Baakiyalakshmi

Baakiyalakshmi
Genre	Drama
Written by	Leena Gangopadhyay (Dialogues) Sangeetha Mohan Krish Priya Thambi
Directed by	Siva Sekar (Episode 1-25) I. David (Episode 26–present)
Creative directors	Priya Thambi S. V Rathna Kumar
Starring	K. S. Suchitra Shetty Sathish Kumar Reshma Pasupuleti
Theme music composer	Kiran
Country of origin	India
Original language	Tamil
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	1,500
Production
Producer	Venus Infotainment Private Limited
Editors	V. Sakthi T.Vinoth Nathan
Camera setup	Multi-Camera
Running time	20–22 minutes
Production company	Venus Infotainment
Original release
Network	Star Vijay
Release	27 July 2020 (2020-07-27) – present
Related
Sreemoyee

Baakiyalakshmi– oru Illatharasiyin Kadhai (Baakiyalakshmi – A Homemaker's Tale) is a 2020 Indian Tamil-language television drama that airs on Star Vijay. This show is an official remake of Star Jalsha series Sreemoyee. It premiered on 27 July 2020.replaced. It stars K. S. Suchitra in the titular role with Sathish Kumar and Reshma Pasupuleti in other prominent roles.

Plot

Baakiyalakshmi, a home maker or a house wife, has been married to Gopinath, an MBA Graduate, at a young age. Baakiyalakshmi is often discriminated and insulted due to her poor education, by all of the members of the house. Ezhil, the second male child of Gopinath and Baakiyalakshmi, is the most dearest to Baakiya and cares about her the most. The soap starts with Baakiyalakshmi's birthday. As everyone forgets her birthday, Ezhil had brought in a cake surprisingly mid-night leaving Baakiya filled with awe. It is later revealed that Baakiya's second male child, Chezhiyan, had romantic affairs with a Christian, Homely girl, Jennifer (Jenny). They had met in elementary school and had loved each other since high school. Iniya, the third child of Baakiya and Gopinath, is the most closest to Gopi but often despises Baakiyalakshmi of her unwiseness, nosyness and being unethical. Chezhiyan's love was later revealed to the family by an impatient Jenny, leaving Chezhiyan in despair and dismay, often leading to fights between the couple. On the other hand, Gopinath had recently met his college love, Radhika whom he had visited regularly along with her child, Mayura (Mayu). Soon after, Gopinath agrees to the Chezhiyan-Jenny Marriange after Radhika had talked sense into him by giving him details about her past. Turns out, she had been married to a drunkard, Rajesh, Mayura's biological father. The same day, Jenny's family arrives. Unfortunately, the Havoc created by Eashwari had made the latter leave with anger, again leaving both in depression. Joseph, Jenny's father, and Mariam, Jenny's mother, decide on her behalf and asks her to accept the groom. She had informed Chezhiyan, who had again requested her to be patient. Eventually, Jenny leaves the home after learning that her parents were on the verge of fixing her marriage. Joseph files a false case against Chezhiyan on her missing. Ezhil later finds out that Jenny had stayed at a hostel in a Church for the previous day. She visits the police and frees a heart-broken Chezhiyan. Chezhiyan later calls the relationship out and decides to depart. Jenny, in pain, phones Chezhiyan who had blocked her number. Upon realising such, she decides to commit suicide and sends a video message to Chezhiyan. Baakiya and Chezhiyan rush to Jenny's house. On realizing Jenny's stubbornness, she decides to somehow get the couple married. Chezhiyan pleads with their family members and fights for his love. The latter and former fix a Hindu wedding on one day, as per the former, and a Christian wedding for the latter. Despite obstacles that came forth, Chezhiyan and Jenny get married and lead a life together despite obstacles from the latter's family members. Meanwhile, Baakiyalakshmi, Jenny and Selvi, a friendly house-maid of Gopinath's house, plans to start a Masala Company. Here, they sold powders of spices which gave them some profit but not that much. In spite of the low success, they develop further and put up a small factory for their Masala Podi. On the other side, there is Ezhil, who is unemployed and starts working as a food delivery person in Quick Meals. With at most interest in cinematography, he starts to become a short film director involving his love interest, Amritha, a traffic police or a juice shop's employee. Meanwhile, Baakiya befriends Radhika, the same person of Gopinath's interest. Baakiya's business slowly starts to reach its peak — with her participating in various cookery competitions and contracts, leaving her thousands of rupees on each one. On the flip side, Iniya gets in trouble in school for bunking school examinations. Upon knowing this, the Principal decides to expel Iniya. In anguish, Gopinath destroys Baakiyalakshmi's Masala Podi Shed, built by Ezhil. As a last resort, Baakiya pleads with the Principal to accept Iniya. Moved by her plight, she allows Iniya to enter the school again. A few days later, Gopinath's affair with Radhika is revealed to Ezhil via Rajesh who had spied on them when they were together. He threatens Gopi and demands him to end the relationship. Yet, Gopinath despises his comments and continues to cheat on Baakiya. Meanwhile, Rajesh continues to trouble Radhika, leaving both Mayu and Radhika devastated. Later, Amritha's past relationship and the story of her ex-husband and how she became a widow is revealed to Ezhil when Amritha's father-in-law spits out the truth suspecting both might be in a relationship. Moved by Amritha's plight, Ezhil apologises to Amritha for his rude and abrupt remarks. Unable to bear Rajesh's tortures, Radhika moves into a new house, while Ezhil cautions Gopinath upon his relationship with Radhika. Later, Chezhiyan and Jennifer quarrel often whether to have a child or not when Jenny gets her first pregnancy, Fights grow between Cheziyan and Jenny, where one day, Jenny has a miscarriage leaving Jennifer in a breakdown. Later, Jenny blames Chezhiyan for her recent struggles and leaves the house in frustration. Upon realising Chezhiyan's Usage of Harsh words and actions towards Jenny, he apologises to the latter and brings her home resolving their issues. Soon after, Baakiya meets with an accident while learning how to drive. But still, except Ezhil, who has gone on a two-day shoot, had everyone made Baakiya do the house chores despite her leg fracture. Post recovery, she is met with a huge catering order which she successfully completes by distributing the work amongst her colleagues. However, she loses the resultant three lakhs since she fell into a vishing scam. Unable to pay her colleagues the amount she promised for their work, Gopinath yells at her and asks her to leave the house. Fortunately, Ezhil comes in clutch and pays the three lakhs that Baakiya had initially received to the pesterers at her house.

