Sembaruthi

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Sembaruthi
File:Sembaruthi Serial.jpg
GenreSoap opera
Written byDialogues
P. Narayanan
R. Dharmalingam
Screenplay byG.Sabarinathan
Directed by
  • Ram Kumaradhas (episodes 1-49)
  • Sulaiman. K. Babu (episodes 50-455)
  • P. Neeravi Pandian (episodes 456-852)
  • M. Shankar (episode 853-997)
  • A. Manjunathan (Episode 998-Present)
Starring
Theme music composerKiran
Country of originIndia
Original languageTamil
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes1400 (as of 2nd July 2022)
Production
ProducerBala Sundaram and Dinesh Ramana
CinematographyK.C Ramesh
Maartin Jo
Balaji
EditorSajin. C
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running timeapprox. 25–28 minutes per episode
Production companiesMindset MEDIA (episodes 1-450)
Insidues Media (present) (451-Present)
Release
Original networkZee Tamil ZEE5
Picture format576i
HDTV 1080i
Original release16 October 2017 (2017-10-16) –
present
External links
[{{#property:P856}} Website]

Sembaruthi (transl. Hibiscus) is an Indian Tamil-language drama airing on Zee Tamil and streams on ZEE5. It premiered on 16 October 2017.[1] The show stars Shabana Shajahan, VJ Agni and Priya Raman.

The story is about Parvathi, who comes from a village and joins as a maid for the wealthy 'Aadhikadavur' Akhilandeshwari's (Akhila). Then Parvathi falls in love with Akhila's son Adhitya and they secretly marry. Finally, the marriage is known by Akhila and she hates Parvathi. Then Adhi and Parvathi leave the house and start a new life in a rented house. Finally, Adhi and Parvathi are accepted and invited by Akhilandeshwari.

Plot[edit]

"Aadhikadavur" Akhilandeshwari is a rich woman. After the death of her grandmother, Parvathi decides to work as a maid at Akhilandeshwari's house. Meanwhile, Akhilandeshwari is a strong-willed, stubborn lady who wants perfection in everything. The major u-turn comes when Adhitya, Akhilandeshwari's son, marries Parvathi without his mother's knowledge. Parvathi's father Sundaram was Akhilandeshwari's family's driver for 21 years. He is very loyal to Akhilandeshwari but is unaware of Parvathi's love with Adhitya. On the other side, they secretly get married, and this marriage is only known Adhitya's father Purshothaman, Aadhitya's brother Arun, and Arun's wife Aishwariya. Akhilandeshwari's father supports this marital relation. The three of them hide the truth from Akhilandeshwari. Adhitya and Parvathi face turmoils in their marital love life due to the evil woman Vanaja, who is the sister of Akhilandeshwari.

Vanaja is an evil and cunning women, and she plans many times to split up the family and bring shame to Akhilandeshwari. But again and again, Parvathi turns savior to Akhilandeshwari and her family's dignity. But in the couple's passionate love story, who stands out to be the biggest enemy is Adhitya's ex-fiancée Nandhini. Earlier, Adhitya became engaged to Nandhini, but Akhilandeshwari breaks the wedding by finding Nandhini's evil truth as she belongs to Nagapuri Vamsam. So Nandhini seeks revenge on Akhilandeshwari by collaborating with Vanaja to ruin Akhilandeshwari and family. Will Adhitya and Parvathi come against these crafty villains, stay strong to fight back for their love and win Akhilandeshwari's blessings forms rest of the story.

Cast[edit]

Main[edit]

  • Karthik Raj [2017 - 2020] / VJ Agni Natchathiram [Dec.2020–Present ] as "Aadhikadavur" Adhitya "Adhi" Purshothaman – Akhilandeshwari and Purshothaman's elder son; Arun's brother; Parvati's husband. He is a calm, intelligent and serious individual who is in love with Parvathi and eventually marries her, without his mother Akhilandeshwari' s knowledge. He and Parvathi lived alone in a house for rent, after his mother knows about their marriage and refuses to accept them. Later, they are accepted and invited home by Akhilandeshwari.[2] (2017–present)
  • Shabana Shajahan Aryan as Parvathi Parameswaran Adhitya – Parameswaran's daughter; Sundaram's adoptive daughter; Ganesha's adoptive sister; Adhitya's wife. A young and beautiful girl, who is employed by Akhilandeshwari as her home cook. She is dutiful, beautiful and naive but she also strong-willed at times. She saved Akhilandeshwari's family many times in many ways. She loves Adhitya whom she later marries. She has now inherited leadership from Akhila unofficially. She was raised as a typical village girl by Sundaram, but in reality, she is biological daughter of "Aadikadavur" Aadhi Parameswaran and belongs to "Aadhikadavur" clan.(2017–present)
  • Priya Raman as "Aadhikadavur" Akhilandeswari "Akhila" Purshothaman – Parameswaran's sister; Purshothaman's wife; Adhitya and Arun's mother. A rich, strong-willed and stubborn woman, Akhilandeshwari expects perfection in everything. She is the de facto head of the house. Initially she cares Parvathi as a maid but she is unaware of her son's love and eventual marriage to Parvathi. Although stubborn, she is occasionally caring and is good at heart. She eventually learns of Adhi's marriage to Parvathi and hated both of them. Now she loves both of them, but refuses to accept Parvathi as her daughter-in-law, citing the reputation of family as the reason without knowing the reality of Parvathi.[3] (2017–present)

