Raakkuyil (transl.Nightingale) is an Indian television soap opera that airs on Mazhavil Manorama on Monday to Saturday at 9 am IST and streams on Manorama Max.[2] It is an adaptation of Mayadevi's Novel Raakuyil on Malayala Manorama. However, from episode 125 onwards, the show deviated from the original novel and currently its story is being written by Lydia Paul. Raakkuyil is narrated from the point of view of the central character Thulasi.
Apart from the original schedule the series is retelecasted twice a day in the channel at 2:30 am, 10 am IST respectively. The show [3] timing was later shifted from 8.30 PM to 8.00 PM was also aired 7.00 PM initially. From late May 2021 the show was temporarily halted due to COVID-19 restrictions and from July 5, 2021 it was relaunched at 6.30 PM. From November 15, 2021 the show was moved to evening 6 pm slot.From January 24, 2022 the show was moved to morning 9 am(mon-sat).
Cast
Archana Nair (Episode 1-64) →Devika Nambiar[4] (Episode 65-330) as Thulasi: Female Protogoinst ,middle child of melepat family. Wife of Roy. Sister of Manasi and Nandu. Step mother of Emymol
A kind and beautiful women who is struggling to rebuild her family and who is also moving with a good relationship with her husband, Roy Alex. She is the second wife of Roy, who has a daughter, Emy. Who loves Thulasi a lot.
Lydia Paul (Apsara) as Manasi :Former Antagonist elder daughter of melepat family. Former wife of Karali Chandran, Sister of Thulasi and Nandu, Sathyadev's wife
A bold, stern, kind and a beautiful women who is straggling to rebuild her family which was broke by her former husband Karali Chandran who Married Manasi but wishes to marry her sister Thulasi, with an aim to steal the wealth of Melepat family.
Vishnu Prasad as Karali Chandran (dead) : Antagonist
Spoilt brat who cheats and marries Manasi but loves Thulasi who aims at destroying and taking over the wealth of Meleppattu Family.
Renjith Menon as Adv.Sathyadev Varma, Manasi's Husband, Roy's friend, Lakshmi and Varma's Son, Gowri's Brother and Mithra Brother- In- law
Ronson Vincent→Tom Mattel[5] as CI Roy Alex Palathingal (dead) : Thulasi's husband, Emy mol's father, Eleena's former husband, Sathyadev's Friend and Manasi's Brother-in-law
Baby Lakshya as Emymol , Daughter of Roy and Eleena
Irine as Thara , Wife of Nandu
Bindu Murali (Episode 1-42)→ Sindhu Varma (Episode 43-present) as Bhanumathi
Wife of Menon and mother of Thulasi, Manasi and Nandu. She is the younger sister of Bhaskaran.
Akash Murali as Nandu
Youngest son of Menon and Bhanumathi who supports Thulasi
Amboori Jayan as Karali Shivarajan
Father of Chandran. Who supports Manasi
Karthika Kannan as Hemalatha, Sivarajan's second wife, who supports Manasi