Ramamoorthy and Baakiya visit an Amman temple, the same temple Radhika and Gopinath was at. Ramamoorthy spies on Gopinath and comes to know about Radhika and Gopinath's affair. He later orders Radhika's family to stay away from Gopinath. Ezhil, on the other hand, slowly befriends Amritha, however, Ezhil is left awestruck when Amritha introduces his child, Nila. In spite of so, Ezhil still accepts Amirtha and wanted to be a good husband to her who supports her through her struggles. When he expresses his love, Amirtha temporarily cuts off Ezhil's friendship. Moved by Ezhil's plight and request, Amirtha slowly retreats with her decision and interacts with Ezhil as usual. Jenny, Baakiya and Selvi improvises their Masala Company and starts to plan a business named "Eshwari Home Foods" where they sold delicious home-cooked foods. Meanwhile, Iniya meets with a problem at school, along with her friend Nikhila, who faces unbearable torture from their CSC Teacher, Mr. Rajkumar, causing her to make a decision involving self-harm. Fortunately, she was saved — Baakiya ruthless efforts, upon learning about the matter, helped imprison Mr. Rajkumar, saving the life of millions of students within that instituition.

Pongal comes up and Ramamoorthy's family plans to celebrate at their natives with Gopinath being forced to attend. The family have a fun-filled experience excluding Gopinath, who had always been on the phone leaving Baakiya with suspicions aroused on him. They return home and Mayura, while on a visit to Baakiyalakshmi's House, reveals to Ramamoorthy that Gopinath was on a mission to marry Radhika. In anguish, he confronts Gopinath and falls down the stairs causing him to get paralyzed. Later, a money scarcity comes up as Baakiya didn't have enough money to pay for Ramamoorthy's medications and scans. Eashwari overhears Gopinath-Baakiya's argument over the same and hands her jewels to Baakiya as an initiative to reduce the scarce cash around the house. Jenny, who had also overheard the quarrel, takes a step forward by getting 1 Lakh Rs. from her mother, Mariam. When Joseph hands it to Chezhiyan, he is left in frustration and creates a ruccus round the house. Eshwari, yet again, eavesdrop over the conversation and plans to go back to their natives. Moved by Baakiya's request, they decide to stay. Later, Baakiyalakshmi explodes at Chezhiyan as he talks about divorcing Jenny and teaches him a lesson. Soon after, on a picnic trip, Ezhil accidentally spots Gopinath with Radhika and laments about the problem to Ramamoorthy. He tried to reveal Gopinath's family to try and end the relationship, but he failed so. Due to this conflict, Ezhil refused to invite Gopinath to his film's preview and asked Gopinath to not step in.

