father Thozhar. La. Ve. Aadhavan as Sakthi's father's creditor Black Pandi as a boy working in the market/room boy G. V. Vijesh as Nirmala's neighbour Julie as Vinodhini Amitha as Elizabeth Veera Srinivasan (K. Veera) as a lorry company owner R. Selvakumar as Chidambaram's customer J. Lalitha as Nirmala's neighbour Ramdoss as a garment worker T. Sivakumar (Soodhu Kavvum Sivakumar) as Leela's colleague Kadugu Ramamoorthy as a marriage broker Chelladurai as a garment owner Kovai Senthil as a remedist Udhay as a photographer Aparna as a TV host Nathan Shyam as David's friend Balasubramanian (Bala Subramani/K. Balu) as a driver Venkatakrishnan as a lodge owner Sregajesh as a lodge guest Giridhar Thirumalachary as Arundhathi and David's professor Raja Rani Pandian as hardware store owner Vaazha Meen Muthuraj as a boy working in the rice warehouse Soundarya as Mala Mythili as Jaya and Meena's teacher E. R. Malliga as a flower vendor Usha Elizabeth Suraj as a textile shop customer Swaminathan as a Raji's uncle C. Rajaappasamy as Madhusudhanan Jayakanthan as a police inspector P. S. Vijaya Kumar as worker in the market Vijay Ganesh as Aarumugam E. Vikkiramathithan as Pazhani Baskar Sakthi as Kasirajan's lodge manager Livingston in a special appearance as himself Rambha in a special appearance as herself Vijayalakshmi in a special appearance as herself Indhu in a special appearance as herself Lavanya in a special appearance as herself Arunasri in a special appearance as herself Poorvaja (Karishma/Archana) as in a special appearance as herself Ramesh Khanna as in a special appearance as himself Vaiyapuri in a special appearance as himself Suraj in a special appearance as himself Production Filming The series was filmed in Chennai, Papanasam, Palani, Courtallam, Kanchipuram, Kodaikanal, Oddanchatram, Nerkundram, Gerugambakkam, Kovur, Porur, Kolapakkam, Mudichur, Valasaravakkam, Ramapuram, Muttukadu, Parangimalai, Devipattinam, Puducherry and Mumbai in India. The series was also shot in Singapore. Airing history Initially the series was aired on 7:30pm on all weekdays due to high TRP ratings the series shifted to 9pm from November 2003.Later the series again shifted to 7:30pm from February 2005 Soundtrack Adaptations Reception Awards The Metti Oli team won several awards, including the Kalaimamani from the Tamil Nadu State Government. Ratings Metti Oli was one of the highest-rated Indian and Tamil soap opera in its run time which garnered ratings ranging between 23 and 26 TVR. It garnered a peak rating of 50.3 points overall in its runtime. The