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{{short description|Indian Tamil-language television series}}
{{Infobox television
| name = Rettai Roja
| image = Rettai Roja serial.jpg
| caption =
| alt_name =
| genre = [[Drama]] 
| creator =
| executive_producer =
| writer = '''Dialogues''' <br> Karthik Ramkumar
| screenplay = Sargunam Pungaraj
| director = {{ubl|G. Manikandakumar|Abdullah||Nandha Kumar}}
| starring = [[Chandini Tamilarasan]]<br>[[Akshay Kamal]]
| country = India
| language = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
| num_seasons = 1
| num_episodes = 511
| list_episodes =
| producer = Shruthi Narayanan
| company = Shruthi Studios
| theme_music_composer = [[Vishal Chandrasekar]]
| composer = Kiran
| opentheme = "Otti Porandha Rettai Roja"
| cinematography = Rajesh Kumar
| editor =
| camera = [[Multi-camera]]
| runtime = approx. 25–27 minutes
| channel = [[Zee Tamil]]
| first_aired = {{start date|df=yes|2019|08|12}}
| last_aired = present
| production_website =
| website = https://www.zee5.com/tvshows/details/rettai-roja/0-6-1978
}}

'''''Rettai Roja''''' ({{Translation}} Twin roses) is an [[India]]n [[Tamil language|Tamil-]]language soap opera airing on [[Zee Tamil]] and also digitally available on [[ZEE5]]. It premiered on 12 August 2019.<ref>{{cite web|first=Ganesh|last=Kannan|date=10 August 2019|url=https://www.onenov.in/rettai-roja-serial-cast/amp/|title=Rettai Roja serial cast|website=Onenov.in}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cinema.vikatan.com/tamil-cinema/rettai-roja-serial-review|title=அழகிய ரோஜாவும் அகங்கார ரோஜாவும் இணையும்... இரட்டை ரோஜாhttps://zeenews.india.com/tamil/tamilnadu!|website=Cinema.vikatan.com|language=ta}}</ref> The show initially starred [[Shivani Narayanan]] but she was later replaced by [[Chandini Tamilarasan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/rettai-roja-crosses-100-episodes-shivani-narayanan-thanks-fans-for-the-support/articleshow/73134169.cms|title=Rettai Roja crosses 100 episodes; Shivani Narayanan thanks fans for the support|website=The Times of India}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4nmbLQkY28
|title= Rettai Roja... Coming Soon promo 1|last=|first=|date=|website=YouTube|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>

==Summary==
Anu and Abi are twin girls from a middle-class family. Unlike their looks, their personalities differ. Anu was a dominant and greedy girl but Abi is homely and caring girl. Anu despises her sister for grabbing the spotlight despite her desperate efforts to be the person, people notice and praise. Because of the conflict, their mother Deivanai enrols them into a convent school, but at last Anu only studied in convent, Abi became less educated. Finally Anuradha became a lawyer and Abi becomes a tailor. Meanwhile, the brothers Santhosh and Sanjeev belong to a rich and wealthy family. Santhosh was a simple man, who manages the business but Sanjeev was short-tempered and easily angered, so his mother Seetha will take care him always. Santhosh saw Anu at a theme park and begins to love her. Then Santhosh decides to join as an assistant advocate to Anu and he hides the truth about his rich background to her. Abi met Sanjeev in a car accident when he hit an old man. Sanjeev argues angrily with the old man, Abi advises Sanjeev. Suddenly he feels that Abi was like his mother's attitude. Then Sanjeev told Seetha about Abi and she felt happy. Whenever Sanjeev is about to lose his temper, Abi appears and defuses the situation. Their love blossoms. Then Seetha noticed that her first son Santhosh is in love and her second son Sanjeev turns into a new behaviour, because of Abi. One day Anu saw Abi with Sanjeev, so Anu warns her parents that Abi was roaming with a man and Anu warns Abi should stop going out with him.

