Kumkuma Puvvu
Kumkuma Puvvu (transl. Saffron flower) is an Indian Telugu soap opera that airs on Star Maa and streams on Disney+ Hotstar. The series is partly inspired from Asianet's Malayalam TV series Kumkumapoovu. It stars Haritha, Princy B Krishnan and Vaishu Sundar in lead roles. The series follows its 3rd generation leap
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Genre | Drama |
Written by | Kranthi Saina (Dialogues) |
Screenplay by | Pradeep Panicker |
Story by | M Ananth Kumar |
Directed by | Ashok Rao B |
Starring | Haritha Princy Krishnan Vaishu Sundar |
Theme music composer | Sound engineer : Kondi Shekhar Reddy Re-Recording : Kumar Raja |
Ending theme | "Kumkuma Puvvu" |
Composer | Saanadh George |
Country of origin | India |
Original language | Telugu |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 1500 (as of 18 February 2022) |
Production | |
Producer | N. Sai Kumar |
Cinematography | Damodhar K |
Editor | Vimala Naresh Kongari |
Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | 22 minutes |
Production company | Annapurna Studios |
Release | |
Original network | Star Maa |
Picture format | HDTV 1080p |
Original release | 18 July 2016 – present |
Chronology | |
Related shows | Kumkumapoovu |
Plot
Jayanthi and her illegitimate daughter Amrutha were separated at Amrutha's birth, with Jayanthi misled into believing her daughter had died while in fact the girl was raised for a time by a butcher, Manikyam, who treated her unkindly. The two are destined to reunite. Rescued from the unkind butcher, Amrutha was raised in a better home with a foster brother, Sandeep. When Sandeep marries the legitimate daughter of Jayanthi, Siri (who hates Amrutha), Jayanthi realizes who Amrutha is. Jayanthi must come to terms with her feelings about the daughter she believed dead. Amrutha marries Rudra, a local goon. Later, Rudra is murdered by an enemy, Amrutha becomes a widow and finds her father and mother and she becomes pregnant.
She gives birth to a daughter, Anjali, whom she presumes dead in a fire accident. Amrutha goes insane while Anjali is raised by Kiran and Renuka (Jayanthi's legitimate son and daughter-in-law). After years, Siri has a daughter Jaanu and she is separated from Sandeep. The family does not know about Anjali being Amrutha's daughter. Amrutha becomes normal after meeting Anjali. Anjali does not accept Amrutha but eventually realizes her love for her. Renuka begins to hold a grudge against Amrutha. Amrutha moves on and remarries Arun, who is not ready to accept Anjali. He banishes Amrutha after learning that she could not conceive further. However, He brings her back after learning that he cannot father children.
Arun pretends to accept Anjali but does not love her, which hurts her. Rudra is revealed to be alive and returns after a Plastic Surgery as Shiva and joins as a driver at Arun's Office. Arun suspects that Shiva is Rudra. Amrutha gets pregnant and Arun suspects the baby to be Shiva's Baby. Arun accepts Amrutha when Jayanthi gets medical reports that Arun can become father. Jayanthi lies that Amrutha is dead to prevent Rudra from spoiling Amrutha's new happiness. Arun learns that Shiva is Rudra and pretends to be normal so that he can snatch away Amrutha's Property. Anjali and Rudra leave the city and goes to another city where Rudra gets diagnosed with Blood Cancer and leaves Anjali with a nun named Sister Mary and gets died.Anjali returns as Amulya to help Amrutha.
Cast
Main Cast
- Haritha as Jayanthi: Raghuram's wife; Jayachandra's ex-love interest; Amrutha, Siri and Kiran's mother; Anjali,Jaanu,Rahul,Jaya,Vyshnavi's maternal grandmother
- Princy B Krishnan as Amrutha: Rudhra and Arun's wife; Jayanthi and Jayachandra's illegitimate daughter; Raghuram's step-daughter; Anjali,Rahul,Vyshnavi's mother; Siri and Kiran's half-sister,Bunty,jaya and jaanu's aunt
- Vaishu Sundar as Anjali / Amulya: Amrutha and Rudhra's daughter; Arun's step-daughter; Renuka and Kiran's former foster daughter; Rahul and Vyshnavi's half-sister.
