Jamelaa (TV series)

Jamelaa
Original title	ஜமீலா
Genre	Family Drama
Written by	Aiswaryan Siddique
Directed by	Asif Kuraishi
Creative director	Radikaa Sarathkumar
Starring	Tanvi Rao Ajay
Country of origin	India
Original language	Tamil
No. of episodes	15
Production
Producer	Rayane R Mithun
Editors	K.Bharath Kumar K.Pandydurai
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	approx.20-22 minutes per episode
Production company	Radaan Mediaworks
Distributor	Colors Tamil Voot
Release
Original network	Colors Tamil
Picture format	1080i (HDTV)
Audio format	Dolby Digital
Original release	10 October 2022 (2022-10-10) – present

Jamelaa (ஜமீலா) is an Indian-Tamil-language family drama television series airing on Colors Tamil. The series stars Tanvi Rao and Ajay. It premiered on Colors Tamil on 10 October 2022, and airs on Monday to Saturday at 19:00. It is available for streaming in select markets on Voot. The show is produced by Rayane Mithun under Radaan Mediaworks.

Plot

The plot of this series is set in an Islamic background as a new venture in the world of Tamil serials.

Cast

Main cast

• Tanvi Rao as Jamelaa
• Ajay as Ananda Kannan a.k.a AK

Recurring cast

• Gowtham Sundararajan as Hanifa: Jamelaa`s Father
• Aishwarya Bhaskaran as Saleema: Jamelaa`s Mother
• Basha as Sikandar
• Hema as Jannat
• Sharvan as Dr. Nawaz
• Sonia as Dr. Mumtaz
• Shriram as Saddam
• Harishmitha as Nargis
• Preetha Suresh as Keerthi
• S. N. Parvathy as Gandhimathi
• Ravi Chandran as Ravi
• Poovilangu Mohan as Dakshinamurthy: AK`s Father
• Meera Krishnan as Maragatham: AK`s Mother
• VJ Lekha as RJ Kanmani
• Kia as RJ Rbbas
• Caroline Hiltrud as Laila
• Dheeraj Vishnu Rathnam as Kasim

Production

Casting

A newcomer Kannada television actress Tanvi Rao was cast in the female lead role as Jamelaa. A newcomer actor Ajay was selected to play a male lead role of AK. Gowtham Sundararajan was selected to play the role of Hanifa. Aishwarya was selected to play the role of Saleema. Actor Poovilangu Mohan was selected to play the role of AK`s father as Dakshinamurthy and Meera Krishnan was selected to play the role of AK`s mother as Maragatham.

Development

At the end of May end 2022, Colors Tamil confirmed through a press release that it would distribute a new Tamil Muslim series, to be produced by Rayane R Mithun under Radaan Mediaworks. It was scheduled to premiere on 22 August 2022, but due to some issues, the series went on air on 10 October 2022.

Release

The first promo was unveiled on 14 July 2022, In the series' opening shot, a Muslim woman stands wearing a burqa. Only her eyes were visible. The title of the series in Arabic style was released as "Jameela." The second promo was unveiled on 28 August 2022, featuring protagonist Jamelaa's face and revealing the release date. The third song promo was unveiled on 4 September 2022, featuring protagonist Jameela and her family. The fourth promo was unveiled on 22 September 2022, featuring protagonist AK and Jamelaa meeting.