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Tamil Tv Serial Marmadesam

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Marmadesam, which means a mysterious land, is a mysterious and supernatural show. The creator of the serial is Minbimbangal and Naga, and C. J. Bhaskar is the directors of the serial and K. Balachander is the producer. The running time of the show is thirty minutes. It first made its appearance on TV in the year 1995 on Sun TV channel. Later, in the year 1998, it was once again aired on Raj TV. Currently, the audience has been viewing this show since August 3, 2015, on Vasanth TV every week, from Monday to Friday, at seven-thirty in the evening.

The series consists a total of four hundred and fifty-three episodes. The show is a purely fictitious show that showcases short stories, each focusing on the paranormal aspect and also some superstitions that exist among the people. Of the many stories that were displayed, Ragasiyam, Vidāthu Karuppu, Sorna Reghai, Iyanthira Paravai and, Edhuvum Nadakkum are the most famous tales. Ragasiyam which roughly translates 'The Secret', revolves around a village which has a very famous temple of Chitheswarar. However, the temple is open only during the day and is closed for common people during the night. Anyone who tries to enter gets killed and hence people believe that a guardian, in the form of a dog guards the temple.

Some of the people refuse to accept this and decide to investigate this matter. Very captivating things and secrets reveals and hence this tale is one of the loved and viewed tales of the series. Vidaathu Karuppu is an another engrossing thriller. It deals with the scientific concept of split personality. Herein, the tale presents the situation of two different decades. At first, it shows weird things happening in a household named Anaimudi Alampriyar and in the other decade some students from medical fraternity analyze and studies the situations.

In the third story, villagers of Thanumalayakkudi believe that a wish- granting tree named Kalpavriksham exist somewhere deep in the forest. However, anyone who has tried to search this tree has never returned or have lost their life. Some filmmakers attempt to find it but end up dying. The makers did not release the end of the story for a reason that is not yet identified. The authorities released a novel named Vaanathu Manithargal which contains the entire story. The fourth story revolves around an astrologer who claims that he can predict anyone's future by seeing their palms. The fifth story is a crime-thriller in which a cold-blooded criminal, who uses Varma Kalai and boomerang to kill people. Everyone loves the serial. Ragasiyam, especially, received so much love that the makers were prompted to release it in a DVD.

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Marmadesam, meaning land of mystery, is a 1996-2001 Tamil anthology television series with five mythical and mysterious tales told through five stand-alone seasons. The show is said to be adapted for the screen from the works of Indra Sounder Rajan and directed by Naga, C.J Baskar and Rajendra Kumar Born on 20 July 1929, Rajendra Kumar is a Bollywoo >> Read More... . The show premiered on Sun Tv in 1996 and ran on the channel till 1998, which is when the show changed tides dramatically and was bought by Raj Tv where it maintained its dreamy run till 2001 lasting five seasons altogether. The show primarily was centered around the themes of mystical creatures, myths and folklore and the existence of the supernatural. The show also explored the beliefs and traditions of the rural populace of Tamil Nadu.

As stated, the series is an anthology of five stand-alone stories that are connected spiritually through common themes or minor characters. The five stories are titled Ragasiyam, Vidathu Karupu, Sorna Regai, Iyandira Karupu and Edhuvam Nadakkum forming five seasons respectively. The first season titled Ragasiyam meaning ‘The secret’ dealt with the intricacies and mystical legends of the healing powers of Nava Bhashana Lingam. The story is set in a village called Chitharpatti, where a temple named Chitheswarar attracts a huge crowd owing to its legend of healing power. There’s an Ashrama adjacent to the temple headed by Oomaisaamy that is popular for any and every kind of healing. The temple is closed from 6 pm in the evening till 6 am in the morning and it is said that Siddhars enters the temple at night to pray and whoever enters into the temple turns out dead by the guardians of the temple Kaalabhairavar. One by one four people is found dead including a police officer who was investigating the case of a dead reporter.

Mani Sundaram, the young son of the temple’s chief priest sets out to unravel the mystery and finds stupendous details around the myth which form the rest of the plot. The seasons had 73 episodes in total and was directed by Naga. The second season titled Vidathu Karuppu, meaning Karuppu never spares revealed in the exploration of the legend of Hindu village deity Karuppu Sami and the psychological nurturing of the concept of a split personality. Each episode in this season was divided into two parts. The first was set in 1970 and revolved around the events of Anaimudi Alampriyar household as seen through the eyes of Rajendra while the second part was set in 1995 and was concerned with showing customs, beliefs and traditions of the village as seen through the eyes of Reema and her chief doctor, Nanda who have come to the village to learn about the cult of Karuppu Sami. This season had 79 episodes and is considered to be the most successful of all the seasons.

The third season titled Sorna Reghai, meaning Golden Palmistry. The story revolves around honest police, Anwar who goes around investigating the search of a dangerous criminal called Muniratna while also searching for his long lost younger step-sister.