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Enga Veetu Mapillai
Enga Veetu Mapillai | |
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Genre | Reality |
Presented by | Sangeetha Krish |
Starring | Arya |
Original language | Tamil |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 41 |
Production | |
Production locations | Jaipur district, Rajasthan |
Running time | 50 minutes |
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Release | |
Original network | Colors Tamil |
Original release | 20 February 17 April 2018 | –
Chronology | |
Related shows | The Bachelor |
Enga Veetu Mapillai is a 2018 Tamil language matchmaking reality television show airing on Colors Tamil from 20 February 2018 to 17 April 2018 on Monday to Friday at 20:30 (IST) for 41 Episodes.[1][2]
Participants[]
# | Participants | Place | Outcome |
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1 | Malvena, 28 Model |
Karnataka, India | Eliminated on 2 March 2018 |
2 | Abarnathi, 22 Fashion Designer |
Tamil Nadu, India | Eliminated on 10 April 2018 |
3 | Gomathi, 24 IT Professional |
Tamil Nadu, India | Quit show on 9 March 2018 |
4 | Ayesha, 28 Banking Professional |
Bahrain | Eliminated on 16 March 2018 |
5 | Seethalakshmi Hariharan, 25 Banking Professional |
Kerala, India | Finalist |
6 | Anu, 20 College Student |
Kerala, India | Eliminated on 7 March 2018 |
7 | Kuhasini, 28 Independent Artiste |
Singapore | Eliminated on 27 March 2018 |
8 | Naveena, 29 Model |
Telangana, India | Eliminated on 2 April 2018 |
9 | Suwetha, 24 Model |
Tamil Nadu, India | Eliminated on 9 April 2018 |
10 | Devasurya, 27 Singer |
Kerala, India | Eliminated on 21 March 2018 |
11 | Agatha, 26 Video Editor |
Kerala, India | Finalist |
12 | Sriya, 25 Post-Graduate Student |
Kerala, India | Eliminated on 30 March 2018 |
13 | Saathvika, 28 Banking Professional |
Karnataka, India | Eliminated on 22 March 2018 |
14 | Ancy, 29 Training Consultant |
Kerala, India | Eliminated on 2 March 2018 |
15 | Janani Rajasingam, 31 | Malaysia | Eliminated on 7 March 2018 |
16 | Susana, 33 Radiation Therapist |
Canada | Finalist |
Episode list[]
# | Date | Episode |
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1 | 20/2/2018 | In the season premiere, Arya is introduced by the host Sangeetha to 11 girls who brought a gift each to make the first impression and he welcomed them to the palace with a bouquet of flowers. Anu is the youngest while Susana is the oldest of the lot. Sangeetha briefly explained the selection process which processed 70,000 calls worldwide and 8,000 online applications. |
2 | 21/2/2018 | Arya is introduced to the remaining 5 girls who brought a gift to impress him and he welcomed them to the palace with a bouquet of flowers. Later he gifted a token of love each to 3 girls - Kuhasini, Susana and Abarnathi - who impressed him the most. Abarnathi calls Arya by the pet name Barya. |
3 | 22/02/2018 | Tasked to write a love letter, 1 girl - Agatha - gets a reply, token of love and dinner date. Later, she reveals that she has a short temper. |
4 | 23/02/2018 | 4 girls - Abarnathi, Sriya, Susana and Devasurya - won the cycling task. Later, Susana reveals that she is a divorcee with a son. |
5 | 26/02/2018 | 3 girls - Seethalakshmi, Suwetha and Kuhasini - won the professional psychological compatibility evaluation task. Arya calls Seethalakshmi by the pet name Kunju Reloaded. |
6 | 27/02/2018 | 4 girls - Agatha, Ancy, Seethalakshmi and Sriya - won the task of picking Arya's favourite book, colour, film, fruit, sport and sweet from a pile. But, a 5th girl - Naveena - is allowed for somehow not picking anything correctly despite clues. |
7 | 28/02/2018 | Arya's friend Varalaxmi[3] is invited to select 2 girls, based on one-to-one interview with closest matching persona. The episode turns grim with contestants calling out each other's weaknesses in a Spin the bottle game. |
8 | 01/03/2018 | Varalaxmi selects 3 but reveals 2 girls only - Suwetha and Susana - by sending them on a surprise joint gym date with Arya. Later, Naveena is gifted a token of love for winning the cooking task with her Jamaican Kadhali Chicken dish. Meanwhile, Arya reveals his prawn allergy. Naveena calls Arya by the pet name Baby. |
9 | 02/03/2018 | As promised, Arya cooks for Naveena but prefers a dinner date. The episode featured the first elimination round of 2 girls - Ancy and Malvena - in a rose ceremony. |
10 | 05/03/2018 | The day begins with a crash course in self-defence by Sreeram, the instructor from International Krav Maga Federation. Later, the girls walk the ramp for assessment by fashion designer Nazia Syed and fashion choreographer Karun Raman. |
11 | 06/03/2018 | The girls walk the ramp again fully decked up, this time, for assessment by Arya. Sriya won the fashion task and is gifted a token of love. |
12 | 07/03/2018 | Suwetha emerged as the winner of a multi-level objective test for compatibility. She goes on a bike ride and is gifted a token of love on a date. The episode featured the second elimination round of 2 girls - Anu and Janani - in a rose ceremony. |
13 | 08/03/2018 | Arya's 3 friends from Tamil film industry, Shaam, Bharath and Kalaiyarasan, gatecrashed the palace to conduct an offhand Q&A session. The night ended with a dance party in honour of the 3 guests. |
14 | 09/03/2018 | Gomathi exits the show abruptly to attend her grandfather's funeral. The 3 guests suggest a freewheeling talent task which showcases the contestant's strengths. The girls begin romantic song, dance, mimicry and aerobics performances to woo Arya. |
15 | 12/03/2018 | Sriya won the freewheeling talent task and is gifted a second token of love. The 3 guests discuss their assessment of the girls who are likely to be a good match. |
16 | 13/03/2018 | Sriya expressed her love in Malayalam to make her morning date special for Arya. Later, Arya reveals the names of the 3 girls - Agatha, Suwetha and Susana - who are already close to his heart at this stage of the show.