Things turn upside down for Baakiyalakshmi as she is falsely accused of poisoning children in an orphanage. Later, Ezhil and Chezhiyan bail her out proving her innocence. A few days later, Radhika questions Gopinath about his family. While intoxicated, he had accidentally revealed his family to Radhika shattering her. To prevent further problems for Baakiyalakshmi, Radhika permanently decides to move to Mumbai. Upon realising this, Gopinath gets a breakdown and falls into a car accident. When Baakiya gets called in, she sees Radhika with Gopinath, leaving her heart-broken. Later, she exposes Gopinath and leaves the house. When Gopinath temporarily consoles her to bring her back till they get divorced, she agrees, just for her childrwen and later gets separated mutually. Thereafter, Gopinath had ordered Baakiya to leave the house and throws the suitcase which he believed was filled with her clothes. On opening it, he sees that it is filled with his clothes. Baakiya talks back and orders Gopinath to leave the house instead and promises to repay 20 Lakhs that Gopinath had spent for the house. After getting married to Radhika, he settles in with her and Mayu within the house opposite to Baakiya's, leaving everybody dead inside with Ezhil preaching to kill Gopinath. Gopinath mends his relationship with Mayu. On a PTA meeting, Iniya is left devastated when Mayura starts calling Gopinath her Daddy. But when Iniya gets in trouble again in her school, she asks Gopinath to resolve the issue leaving everybody in Baakiya's house to interrogate her harshly. Due to this conflict, Iniya moves in with her dad and begins to experience Radhika's torture and also begins to miss the comfort of her own house. A week later, Chennai's Secretary Election is held with both Baakiya and Radhika competing against each other. At the end, Baakiya won the election as well as Gopinath's frustration.

Overtime, Ezhil and Amritha had gets into whole-hearted relationship. Turns out, Amritha knew it was true love when Ezhil defended her against a group of rowdies who had made fun off her each time she passed by. Eventually, their love gets revealed to Baakiyalakshmi who supports Ezhil, moved by his reasoning. With Chezhiyan catching Ezhil speaking to Amritha late night, he started arousing romantic suspicions over Ezhil and Amritha's love. Eshwari was hell-bent upon hearing Chezhiyan's comments. At Amritha's place, both confronted Amritha's parents causing an issue in Ezhil's relationship. Amritha's parents and herself had gone to Trichy leaving their house in Chennai locked. Upon realising this, Ezhil was devastated. Fortunately, Ezhil had found her nearby a temple and had promised to be there for her at all time, whether happy or sad. On the other hand, Eshwari had tried to set Ezhil up with a film producer's daughter, Varshini. It is later revealed that Varshini had proposed to Ezhil, but had rejected it and confronted her instead. On the other hand, Baakiya had struggled to repay the 20 Lakhs she had promised Gopinath to and is highly pressured up, mostly caused by Gopinath's continuous torture about the problem. Turns out, Varshini's father had agreed to pay the rest of 18 Lakhs but under one condition — Ezhil had to marry Varshini. Not only that, if he had married Varshini, he would have the chance to gain a lot of fame as a film director. Even still, Ezhil had strongly refused. But, Upon seeing Eashwari begging him to marry Varshini, he had accepted with much reluctance. Baakiya, upon learning about the true reason for Ezhil's quick marriage, stops the wedding by stating that Ezhil doesn't need a forced-arranged marriage as such and makes him wed Amritha instead. Unfortunately, Eashwari wreaks havoc when the family comes home after the marriage and had much hatred towards the marriage. Eventually, Eshwari and Chezhiyan retreat with their anger, fooled by Amritha's and Nila's innocent faces.

On the flip side, Baakiya had worked tirelessly — day and night for eight days straight, handling back-to-back wedding catering orders. She had earned ₹2 lakhs, which she had paid to Gopinath as an advance. A few days later, Kodeeswaran, the catering manager, gives Baakiya another contract despite HR Radhika's objections. Radhika also mocked Baakiya for not knowing English. Determined, Baakiya joined a spoken English course, supported by her classmates and friends Pazhanichamy and Lopika. She also learned to drive with Ezhil's help. Eventually, she upgraded her "Home Foods" into a canteen. Her efforts in learning English paid off at the canteen's inauguration, where she confidently gifted Radhika a rose, leaving her insulted. Meanwhile, Gopinath, who came to pick up Iniya, saw Pazhani flirting with Baakiya and complimenting her youthful looks. Baakiya's strong English reply to Gopi regarding Pazhani, her self-earned income, and her and her colleagues’ stance against Radhika's dress-code rule not only made Gopi and Radhika rethink their views but also led to Baakiya being taken more seriously within her family. Adding to this, Radhika challenged Baakiya to prepare pastry items for the menu within two days, and later, Gopi asked for Malaysian cuisine to be served to guests. Baakiya completed both tasks without fail — the pastries with Palani's help, and the Malaysian dishes using guidance from social media.

Tensions escalate between Iniya and Radhika as their relationship turns hostile. With constant clashes over various issues, Iniya seeks Gopinath's support in her rebellion. However, Gopi sides with Radhika, leaving Iniya devastated. Overwhelmed by emotional distress, Iniya consumes a large number of sleeping pills meant for Ramamoorthy. She is rushed to the hospital by Radhika, Gopi, and Ramamoorthy for a stomach wash. Ramamoorthy informs Baakiya, who arrives with Ezhil, Eshwari, and Chezhiyan. They confront and scold Gopi and Radhika for mistreating Iniya. Soon after, Gopinath is stunned when Iniya decides to leave with Baakiya. He wanders near the Chromepet Railway Station in a drunken state, mumbling incoherently. A passerby, noticing his condition and hearing him mention “wife,” contacts Baakiya. She and Ezhil pick him up and drop him off at Radhika's house. While still intoxicated, Gopi makes hurtful remarks about Radhika, leaving her emotionally shattered. Burdened with regret, Radhika decides to leave the house the following day. The next morning, in a desperate attempt to stop her, Gopinath pleads emotionally and falls at her feet in front of Eshwari, Chezhiyan, Ezhil, Iniya, Ramamoorthy, Baakiya, and Selvi, who had shared the news. Eshwari, fearing further humiliation, urges Gopinath to leave Radhika and return home. Despite this, Gopinath turns to alcohol again. Chezhiyan, noticing his condition, takes him to Baakiya's house—against Ezhil's wishes. The next day, Radhika returns to the house and begins asserting control over household matters, often disrespecting the people around her.

