| Genre: | Drama |
| Director: | Cheran |
| Composer: | C. Sathya |
| Country: | India |
| Language: | Tamil |
| Num Seasons: | 1 |
| Num Episodes: | 9 |
| Location: | India |
| Cinematography: | N. K. Ekambaram |
| Editor: | K.J. Venkataraman |
| Runtime: | 38-55 minutes |
| Company: | Compass 8 Films |
| Network: | SonyLIV |
Cheran’s Journey is a 2024 Indian Tamil-language streaming television series created and directed by Cheran for SonyLIV,[1] which focuses on Five applicants are shortlisted for a job.[2] It was produced by N. Gunasekar and K. Dhakshinamoorthy, under Compass 8 Films.
The principal characters of the series include R. Sarathkumar, Prasanna, Aari Arujunan, Divyabharathi, Kashyap Barbhaya and Kalaiyarasan.[3] It premiered on 12 January 2024 and consisted of nine episodes.[4]
Cheran's Journey tells the work story of Ashok, the chairman of a leading automobile company is in search of a perfect candidate for an important post. From the list of 126 candidates, 5 supremely talented youngsters, including Ameer Sulthan, and Nitesh Gupta, Raghav Isakkimuthu, S Pranav, Latha Vijayakumar Reddy are shortlisted for the final round. All the five contestants are equally brilliant and have a compelling backstory, which marks it difficult for Ashok to choose the right candidate.[5]
The series was announced by SonyLIV on March 2022. The series is produced by N. Gunasekar and K. Dhakshinamoorthy under the Compass 8 Films.[6] The series is written and directed by Cheran, marking his return after Thirumanam. This is his debut in a limited series. The cinematography was handled by N. K. Ekambaram, editing by K.J. Venkataraman, Music by C. Sathya.
Actor Aari Arujunan was cast as S. Pranav.[7] This is his first role in a limited series. Initially, actor Aadhi Pinisetty was signed to play one of the lead roles alongside Divya Bharathi, Prasanna, Kalaiyarasan and Kashyap Barbhaya in director Cheran’s web series.[8] Later he dropped the series.
Initially, the first trailer was scheduled to be released on 28 December 2023, but due to the death of Tamil actor and politician Vijayakanth,[9] it was delayed by two days to 30 December 2023 and revealed the release date.[10] [11]