Seetha told his son Santhosh to invite Anu, As Anu visits Santhosh's house she became surprised and she agrees to marry Santhosh after seeing that he is rich. While she move out, she found that Sanjeev was the younger brother of Santhosh. Anu shocked about it and thought if Abi marries Sanjeev, then she will lead a rich life. So she decides to fix a fiancée for Abi. Anu met a poor and thief name Salman and she request to marry Abi. Salman and his mother Nagalakshmi were exited and accepted to marry Abi. Sanjeev, on hearing Abi will marry Salman, he beats Salman and he found that Salman is a fraud and stops Abi from marrying him. Then the police come and arrests Salman. Now Seetha's husband Ramachandran's sister Chinthamani called her daughter Sreeja to come and to fix her as Sanjeev's fiancée. When Anu came to Santhos's house, she met Sreeja and Chinthamani and they discussed about Abi was in love with Sanjeev. So they planned to separate them. But Abi and Sanjeev resist the scheme. Anu strictly warns her parents to hide that she has a twin sister from Santhosh's parents, so they do. After some days, Anu betrothed with Santhosh and Sreeja betrothed with Sanjeev. But Sanjeev hates Sreeja and he comes to know her plan, he and his uncle Kaali decides to focus on Sreeja and Anu's plans. Sanjeev told everything to Abi, so she helped him and their love became stronger. One day Santhosh saw Sanjeev with one girl, then he found that, the girl was Anu's twin sister Abi. So Santhosh decides to help them to marry. On the day of marriage, Anu, Sreeja and Chinthamani decides to kidnap Abi, so Sanjeev will marry Sreeja. So they called Salman and Nagalakshmi to kidnap, but Sanjeev and Kaali knows the plan and they prevent the crime. Again Anu pretended to be injured to Abi. Anu told Abi to leave Sanjeev. Abi exits Sanjeev's life and leaves the marriage hall. Then after some hours Anu feels guilty about her attitude towards Abi, that time Sreeja and Chinthamani conversed about Abi to be killed and they will blame Anu for Abi's death. When Anu heard, she warns them and allows Abi and Sanjeev marriage and she will reveal the truth to everybody. Sreeja and Chinthamai became dismayed and angered on Anu. Sreeja and Chinthamani murder Anu. Same time Sanjeev found Abi and he told to everybody that she is Anu's twin. Ramachandran and others became aghast about it and scolds Kandhasamy and Deivanai for that. As Anu's name should not be spoil, Abi lies to Sanjeev that she loves him for fake. Sanjeev got more anger on Abi and he hates her. Seetha search Anu, then she saw Anu was lying down with blood flowing. Seetha tries to help Anu but she told every incident to Seetha and unfortunately Anu died. Sreeja argues Sanjeev to marry her, suddenly Santhosh decides to marry Sreeja for Sanjeev and Abi's life to be happy. Then finally due to miserable circumstances Sanjeev married Abi without interest and Santhosh married Sreeja. After the marriage ends, Kandhasamy, Deivanai and Abi worries about Anu's death. Sanjeev is angry with Abi and unwillingly he invites her into his house. He plans to get a divorce from her and both of them keep this fact a secret from the family. Anu came as a spirit and helps Abi to reunite with Sanjeev. However, Sreeja and Chintamani become aware of existence and decide to take help of a pandit to somehow destroy her.

==Cast==
===Main===
* [[Shivani Narayanan]] (2019–2020) / [[Chandini Tamilarasan]] (2020–present) in a dual role as:
** Anuradha "Anu" - Eldest twin born to Kandhasamy and Deivanai, Santhosh's ex-fiancee and a lawyer. She hates her younger twin sister Abi because she looks alike her. She was dead, killed by Sreeja.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.com/tv/news/tamil/actress-chandini-tamilarasan-joins-the-cast-of-rettai-roja-replaces-actress-shivani-narayanan/articleshow/77110098.cms|title=Actress Chandini Tamilarasan joins the cast of Rettai Roja; replaces actress Shivani Narayanan|website=The Times of India}}</ref>
** Abirami "Abi" - Youngest twin born to Kandhasamy and Deivanai, Sanjeev's wife and a tailor. She loves her sister Anu.<ref>{{cite web|title=இரட்டை ரோஜா சீரியலில் இருந்து ஷிவானி நாராயணன் நீக்கம்! அவருக்கு பதில் சாந்தினி தான்|url=https://tamil.samayam.com/tv/news/shivani-narayanan-walks-out-of-rettai-roja-serial-chandini-to-replace-her/articleshow/77103609.cms|access-date=2020-07-22|website=Tamil Samayam|language=ta}}</ref>
* Akshay Kamal as Sanjeev and Pandi (dual role, 2019–present)
** Sanjeev: Abi's husband; Santhosh's younger brother; Ramachandran and Seetha's second son
** Pandi: Sanjeev's look alike; A ruthless gangster in [[Tirunelveli]] district; Muthazhagu's husband
* Karan Sagar as Santhosh: Anu's ex-fiancé; Sreeja's husband; Ramachandran and Seetha's first son (2019–present)

