Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal (TV series)

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Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal
Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal TV series.jpg
GenreDrama
Family
Directed by
  • N. Priyan
  • Sai Marudu
  • Pavan
Starring
Country of originIndia
Original languageTamil
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes275
Production
Executive producerNivashini Divya
ProducerXavier Britto
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running timeapprox. 20–25 minutes per episode
Production companyEsthell Entertainers
Release
Original networkZee Tamil
Original release22 March 2021 (2021-03-22) –
present
External links
Website

Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal (transl. New New Meanings) is an Indian Tamil-language family television drama that airs on Zee Tamil and streams on Zee5.[1] The series premiered on 22 March 2021 and starring actress Devayani and Abhishek Shankar with VJ Parvathy.[2] It is an official remake of Zee Marathi series Aggabai Sasubai.[3]

This is a story that focuses on life of woman "Lakshmi". Lakshmi is a widow, she takes care of her family and faces all life issues with peace. She raised her son "Santhosh" and also takes care of her father-in-law "Thiruvenkadam" but she always pays less attention to herself while loving everyone else except herself. After the marriage of Santhosh, the show focuses on how Lakshmi's daughter in law "Pavithra" strives to bring a little joy in Lakshmi's life. After the marriage of Santhosh and Pavithra, the family celebrates their marriage party in Hari's restaurant. The chef, Hari Krishnan notices Lakshmi and falls in love with her and the story begins.

Plot[]

Lakshmi, a widow who lives in "Sneha Apartment", takes care of her family and faces all life issues with peace. She raised her son Santhosh as a single mother and also takes care of her father-in-law Thiruvenkadam. She always pays less attention to herself while loving everyone else except herself. After the marriage of Santhosh with Pavithra, they go to an restaurant and finish their meals. The hotel is owned by Hari Krishnan, a renowned chef . He notices Lakshmi and falls for her. Lakshmi's daughter-in-law Pavithra strives to bring some joy in Lakshmi's life. The family often visit him and become very close. Hari loves puliyodorai (tamarind rice) in a temple was the prasaadam cooked by a woman (not knowing that is Lakshmi) he wishes to find out that woman. One day he finds Lakshmi cooked puliyodorai in the temple every Friday and his love for Lakshmi increases. Days go on until Prathiba, a cunning lady who is in the next floor of Lakshmi and dislikes Lakshmi and humiliates her every time, ensuring that Lakshmi doesn't live happily. Hari Krishnan insists on making pumpkin cake from Lakshmi but she denies because of Kutty (Santhosh). Prathiba enters and tells that she had made the pumpkin cake. The next day she gets Hari's number from Lakshmi and calls him. A delighted Prathiba asks her friends to come to her home, but she fails to make the cake. Lakshmi, however, makes the cake. Hari thanks Lakshmi, which irritates Prathiba. She uses Santhosh as a weapon against Lakshmi & Hari. He dislikes Hari and confronts Lakshmi. Hari Krishnan doesn't like Santhosh's behavior and humiliates Santhosh in front of his colleagues. This irritates him very much and he confronts Lakshmi.

Few months later

In Sneha Apartment, Hari Krishnan moves in as a tenant because his restaurant had been closed due to Santhosh. This irritates Santhosh very much and he doesn't speak to Lakshmi. Hari Krishnan gets an order, but he rejects the order since he doesn't have a large kitchen and enough of vessels. But Lakshmi suggests getting the help of other flatmates, which leads to the order being successful. Then, Hari Krishnan cooks in a television show that they going to shoot in apartment parking area. This irritates Santhosh. He complaints to municipality corporation, but Pavithra clears the matter and helps the team. Santhosh thinks that Lakshmi had cleared the issue and quarrels with her. The election for secretary election is going to start. One week before the election, they need nominees. Prathiba stands for election. Pavithra tells Lakshmi to stand for election and Lakshmi stands. This irritates Prathiba very much. She uses Santhosh again. He confronts Lakshmi to not stand in upcoming election, but Pavithra saves Lakshmi. Pavithra cheers on Lakshmi. A frustrated Prathiba plans to swap the election boxes after election is over. But Maddy (Hari Krishnan personal secretary) finds out and records their conversation and shows it to Hari.

