Namma Veetu Ponnu


Namma Veetu Ponnu (transl. The girl of our house) is a 2021 Indian television comedy dramatic series which premiered on Star Vijay and stream on Disney+Hotstar. It marks the director debut of Praveen Bennett and produced by Global Villagers. It replaced Eeramana Rojavae. It is the remake of Khorkuto which aires on Star Jalsha.[1][2]

Namma Veetu Ponnu
GenreDrama
Written byLeena Gangopadhyay
Sangeetha Mohan (Dialogues)
S.Maruthu Shankar
Selva Vadivel
S. Ashok Kumar
Directed byPraveen Bennett
Gunasekhar
StarringSurjith Kumar
Ashwini Aanandita
Opening themeNamma Veetu Ponnu by M. M. Manasi
Country of originIndia
Original languageTamil
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6 (as of 21 August 2021)
Production
Executive producersRam Kumaradhas
Sharvani Kumardhas
A.Abudullah
ProducerSaravanan
Production locationChennai
CinematographyVenkatesh
EditorsV.R Saravaanan Kumar
R.Rama Kanithi
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time22 minutes (approx.)
Production companyGlobal Villagers
DistributorStar India
Disney+Hotstar
Release
Original networkStar Vijay
Picture format576i
HDTV 1080i
Original release16 August 2021 –
present

PlotEdit

It is a family drama. a girl crosses paths with a scientist 'Karthik' who belongs to a middle-class joint family, and everything changes. Apart from a love story, ‘Namma Veetu Ponnu’ narrates the tale of a joint family, its roots, and beliefs.[3]

CastEdit

MainEdit

  • Surjith Kumar as Karthikeyan "Karthi"[1]
  • Ashwini Aanandita as Meenakshi[1]

SupportingEdit

  • Ravi Chandran as Velayudham, a.k.a. "Velu" - Karthi's elder paternal uncle, Shiva's father
  • Nithya Ravindran[4] as Visalakkshi Velayudham - Velayudham's wife, Karthi's elder paternal aunt, Shiva's mother
  • Manoj Kumar as Vasudevan - Velayudham's first younger brother, Karthi and Malar's father
  • Tamil Selvi as Nandini Vasudevan - Vasudevan's wife, Karthi and Malar's mother
  • Venkat Subramanian as Thiyagu - Velayudham's second younger brother, Karthi's younger paternal uncle, Anu's father
  • Amrutha Abishek[4] as Parvathy, a.k.a. "Paaru" - Velayudham, Vasudevan and Thiyagu's younger sister
  • VJ Sandhya as Kalyani a.k.a. "Kallu" - Thiyagu's wife, Karthi's younger paternal aunt, Anu's mother
  • Vaishali Taniga[5] as Malar Kalaiyarasan - Vasudevan and Nandini's daughter, Kalaiyarasan's wife
  • VJ Pappu as Kalaiyarasan [4] - Malar's husband
  • Arunima Sudhakar as Anu[4] - Thiyagu and Kalyani's daughter, Meenakshi's best friend
  • Shabhanam as Vadivu Shivakanth - Shiva's wife, Velayudham and Vishalakshi's daughter-in-law
  • Praveen Nandagopal as Shivakanth a.k.a. "Shiva" - Velayudham and Vishalakshi's son, Vadivu's husband
  • M. J. Shriram as Dr. Shreyan - Meenakshi's father
  • Priya Dharsini as Selvi - Shreyan's younger sister and Meenakshi's aunt
  • B. Nilani as Dr. Gayatri - Meenakshi's mother
  • Gayatri Devi as Devagi - Kalaiyarasan's mother
  • Darsu as Chitra - Parvathy's best friend

ReferencesEdit

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "'நம்ம வீட்டு பொண்ணு' சீரியலில் இணைந்த பிரபலம்! யார் தெரியுமா". CNN News18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "Koushik Roy-Trina Saha starrer 'Khorkuto' gets a Tamil remake - Times of India". The Times of India. 18 August 2021.
  3. "'நம்ம வீட்டு பொண்ணு' சீரியலில் இணைந்த பிரபலம்! யார் தெரியுமா". Youtube Vijay Television.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Surjith Kumar announces his next project 'Namma Veettu Ponnu' - Times of India". The Times of India. 3 August 2021.
  5. "அடுத்த புதிய சீரியலை களமிறக்கும் விஜய் டிவி : மீண்டும் எண்ட்ரி ஆகும் பாண்டியன் ஸ்டோர்ஸ் நடிகை!". Indian Express Tamil (in தமிழ்). 19 July 2021.