Thatteem Mutteem
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Opening sequence
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| Genre | Comedy Drama |
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| Written by | Gireesh Gramika |
| Directed by | R. Unnikrishnan |
| Creative director(s) | Sukil |
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| Country of origin | India |
| Original language(s) | Malayalam |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 188 |
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| Running time | 40 minutes (approx.) |
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| Original network | Mazhavil Manorama |
| Picture format | 720i (HDTV) |
| Original release | 2012 – Present |
Thatteem Mutteem is an Indian comedy television series directed by R. Unnikrishnan, which depicts relationship between a mother-in-law and the daughter-in-Law in a family portrayed by K. P. A. C. Lalitha and Manju Pillai respectively. The series is shot with Full HD cameras and premieres on the Malayalam channel Mazhavil Manorama telecasted at 8:00 (IST) on every Saturdays. Gireesh Gramika serves as the screenwriter.[1] The show timing was changed to Fridays 9:30pm and then to Saturdays 9:30 pm. Currently the show is airing on every Saturdays at 7:30 Pm. The show has won Kerala state television award in 2014.
Contents
Theme
The plots of each episodes vary. From single quarrels to big problems in the family is mixed with comedy to make it a very nice comedies and plots. However, the most common plot is the quarrel between the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law, and the struggle of the kids and Arjunan to solve it. Sub plots include the crush of Arjunan to Mallika, their neighbour and her liking for Arjunan's poems, which wreaks havoc in the family. Although the daughter-in-law has a strong distaste towards the mother-in-law, they share a mutual respect for one another.
Cast
- K. P. A. C. Lalitha as Mayavathi Amma
- Manju Pillai as Mohanavally[2]
- Jayakumar Pillai as Arjunan
- Sidharth Prabhu as Kannan
- Bhagyalakshmi Prabhu as Meenakshi
- Veena Nair as Kokilakshi
- Naseer Sankranthi as Kamalasanan
Reception
The series was successful, mainly because of the main attraction, the children, who lose no opportunity to instigate a fight between the two women and no dubbing is another quality of this. Thatteem Mutteem is considered special in that the show is recorded using "spot dialogues". This technique creates a natural sound and look. The artists behave as in real situations. Moreover,the acting is very natural and simple and the series has a relation to reality in the modern day which led the series to its success.
