The Tamil web series titled Anantham will be released soon on Zee5’s streaming platform. It will be an eight-episode web series that depicts the tale of Anantham, a home that has housed several families, and explores the family members’ connections and emotions with their ancestral home. Anantham’s teaser was released on April 1 (Friday) by music composer Yuvan Shankar Raja. The one-minute 14-second teaser opens with a woman’s voiceover describing the story of how a house provokes all kinds of feelings, including love, hate, success, betrayal, laughter, fear, and courage.
Story
The emotional family drama web series follows Ananth, the protagonist, as he returns to his ancestral home after a long absence and reminisces about the happy and bad times he and his family had there between 1964 and 2015. Various families that lived in the house told him stories of astonishment, success, treachery, laughter, horror, courage, and love.
Release Date
Following the release of the teaser on April 1, the makers have now released the trailer along with the release date. The Prakash Raj starring series is planned to premiere on the streaming platform Zee5 on April 22, 2022.Ananthamhas an interesting list of actors on board that will play pivotal roles in the series.
Star Cast:
Prakash Raj
Prakash Raj plays the lead role in the web series. He was most recently seen in John’s sci-fi flick Attack, and he has a slew of films set to enter theatres this year, including K.G.F: Chapter 2, SarkaruVaariPaata, Ponniyin Selvan, and other films Major, Thiruchitrambalam, Shaakuntalam, Viruman, Varaal, and Kabzaa.
Sampath Raj
Sampath Raj is a well-known actor in the South film industry. The actor has predominantly worked in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam films. He will now be playing a key character in Anantham.
Aravinth Sundar
Aravinth is a South actor who worked in many films in the industry. The actor is now part of the lead star cast in the web series.
Samyuktha Shan
Actress Samyuktha will play a notable role in the family drama series alongside other leading actors.
Anjali Rao
Anjali Rao is an Indian actress who worked in various films, commercials, short films, and television serials in Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam. She’ll now be featured in a Tamil online series.
Mirnaa Menon
Mirnaa made her debut in Tamil cinema. In 2018, she acted in KalavaniMappillai and opposite Mohanlal in the Malayalam film Big Brother. The actress has landed a lead role in KM Sarjun’s film with Kalaiyarasan, as well as a role in Aadi Saikumar’s next Telugu film. Mirnaa is part of the lead star cast in Anantham.
Director
The online series is directed by Priya V, a former associate of Mani Ratnam. She also co-wrote the screenplay alongside Raghav Mirtad, Preetha Jayaraman, and Reema Ravichandran, in addition to directing it.
Producer
V Murali Raman, under the label Happy Unicorn, is the show’s producer. The show was directed by Priya V, who also worked on the story, script, and dialogues.