A tense moment unfolds for Jenny as she slips and falls within the floors of the house while being pregnant. With nobody in the house, Jenny calls Radhika who takes her to the hospital for an immediate checkup — but relief follows afterwards as both the baby and herself were declared safe. Later, Chezhiyan and Ezhil are on rampage as Gopinath badmouths Baakiya regarding Palani. Eventually, a conflict arises between Eshwari and Radhika where Eshwari voluntarily pronounces Radhika, an intruder in Gopi's life. In return, Radhika badmouths Eshwari. Gopinath's timely arrival cause Baakiyalakshmi and Gopinath to fight over the problem. The confrontation concludes as Baakiya promises Gopinath to repay the 18 Lakhs within a week of time. Turns out, she does pay him the left out money and Radhika and Baakiya leaves with vengeance, anguish, frustration and embarrassment. Within a few hours, the ownership documents are transferred to Baakiyalakshmi's name, and a name board bearing "Baakiyalakshmi" is placed at the front of the house.

A turning point in Iniya's life comes when she secures the first rank in her twelfth board exams, but the moment is clouded by disappointment as Baakiyalakshmi fails to arrive on time for her prize distribution ceremony. While Baakiyalakshmi leaves for Iniya's college admission, she manages to speak perfect English to the college principal, leaving Gopinath shocked. While taking a look at the classrooms, her nostalgic memories of wanting to study came in. Baakiya had discussed to Ezhil about her wishes and he had got the admission form for the same, fulfilling her dreams. Simultaneously, a lord-driven Eshwari comes back from her trip to Kasi and supports Baakiyalakshmi despite Gopinath's rebels. Unfortunately, she had to drop out of her English Class and College after a few months to balance her work schedule.

On the other hand, Chezhiyan meets a temptress or a co-worker, named Malini, who starts to behave romantically with Chezhiyan despite knowing that he is married. Unknowingly, Chezhiyan falls into the trap and comes home intoxicated late-night every day. Taking advantage of the moment, Malini had taken photos and videos of Chezhiyan proposing to her after drinking. In short, Chezhiyan was cheating on Jenny, especially during Iniya's College Field Visit, where Baakiya, Eshwari, Selvi and Iniya had gone out. Eventually, Chezhiyan demanded the affair to end, but Malini had threatened to leak the evidence to the family if he doesn't co-operate. A month goes by. Baakiyalakshmi spies on Chezhiyan phone and found his disgusting activities with Malini. Baakiya had tried her best to resolve the issue but Malini had exposed him before she could even try, leaving Jenny heart-broken. Scarred by betrayal, she leaves the home and laments about her issues to Mariam and Joseph.

Simultaneously, Ganesh, Amritha's ex-husband, comes back alive and is on the run for Amritha and Nila. Ganesh had met Baakiyalakshmi and had given her a month of time before he intervenes. Both Chezhiyan's and Ezhil's life had gone downhill. A month had passed and Ganesh had clashed in with Baakiya's family demading Nila and Amritha to the point where he filed complaints, which backfired and kidnapping them, which also backfired. He was imprisoned with polices' intervention and at last, Amritha and Nila were saved.

Meanwhile, Chezhiyan had planned for an emotional reconcile with Jenny and had begged her for the same only to receive displeasing comments on the reconcilement. Joseph had advised Jenny to cut contacts with him and had decided on Jenny's behalf so much to the point where he had planned a divorce between the two. Chezhiyan was shattered upon reading the divorce statement. Few hours later, Eshwari, along with Gopinath, Ramamoorthy and Baakiya had confronted the latter. Despite so, Joseph was stubborn for a divorce. Later, Jenny confronts her parents for sending the divorce papers without her consent. Joseph replies aggressively and breaks Jenny's phone to prevent further contacts from Chezhiyan. Chezhiyan, upon assuming that Jenny had accepted the divorce, goes to Joseph's house where he lamented about their life together and questioning how she had accepted the decision. Turns out, Jenny was locked in a room and Chezhiyan was sent rudely by an aggressive Joseph. Eventually, a guilt-ridden Chezhiyan comes to know that Joseph had given baptism to the newly born baby of Jenny without consulting Chezhiyan. A few days later, Joseph meets Gopinath and informs about Jenny's remarriage. Upon hearing the news, Chezhiyan confronts Joseph and stands up for his love. The fight had escalated so much that Joseph had involved physical abuse and harassment within the middle of the road, kicking Chezhiyan off the house. Later, Ezhil finds a devastated Chezhiyan sitting in front of Jenny's front gate. He consoles him and brings him home. Gopinath, Ramamoorthy and Eshwari confront Joseph for the aggressive attitude with Chezhiyan. However, Joseph's cold reply sparks Eshwari's anger causing her to plan a remarriage for Chezhiyan. When Baakiya had given the news to Jenny, she was in sorrow, consoled by Joseph and Mariam. Throughout many court hearings and counsels, Chezhiyan was strong within his opinion to live with Jenny throughout his life. Taking this into account, Baakiya and Mariam devised an emotional reunion for the couple by locking them in a small room. Fortunately, their plan worked, and the two reconciled just as they had hoped.

