| Genre: | Soap opera |
| Screenplay: | Baskar Shakthi |
| Creative Director: | Thirumurugan |
| Director: | Kavitha Bharathy |
| Starring: | Shruti Dr. Sharmila Bhanu Chander |
| Country: | India |
| Language: | Tamil |
| Num Seasons: | 1 |
| Num Episodes: | 266 |
| Producer: | Saroja Muniyandi Jyothi Thirumurugan |
| Company: | Thiru Pictures |
| Theme Music Composer: | Sanjeev Rathan |
| Opentheme: | "Siru Siru Kuruvigal" (Vocals) Aanad Janaki Iyer Arivumathi (Lyrics) |
| Cinematography: | Sarath K.Chandar D.Ashok Devaraj |
| Editor: | C.Ashok Ramesh J.Somuvel |
| Runtime: | approx. 20-22 minutes per episode |
| Channel: | Sun TV |
Karthigai Pengal is an Indian Tamil-language soap opera that aired on Sun TV from 30 July 2012 to 23 August 2013> It aired Monday through Friday for 266 episodes. It portrays the story of a woman who braves many problems in life, but always works with others to make sure that everyone around her is happy.[1]
The show starred Shruti, Dr. Sharmila, Bhanu Chander, Nalini, Divya Kumar, Anandhi and Ramesh among others. It was produced by Thiru Pictures Thirumurugan. It was also aired in Sri Lanka Tamil channel on Shakthi TV.
This serial showed the story of girls in a hostel, with Charu as the main character. It made a deep impact and gave new confidence to women who are staying alone for different life reasons. It told them they can face their challenges with support from other good people. Charu and other hostel girls' life as depicted in this serial worked a proof for this. For this reason.[2] [3]