Sthree now in a new form

Vinaya Prasad is no longer the sobbing and enduring Indu. She is nowAswathy, a bold, outspoken journalist. Pragathy, who was the meek and timidShobettathi, is no longer meek and timid; she is now Abhirami, a daringpolice officer. Added to these two is Beena Antony’s Dr.Athira and thesethree are all set to conquer the hearts of the viewers. With these threestrong characters in the lead the new Sthree makes many digressions, attimes meandering into sub-plots with subjects which have much socialrelevance.

In the episodes to follow many socially relevant issues like child labour,prostitution, drug trafficking, etc appear as branching out of the mainplot. The new Sthree, the concept and production of which is by Syam Sunderand Yantra media, is directed by P.C.Venugopal who has been the episodedirector of the old Sthree. Venugopal is very much optimistic regarding thefate of the new Sthree which, according to him, is told in a really widerperspective. He claims to have attempted a new style of presentation in thenew Sthree.

Mani Shornoor who had done the script for the old Sthree has done the scriptas well as the dialogues for the new Sthree as well. As a writer who hasgiven due importance to the emotional aspects of relationships, Mani hasbeen able to satisfy the audience to a very large extent through the serialsand the films for which he had done the script. Regarding opinions fromvarious quarters that the old Sthree was extended beyond a considerablelimit Mani Shornoor says, " Being a serial that had provided real relief tothe viewers just like a rain in the summer, it was rather impossible forSthree to end that easily". Asked whether characters like Indu have anything to do with real life he was of the opinion that there are many suchIndu’s all around us; it is for us to open our eyes and search for them.

Regarding the new Sthree Mani, who is very much enthusiastic, says," The newserial, created bearing in mind the changing sensibilities of the viewers issure to find a place in their hearts ". Syam Sunder, the director of the oldSthree feels " happy as well as sad just like a brother who has married offhis sister" on the successful completion of his most ambitious project. Inhis opinion Indu’s character is a role model, `a dream for every woman’.Syam Sunder the man behind many successful serials like Samayam, Sindoorametc is very much optimistic about the new venture, which he feels, would beaccepted by the audience with the same enthusiasm with which they acceptedthe old Sthree.

The new Sthree has in the cast many of the faces that were there in the oldSthree. Krishnakumar, who had played the sweet villain Vijayan is now aneccentric advocate Mani Shankar. Prathapan, who was Gunettan, is now in atotally different role as Paappi. The impressive cast includes ParavurRamachandran, Yavanika Gopalakrishnan, Kpac Sabu, Madhupal, Remya, PuthurRavi, Lissy Jose, Jolly Easo etc. slated to run for 260 episodes, the newSthree is most likely to satisfy the viewers as did the previous one.