Poove Unakkaga (TV series)
Poove Unakkaga (பூவே உனக்காக (transl. For you, my dear flower) is a 2020 Indian-Tamil language Soap opera television series, that premiered on 10 August 2020 on Sun TV and it is available for worldwide streaming on Sun NXT. The Show produced by Sun Entertainment and Mindset Media. It stars Varshini Arza, Mohammad Azeem and Chaya Singh.
Poove Unakkaga | |
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Genre | Family Romance Soap opera |
Created by | Mindset Media Private Limited |
Written by | Mindset Media |
Directed by | Rajeev K Prasad (Episodes 1-47) Kuruvithurai K.J Thangapandiyan (Episode 48-Present) |
Starring | |
Theme music composer | P.A Vijay |
Opening theme | Poove Unnakaga Karthik Priya Himesh |
Country of origin | India |
Original language | Tamil |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 316 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Mindset Media Production |
Producers | M.Jamal Murugan Veladhithan |
Production location | Tamil Nadu |
Cinematography | Ram Singh |
Editors | S.G Giri Raganathan P.Panner Selvam |
Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | approx. 25–27 minutes |
Production companies | Sun Entertainment Mindset Media |
Distributor | Sun NXT |
Release | |
Original network | Sun TV |
Original release | 10 August 2020 – present |
Plot
Keerthi (Jovita Livingston Jones) and Poovarasi (Raadhika Preethi) are best friends and always share everything. Keerthi and Poovarasi both fall in love with Kathir (Arun). Kathir is in love with Keerthi. When Keerthi learns that Poovarasi also loves Kadhir she sacrifices her love for her friend. Poovarasi does not know about this and she marries Kathir. The next day of her wedding night she learns that her friend Keerthi and Kathir were lovers and Keerthi sacrificed her love for Poovarasi. After knowing that, Poovarasi wants to unite Kadhir with Keerthi hence she tries to apply for divorce. The advocate asks them to remain united for a year. Meanwhile Keerthi forgets her past life because of an accident. Poovarasi takes care of her and wants to unite Keerthi and Kathir when she regains her memory.
Unexpectedly one day Keerthi kills herself by walking deep into the ocean. Then it is revealed that Keerthi faked her death and is still alive and she mentions "I will come back when Kathir and Poovarasi have a baby". After Keerthi's supposed death Poovarasi and Kathir begin to fall in love and Poovarasi becomes pregnant, but Kathir suspects Poovarasi and claims he is not the father of the baby. Poovarasi humiliates him by removing her nuptial chain and throwing it in Kathir's face. He starts to hate Poovarasi and her family. He and his mom make plans to destroy Poovarasi's family, but one day Rathinavalli (Poovarasi's mother) overhears this, so Kathir, his mother and Maheswari (Devipriya) killed Rathinavalli (Aamani)
Meanwhile it is revealed that Kathir (Mohammad Azeem) wasn’t the one who killed Rathinavali. It was revealed that his mother and Maheswari were the ones who killed her.
But, one day, the nurse who changed the DNA report bribed by Maheswari informed Kathir about the DNA report that the unborn child in Poovarasi’s tummy is Kathir’s, where he feels guilty for thinking wrong of her and is also informed that Maheswari was responsible for the DNA test report change.
Then, Kathir furiously comes to attack Maheswari in the night at a deserted place who reveals to her that she was the one responsible of changing the report. After Maheswari is attacked by Kathir, she reveals that his mother was the one who instructed Maheswari to change the report. Kathir then tells Maheshwari that he is going to reveal the truth of her evil doings like changing the DNA report so he can hate his wife and baby to the entire family. Maheshwari then viciously attacks Kathir and his mom and buries their unconscious bodies. They are then rescued by Karthik, another man who is in a one-side love relationship with Poovarasi, unaware she is married. Kathir knows that he cannot re-enter the family normally because Poovarasi won't accept him, so he decides to come in the guise of an old man to be Poovarasi's bodyguard to protect her from Maheshwari. The entire family immediately begins to like the old man, but one day his disguise is revealed but despite saving her life many times, Poovarasi still rejects him and demands him to leave the house.Then kathir met with an accident.Ranjana took him to her house and took care of him.Then suddenly Ranjana proposed to kathir.But kathir rejected her proposal.Ranjana and Kathir planned to unite Poovarasi with Kathir.So they did a plan.The plan worked.Kathir and Poovarasi unite.
