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{{Infobox television
| image = Good Wife Tamil.png
| caption = Promotional release poster
| genre = {{ubl|[[Legal drama]]|[[Political drama]]}}
| based_on = {{Based on| ''[[The Good Wife]]'' | [[Robert King (writer)|Robert King]] | [[Michelle King]]}}
| writer = [[Halitha Shameem]]
| screenplay =
| executive_producer = {{ubl|Vibhaas Singh Gautam|Kirubakaran Ramasamy}}
| creator =
| director = [[Revathi]]
| starring = {{ubl|[[Priyamani]]|[[Aari Arujunan]]|[[Sampath Raj]]|Mekha Rajan|[[Amrutha Srinivasan]]}}
| music = [[K (composer)|K]]
| country = India
| language = Tamil
| num_seasons = 1
| num_episodes = 6
| list_episodes =
| producer = {{ubl|Rajesh Chadha|Mrinalini Jain|Shyam Rathi|Deepak Dhar|Rishi Negi|S. Raj Narayanan}}
| cinematography = Siddharth Ramaswamy
| editor = Kishan Kumar Chezhian
| runtime = 38-42 minutes
| company = {{ubl|[[Banijay Entertainment|Banijay Asia]]|Circle Box Entertainment|[[Paramount Global Content Distribution]]}}
| network = [[Disney+ Hotstar|JioHotstar]]
| first_aired = {{Start date|2025|07|4|df=y}}
| last_aired = present
}}

'''''Good Wife''''' is a 2025 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[legal drama]] television series starring [[Priyamani]], [[Aari Arujunan]], [[Sampath Raj]], Mekha Rajan, [[Amrutha Srinivasan]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Priya Mani and Sampath Raj starrer ‘Good Wife’ set for its OTT premiere soon|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/web-series/priya-mani-and-sampath-raj-starrer-good-wife-set-for-its-ott-premiere-soon/articleshow/121618949.cms|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=4 June 2025}}</ref> and directed by [[Revathi]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Good Wife: Expected Release Date, Cast, Story, Everything We Know So Far About Priyamani’s Courtroom Drama|url=https://www.imdb.com/fr/news/ni65341733/|access-date=2025-06-19 |website=www.imdb.com|language=en}}</ref> The series is a homemaker and former lawyer who, after few years, starts working at a law firm to support her family when her husband gets stuck in a [[political scandal]]. It premiered on [[Disney+ Hotstar|JioHotstar]] on 4 July 2025.<ref>{{cite news|title=Priyamani’s fiery comeback in ‘The Good Wife’; Tamil courtroom thriller hits on July 4|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/priyamanis-fiery-comeback-in-the-good-wife-tamil-courtroom-thriller-hits-on-july-4deets-inside/articleshow/122156540.cms|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=30 June 2025}}</ref>

The second season of this series is planned to get released by 2026.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/tamil/news/2025/Dec/14/jiohotstar-promises-higher-stakes-in-priyanani-starrer-good-wife-season-2|title=JioHotstar promises higher stakes in Priyanani starrer Good Wife season 2|website=[[Cinema Express]]|date=14 December 2025|language=en}}</ref>

==Series overview==
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== Premise ==
The plot revolves around Tarunika, a law school graduate, who is a loving wife and mother who, after quitting her job following marriage. When her husband, Gunaseelan, is arrested for a sex and corruption scandal, she starts working as a junior lawyer at a law firm to support her family and faces courtroom battles and finding her identity in a male-dominated world.<ref>{{Cite web |last= indiatribune|title=Priyamani faces turmoil after husband gets entangled in sex scandal in the teaser of ‘The Good Wife’|url=https://www.indiatribune.com/priyamani-faces-turmoil-after-husband-gets-entangled-in-sex-scandal-in-the-teaser-of-the-good-wife|access-date=2025-06-16 |website=www.indiatribune.com |language=en}}</ref>

== Cast ==
=== Main ===
* [[Priyamani]] as Tarunika Gunaseelan
* [[Sampath Raj]] as Gunaseelan; Tarunika's husband
* [[Aari Arujunan]] as Hari Deepak
* Mekha Rajan as Lavanya Umashankar
* [[Amrutha Srinivasan]] as Sneha Merlin

=== Recurring ===
* Adithya Shivpink as Sneha Merlin's love interest
* [[T. Siva]] as Gunaseelan's friend
* [[T. M. Karthik]]
* Mona Bedre as Tarunika's friend
* Nakkalites Dhanam as Gunaseelan's mother and Tarunika's mother-in-law
* Ajit Koshy

=== Episodic ===
* [[Revathi]]

== Episodes ==
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| Title = Her Honour
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| WrittenBy = [[Halitha Shameem]]
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| Title = The Betrayal
| DirectedBy = Revathi
| WrittenBy = Halitha Shameem
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| EpisodeNumber = 3
| Title = The Taste of Victory
| DirectedBy = Revathi
| WrittenBy = Halitha Shameem
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2025|7|4}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 4
| Title = Henceforth known as Property
| DirectedBy = Revathi
| WrittenBy = Halitha Shameem
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| Title = Old Flame
| DirectedBy = Revathi
| WrittenBy = Halitha Shameem
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 6
| Title = What lies Beneath
| DirectedBy = Revathi
| WrittenBy = Halitha Shameem
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== Production ==
=== Development ===
It is an adaptation of [[Robert King (writer)|Robert King]] and [[Michelle King]]'s ''[[The Good Wife]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=JioHotstar teases Tamil adaptation of The Good Wife, starring Priyamani and directed by Revathi|url=https://mediabrief.com/jiohotstar-teases-tamil-adaptation-of-the-good-wife/|access-date=2025-06-16 |website=www.cinemaexpress.com|language=en}}</ref> It is the second Indian remake after the [[Hindi]] language ''[[The Trial (Indian TV series)|The Trial]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Priyamani's next web series titled Good Wife; Revathy to direct|url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/ott/news/2025/Jun/04/priyamanis-next-web-series-titled-good-wife-revathy-to-direct|access-date=2025-06-04 |website=www.cinemaexpress.com|language=en}}</ref>