Sangeetha begins a new Truth or Dare-like task. The questions soon turn incisive triggering catfight and personal attacks. Nevertheless, Sangeetha reveals that the 3 guests had earlier chosen Abarnathi as the best match. She gets a surprise evening date for the first time. |
17 | 14/03/2018 | Susana won the Kolam task and is gifted a second token of love. Arya too faced the Uriyadi task successfully. |
18 | 15/03/2018 | Susana goes on a morning date in a hot air balloon. The girls hand over anonymously written personal queries to Sangeetha who passed them on to Arya. He reveals that he suffered a workout-related ACL tear recently. He also confessed to a 7-year relationship (before entering Kollywood) that failed despite attempts to register a marriage. Later, a confessional is arranged for the girls to be discreet in a one-to-one session with Arya. Saathvika breaks down after admitting a forced abortion. |
19 | 16/03/2018 | The episode featured the third elimination round of 1 girl - Ayesha - in a rose ceremony. |
20 | 19/03/2018 | The remaining 10 girls are divided into 2 teams for 3 outdoor tasks. Kuhasini's Team Basmati Rice dominated Abarnathi's Team Brown Rice in archery and prison walk tasks but lost the captain's innings of bubble bash. Team Brown Rice is declared the winner and goes camping.
Suwetha entertains other contestants with mimicry. Meanwhile, Seethalakshmi talks off-camera with Arya. |
21 | 20/03/2018 | Arya's friends Shanthanu and his wife Kiki are invited to help assess the girls based on What If scenarios. They select Suwetha as the most mature of the lot. She is gifted a second token of love and goes on a double date with Arya and his friends. Arya recites an impromptu poem for Suwetha. |
22 | 21/03/2018 | Arya faced 3 tasks - visual, vocal and tactile - and recognised Kuhasini, Abarnathi and Agatha correctly. Each of the 3 girls gets a speed date. Kuhasini penned a song and set it in a tune to woo Arya. Abarnathi struggled to express herself and kissed him forcibly. Agatha calls Arya by the pet name Jammykka. Later he admits Agatha's charm impressed him the most.
Arya also requested speed date with ambidextrous Devasurya for elimination. |
23 | 22/03/2018 | 2 girls - Suwetha and Sriya - won the memory task. Suwetha goes on a poolside speed date. Later, Naveena gatecrashed Sriya's dinner date. The episode featured the fourth elimination round of 1 girl - Saathvika - in a rose ceremony. |
24 | 23/03/2018 | 2 celebrities - Anuradha Krishnamurthy and Sujitha - are invited to help assess the girls. Susana recognised pulses and Kuhasini millets in the tactile task. Suwetha won the recipe recital task. Susana won the role-playing task. Overall, Susana is declared the best match and is gifted a third token of love. |
25 | 26/03/2018 | The girls go on stage to perform their favourite costumed character to be assessed by Arya donning the James Bond avatar. Seethalakshmi's fusion dance as Radha emerged as the most impressive of the lot.