===Recurring===
* VJ Mounika as Sreeja: Santhosh's wife; Sanjeev's ex-fiancé; Chinthamani's daughter (2019–present)
* Meena Vemuri as Chinthamani: Ramachandran's younger sister; Sreeja's mother and Santhosh's mother-in-law (2019–present)
* [[L. Raja]] as Ramachandran: Santhosh and Sanjeev's father; Sreeja and Abi's father-in-law (2019–2021)
* Tamil Selvi (2019–2020) / [[Meera Krishna]] (2020–2021) / Seetha Anil (2021-present) in a dual role as
** Seetha: Santhosh and Sanjeev's mother, Ramachandran's wife
** Lakshmi: Seetha's twin sister and a great lawyer
* [[Poovilangu Mohan]] as Kandhasamy: Anu and Abi's father; Sanjeev's father-in-law (2019–2020)
* [[Sabitha Anand]] as Deivanai: Anu and Abi's mother; Sanjeev's mother-in-law (2019–2020)
* Diwakar as Kaali: Seetha's younger brother (2019–present)
* Rashmika Roja as Muthazhagu: Pandi's wife (2021–present)
* Jeyanthi Narayanan as Pandi's mother (2021–present)
* [[Senthilnathan]] as Pandi's father (2021–present)
* Sangavi (2021) / Dhanalakshmi (2021–present) as Raasathi: Pandi's sister

===Special appearance===
* "Singer" [[Srikanth Deva]] as Himself: Anu, Santhosh, Sreeja and Sanjeev's marriage guest (2020)
* [[Madhan Bob]] as Kunchithapatham: A fake lawyer who cheats Sreeja and Chintamani (2020)
* [[Priya (actress)|Priya]] as Kavitha: Sreeja's aunt (2019-2020)
* Indran as Salman: Abi's ex-fiancée (2019-2020)
* Sujatha as Nagalakshmi: Salman's mother (2019-2020)
* Bavithran as Sathish: Sreeja's first husband (2020)

==Development==
The series first promo was released on 2 April 2019 on [[YouTube]] by [[Zee Tamil]]. It stars [[Shivani Narayanan]] as both Anu and Abi. Later due to outbreak of [[COVID-19]] and to pursue the opportunity of entering ''[[Bigg Boss (Tamil season 4)|Bigg Boss]]'', Shivani left the series. So, in August 2020, she was replaced by actress [[Chandini Tamilarasan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ttncinema.com/chandini-replaced-with-shivani-to-play-lead-in-rettai-roja/| title=Chandini replaced with Shivani to play lead in "Rettai Roja"|website=Ttncinema.com}}</ref> The production team finalised Kannada TV actor Karan Sagar for the role.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cinema.dinamalar.com/tamil-tv-serials/80481/Chinna-thirai-Television-News/Rettai-roja---New-serial-in-Zee-Tamil.htm|title=இரட்டையர்களின் கதையை சொல்லும் இரட்டை ரோஜா தொடர்|access-date=2019-10-10|website=Cinema.dinamalar.com|language=ta}}</ref>

==Special and crossover episodes==
Rettai Roja cast and crew amalgamated the episodes called ''Triveni Sangamam'' with [[Endrendrum Punnagai (TV series)|Endrendrum Punnagai]] and [[Rajamagal]] from 26 December 2020 to 9 January 2021. For the first time in the Indian television shows, three series to been combined.<ref>{{Cite web|title=திரிவேணி சங்கமம்.. ஒன்றினையும் ஜீ தமிழின் மூன்று முக்கிய சீரியல்கள்|url=https://tamil.samayam.com/tv/news/zee-tamil-thiriveni-sangamam-with-rettai-roja-rajamagal-and-endrendrum-punnagai/articleshow/79946168.cms|website=Tamil.Samayam.com}}</ref>

From 29 August 2021 to 11 September 2021, This series held a ''one-hour'' ''special episode'' in non-prime time band.

==International broadcast==
The series was released on 12 August 2019 on [[Zee Tamil]] and [[Zee Tamil|Zee Tamil HD]]. The show was also broadcast internationally on the channel's international distribution.
* It airs in [[Sri Lanka]], [[Singapore]], [[United States|the United States]], [[Europe]], [[Malaysia]], [[Mauritius]], the Middle East, [[Africa]], [[East Asia]], [[South Africa]], [[Australasia]] and North America on Zee Tamil and Zee Tamil HD.
* All episodes can be viewed with the app [[ZEE5]].
* It is also available via Internet TV services [[Lebara|Lebara Play]] and [[YuppTV]].

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{imdb title|13556858}}
* [https://www.zee5.com/tvshows/details/rettai-roja/0-6-1978 ''Rettai Roja''] on [[ZEE5]]

{{Zee Tamil shows}}

[[Category:Zee Tamil original programming]]
[[Category:Tamil-language television soap operas]]
[[Category:Tamil-language romance television series]]
[[Category:2010s Tamil-language television series]]
[[Category:2019 Tamil-language television series debuts]]
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