Cast
Main
- Radhika Preethi / Varshini Arza as Poovarasi Kathiravan
- Arun / Mohammad Azeem [1][2] as Kathiravan Shivanarayanan
- Chaya Singh[3][4] as Ranjana Chokkalingam
Recurring
- Devipriya as Maheshwari
- Arun Raja as Maaridurai
- Sudha Ramanujam / Kiruba Krishnamurti as Rajalakshmi Shivanarayanan
- Rajkumar as Senthamizhselvan
- B. Jayalakshmi as Jayanthi
- Shyam as Muthuvel
- Subathra as Padhmavathi
Former cast
- Jovita Livingston Jones as Keerthi
- Srinish Aravind[5] as Karthick Subramanian (Dead)
- Aamani as Rathanavalli Senthamizhselvan (Dead)
- Arun Kumar Rajan as Selvam
- Vignesh as Shakthivel
- Rekha Nair as Thangam
- Srilekha Rajendran as Mariamma
- Sridevi Ashok as Dhanalakshmi
- Suraj PS Naidu as Kesavan
- G. M. Kumar as Shankaralingam
- Usha Elizabeth as Karpagam (Dead)
- Premalatha as Lakshmi
- Dhaswanth as Gunasekar
- Rajkanth as Nagaraj
- Meena Sellamuthu as Constable Kannamma
- Ajay Rathnam as Shivanarayanan (Dead)
Casting
- Actress Reshma Venkatesh who is known for her role in Star Vijay's Anbudan Kushi was initially supposed to play the role of Keerthi.[6] But, she quit. So the storyline was completely changed. Actor J. Livingston's daughter Jovita Livingston Jones was played the lead role. But in March 2021, she quit the series due to her higher studies.[7][8]
- Kannada Actress Raadhika Preethi who is known for her Tamil film Embiran was selected to play the main female lead role Poovarasi. But in February 2022, she was replaced by Actress Varshini Arza who is known for her role in Sun TV's Agni Natchathiram.
- A newcomer Actor Arun was selected to play a male lead role Kathir.[9] But In June 2021, he was replaced by Actor Mohammad Azeem who is known for his role in Sun TV's Priyamanaval and Star Vijay's Pagal Nilavu.[10]
- Later, Actor Srinish Aravind was cast as the another main male lead role Karthi. But in August 2021, he quit the series due to COVID-19 situation
- Besides Arun Kumar Rajan, Aamani, Rajkumar, Vignesh, Devipriya, Sudha Ramanujam, Kiruba Krishnamurti, Sridevi Ashok, B. Jayalakshmi, Rekha Nair and others playing supporting roles.
Special and crossover episodes
- It had a one-hour episode which is special of Kathir and Poovarasi marriage which aired on Saturday and Sunday 26 & 27 September 2020.
- It had a crossover with Roja which was a Mahasangam which aired from 12–18 October 2020.[11]
- From 16–29 November 2020, It aired one-hour special episodes each day of the week.
- It had a crossover with Vaanathai Pola which was a Mahasangam which aired from 1–7 February 2021.
- It had a one hour special episode named Kadhatthal Galatta on 25 July 2021.
- It had a one hour special episode named Thillu Mullu on 3 October 2021.
- It had a one hour special episode named Aval Varuvaala on 26 December 2021.
- It had a one hour special episode named Ethirparatha Thiruppam on 20 March 2022.
References
- "சன் டிவி சீரியலில் ரீஎன்ட்ரி கொடுத்த அஸீம்! என்ன சீரியல் தெரியுமா?". tamil.samayam.com.
- "சன் டிவியில் ரீ என்ட்ரி கொடுக்கும் அஸீம்.. ஆனால் இந்த சீரியலிலா.. ரசிகர்கள் கோரிக்கை!". tamil.oneindia.com.
- "Chaya Singh to play the villain in Poove Unakkaga". timesofindia.indiatimes.com.
- "சல்லுன்னு ரிட்டர்ன் ஆன சாயா சிங்.. செம என்ட்ரி.. எதுல தெரியுமா?". tamil.oneindia.com.
- "AFTER AZEEM, POPULAR ACTOR SRINISH ARAVIND ENTERS POOVE UNAKKAGA SERIAL!". www.behindwoods.com.
- "Initially, Reshma Venkatesh was approached to play Keerthi role before Jovitha". Archived from the original on 2021-12-24.
- "Jovita Livingston Jones quits Poove Unakkaga; see post". The Times of India.
- "Poove Unakkaga: சன் டிவி 'பூவே உனக்காக' சீரியலை விட்டு வெளியேறிய Jovita!". News18 (in Tamil).
- "லிவிங்ஸ்டன் மகளை தொடர்ந்து பூவே உனக்காக சீரியலில் இருந்து விலகுவதாக அறிவித்த கதிர் – அவரே வெளியிட்ட காரணம்". tamil.behindtalkies.com.
- "Mohamed Azeem replaces Arun in 'Poove Unakkaga'". The Times of India.
- "Roja & Poove Unakkaga - Mahasangamam Part 1 Ep.53 15 Oct 2020 Sun TV Tamil Serial". www.youtube.com.