Endrendrum Punnagai (TV series)

Endrendrum Punnagai (transl. Everlasting smile) is an Indian Tamil-language soap opera airing on Zee Tamil.[1] It premiered on 16 March 2020, starring Nakshatra Srinivas with Deepak Chinky and Nithin Iyer.[2][3] This series is produced by Esai Pictures by the actress Neelima Rani.[4]

Endrendrum Punnagai
GenreDrama
Directed by
  • Ramakrishna "R.K." (Episode 1-90)
  • Bagavathi Raj (Episodes 91-present)
StarringNakshatra Srinivas
Deepak Chinky
Nithin Iyer
Kavitha
Theme music composerHari
Opening theme"Endrendrum Punnagai Kaatrinile"
Country of originIndia
Original languageTamil
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes156
Production
Executive producerEsai Vanan
ProducerNeelima Rani
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running timeapprox. 20-25 minutes per episode
Production companyEsai Pictures
Release
Original networkZee Tamil
Original release16 March 2020 (2020-03-16) –
present
External links
Website

Thendral, a radio jockey, gets into trouble when she gets betrothed to Aakash, a man who is excessively influenced by his grandmother. But she tries to find a way to be with her lover, Sidharth.

Synopsis

Aandal, a kind of woman whose anger no one dares to face when she is displease. Aakash, is the grandson of Aandal, who always obeys his grandmother. Aandal seeks a bride for Aakash, and has clear criteria for the selecting her. She comes across Thendral, a radio jockey and gathers all the information about her and she was impressed by Thendral. Then she decides that she is the right girl for Aakash. Thendral's family also accept to Aandal's approach for Thendral to marry Aakash.

Later Thendral learns that Aakash is his grandmother's puppet. Also Thendral dislikes that Aakash has no individuality and at times she even rejected the marriage proposal. On the other hand, Siddharth is also a radio jockey, who works with Thendral and falls in love with her. The rest of the story revolves around, Thendral's choice between Aakash and Siddharth.

Cast

Main
  • Nakshatra Srinivas as RJ Thendral: A middle-class family woman, who works as a radio jockey "RJ" in FM radio station. She was Aakash's fiancée and Siddharth's love interest.
  • Nithin Iyer as Aakash: A rich man, his grandmother Aandal's puppet, Thendral's fiancé.
  • Deepak Chinky as Siddharth "Siddu": A simple man, who works with Thendral as RJ in FM radio station and falls in love with her.
  • Kavitha as Aandal: An arrogant and wealthy lady, who is inspired by Thendral and tells her grandson Aakash to marry her.

Recurring
  • Narasimha Raju as Arunachalam: Aandal's husband; Kannan's father; Sharadha and Madhavi's father-in-law; Siddu and Aakash's grandfather
  • Girish as Shanmugam: Thendral, Nila and Poornima's father
  • Gowthami Vembunathan as Lakshmi: Thendral, Nila and Poornima's mother
  • Supergood Kannan as Kannan: Siddu and Aakash's father; Aandal and Arunachalam's son; Sharadha and Madhavi's husband
  • Raghavi Sasikumar as Madhavi: Aakash's mother; Aandal and Arunachalam's second daughter-in-law; Kannan's second wife
  • Punitha Balakrishnan (Episodes 1–92) / Sreenidhi Sudarshan (Episode 93–present) as Nila: Thendral's first younger sister; Shanmugam and Lakshmi's second daughter
  • Dhachayani as Poornima: Thendral's second younger sister; Shanmugam and Lakshmi's last daughter
  • VJ Sasikala Nagarajan as Meghna: FM staff and Siddharth's friend
  • Indran as Siruthai: FM staff and Siddharth's friend
  • Murali Krish as Singaram: FM Manager

Production

Casting

This series is a based on a love triangle. It features Nakshatra Srinivas, plays a main female role as the character radio jockey with two male leads - Deepak Kumar, Thirumanam fame and Nithin Iyer, a fitness freak.[5] Kavitha was selected for the grandmother role while Narasimha Raju, Gowthami Vembunathan, Girish, Raghavi, Kannan, VJ Sasikala, Indran and others in pivotal roles.[6]

Development

Popular television and film actress Neelima Rani, who producing this series after Niram Maaratha Pookkal with her husband Esai Vanan under the production "Esai Pictures". Also she said that "We sincerely thank network for giving us this amazing opportunity and I thank all my beautiful stars and technical team who are working so hard for the betterment".[7]

Filming

The series is mainly filmed at Valasaravakkam in Chennai.[8]

Relaunch

The series was premiered on 16 March 2020. But due to COVID-19 pandemic situation, the series stopped the broadcast on 27 March 2020, with only ten episodes.[9] Months later, after the serial shootings was permitted in India, the series recommenced telecasting again from first episode on 27 July 2020.[8]

Crossover episodes

Endrendrum Punnagai cast and crew amalgamated the episodes called Triveni Sangamam with Rettai Roja and Rajamagal from 26 December 2020 to 9 January 2021. For the first time in the Tamil television, three series were made to been combined.[10]

Concept

The series concept was taken from a Telugu language series Mangamma Gari Manavaralu which aired on Zee Telugu.

Title

The title was taken from a 2013 Endrendrum Punnagai movie starring Jeeva, Trisha, Vinay, Santhanam and Andrea. The English meaning of this title is Everlasting Smile.

International broadcast

The series was released on 16 March 2020 on Zee Tamil and Zee Tamil HD. The show was also broadcast internationally on the channel's international distribution.

References
  1. "Actress Nakshatra Srinivas all excited about her new show Endrendrum Punnagai". The Times of India.
  2. "Thirumanam fame Deepak Kumar announces his new show as the male lead; seeks support of fans". The Times of India.
  3. "Endrendrum Punnagai fame Nithin Krishnamurthy Iyer shares his weight loss secret". The Times of India.
  4. "நீலிமா ராணியின் என்றென்றும் புன்னகை". Cinema.dinamalar (in Tamil).
  5. "Endrendrum Punnagai fame Nithin Krishnamurthy Iyer gets nostalgic about his amazing transformation". The Times of India.
  6. "Zee Tamil is all set to come up with the brand new TV show 'Endrendrum Punnagai'". Auditionform.
  7. "Endrendrum Punnagai completes 100 episodes; Neelima Esai and others thank fans". The Times of India.
  8. "Caution is key as Tamil TV serials resume shooting, fresh episodes to air from July 27". The Hindu.
  9. "Tamil Nadu announces further easing of curbs for shooting TV serials". The New Indian Express.
  10. "திரிவேணி சங்கமம்.. ஒன்றினையும் ஜீ தமிழின் மூன்று முக்கிய சீரியல்கள்". Tamil.Samayam.com.
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