Metti Oli () was an Indian Tamil-language soap opera that aired on weekdays on Sun TV for 811 episodes. The show starred Delhi Kumar, Kaveri, Gayathri, Vanaja, Uma, Chetan, Bose Venkat, Neelima Rani, Thirumurugan, Shanti Williams and Deepa Venkat. It was produced by Cine Times Entertainment S. Siddique, and written and directed by Thirumurugan. The serial has been followed by Muhurtham of Cine Times Entertainment. Plot The story is about Chidambaram, and about his 5 daughters, who faces various challenges in life. Chidambaram is a real-estate broker from a small village called Azhagarkulam. He has 5 daughters, Dhanalakshmi (Dhanam), Saroja (Saro), Leelavathi (Leela), Vijayalakshmi (Viji) and Bhavani. The girls' mother had passed away and apart from them, their maternal uncle Bose stays with them as well. Chidambaram is a respected man in the village and his daughters love him. Saro and Bose have feelings for each other unknown to others. Soon proposals starts coming in for the Dhanam and Saro. A prospective groom for Dhanam comes to meet her. He is Manickam. Manickam has a younger brother Selvam and a younger sister Nirmala. All three of them were raised by their single-mother Rajam. Manickam is the most dearest to Rajam and he would do anything for her happiness. The reveal a shock that the eldest child from two families shouldn't marry, and that they want Saro as their daughter-in-law. Chidambaram agrees to Manickam – Saro wedding while Dhanam 's wedding is fixed with Bose. The two couples marry. Dhanam stays in Azhagarkulam while Saro moves to Chennai. Manickam's house is a small rented house in the city. Rajam's true nature starts to be revealed and soon she starts to torture Saro. Manickam though loving towards her doesn't speak against his mother nor let anyone else to. Selvam is the only one in the house who truly cares for Saro's well-being. He sets up an astrologer who tricks Manickam and Rajam that if the mother-son duo stay together, Rajam's life would be at stake. Fearing this, Manickam moves to a compound house with Saro, with Rajam visiting him regularly. Leela and Selvam, who have been meeting regularly, fall in love. Viji is the spoilt brat among the girls and is arrogant. She works as a nurse in a local clinic and gets acquainted with a man called Elango. Elango is a married man but hides the fact from Viji to cheat