Endrendrum Punnagai (TV series)

Endrendrum Punnagai
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Genre	Drama
Written by	Dialogues Selva Vadivel
Screenplay by	G. Sabarinathan
Directed by	Ramakrishna "R.K." (Episode 1-90) Bagavathi Raj (Episodes 91-present)
Starring	Nakshatra Srinivas Deepak Chinky Nithin Iyer Kavitha
Theme music composer	Hari
Opening theme	"Endrendrum Punnagai Kaatrinile"
Country of origin	India
Original language	Tamil
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	250
Production
Executive producer	Esai Vanan
Producer	Neelima Rani
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	20-25 minutes per episode
Production company	Esai Pictures
Release
Original network	Zee Tamil
Original release	16 March 2020 (2020-03-16) – present
External links
Website

Endrendrum Punnagai (transl. Everlasting smile) is an Indian Tamil-language television drama airing on Zee Tamil. It premiered on 16 March 2020, starring Nakshatra Srinivas with Deepak Chinky and Nithin Iyer. This series is produced by Esai Pictures of actress Neelima Rani.

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, Siddharth.

Synopsis

Aandal is a kind of woman whose anger no one dares to face when she is displeased. 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, works as a radio jockey "RJ" in 92.7 FM radio station. She was Aakash's ex-fiancée and Siddhu's love interest. She agreed to marry Akash on her mother's insistence but later called off marriage after learning Aandal's true intentions through Saradha. She is family oriented and loves her family above all.
• Deepak Chinky as Siddharth "Siddhu": A simple fun independent man, Kanna and Saradha Son, Aakash elder step brother, works with Thendral as RJ in 92.7 FM radio station and falls in love with her. He always supports Thendral in all her decisions. He is an ideal son.
• Nithin Iyer as Aakash: A rich man, Kanna and Madhavi's son, Sidhu younger step brother, his grandmother Aandal's obeying grandson and Thendral's ex-fiancé. He loves Thendral, but does not take a stand for her against his grandmother. He is a businessman and looks after his family business.
• Kavitha as Aandal: An arrogant and wealthy lady, Siddhu and Aakash's grandmother. She was inspired by Thendral's voice in FM and she decided that Aakash should marry Thendral, but it fails. She considers Thendral as her enemy. She loves her grandson Aakash, however, it isn't the same for Siddhu even though he is her grandson.

Recurring

• Rajeshwari as Saradha; Siddhu's mother; Aandal and Arunachalam's first daughter-in-law; Kanna's first wife. She was thrown out by Aandal during her pregnancy, due to her not accepting to Aandal's condition to abort her child. She rescued Thendral from marrying Aakash exposing Aandal's true face. She wants Thendral to marry Siddhu. She supports Madhavi and maintains a good relationship with her.
• Raghavi Sasikumar as Madhavi: Aakash's mother; Aandal and Arunachalam's second daughter-in-law; Kanna's second wife. She is a naïve poor girl. She was married to Kanna, hiding his first marriage. She loves her son Aakash just like Saradha loves Siddhu. She tries to save Aakash from getting his life ruined due to Aakash. She wants Thendral to marry Aakash. Aandal kept Aakash away from her from childhood. but with her love she regained Aakash's love.
• Supergood Kannan as Kanna: Siddhu and Aakash's father; Aandal and Arunachalam's son; Saradha and Madhavi's husband .He is a good person. He looks after Akash business. Though being talented and good, he is still submissive with his mother. He couldnt save or tried to save either of his wives from his mother's atrocities.
• Narasimha Raju as Arunachalam: Aandal's husband; Kanna's father; Saradha and Madhavi's father-in-law; Siddhu and Aakash's grandfather. Though being a retired judge and a respectable person, he never raises voice against his wife.
• Gowthami Vembunathan as Lakshmi: Thendral's mother; Shanmugam's wife. She is a loving wife and mother, but she forces Thendral to marry Aakash due to his status. Unlike her father, she doesn't care about Thendral's self esteem.
• Girish as Shanmugam: Thendral, Nila, Poorni and Shiva's father; Lakshmi's husband. He is a loving father and husband and always supports Thendral in all her decisions. He is a broad minded person, unlike his wife.
• Sreenidhi Sudarshan as Nila (Episode 93–present): Thendral's first younger sister; Shanmugam and Lakshmi's second daughter.
  • Punitha Balakrishnan as Nila (Episodes 1–92 and replaced by Sreenidhi)
• Dhachayani as Poornima "Poorni": Thendral's second younger sister; Shanmugam and Lakshmi's last daughter.
• Indran as Siruthai: FM staff; Thendral and Siddhu's friend. He supports Siddhu no matter what.
• VJ Sasikala Nagarajan as Meghna: FM staff; Thendral and Siddhu's friend. She always supports her friend.
• Priya Rose as Thara: Aakash's new fiancée.
• Dharshan Kumar as Shiva: Thendral's younger brother; Shanmugam and Lakshmi's son
• Murali Krish as Singaram: FM manager (2020-2021)

Production

Casting

This series is a triangular love based story. 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 musician and fitness freak. Kavitha was selected for the antagonist grandmother role while Narasimha Raju, Gowthami Vembunathan, Girish, Raghavi, Kannan, VJ Sasikala, Indran and others in pivotal roles.

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" in Zee Tamil.

"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".

— Neelima Rani, on the series completing 100 Episodes.

Filming

The series is mainly filmed at Valasaravakkam in Chennai.

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. Months later, after the serial shootings was permitted in India, the series recommenced telecasting again from first episode on 27 July 2020.

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.

Remake

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.

External links

• Endrendrum Punnagai at IMDb
• Endrendrum Punnagai on Instagram
• Endrendrum Punnagai on ZEE5