Roja (Tamil TV series)

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Roja
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Roja Title Intro
GenreSoap opera
Written by
  • Vasubharathy (story)
  • Selvam Subbhaiya
  • Guru Sampath Kumar (dialogue)
Screenplay by
  • S. Sekkizhar (1–410)
  • V. Padmavathy (411–719)
  • Rajarshi N Roy (720-present)
  • Guru Sampath Kumar (720-present)
Directed by
  • Dhanush (1–48)
  • V. Sadhasivam (49-present)
Creative directorPrince Immanuels
StarringPriyanka Nalkari
Sibbu Suryan
Music byRavi Raghav
Opening theme"Kavithai Pole Vandhale Roja"
Country of originIndia
Original languageTamil
No. of episodes1057 (as of 29 January 2022)
Production
ProducerSaregama India
CinematographyR. V. Parthiba Krishnan
EditorK. Shankar
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time22 minutes
Production companySaregama
Release
Original networkSun TV
Original release9 April 2018 (2018-04-09) –
present
External links
Production website

Roja (transl. The rose) is an Indian Tamil soap opera starring Priyanka Nalkari and Sibbu Suryan with Shamily Sukumar.[1] It premiered on 9 April 2018 on Sun TV and produced by Saregama.[2] In July 2021, Shamily was replaced by VJ Akshaya.[3]

Plot[]

It follows an optimistic girl who was raised in an orphanage. She meets her biological father Tiger Manickam, but they are unaware of each others' identities. Roja is raised in the orphanage of Shanthamoorthy and has a sweet, kind disposition. Arjun, humble despite his wealth, is a leading criminal lawyer. Roja is looking for a lawyer to argue in a case related to Shanthamoorthy who was falsely accused and arrested for Bhaiya Ganesh's murder which was actually done by Sakshi with Priya by her side.

Arjun's family had planned his engagement with Priya (masquerading as "Fake Anu"). But, Arjun loathed love and marriage because of his traumatic past including his Sakshi's betrayal Arjun's friend Venu's death. In particular, he had no desire to marry Priya. So Arjun agrees to take up Roja's case for a condition that she would agree to a one year contract marriage with him. After she agrees, the two go to the temple on Arjun's engagement day. The wedding takes place with the help of Roja's friend Swetha and Arjun's assistant, Naveen. After registering the marriage, Arjun and Roja reach the engagement venue and Arjun announces his marriage with Roja to his family, thereby stopping the engagement. Roja goes to Arjun's house and they both pretend to be husband and wife in front of the family. However, with the passage of time, Arjun discovers Roja's good qualities and falls in love with her. Subsequently, after a few struggles, Roja also falls in love with Arjun and the contract is terminated. The couple start their life as real husband and wife and become supportive.

Priya who calls herself Anu claims to be the daughter of Arjun's uncle Tiger Manickam and his wife Shenbagam, who is missing and presumed dead but is alive suffering memory loss. Working for a criminal mastermind Sakshi, Priya's goal is to marry Arjun's brother Ashwin, after failing to marry Arjun, and enjoy the family wealth. She is cunning but Arjun's grandmother Annapoorni and Manickam are taken in by her charm and always support her although she often humiliates Roja. While Arjun's parents Prathap and Kalpana's and Arjun's brother Ashwin support Roja, other family members dislike her Yasodha, Balu. Due to unforeseen circumstances , Ashwin and Pooja marry without their families' knowledge, except Arjun, Roja, Kalpana and Shenbagam.

Priya and Sakshi intend to discredit Roja who is the real Anu, daughter of Manickam and Shenbagam and go to great lengths to remove her from the house and kill her despite multiple unsuccessful attempts. Soon, Arjun proves Shanthamoorthy's innocence in court and gets Priya and Sakshi arrested.

To release Priya from the jail Annapoorani and Manickam both fake acts and makes Roja believe her and releases Priya. Annapoorani arranges a reception and first night for Arjun and Roja. Priya and her team plants fire in the room. Somehow Arjun and Roja escape from it. But Priya falls down from the top floor and goes to Coma. Only Roja was near her so she is framed for this. Roja goes to jail and there Sakshi along with help of Tiger Manickam attacks Roja a lot of times but Arjun and Chandrakhantha save her. For Roja's safety, Arjun kidnaps Priya. After a long battle in the court between Arjun and Tiger Manickam, Arjun makes Annapoorani and Balu confess the truth by playing a drama that he killed Priya. But his junior Naveen brings Priya. Annapoorani is punished for 24 hours of jail for trying to kill Roja and Arjun. Priya is given bail on medical terms and Roja is released finally.

