Ayali is a 2025 Indian Tamil language crime Thriller Drama series that premiered from 2 June 2025 airing on Zee Tamil. It is an official remake of Bengali language television series Jagaddhatri. It stars Tejaswini Gowda and Anand Selvan and is directed by Parameshwarar. It portrays the story of an undercover cop, Ayali (Tejaswini Gowda) and her fellow police officer Siva (Anand Selvan).
Plot Shunned by her family over false accusations against her mother, Ayali tolerates her stepmom’s cruelty and teams up with Siva to expose Varma and prove her mother's innocence.
Cast Main Tejaswini Gowda as Ayali a.k.a AD Riya Manoj as Young Ayali Anand Selvan as Shiva a.k.a SV
Recurring Vidhya Mohan as Indrani: Shiva's elder sister Santosh R Daniel as Kabilan: Shiva's half-brother Akshitha Bopaiah as Rithika: Ayali's half-sister Lakshmi Vasudevan / Kavitha Solairaja as Selvanayagi: Shiva's stepmother Vetri Kiran / Jeeva Ravi as Udhayaperumal: Shiva's father Ram G as Varman (Main Antagonist) Parthan Siva as Kaliappan: Shiva's uncle Feroz Khan as Cheziyan: Indrani's husband Birla Bose as IG Vijayakumar: Reshma's father Harikrishnan as Ravi: Ilakkiya's husband Swetha as Chellamma: Ayali’s Aunt Aarthi Ramkumar / Vasavi as Jamuna: Ayali's stepmother Ratna Rajan as Ponni: Shiva's half-sister Shilpa / Caroline as Karthika: Kaliappan's wife Rishi Keshav as Devaraj: Ayali’s father Nithya Ravindar as Padma: Ayali's grandmother Archana Kumar / Vinodhini as Amrutha: Ayali's half-sister Manusri Karthikeyan / Aishwarya Subramanian as Deepa: Ayali's cousin Radhika Preethi / Gracy Thangavel as Reshma: Shiva's deceased friend Suresh Mohan as John: AD's team-mate Chandini Prakash as Monica: Indrani's arch-rival Revathee Shankar as Thulasi: Indrani's mother Deepa Nethran as Sankari: Shiva's deceased mother Kasthuri Shankar / Keerthana as Archana IPS: Ayali's mother Ashok Samuel as Journalist Narayanan: Chellama's deceased husband Narasimha Raju as Sampath: Archana's brother Pankajam as Maragatham Premi Venkat as Akhilandeshwari Priyanka Nalkari as Pallavi Babloo Prithiveeraj as Vikram Sona Heiden as Governor of Tamil Nadu
Production Casting After Vidhya No.1, Tejaswini Gowda made a comeback through this series as "Ayali". Anand Selvan was selected to play the role of police officer Siva. It was second collaboration with Zee Tamil after Ninaithale Inikkum serial. Kasthuri Shankar was selected to play the role of police officer.
Adaptations Language Title Original release Network(s) Last aired Notes Bengali Jagaddhatri জগদ্ধাত্রী 29 August 2022 Zee Bangla 14 December 2025 Original Telugu Jagadhatri జగద్ధాత్రి 21 August 2023 Zee Telugu Ongoing Remake Punjabi Sehajveer ਸਹਿਜਵੀਰ 25 March 2024 Zee Punjabi 31 May 2025 Tamil Ayali அயலி 2 June 2025 Zee Tamil Ongoing Marathi Tarini तारिणी 11 August 2025 Zee Marathi Hindi Jagadhatri जगद्धात्री 10 November 2025 Zee TV Malayalam Durga ദുർഗ്ഗ 17 November 2025 Zee Keralam Kannada Jagaddhatri ಜಗದ್ಧಾತ್ರಿ 28 September 2026 Zee Kannada
References
External links
Ayali at ZEE5