THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The premiere of the trailer of Mahaguru, the serial on Sree Narayana Guru, being produced by Kaumudy channel, will be screened at Kairali theatre in Thiruvananthapuram at 9 am on Monday (Jan 21) . The duration of the trailer is 30 minutes.

Chief Minister Pinaryi Vijayan will be the chief guest of the function that will see the launch of the trailer.

The road show will be held across the state for the promotion of the serial. The show will be flagged off by the chief minister on the occasion. The trailer will be screened after that. Personalities from socio-political, literary and cultural fields and Kerala Kaumudi Chief Editor Deepu Ravi will take part in the function.

The road show starting from Parassala will pass through Aruvippuram, Chempazhanthi Gurukulam, Sivagiri, Aluva Advaitha Ashram and end at Kasargod. The trailer will be shown at all important centres through which the rally will pass.

Mahaguru, the big-budget mega serial, will portray the events and decisive moments in the life of Sree Naryana Guru, the spiritual sun in the horizon of Kerala renaissance. The serial will be telecast on Kaumudy TV very soon. Mahaguru will be an authentic life story of Gurudeva, based on credible books written about him. Aruvippuram installation, Meditation at Maruthwamala, Temple installations, formation of SNDP Yogam will be sequenced in episodes. Moreover, the serial will also feature characters such as Swami Vivekanandan, Chattambi Swami, Thycaud Ayyaguru, Mahatma Ayyankali, Mahatma Gandhi, Dr Palpu, Raveendranath Tagore, Mahakavi Kumaranashan, T K Madhavan, Sahodharan Ayyappan, V C Kunjuraman, Velutheri Kesavan Vaidhyan, Perunnalli Krishna Vaidhyan, Mooloor S Padmanabha Panicker and Kummamballi Ramapilla Ashan.

The script has been written by poet and Kerala Kaumudi Special Project Editor Manju Vellayani. The director of the serial is Kaumudy TV Programmes Chief Dr Mahesh Kidangil. Kerala Kaumudi joint managing director Darshan Ravi is the producer of the serial.

The shoot is progressing in and out of Kerala. There will also be episodes on mystic, humorous and compassionate stories linked to Guru. The serial that tells the story of Guru from his birth to samadhi will have 100 episodes.