Priya brings Saraswati nurse with help of Sakshi and Divya to home to act as Shenbagam. On other hand Roja fights and performs pooja to get her mother back. While performing the final ritual Shenbagam enters and saves Roja. Eventually Shenbagam gains her old memories back and all accept Roja as Arjun's wife and first night has been arranged and Priya is furious and tries to spoil but plan is failed. Then in a function for Shenbagam, They see the true face of Priya when she plants a bomb in Shenbagam's Locket. They immediately decide to take a DNA test. To stop it, Priya starts the problem of Ashwin and Pooja's marriage. But to her shock, Annapoorani accepts their marriage and their first night is arranged.

To stop the DNA Test, Priya decides to kill Roja. While Shenbagam and Roja are going in car, she stops the car and shoots Roja. But unknown to her, Arjun has changes the bullet. Chandrakantha arrests Priya. After she is arrested, Roja wakes up and Arjun makes arrangements along with Ashwin, Pooja , Naveen and makes everyone believe Roja is dead. But he informs this to all his family members except Yashoda and Balu.

Further Arjun makes Roja act as a devil to extract the truth from Priya. After scaring for 2 days, Priya confesses the truth to Chandrakantha and Arjun also promises to say the truth in the court. Meanwhile Neelambari, a old rival of Priya and Roja has entered the show, digging up the past. She wants to seek revenge from Priya and Roja. With the help of her Brother is franctically searching for grown up Priya and Roja and attacks Shanthamurthy.

Cast[]

Main[]

  • Priyanka Nalkari as Roja Arjun / Real Anu : Arjun’s wife
  • Sibbu Suryan as Arjun Prathap : A criminal lawyer, Roja’s husband
  • Shamily Sukumar (Episodes 1-860) → VJ Akshaya (Episodes 869- present) as Priya: Masquerading as "Fake Anu" (Antagonist)

Recurring[]

  • Vadivukkarasi as Annapoorani
  • Gayatri Shastry as Kalpana Prathap
  • Dr. Sharmila as Shenbagam Manickam
  • Venkat Renganathan / Shankaresh Kumar as Ashwin Prathap
  • Smriti Kashyap as Pooja Ashwin
  • Rohan as Ragu aka Sandy, son of judge who killed by Neelambari.
  • Sona Heiden as Neelambari[4] (Antagonist)
  • Vijjith as Sasitharan "Sasi" (Antagonist)
  • Soumya Sharada / Sunitha as Saakshi (Antagonist)
  • Rani as Assistant Commissioner of Police Chandrakantha
  • Shiva Subramanian as Prathap
  • Rajesh as 'Tiger' Manickam
  • Dev Anand Sharma as Balachandran "Balu" (Antagonist)
  • Ramya Ramakrishna / Kaavya Varshini Arun as Yashodha Balachandran (Antagonist)
  • Vasu Vikram as Jayaseelan "JS" (Antagonist)
  • Vivethan Ravi as Buji
  • Kavithalaya Krishnan as Purushotthaman
  • K. Natraj as Shanthamurthy
  • Gowthami Vembunathan as Valli
  • Sumathi Shree as Sumathi
  • Shanthi Anandraj as Prema Purushotthaman
  • Latha as Canada Kamakshi
  • Akhila Ramanamoorthy as Deepa Prathap
  • Paari as Malar
  • Sri Varshan Chinraj as Koushik
  • Keerthana as Arulvakhu Vedhavalli
  • Hussain A. K. as Navaneetha Krishnan "Naveen"

Former Cast[]

  • P. R. Varalakshmi as Arulvakhu Amuthanayaki
  • Dubbing Janaki as Baalu mother
  • SVS Kumar as Baalu father
  • Sasindhar Pushpalingam as Bhaya Ganesh (Antagonist)
  • Geetha Narayanan as Judge
  • Karthika Bose as Keerthi
  • Girish as Sethu (Antagonist)
  • S.D. Ganesh as Ranjith (Antagonist)
  • Shobana / Rekha Suresh as Deivanai

Special appearances[]

