Janaki Kalaganaledu

Janaki Kalaganaledu
Genre	Drama
Country of origin	India
Original language	Telugu
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	110 (as of 20 Aug 2021)
Production
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	22 minutes
Release
Original network	Star Maa
Original release	22 March 2021 – present
Chronology
Related shows	Diya Aur Baati Hum
External links
Hotstar

Janaki Kalaganaledu (transl. Janaki has not dreamed) is an Indian Telugu-language television drama series airing on Star Maa from 22 March 2021.^[1][2] It is the remake of the StarPlus' Hindi soap opera Diya Aur Baati Hum.^[3] It stars Priyanka Jain and Amardeep Chowdhary.^[4]

Plot[]

Set in Atreyapuram, Educated and ambitious Janaki dreams of becoming an IPS officer and her father Shiva Prasad supports her dreams. Meanwhile, Ramachandra "Rama" is a young, partially educated Confectioner from a middle-class traditional family. His mother Jnanamba is on a search of his bride whom she wants to be partially educated, responsible and an ideal housewife. Janaki's dreams are destroyed after her parents dies in a boat accident due to a cyclone while Rama's marriage is arranged with the girl of Jnanamba's choice. However, the bride elopes and Jnanamba has a panic attack. After her neighbours humiliate her, Jnanamba promises to bring a daughter-in-law within 15 days.

Janaki's elder brother Yogi makes arrangements for his relocation to the USA and plans to get Janaki married within 15 days. He emotionally blackmails Janaki into accepting for marriage. Yogi meets Jnanamba and family through a matchmaker and learns that Jnanamba need a partially educated daughter-in-law. To ensure Janaki's settlement, Yogi lies about Janaki's education levels and get her married to Rama. Janaki has to accept her role as an ideal daughter-in-law of the family. After her marriage, her co-sister Mallika gets jealous of her and tries to get her humiliated by Jnanamba but fails. Mallika also gets suspicious of Janaki when her suitcase has several IPS books present in it. Mallika tries to expose Janaki but fails again. Days later, Jnanamba and family visit a friend's house for a function. There, Jnanamba's friend Vyjanthi sees Janaki's way of speaking and gets suspicious about Janaki's education. She tells this to Jnanamba but Jnanamba brushes off Vyjanthi's statement and says that she would have never got her son married to an educated girl, Janaki accidentally overhears this and starts to feel angry and upset. Jnanamba also gets humiliated for not getting a grandson. She vows to get a grandson from Janaki in a year.

During the function, as there is nobody present in the house, Mallika, takes chance and goes for a movie with her friends. Meanwhile, during this time, a few robbers rob the house. When she returns, she is shocked to find the home robbed. Scared of Jnanamba's ire, Mallika cleans the house with some of the family members and makes Jnanamba believe that everything was fine and nothing of the unusual had happened. However, Jnanamba gets suspicious about her family's behaviour and begins to enquire Mallika. Jnanamba finds the truth and asks Mallika to leave the house but upon her plea, Jnanamba asks Mallika's parents to visit the house. On the other hand, Janaki, who had learnt that Jnanamba assumed her to be partially uneducated confronts Yogi for lying and decides to say the truth to her in-laws. However, She remains quiet after high tensions in family due to Mallika's act. Janaki convinces Jnanamba to forgive Mallika and she accepts under one condition that Janaki should leave the house if Mallika makes a mistake.

Later, Janaki begins to impress her in-laws and also learns to cook from Rama. Desperate about a grandson, Jnanamba arranges a Pooja and forbids the family from eating till evening. A hungry Mallika ignores the rules and Jnanamba finds about it. She asks Janaki to leave the house. However, Rama solves the issue impressing Janaki. Jnanamba too forgives Janaki and asks her to cook for the family. Though she does not know to cook, she succeeds by watching a cooking video. Mallika spoils the food which makes it extremely spicy and salty. Before Jnananmba could eat it, Rama realizes the mistake and saves Janaki.

Jnanamba wants a grandson and leaves for a temple to let Rama and Janaki be alone. Janaki regrets hiding about her education after seeing how her family loves and respects her. She reveals the truth to Rama, who is shattered and angry at first but later recognizes Janaki's innocence in Yogi's betrayal. He hides the truth when Janaki tries to confess this to Jnanamba.

Cast[]

Main[]

• Priyanka Jain as Janaki: Shiva Prasad and Aravindha's only daughter; Yogi's younger sister; Rama's wife; Jnanamba and Govindharaju's eldest daughter-in-law (2021-present)
  • Baby Sahruda as Young Janaki
• Amardeep Chowdhary as Ramachandra aka Rama: Jnanamba and Govindharaju's elder son; Vishnu, Akhil and Vennela's elder brother; Janaki's husband; Shiva Prasad and Aravindha's son-in-law (2021-present)
  • Master Satwik as Young Ramachandra aka Rama
• Raasi as Jnanaprasunamba aka Jnanamba: Rama, Vishnu, Akhil and Vennela's mother; Govindharaju's wife; Janaki and Mallika's mother-in-law; Matriarch of her family (2021-present)

Recurring[]

• Anil Allam as Govindharaju: Jnanamba's husband; Rama, Vishnu, Akhil and Vennela's father (2021–present)
• Sweth as Vishnu: Mallika's husband; Jnanamba and Govindharaju's son; Rama's younger brother; Akhil and Vennela's elder brother (2021–present)
• Vishnu Priya as Mallika: Vishnu's wife; Janaki's co-sister(2021–present)
• Surya as Yogi: Urmila's husband; Janaki's elder brother; Shiva Prasad and Aravindha's son (2021–present)
  • Master Rohan as Young Yogi (2021)
• Madhu Krishnan as Urmila: Yogi's wife; Janaki's sister-in-law (2021–present)
• Nikhil as Akhil: Jnanamba and Govindharaju's younger son; Rama and Vishnu's younger brother; Vennela's elder brother (2021–present)
• Nehal Gangavath as Vennela: Jnanamba and Govindharaju's only daughter; Rama, Vishnu and Akhil's younger sister (2021–present)
• Raja Ravindra as Shiva Prasad: Aravindha's husband; Janaki and Yogi's father (2021)
• Sheela Singh as Aravindha: Shiva Prasad's wife; Yogi and Janaki's mother (2021)
• Chitti Babu as Kanna Rao: Matchmaker between Janaki and Rama (2021–present)
• Anu Manasa as Sunandha Devi: Dheeraj's mother; Jnanamba's arch-rival (2021–present)
• Sai Kiran as Dheeraj: Sunandha's son; Janaki's former obsessive lover (2021–present)
• Ramya as Chikita: Jnanamba's domestic help and like a family member (2021–present)
• Mahathi as Vyjayanthi: Jnanamba's friend (2021-present)

Cameo[]

• Manjula Paritala as Inspector Vaishnavi, Janaki's role model in her childhood (2021)
• Sireesha vallabhaneni as Inspector Vidya,Guest for Janaki and Ramachandra's marriage

Adaptations[]

Depsite earlier it was dubbed earlier in MAA TV. It was said the version will be remaded.

Reception[]

During its premiere week, the series became the fourth most watched Telugu GEC.^[10] The following week it dropped to fifth position and continued to maintain it mostly the following weeks.^[11]

References[]

External links[]

• Janaki Kalaganaledu on Hotstar