However, as Chezhiyan and Ezhil began facing personal struggles, Gopinath and Baakiya too encountered their own setbacks. Baakiya's canteen was shut down due to unforeseen circumstances, but she soon bounced back by opening a larger establishment named Eshwari Restaurant. Similarly, Gopinath's business collapsed following major losses at the GCEI Consultancy. Hoping for a fresh start, he decided to venture into cooking and launched a cloud kitchen under the name Eshwari Foods, complete with an inauguration ceremony. Later, Eshwari started pressurizing Ezhil and Amritha to giving birth to a child, as an initiative to bond their relationship. Things take a sharp turn as Radhika becomes Pregnant at the same time. Few days later, Eshwari names Jenny's baby Yazhini. During this moment, Gopinath takes Eshwari for a ride and tells her about Radhika's Pregnancy. Moments later, Eshwari asks Radhika to abort it sparking her anger. Overtime, the secret is revealed to the entire family via Baakiya leaving Ramamoorthy and the others in disappointment and dismay. Eventually, a dispute involving Gopinath, Radhika, Baakiya, Ezhil, and Chezhiyan led them to leave the house and move with Eshwari to Radhika's residence.

Inside the house, Kamala — Radhika's mother — was forced to sleep in the hall while Eshwari occupied the bedroom. From ordering coffee to demanding an extra TV, Eshwari asserted her dominance like a boss. This often sparked frequent clashes between her and Kamala, each driven by mutual resentment. Despite the tension, Baakiya continued to visit Eshwari regularly, bringing her homemade meals with care. One day, however, Eshwari fainted due to low sugar levels but recovered quickly and returned to Gopinath's house. Not long after, Gopinath, envious of Baakiya's ability to juggle multiple responsibilities, attempted to imitate her — only to fall short, though not disastrously.

Eventually, Iniya turns 19 and within her birthday ceremony, Pazhanichamy's family proposes marriage for him and Baakiya. But, she rejects the proposal stating that she just wants to maintain a good friendship with Palani. Later, a disastrous situation turns out for Radhika, where she slips and falls to the floor. The fall was so bad that it got rid of the baby inside her uterus. This turned Radhika's family including Gopinath against her causing her to get evicted. Upon noticing this, Baakiya consoles her and confronts Gopinath against his rude actions towards Eshwari. Baakiya, to solace her, takes her to her favourite place and makes her meet her best friend, Savitri, there. Meanwhile, Kamala's harrasive remarks about Gopinath and Eshwari sparks up Gopi's anger causing him to disrespect her and was on the verge of slapping her. Scarred by such events, Kamala poses a false complaint against Eshwari stating that she had intentionally killed Radhika's fetus, leaving Baakiya and the others devastated. In her first court hearing, Kamala's advocate managed to prove Eshwari as a child-killer. Shortly after, Mayura reveals the truth about her mother's fall. She had exposed that Radhika wasn't pushed by Eshwari, but had slipped and fell through a flower vase. To bail Eshwari out, Baakiya had brought in Mayu, which had spread shockwaves to Radhika and Kamala. With the truth revealed, Eshwari was bailed out. When Gopinath returned the night, seeking Eshwari's forgiveness, situations had escalated for him when Eshwari had ended all parental ties with him. Meanwhile, Radhika confronts Baakiya for taking Mayura to the court without Radhika's permission in spite of knowing the ailing state of the latter.

A few days later, a cooking competition was announced for well-known restaurants in the area, with both Baakiya's and Gopinath's establishments set to compete against each other. At the same time, Iniya was invited by her college best friends for an outing. She lied to her family, claiming it was her best friend's birthday, but instead, she and her friends ended up at an age-restricted pub accompanied by some senior boys. Trouble broke out between Iniya's male friends and the seniors, prompting the pub owner to call the police. As tensions escalated, the girls pleaded with the owner not to involve them. Just as they were about to leave, the police arrived and were moments away from arresting both the boys and the girls. It was Radhika's timely intervention that prevented the arrest. Meanwhile, in the middle of the cooking competition, Radhika urgently called Chezhiyan, Eshwari, and Baakiya, leaving Selvi alone on stage. Upon reaching the venue, the three were left stunned—not only by the situation involving Iniya but also by the news that Gopinath had won the competition. A day after, the girls were called out and were given a talk by the principal involving their transfer from the instituition. Iniya had called in Gopinath to speak to the heads, but Baakiya, upon knowing the news, had come in instead. Moved by her plight, Iniya was allowed to go back to class with a warning.