  • Baby Siddhika as young Roja
  • Unknown as young Arjun
  • Anuradha Krishnamurthy as Judge Sivagami
  • Rani as Indrasena
  • Nadhiya as Herself[5]
  • Yashika Aannand as Herself
  • Neha Gowda as Nisha[6]
  • Vinaya Prasad as Renuka Devi
  • Trivikraman as Ashok Selvan
  • Y. G. Mahendran as Suresh Chakravarthy
  • Gayathri as Manju Chakravarthy
  • Anuradha Krishnamurthy as Sangeetha Chakravarthy
  • Shwetha Bandekar as Chandra Sanjay
  • Naagasree GS as Lekha Sabarinathan
  • Munaf Rahman as Sanjaykumar a.k.a Sanjay Parandhaman
  • Arun Kumar Rajan as Sabarinathan a.k.a Sabari
  • Nalini as Parameshwari

Production[]

Filming[]

Due to the COVID-19 outbreak in India, Roja and all other Indian television series and films production were suspended from 19 March 2020.[7] Three months later, shooting was permitted and the team commenced filming in July.[8] The show commenced telecasting new episodes on 27 July 2020.[9] With the increase in COVID-19 cases in Tamil Nadu, the production was once again suspended in mid-May 2021 for a few weeks.[10][11]

Crossovers and special episodes[]

Crossover episodes[]

Special episodes[]

  • Thaaye Unakkaga 1 hour special episode on September 12, 2pm to 3pm
  • Savaale Samaali 1 hour special episode on October 24, 2pm to 3pm
  • Pirandhanal Vizha 1 hour special episode on Januaray 30, 2pm to 3pm

Adaptations[]

Language Title Original release Network(s) Last aired Notes
Tamil Roja
ரோஜா 		9 April 2018 Sun TV Ongoing Original
Kannada Sevanthi
ಸೇವಂತಿ 		25 February 2019 Udaya TV Remake
Telugu Roja
రోజా 		11 March 2019 Gemini TV 27 March 2020
Hindi Sindoor Ki Keemat
सिंदूर की कीमत 		18 October 2021 Dangal TV Ongoing
Malayalam Kaliveedu
കളിവീട് 		15 November 2021 Surya TV
Bengali Saathi[14]
সাথী 		7 February 2022 Sun Bangla

Reception[]

Ratings[]

Initially aired at afternoon 3:00 PM IST, good response for it made the channel change it to prime time of 9:00 PM IST in early 2019 but was soon shifted within three months to 7:00 PM IST. However it was again shifted to 9:00 PM IST in week 21 of 2021.[7][15][16]

Week and year BARC viewership (Tamil GEC) Ref(s)
Impressions (in millions) Ranking
Week 3, 2020 9.54 3 [17]
Week 8, 2020 10.17 2 [18]
Week 31, 2020 8.64 2 [19]
Week 34, 2020 7.12 3 [20]
Week 37, 2020 7.76 4 [21]
Week 39, 2020 8.37 4 [22]
Week 6, 2021 8.62 2 [23]
Week 7, 2021 8.23 3 [24]
Week 8, 2021 7.95 3 [25]
Week 9, 2021 7.81 3 [26]
Week 10, 2021 8.78 1 [27]
Weel 12, 2021 8.42 1 [28]
Week 14, 2021 8.68 1 [29]
Week 15, 2021 8.49 3 [30]
Week 16, 2021 8.85 1 [31]
Week 18, 2021 8.95 1 [32]
Week 19, 2021 9.36 2 [33]
Week 20, 2021 9.12 2 [34]
Week 21, 2021 9.22 3 [35]
Week 22, 2021 9.54 3 [36]

Awards and honours[]

Award[a] Date of ceremony[b] Category Recipient(s) Result Ref.
Sun Kudumbam Viruthugal 2019 Best Heroine Priyanka Nalkari - Roja Won
Popular Hero Sibbu Suryan - Arjun Won
Popular Villi Shamily Sukumar - Priya Won
Popular Couple Priyanka Nalkari and Sibbu Suryan - Roja and Arjun "Rojun" Won
Popular Serial Roja Won
Best Mamiyar Gayatri Shastry - Kalpana Won
Best Brother Venkat Renganathan - Ashwin Nominated
Best Jodi Priyanka Nalkari and Sibbu Suryan - Roja and Arjun Nominated

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Notes[]

  1. ^ Awards, festivals and organizations are in Alphabetical order.
  2. ^ Date is linked to the article about the awards held that year, wherever possible.

External links[]

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