After few months, Aravind (an engaged bridegroom who doesn't have parents but her fiancé belongs to an extended family) is introduced. Her father needs a bridegroom same like his family. But as Aravind loves her fiancé so much that he couldn't leave her, so he lied that his parents are abroad and they will come on the wedding day. Whilst giving out invitations to his friends, he was involved in an accident caused by Santosh with his new car. Lakshmi takes care of Aravind and he doesn't tell the police. Lakshmi visits his fiancé's house where she met Hari who had a plan to act like his father whereas Aravind is his worker. The fiancé's family misunderstood that Lakshmi is Aravind's mom. Then she took acts like his mom as she had no options. On the Wedding day, the fiancé's uncle speaks ill about Lakshmi who doesn't wear her Thali and metti chain, but she is a widow so she can't wear them. Then Hari ties the knot to Lakshmi, as he can't hear the words spoken by uncle.

Cast[]

Main[]

  • Devayani as Lakshmi Hari Krishnan:
    • A widow and turned Hari Krishnan's wife, dedicated house wife, kind hearted and innocent woman. She is Thiruvenkadam's daughter-in-law; Santhosh's mother, Pavithra's mother-in-law
  • as Pavithra Santhosh (Pavi):
    • A bold and straight forward girl. She is Santhosh's lover and turns wife; Lakshmi's daughter-in-law; Thiruvenkadam's grand daughter-in-law; Raghavan and Vaidhei's daughter
  • Abhishek Shankar as Hari Krishnan (Hari):
    • A popular chef and Hari's kitchen owner and Lakshmi's husband
  • Niyaz Khan as Santhosh (Kutty):
    • Lakshmi's son; Pavithra's husband and Thiruvenkadam's grandson.
  • Dindigul I. Leoni (2021) as Thiruvenkadam:
    • Lakshmi's father-in-law; Santhosh's grandfather.
      • Jayaraj Periyamayathevar as Thiruvenkadam (replaced Leoni, 2021–Present)

Recurring[]

  • Devi Priya as Prathiba: Lakshmi's neighbor; Natarajan's daughter-in-law and she hates Lakshmi
  • K. S. Jayalakshmi as Parimalam: Lakshmi's neighbor
  • Karpagavalli as Archana: Lakshmi's neighbor
  • Swetha as Geetha: Lakshmi's neighbor; Anitha and Anu's mother; Saravanan's second wife
  • Aishwarya as Leena: Lakshmi's neighbor and Divya's mother (2021)
    • Jayashree Binuraj as Leena (Replaced Aishwarya, 2021–present)
  • Vincent Roy as Natarajan: Prathiba's father-in-law, Thiruvenkadam's friend and Lakshmi's neighbor (2021)
  • Akshaya Kimmy as Maddy: Hari Krishnan's assistant and Manager of Hari's kitchen
  • Shanthi as Komathi: Natarajan's wife and Prathiba's mother-in-law
  • Vedha Das as Saravanan: Geetha's second husband
  • Ranjana Sudarshan as Anitha: Geetha's elder daughter
  • Kamatchi as Anu: Geetha's younger daughter
  • Ramesh Khanna as Raghavan: Pavithra and Arun's father; Santhosh's father-in-law
    • Ashok as Raghavan (Replaced Ramesh, 2021–present)
  • Sheela as Vaidehi: Pavithra and Arun's mother; Santhosh mother-in-law
  • Saakshi Siva as Mahesh: Santhosh office Manager
  • Kousalya Senthamarai as Mahesh's mother
  • Tharun Appasamy as Arun: Pavithra's younger brother; Raghavan and Vaidehi's son
  • Sreenidhi Sudarshan as Divya: Leena's daughter, Lakshmi's neighbor and Arun's love interest
  • Rickna as Urmila: Divya's friend
  • Mani Thangarasu as Mani: Arun's friend
  • KPY Sarath as Lokesh: Arun's friend

Cameo[]

  • Aadukalam Naren as Ramanathan: Raghavan's friend
  • Nithya Ravindran as Kamala: Ramanathan's wife
  • Diwakar as an Auto driver
  • Namitha as herself: She came to Sneha apartments for the cooking class from Harikrishnan

Production[]

Casting[]