The series was announced by [[Disney+ Hotstar|Jio Hotstar]] on June 3, a day ahead of actress [[Priyamani]]’s birthday. The series was written by [[Halitha Shameem]]. The show has been directed by actress and filmmaker [[Revathi]], who makes her Tamil directorial debut in a limited series with it.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Priya Mani’s web series directed by Revathy titled ‘Good Wife’|url=https://thesouthfirst.com/entertainment/tamil/priya-manis-web-series-directed-by-revathy-titled-good-wife/|access-date=2025-06-04 |website=thesouthfirst.com|language=en}}</ref> Produced by Rajesh Chadha, Mrinalini Jain, Shyam Rathi, Deepak Dhar, Rishi Negi and S. Raj Narayanan under [[Banijay Entertainment|Banijay Asia]], Circle Box Entertainment and [[Paramount Global Content Distribution]]. The series was music composed by [[K (composer)|K]], while editing by Kishan Kumar Chezhian. Siddharth Ramaswamy served as co-director and cinematographer on the show.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Good Wife: When And Where To Watch The Priyamani-starrer Legal Drama|url=https://www.news18.com/movies/tamil-cinema/good-wife-when-and-where-to-watch-the-priyamani-starrer-legal-drama-ws-l-aa-aa-9412541.html|access-date=2025-06-30 |website=www.news18.com|language=en}}</ref>

=== Casting ===
The series stars Priyamani as lead role in his fourth collaboration acted in limited series after ''[[The Family Man (Indian TV series)|The Family Man]]'', ''[[His Story (web series)|His Story]]'' and ''Sarvam Shakthi Mayam''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Priyamani: We shouldn't shame women for choosing eye candy roles|url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/tamil/interviews/2025/Jul/08/priyamani-we-shouldnt-shame-women-for-choosing-eye-candy-roles|access-date=2025-07-08 |website=www.cinemaexpress.com|language=en}}</ref> Actor [[Sampath Raj]] was cast as Tarunika's husband Gunaseelan, Aari Arujunan was cast as Hari Deepak.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Priya Mani headlines new Tamil web series, Good Wife|url=https://www.ottplay.com/news/priya-mani-headlines-new-tamil-web-series-good-wife/da3304bd51571|access-date=2025-06-04 |website=www.ottplay.com|language=en}}</ref>

=== Release ===
The first poster was released on 3 June 2025 featuring, The poster shows actress Priyamani holding a bunch of court documents and both side her kids, while Sampath Raj is in the background, behind bars, with the rest of the image filled up with newspaper clippings.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Good Wife Teaser: Priyamani's world is turned upside down when her husband is accused of a sex scandal|url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/ott/news/2025/Jun/13/good-wife-teaser-priyamanis-world-is-turned-upside-down-when-her-husband-is-accused-of-a-sex-scandal|access-date=2025-06-13 |website=www.cinemaexpress.com|language=en}}</ref>

The series Teaser was released on 12 June 2025 with the trailer on 26 June announcing the release date of 4 July.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Good Wife Teaser Out: Priyamani's Courtroom Drama Is All About Power, Law And Justice|url=https://www.news18.com/web-series-entertainment/good-wife-teaser-out-priyamanis-courtroom-drama-is-all-about-power-law-and-justice-ws-l-9388557.html|access-date=2025-06-16 |website=www.news18.com|language=en}}</ref> The show premiered in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali and Marathi languages on JioHotstar.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Revathy’s directorial web series ‘The Good Wife’ to stream from 4 July|url=https://thesouthfirst.com/entertainment/tamil/revathys-directorial-web-series-the-good-wife-to-stream-from-4-july/|access-date=2025-07-01 |website=thesouthfirst.com|language=en}}</ref>

== Reception ==
=== Critical response ===
Harshini SV of ''[[The Times of India]]'' gave 2.5/5 stars and wrote, "Such layered writing draws you in at times, as does the unusual premise of the legal cases, but you wish these were more than just fleeting moments".<ref>{{Cite web|date=8 July 2025|title=Good Wife Season 1 Review : Priyamani’s legal drama plays by the rules, but needs more depth|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/web-series/reviews/tamil/good-wife/season-1/seasonreview/122315711.cms|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> Anusha Sundar of ''[[OTTplay]]'' gave 2.5/5 stars and wrote, "Good Wife may not be with shocking twists and turns and that’s okay. It takes its time to do a slow start, and might have some interesting pockets of story arcs. It is a slow take-off, and (if) seasons to follow up can increase the pace, to make things move faster and interesting, then Good Wife can possibly be a good addition to the Tamil OTT space".<ref>{{Cite web|date=9 July 2025|title=Good Wife series review: Priyamani’s courtroom drama has intriguing themes but gets slow on narrative pace|url=https://www.ottplay.com/review/good-wife-series-review-priyamanis-courtroom-drama-has-intriguing-themes-but-gets-slow-on-narrative-pace/1c9912312d948|website=[[OTTplay]]}}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|33702419}}

{{The Good Wife}}
{{Disney+ Hotstar Tamil original programming}}

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[[Category:Tamil-language Disney+ Hotstar original programming]]
[[Category:Tamil-language legal television series]]
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