Later, a dispute arises between Eshwari and Ezhil involving Amritha where Eshwari insults Ezhil with his unemployments. With a rock-heart, Baakiya asked Ezhil to move out. Despite all pleas, Amritha, Nila and Ezhil moves out and temporarily stays in a hotel. Weeks later, they move into a small house, suitable for three people. Ramamoorthy's eightieth birthday comes up and Baakiya celebrates it with a grand ceremony. Sadly, the day after, Ramamoorthy tragically passes away leaving Eshwari heartbroken. Kamala, along with other people across the streets, had started forming unethical rules for Eshwari. Apart from that, Eshwari had also lost a part of her respect and confidence inside the house. Shortly after, Radhika apologises on Kamala's behalf and asks her to understand the pain of vulnerable people whom she insulted even more, basically explaining Karma.

Meanwhile, Iniya auditions for the dance competition held in her school and had gotten selected. Despite discouragement from her family, she manages to qualify the first round by deceiving her family or lying to them that she was studying inside her room. However, for the second round, she needed a dance master to compete amongst professional dancers, which Baakiya was unable to afford. Gopinath supported Iniya and had arranged a dance master for Iniya. Yet again, she qualifies the second round and moves on to the third round. However, during the third round, Iniya was asked to bring her family members up the stage. Gopinath had asked Radhika to come along despite her refusal. This made the people around question Iniya and insult her, thereby affecting her performance. Later, she blames Radhika for her placing third, leaving Radhika hurt with Iniya's harsh comments.

On the other hand, Baakiya had made Biriyani for all the people that came to the restaurant. With the help of Anand, Gopinath's co-worker, he devised a plan to destroy Baakiya's business by mixing poisoned chicken within the Biryani. This made thousands of people lose trust towards her, some which require immediate medical intervention. Baakiya had heard the conversation between Gopi and Anand through a phone call. Upon knowing the victim, Baakiya had filed a case on Gopi, who managed to get out on bail with the help of Senthil and Chezhiyan. He confronts Baakiya at her house and the video footage of the same reached millions of people, including people from Iniya's college. Later, Iniya pours her heart to Gopinath who had an emotional breakdown or a heart attack while he was driving. Gopinath was admitted to the hospital via Baakiya. Unfortunately, when Radhika visits Gopinath at the hospital, Eshwari lashes out at her leaving her down. Eventually, Radhika had given a divorce statement to Gopinath. Not only that, Radhika had also decided to move out from the house she was originally in. Despite heavy pleas from Gopi, Radhika was stern about her decision and within a few weeks, they get divorced.

During these commercial emergencies, was Ezhil's Film's Pooja. As part of his success, the producer wanted him to not bring Baakiya in. Ezhil, as a tribute titled the film, Baakiyalakshmi while still devastated for choosing his career over his mother. Simultaneously, Chezhiyan loses his job due to a layoff in his office and leaves the house with Jenny to take on Joseph's business.

A few months later, Ezhil and Chezhiyan return, each having established successful lives. Meanwhile, Iniya is secretly in a relationship with Akash, Selvi's son. When the relationship comes to light, Baakiya's family reacts strongly — Iniya's phone access is cut off, and her marriage is arranged with another boy, as decided by her grandmother Eshwari and father Gopinath. Unable to cope with the pressure, Iniya calls the police and successfully halts the engagement. Emotionally shaken, Eshwari and Gopinath leave the house.

The story takes a leap of several months. Iniya graduates and is on her way to become a reported. Her marriage's chatter comes up again and Gopinath, Chezhiyan and Eshwari set Iniya with Nithish, a businessman's, Sudhakar's, son. Despite Iniya and Baakiya's reluctance, Iniya gets married to Nithish and faces torture within the first few months. Weeks later, Iniya walks upon Nithish's drug addiction, later revealed to the whole family. Turns out, Sudhakar had taken Baakiya's Restaurant as dowry. Taking all of this into consideration, Iniya had filed for divorce. During the onset of the process, Iniya is met with several troubles given by Sudhakar's family including Chandrika, Nithish's mother, and Nithish, himself. Days later, Nitish had asked Iniya to meet him in the restaurant, initially owned by Baakiya. In self-defence, Iniya accidentally pushes Nithish, who hits himself against a big log, leading to his death.