Later, the contestants call out each other's strengths and weaknesses in a knife game. |
26 | 27/03/2018 | Celebrity still photographer Karthik Srinivasan is invited to set up a pre-wedding photoshoot. The episode featured the fifth elimination round of 1 girl - Kuhasini - in a rose ceremony. |
27 | 28/03/2018 | Celebrity choreographer Sheriff Moideen is invited to assess the girls in partner dance task. Agatha is gifted the second token of love, beating Susana and Naveena, for perfect chemistry. |
28 | 29/03/2018 | Rajeswari Jakkamma, a palmist, is invited to predict the future of contestants. Later, video recordings of their parents are played. |
29 | 30/03/2018 | The episode featured the sixth elimination round of 1 girl - Sriya - in a rose ceremony. Stand-up comedian Robo Shankar is invited to entertain the girls. |
30 | 02/04/2018 | The girls get a speed date each being the last day in the palace. Arya took Agatha out to see the Taj Mahal. The episode featured the seventh elimination round of 1 girl - Naveena - in a rose ceremony. |
31 | 03/04/2018 | Arya meets Abarnathi's family in Kumbakonam of Thanjavur district. |
32 | 04/04/2018 | Arya meets Suwetha's family in Manapparai of Tiruchirappalli district. |
33 | 05/04/2018 | Arya visits Kerala to meet Seethalakshmi's family in Aluva of Ernakulam district and Agatha's family in Kasaragod of Kasaragod district. |
34 | 06/04/2018 | Arya meets Susana's family in Jaffna of Northern Province, Sri Lanka. |
35 | 09/04/2018 | Videos of home visits are shared with the girls. The episode featured the eighth elimination round of 2 girls - Suwetha and Abarnathi - in a rose ceremony. |
36 | 10/04/2018 | Abarnathi eliminated from the show. Other 3 finalists meet Arya's family in Chennai. |
37 | 11/04/2018 | The 3 finalists go shopping with their families for ritual costume and jewellery. |
38 | 12/04/2018 | Arya goes shopping for ritual costume. 3 eliminated girls - Abarnathi, Devasurya and Suwetha - are invited by News18 Tamil Nadu to talk about their experiences in the show. Later, Arya meets Susana's son.
Bridal shower begins with the mehndi ceremony. |
39 | 13/04/2018 | 3 celebrities - Varalaxmi, Kiki and Anandhi - are invited to entertain the girls with concert dance performances in the sangeet ceremony. Anuradha Krishnamurthy also makes a guest appearance. |
40 | 16/04/2018 | Arya and his friends Sangeetha, Sheriff Moideen, Premgi Amaren, Sneha and Prasanna entertain the girls with concert dance performances in the sangeet ceremony. |
41 | 17/04/2018 | In the season finale, the 3 finalists woo Arya with concert dance performances in the sangeet ceremony. Nevertheless, Arya hesitates to continue with the scheduled ninth and final elimination round of 2 girls in a rose ceremony on stage out of respect for their families.[4]
The show goes off-camera until a decision is reached. |
Call out order[]
# | 1 (Ep9) | 2 (Ep12) | 3 (Ep19) | 4 (Ep23) | 5 (Ep26) | 6 (Ep29) | 7 (Ep30) | 8 (Ep35) | 9 (Ep41) |
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1 | Abarnathi | Sriya | Sriya | Suwetha | Susana | Agatha | Seethalakshmi | Suzana | Susana
Agatha Seethalakshmi |
2 | Kuhasini | Suwetha | Susana | Abarnathi | Abarnathi | Susana | Agatha | Agatha | |
3 | Susana | Abarnathi | Suwetha | Kuhasini | Naveena | Suwetha | Susana | Seethalakshmi | |
4 | Agatha | Devasurya | Agatha | Agatha | Sriya | Abarnathi | Suwetha | Abarnathi | |
5 | Naveena | Seethalakshmi | Kuhasini | Susana | Suwetha | Naveena | Abarnathi | Suwetha | |
6 | Suwetha | Gomathi | Seethalakshmi | Sriya | Seethalakshmi | Susana | Naveena | ||
7 | Janani | Agatha | Naveena | Naveena | Agatha | Sriya | |||
8 | Ayesha | Kuhasini | Devasurya | Seethalakshmi | Kuhasini | ||||
9 | Anu | Seethalakshmi | Saathvika | Saathvika | |||||
10 | Devasurya | Naveena | Abarnathi | Devasurya | |||||
11 | Gomathi | Ayesha | Ayesha | ||||||
12 | Susana | Saathvika | Gomathi | ||||||
13 | Sriya | Anu | |||||||
14 | Saathvika | Janani | |||||||
15 | Malvena | ||||||||
16 | Ancy |
- The contestant received the token of love before the rose ceremony
- The contestant received a rose during the date
- The contestant is eliminated in a rose ceremony
- The contestant is eliminated during the date
- The contestant is eliminated outside the rose ceremony
- The contestant quit the competition
- The contestant won the competition
Dubbed version[]
- This show is dubbed in Malayalam language airing on Flowers TV as Aryakku Parinayam from 26 February 2018 on Monday to Friday at 21:30 (IST).[5]
References[]
- ^ "Enga Veetu Mapilla: 16 contestants, lots of drama in this bride hunt". The News Minute. 23 February 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ^ "16 women fight it out for Arya". The Times of India. 26 February 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
- ^ "Varalakshmi on the sets of Enga Veettu Maapillai". The Times of India. 2 March 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- ^ "Arya's Enga Veetu Mapillai grand finale ends but the suspense continues as he refuses to select his bride". The Times of India. 20 April 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
- ^ UR, Arya (20 February 2018). "'Aryaycku Parinayam', a new reality show on Flowers TV". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
External links[]
- Colors Tamil Official Facebook in Tamil
- Colors Tamil Official Youtube Channel in Tamil
- Colors Tamil original programming
- Tamil-language reality television series
- 2010s Tamil-language television series
- 2018 Tamil-language television series debuts
- Tamil-language game shows
- Tamil-language television shows
- 2018 Tamil-language television series endings