Kayal (TV series)

Main

• Chaitra Reddy as Kayal Muthuvel (Kayalvizhi): Muthuvel and Kamatchi's daughter (2021–present)
• Sanjeev Karthick as Ezhil Rajasekhar (Ezhilarasan): Rajasekhar and Sivasankari's son (2021–present)

Recurring

• Riya Vishwanathan as Sakthi: Kayal's best friend (2026–present)
• Jishnu Menon as Shiva (2026–present)
• Meenakumari as Kamatchi: Muthuvel's widow; (2021–present)
• Vazhakku En Muthuraman as Dharmalingam (Dharma): Vadivu's husband; (Antagonist turned Protagonist) (2021–present)
• Sumangali as Vadivukarasi "Vadivu" Dharmalingam: Dharmalingam's wife; (Antagonist)(2021–present)
• Hema Srikanth as Vedhavalli "Valli" Chandrasekhar: Chandrasekhar's wife; (Antagonist)(2021–present)
• Gayatri Jayaraman / Uma Riyaz Khan as Sivasankari "Sankari" Rajasekhar: Rajasekhar's wife; (Main Antagonist)(2021–2022 / 2022–present)
• Iyyappan Unni / Vishwanathan Shyam as Moorthy Muthuvel @ (Assan): Kamatchi and Muthuvel's eldest son; (2021–2025 / 2025–present)
• Janaki Devi / Subha Geetha as Dhanam Moorthy: Moorthy's wife (2021–2024 / 2024–present)
• Baby Dechina as Anu Moorthy: Moorthy and Dhanam's daughter; (2021–present)
• Ishwarya Ravichandran / Nila Gracy as Devi Vigneshwaran: Kamatchi and Muthuvel's younger daughter; (2021–2023 / 2023–present)
• Gopi as Vigneshwaran "Vignesh" Chandrasekhar: Chandrasekhar and Vedhavalli's son; (2021–present)
• Avinash Ashok / Harry / Jeeva Rajendran as Sub-inspector Anbu (Anbuselvan) Muthuvel: Kamatchi and Muthuvel's younger son; (2021–2022 / 2022 / 2022–present)
• Preethi Suresh / Sathyapriya Sivasamy as Shalini Anbuselvan: Chandrasekhar and Vedhavalli's daughter; (2022–present)
• Abinavya Deepak as Anandhi Muthuvel: A Doctor; Kamatchi and Muthuvel's youngest daughter; (2021–present)

Other cast

• Shaashvi Bala / VJ Akshaya as Deepika: Ezhil's one-sided obsessive lover and Kayal's arch rival (Antagonist)(2024–2026 / 2026–present)
• Sebastian as Petter Arumugam: Moorthy's worker; Kayal's foster family member (2021–present)
• Muralidhar Raj as Rajasekhar: Sivasankari's husband; Ezhil's father (2021–present)
• Fawaz Zayani as Subramaniyam "Subramani" Dharmalingam: Dharmalingam and Vadivu's son; Aarthi's brother; Pavithra's husband (Antagonist)(2021–2025)
• Hensha Deepan as Pavithra Subramaniyam: Subramaniyam's wife (2023–2025)
• Kiran Mai as Aarthi Anand: Dharmalingam and Vadivu's daughter; Subramani's sister; Anand's wife (2021–2025)
• Rothit Balaiah as Anand: Ezhil's best friend; Aarthi's husband (2021–Present)
• Varun Udhai as Dr. Gowtham: Kayal's rival (Antagonist) (2021–present)
• Keerthana as Raajiyam: Shiva's mother (2026–present)
• VM Rajesh Kanna as Chandrasekhar: Vedhavalli's husband; father of Vignesh and Shalini (2021–2024)
• Ghouse Nisha as Uma: Vignesh's one-sided obsessive lover and Kayal's rival (Antagonist)(2021–2025)
• Arandhangi Manjula as Uma's mother (2021–2022)
• Annapoorani as Vanitha: A nurse and Gowtham's follower (Antagonist) (2021–2025)
• Jeganathan as Ex-MLA Sethusingam: Vedhavalli's brother (Antagonist)(2021–2025)
• Swathi Reddy as Ramya: A nurse and Kayal's best friend (2021–2023)
• Suruli as Hospital Dean (2022–2024)
• Birla Bose as Inspector Vajravel (2023–2025)
• Reehana as Prabhu's mother (2023)
• Ravikumar as Prabhu's father (2023)
• Sidharth Kapilavayi as Prabhu (2023)
• J. Durai Raj as Manoj (2025)
• Indiran as Bruce Lee: Shiva's friend (2026–present)

Special appearances

• Bala Singh as Muthuvel: Kamatchi's husband; (posthumous photographic appearance)
• Bharathi Mohan as young Muthuvel (2025; in flashbacks only)
• Gabriella Sellus as Sundari (2022) from Sundari
• Jishnu Menon as Karthick (2022) from Sundari
• Riya Manoj as Abhirami (2022)
• Nidhish Kutty as Ilamukhil (2022)
• Aadhish Jatti Jaganathan as Sumo (2022)
• Nimeshika Radhakrishnan as Meera (2022)
• Rahul Ravi as Yuva (2022)
• Vadivukkarasi as Rajalakshmi (2023)
• Aila Syed as Kayal and Ezhil’s daughter in dreams (2023)
• Baladitya as Suryakumar: Kayal's fake husband (2023)
• Anusha Prathap as Eshwari (2023)
• Chandra Lakshman as Rajalakshmi (2024)
• Vijay Vishwa as Saravana Velu: Kayal's one-sided obsessive lover (2024–2025)
• Eesan Sujatha as Meenatchi: Saravana Velu's mother (2024, 2025)
• Sonia Agarwal as Herself (2025)
• Ajay Kapoor as Judge Arulmozhi Varman (2025)
• Annam family members in Megasangamam (2025)
• Marumagal family members in Megasangamam and Mahasangamam (2025,2026)
• TSR Srinivasan as Train Passenger (2025)
• Y. G. Mahendran as Sakthivel Kalingarayar (2025)
• Manya Anand as Kanmani
• Tharun Appasamy as Kaushik (2026)
• Nalini as Meenatchi (2026)
• A.Ravivarma as Ramachandran (2026)

Development

After the conclusion of Sun TV's drama Abhiyum Naanum, its production company, Vision Time India Pvt. Ltd., decided to produce Kayal. The concept of the show was originally based on K. Balachander's 1987 film Manathil Urudhi Vendum. This is the 15th serial produced for Sun TV. The first promotional video was released on 11 October 2021.^[2]

Casting

Actress Chaitra Reddy was cast in the lead role, marking her return to television after starring in Zee Tamil's drama Yaaradi Nee Mohini.^[3][4][5] Sanjeev Karthik was cast opposite her.^[6] Actor "Vazhakku En" Muthuraman was cast as the main antagonist, Dharmalingam alias Dharma.

Gayatri Jayaraman was selected to portray the role of Sivasankari Rajasekhar (Ezhilarasan's mother), a negative character. In February 2022, she quit the series and was replaced by Uma Riyaz Khan.^[7] On 15 May 2024, actress Chandra Lakshman joined the cast to portray another negative role.^[8]