News quickly spreads, and Iniya is painted as the culprit. However, Gopinath stands by her and arranges for everyone except Eshwari and himself to go on a family trip. Soon after, Gopinath is arrested and subjected to intense interrogation, during which he falsely confesses to being responsible for Nithish's death. Later, Ezhil presents CCTV footage that proves Gopinath's innocence and reveals the truth — Sudhakar, Nithish's stepfather, had married Chandrika after the death of Nithish's biological father. The footage also shows that Sudhakar had visited the restaurant garage both before and after Iniya's presence there. A co-worker of Sudhakar eventually confesses that Sudhakar had been plotting to kill Nithish due to ongoing threats from Nithish about exposing the truth about his mother's marriage. When Iniya had pushed Nithish against the wall, he had only been unconscious. Upon regaining consciousness during Sudhakar's return, Sudhakar coerced his co-worker into killing Nithish — ultimately leading to the truth being uncovered and Gopinath being cleared of all charges.

Later, Selvi asks Baakiya's family whether they support Iniya and Akash's relationship. The five-year journey comes to an end with Iniya and Akash's wedding.

Cast

Main

• K. S. Suchitra Shetty as Baakiyalakshmi aka Baakiya: (2020–present)
  • A cook who runs a catering company
  • Karpagam's daughter; Gopi's ex-wife, Chezhiyan, Ezhil and Iniya's mother; Yazhini's grandmother; Nila's step-grandmother.
• Sathish Kumar as Gopinath aka Gopi: (2020–present)
  • Former Consulting firm owner turned Cloud kitchen owner.
  • Ramamoorthy and Eshwari's son; Baakiya and Radhika's ex-husband; Chezhiyan, Ezhil and Iniya's father; Yazhini's grandfather; Nila's step-grandfather.
• Nanditha Jennifer (2020–2021) / Reshma Pasupuleti (Jul.2021–2025) as Radhika:
  • HR in an IT company.
  • Kamala's daughter; Chandru's sister; Rajesh and Gopi's ex-wife; Mayura's mother; Baakiya's fluctuating friend.

Recurring

• S. T. P Rosary as Ramamoorthy: Sundaram's brother; Eshwari's husband; Gopi's father; Chezhiyan, Ezhil and Iniya's grandfather; Yazhini's great-grandfather; Nila's step-great-grandfather. (2020–2024) (Dead)
• Rajyalakshmi as Eshwari: Ramamoorthy's widow; Gopi's mother; Chezhiyan, Ezhil and Iniya's grandmother; Yazhini's great-grandmother; Nila's step-great-grandmother. (2020–present)
• Velu Lakshmanan (Aryan) (2020–2022) / Vikash Sampath (Jun.2022–present) as Chezhiyan: Baakiya and Gopi's elder son; Ezhil and Iniya's brother; Jenny's husband; Yazhini's father.
• Divya Ganesh as Jennifer aka Jenny: Joseph and Maria's daughter; Chezhiyan's wife; Yazhini's mother. (2020–present)
• VJ Vishal (2020–2024) / Naveen Prince (May 2024–present) as Ezhilan aka Ezhil: Baakiya and Gopi's younger son; Chezhiyan and Iniya's brother; Amritha's second husband; Nila's step father.
• Rithika Tamil Selvi (2021–2023) / Akshitha Ashok (Aug.2023–present) as Amritha: Ganesh's ex-wife; Ezhil's wife; Nila's mother.
• Neha Rajesh Menon as Iniya: Baakiya and Gopi's daughter; Chezhiyan and Ezhil's sister; Nithish's widow; Akash's wife. (2020–present)
• Meena Sellamuthu as Selvi: The maid in Baakiyalakshmi's house also her dear friend; Bhaskar's wife; Akash's mother. (2020–present)
• Akash Natarajan (2020–2022) / Ajith Kumar (2025–present) as Akash: Selvi and Bhaskar's son; Iniya's husband.
• Jeeva Rajendran as Nithish: Sudhakar and Chandrika's son; Iniya's husband. (2025) (Dead)
• Unknown (2020–2021) / Sherin Thara (Jul.2021–2025) as Mayura: Radhika and Rajesh daughter.
• Baby Kritisha as Nila: Ganesh and Amritha's daughter; Ezhil's step daughter. (2021–present)
• Baby Ahana as Yazhini: Chezhiyan and Jenny's daughter. (2023–present)
• Parthiban as Bhaskar: Selvi's husband; Akash's father. (2020–present)
• Sanjay Kumar Asrani as Sudhakar: Chandrika's husband; Nithish's father; A business enemy to Baakiyalakshmi. (2025–present)
• Mercy Leyal as Chandrika: Sudhakar's wife; Nithish's mother. (2025–present)
• Unknown (2020–2022) / Arvind Kathare (2022–present) as Senthil: Gopi's best friend.
• Sheela as Kamala: Chandru and Radhika's mother; Mayura's grandmother. (2021–2025)
• Yuvanraj Nethrun as Chandru: Kamala's son; Radhika's elder brother; Mayura's uncle. (2022–2024)
• Manush Manmohan (2020–2023) / Dasarathy (Dec.2023–present) as Joseph David: Maria's husband; Jenny's father; Yazhini's grandfather.
• Mona Kakade as Maria: Joseph's wife; Jenny's mother; Yazhini's grandmother. (2020–present)
• R. Aravindraj as Ganesh's father; Nila's grandfather. (2021–2024)
• Revathy Shankar as Ganesh's mother; Nila's grandmother. (2021–2024)
• Nathan Shyam as Rajesh Kumar: Radhika's ex-husband, Mayura's father (2020–2022)
• Sanjay Shankar as Rajashekar: Baakiyalakshmi's well wisher and business supporter. (2020–2023)
• Deepthi Kapil (2023) / Rhema Ashok (2023–2024) as Malini: Chezhiyan's client.
• Keerthi Vijay as Varshini – Filmmaker's daughter; Ezhil's ex-fiancée. (2022–2023)
• Priya as Karpagam – Baakiya's mother; Chezhiyan, Ezhil and Iniya's grandmother; Yazhini's great-grandmother; Nila's step-great-grandmother. (2020)
• Sangeetha V as Kavitha: Karpagam's daughter-in-law. (2021)
• Sam as Rajinikanth: a Physiotherapist. (2022)
• Gokul Krishnan as Sathish: Ezhil's friend. (2020–2023)
• Pranika as Nikhila: Iniya's friend who was sexually harassed by a teacher. (2021)
• Charlie Jey as Santhosh – Iniya's senior and former love interest. (2020–2021)
• Hema Chinraj as Hema: Iniya's best friend. (2020–2021)
• Sri Latha as Geetanjali: Iniya's school principal. (2020–2022)
• Geetha Narayanan as Nancy: Baakiyalakshmi's neighbor. (2020–2021)
• Santhaanam Ganesan as Ezhil's best friend. (2021–2022)
• Prakash Rajan as Raveendran: Baakiya customer; Annamal's husband. (2020)
• Devi Teju as Annamal – Raveendran's wife. (2020)
• Sumangali (2021–2022) / Babitha Jose (2023–present) as Amritha's mother.
• VJ Madhan (2021) / Madhusudhan (2023–2024) as Ganesh: Amritha's ex-husband; Nila's father.
• Kausalya Senthamarai as a judge. (2020–2021)
• Ranjith as Pazhaniswami aka Palani: Baakiya's close friend and well-wisher. (2023–2024)
• A. Revathy as Pazhaniswami's mother. (2023–2024)
• Ashwin Kannan as Vimal: Pazhaniswami's nephew. (2024)
• Sai Lakshmi as Sumathi: Pazhaniswami's sister. (2024)
• Unknown as Anand: The chef sent by Gopinath to Baakiyalakshmi's hotel. (2024–present)
• Pandiarajan as Sundaram: Ramamoorthy's brother. (2020–2021)

