekar: Selvam's best friend, Akila's foster father
• Sri Vidhya Shankar and Dharini as Mythili: Shridhar's mother
• Murali as Karthikeyan: Surya and Shridhar's father
• Anuradha as Gangadevi: Ayyadurai's mother and Ranjith's grandmother
• Maanas Chavali as Ranjith: Ayyadurai's son
• Baboos as Ayyadurai
• Shanthi Anandaraj as Shanthi
• Naveendhar as Naveen: Shridhar's friend
• Vasavi as Chinnamani
• Uma Rani as Kanchana: Karthikeyan's cousin sister and Shridhar's aunt
• Shabnam as Revathi: Surya's first wife
• Swetha Senthilkumar as Indhu

• Kasthuri Shankar as ACP Rudra (2020)

Newcomer actress Varshini Arza was cast as the female lead Meera.^[5] Newcomer actress Mersheena Neenu was cast as Akhila. However she left the series in late July 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic^[6][7] and was replaced by Gayathri Raj. Vasanth Vasi was cast as the male lead, Shridhar.^[8] Mounika, who was well known for her acting in old-school movies as well as serials, was cast as Jayanthi.^[9] However she left the series and was replaced by Keerthana.

In late November 2020, Kasthuri Shankar, known for his acting in Tamil films, was cast as ACP Rudra in a special appearance.^[10]

• Agni Natchathiram at IMDb
• Agni Natchathiram on Sun NXT