- Akshita Satyanarayan (present) as Anjali / Amulya (Replacement of Vaishu)
- Baby Tanishka as Young Anjali
Recurring
- Prajwal Poorvik as Rahul; Amrutha and Arun's biological son; Anjali's step brother; Vashnavi's brother
- Alankritha as Vaishnavi; Amrutha and Arun's daughter,Rahul's sister,Anjali's step-sister
- Vaishnavi Krishna as Jaya; Renuka and Kiran's daughter
- Nithin Adwi as Vinay aka Bunty; Kaveri and Chandra's son
- Venkat Showrya as Young Vinay aka Bunty
- Jackie as Raghuram: Jayanthi's husband; Siri and Kiran's father; Amrutha's step-father; Tripuramba's son-in-law; Anjali,Rahul,Vyshnavi's step-grandfather, Jaya and Jaanu's grandfather.
- Krishna Koushik as Arun: Amrutha's second husband; Anjali's step-father; Umadevi's son; Kaveri's brother; Rahul and Vyshnavi's father,Bunty,Jaya,Jaanu's uncle.
- Venu Gopal as Arun
- Divyavani as Sister Mary
- Nirupam Paritala as Sandeep: Siri's husband; Jaanu's father; Amrutha's foster brother;Anjali,Rahul,Vyshnavi& Jaya's uncle.
- Vishnu Priya / Sandra Jaichandran as Siri: Sandeep's wife; Jaanu's mother; Jayanthi and Raghuram's daughter; Kiran's sister; Amrutha's half-sister; Anjali,Rahul,Vyshnavi& Jaya's aunt.
- Madhu Prakash / Sathwik Chowdary as Rudhra: Tripuramba's son; Amrutha's first husband; Anjali's father,Rahul & Vyshnavi's step-father;jaya & jaanu's uncle
- Nirmala Reddy as Tripuramba aka Peddarayudamma: Rudhra's mother; Raghuram's aunt; Anjali's paternal grandmother
- Anusha Santosh as Renuka: Kiran's wife; Anjali's former adoptive mother,Jaya's mother;Jaanu,Anjali,Rahul,Vyshnavi's aunt.
- Baby Aaradhya Arukula as Jaanu: Sandeep and Siri's daughter
- Suresh Chandra as Kiran: Renuka's husband; Anjali's former adoptive father; Jayanthi and Raghuram's son; Amrutha's half-brother; Siri's brother;Jaya's father;Jaanu,Anjali,Rahul,Vyshnavi's uncle.
- Padmini Jagadeesh as Umadevi: Arun and Kaveri's mother, Rahul, Bunty & Vysnavi's grandmother, Anjali's step-grandmother.
- Ankitha as Sithara-Kiran's girlfriend.
- Rishika Singh as Kaveri,Bunty's mother,Rahul,Vyshnavi's aunt,Anjali's step-aunt
- Vikram as Nagaraju
- Chinni Krishna as Sagar
- Lirisha as Aruna
- Padmini/Seetha Mahalakshmi as Swapna
- Bhavana as Prathiba
- Kishore Krishna as Surendra
- Bhel Prasad as Manikyam
- Srinivas as Jayachandra-Jayanthi's lover,Amrutha's father,Rudra & Arun's father-in-law, Anjali,Rahul & Vyshnavi's grandfather.
- Srihari as Chakri
- Maithili as Amulya
- Pratap Singh Shah as Akash
- Lakshmi as Sangeetha
- Janaki Verma as sujatha
- Balaji as Inspector Sharath
- Nata Kumari as Rajalakshmi
- Kalki Raja as Anand
- Shripriya Sreekar as Manikyam's wife
- Padma Peesapati as Doctor
Adaptations
Language | Title | Original release | Network(s) | Last aired | Notes |
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Malayalam | Kumkumapoovu കുങ്കുമപ്പൂവ് |
31 January 2011 | Asianet | 1 February 2014 | Original |
Tamil | Aval அவல் |
7 November 2011 | Star Vijay | 16 March 2013 | Remake |
Kannada | Amma ಅಮ್ಮಾ |
1 February 2016 | Star Suvarna | 25 February 2017 | |
Marathi | Lek Mazi Ladaki लेक माझी लाडकी |
2 July 2016 | Star Pravah | 22 October 2018 | |
Telugu | Kumkuma Puvvu కుంకుమ పువ్వు |
18 July 2016 | Star Maa | Ongoing |
Reception
Initially aired at a prime time slot, it remained one of the top five most watched Telugu GEC until being shifted to an afternoon slot towards the end of 2018.[1][2][3][4]
References
- "Bigg Boss Telugu TRP Ratings: Rana's No 1 Yaari Is Way Ahead Of NTR's TV Show". International Business Times. 31 August 2017. Archived from the original on 20 March 2021.
- "Zee Anmol continues to rule Hindi GECs". Indian Television dot com. 30 March 2018.
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