Special appearance

• Rekha (2021)
• Priya Raman (2021)
• Siddharth as Eeswaran (2023)
• Anitha Sampath (2024)

Production

Casting

Actress Kasthuri Shankar was initially considered for the role of Baakiyalakshmi as well Intinti Gruhalakshmi, the Telugu language version of the serial, airing on Star Maa. She later opted out of the Tamil version, citing the bad experiences and the opinion differences that she had with the Vijay Television in the show Bigg Boss (Tamil TV series) season 3. The role later went to actress Priya Raman, who eventually disagreed, due to date clashes with the Sembaruthi serial, telecasted in Zee Tamil.

Kannada TV actress Suchitra was finally cast as the protagonist Baakiyalakshmi. Actor Sathish Kumar was cast as Baakiyalakshmi's husband, Gopinath's character. Nanditha Jennifer initially played the role of Radhika but she left the serial in July 2021 as she was unhappy with her character transitioning into a villain. As a result, she was replaced by Reshma Pasupuleti. VJ Vishal was selected to portray the role of Ezhilan (Baakiyalakshmi's younger son) who played an Main role, but on 21 May 2024 he quit the series, and it was replaced by actor Naveen.

In 2021, Rithika Tamil Selvi was cast to play Amritha opposite Ezhilan. However she quit the series, and replaced by Akshitha Ashok in the role of Amritha.

On 18 December 2021, Actress Priya Raman was play a cameo in special 3 hour episode.

In February 2022, Velu Lakshmanan also quit the series, saying he got opportunity in Zee Tamil serial Meenakshi Ponnunga as the male lead role. however he sign new serial for Zee Tamil. In June 2022 Actor Vikash Sampath was cast in play the role of Chezhiyan.

In early 2023, Ranjith was cast to play Pazhaniswami.

Reception

Ratings

It became the second most-watched Tamil television program within a period of 2020. In May 2023, the series was the third most watched Tamil-language television series after Kayal and Ethirneechal. In July 2024, the series became the fifth most watched TV series in Tamil Nadu after a long gap.

Crossovers episodes

• In 2021, Pandian Stores had crossover episodes with Baakiyalakshmi from 5 February to 28 February.
• In 2024, Baakiyalakshmi had crossover episodes with Pandian Stores 2 from 22 January to 13 February.

External links

• Baakiyalakshmi at IMDb
• Baakiyalakshmi at Hotstar