The series features film actress Devayani, make her comeback after 2 years on television in the main female role of Lakshmi.[4] Actor Abhishek Shankar was chosen for the male role, who acted with Devayani as her pair in the TV series Kolangal, both made their combo after 12 years on television.[5] "Sun TV" presenter Parvathy, made her first acting debut on television, was roped in the role of Lakshmi's daughter-in-law. Alongside TV actor Niyaz Khan was selected as the role of Lakshmi's son and debates anchor Dindigul I. Leonie role of Lakshmi's father-in-law.[6]

Development[]

Popular film Master's producer Xavier Britto and Nivashini Divya, both of them producing this series after Neethane Enthan Ponvasantham under the studio Esthell Entertainers on Zee Tamil.[7]

With our growing commitment towards satiating the entertainment needs of our diverse set of viewers, we at Zee Tamil are focused on presenting unique content with compelling narratives inspired by the society around us. Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal is a carefully crafted tale aimed at entertaining viewers, while making them understand and relate with the challenges society throws at women and how they overcome them with grace".

— Siju Prabhakaran, on the series launch[8]

Release[]

Promo[]

The first promo was released on 8 March 2021, International Women's Day, to implies the women's life.[9] Then the second promo was released on 15 March 2021 with launching date and timing on YouTube.[10]

Special & Crossover episode[]

  • On its launching, the series had been telecast one hour for two days with non-stop episode without any commercial breaks.[10]
  • On 17 October 2021, Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal helds a wedding episode titled as Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal Mega Thirumana Vaibhavam for Harikrishnan and Lakshmi's marriage, which aired for non-stop two and half hours on Sunday.

Reception[]

Times of India quoted the series that "The series deals with the hardships and emotional turmoil faced by a dutiful housewife despite her sacrifices to the family".[11]

Adaptations[]

The series concept was taken from the Marathi series Aggabai Sasubai aired on Zee Marathi since 2019 to 2021 and it was remade into Malayalam as Manam Pole Mangalyam on Zee Keralam.[12][13]

Language Title Original release Network Episodes Format
Marathi Aggabai Sasubai
अग्गंबाई सासूबाई 		22 July 2019 – 13 March 2021 Zee Marathi 425 Original
Malayalam Manam Pole Mangalyam
മനംപോലെ മംഗല്യം 		28 December 2020 – 2 January 2022 Zee Keralam 260 Remake
Tamil Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal
புதுப்புது அர்த்தங்கள் 		22 March 2021 – present Zee Tamil Ongoing Remake

References[]

  1. ^ "New Show Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal To Premiere From March 22". ZEE5. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Zee Tamil launches new fiction show 'Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal'". Bestmediainfo.com. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal Zee Tamil Serial Launching On 22nd March At 8:30 PM". Indiantvinfo.com. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Devayani Rajakumaran set to make her TV comeback with Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal; details inside". Times of India. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  5. ^ "மீண்டும் 'கோலங்கள்' அபி-பாஸ்கர் காம்போ: புதிய சீரியலில் தேவயானி!". CNN News18 (in Tamil). Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  6. ^ "தேவயானி இஸ் பேக்.. 'புதுப்புது அர்த்தங்கள்' சீரியலில் நடிக்கிறார்! டீஸர் இதோ". Times of India (in Tamil). Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  7. ^ "மீண்டும் நடிக்க வந்தார் தேவயானி...அதுவும் மெகாஹிட் தயாரிப்பாளரின் படைப்பில்". Filmibeat.com (in Tamil). Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Zee Tamil set to launch prime-time show 'Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal' on March 22". Exchange4media.com. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  9. ^ "Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal | Zee Tamil | March 22nd onwards | Promo". Zee Tamil. YouTube.
  10. ^ a b "Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal | Zee Tamil | March 22nd onwards, 8.30 PM | Promo 2". Zee Tamil. YouTube.
  11. ^ "New daily soap 'Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal' to premiere on March 22". Times of India. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  12. ^ "Aggabai Sasubai preview: Abhijeet to handover Abhi's Kitchen to Shubhra and Asawari". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  13. ^ "Manampole Mangalyam: Swasika Vijay back on TV with a new show, to play a daughter-in-law hunting groom for her mother-in-law". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 March 2021.

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