Supporting[edit]

  • Oorvambu Lakshmi as Vanaja:(Main Antagonist)
    • Akilandeshwari's co-sister. She is evil, and cunning and always crafts plans to split the family and ruin Parvathi's reputation. She wants to overtake Akhila's position and loot the wealth. Also she seeks vengeance against Akhiladeshwari, Purushothaman, Adhi, Arun, Aishwarya and Parvathi. She and Nandhini scheme against them. (2017–present)
  • Sanjay Kumar Asrani as Purshothaman:
    • Akhilandeshwari's husband; Adhitya and Arun's father. He is calm and patient, unlike his wife. He approves of Adhi's marriage to Parvathi. (2017–present)
  • Janani Ashok Kumar / Deepti Kapil as Aishwarya Arun – Arun's wife. She is a weak-minded; initially hostile to Parvathi before her marriage to Arun, then starts caring for her and empathizing her. She is now aware of Parvathi and Adhi's marriage and she supports them. (2017–present)
  • VJ Kathir as "Aadhikadavur" Arun Purushothaman – Akilandeshwari and Purshothaman's younger son; Adhitya's brother; Aishwarya's husband. He is a lively man who is in support of his brother's love. At initial stage Arun was a playboy but, Arun is married to Aishwarya, whom he despised initially. Now they are closer in life. (2017–present)
  • Narasimha Raju as Sundaram:
    • Ganesh's father and Parvathi's adopted father, who is employed as the faithful driver of Akhilandeshwari's family who is working there for more than 25 years. He is loyal to Akhilandeshwari for her kindness and knows that Adhi and his daughter have married. (2017–present)
  • Balasivaji as Gajendran:
    • A personal secretary of Akhilandeshwari, who manages the business. (2019–present)
  • Jayanthi (2018–present) as Pattamma:
    • A faithful servant and cook of Akhilandeshwari's family, who cares for Parvathi as a mother and helps Parvathi in dangerous situations.
      • Sumathi Sree (2017–2018) as Pattamma (replaced by Jayanthi)
  • Jenifer as Uma:
    • Vanaja's simpleton niece and Ragu's wife, who doesn't "think before she leaps." She is also a blabbermouth and foodie. (2017–2020)
      • Durga (2021–present) replaced Jenifer as Uma[4]
  • Diwakar as Singara Velan:
    • Sundaravalli faithful house servant (2021–present)
  • Devi Teju as Dhatchayani:
    • Aishwarya's mother and Arun's mother-in-law (2017) (Initially this character is named as Dhatchayani, later named as Ganga)
      • Unknown replaced Devi Teju as Dhatchayani (2017–2018)
      • Rani replaced Unknown as Ganga (2021)
      • Usha Elizabeth replaced Rani as Ganga (2021–present)
  • VJ Mounika (2018–present) as Nandhini: (Main Antagonist)
    • Adhi's ex-fiancée and Mithra's elder sister. Nandhini is a crafty woman who seeks to revenge on Akhilandeshwari's family for humiliating her. She belongs to the Nagapuri Vamsam (enemy of the Aadhikadavur family). She joins hands with Vanaja to take revenge against Akhiladeshwari, Purshothaman, Adhi, Arun, Aishwarya and Parvathi.

Past Cast[edit]

  • Sanjay as Ganesh Sundaram: Parvathi's younger brother, Sundaram's son. He helps her sister in her love. He wants to become a collector and he loves his sister and father very much. (2017–2021)
  • Singapore Deepan as Vadivelu @ Vadivu: Relative of Vanaja. Comic and good-hearted, dislikes Vanaja and supports Adhi and Parvathi's love. (2020–2021)
  • Manobala as Mr. Perumal: The rent house owner, who gave house to Adhi and Parvathi after they leave from the Akhilandeshwari house. (2020–2021)
  • Bharatha Naidu as Mithra (2019–2020): Nandini's sister who is the other ex-fiancée of Adhi. Like her sister, she also seeks revenge on Akhilandeshwari's family, albeit secretly. She is the nemesis of Parvathi. (dead, shot herself)
  • Shyam (2018–2019) as Shyam: Adhi's loyal and best friend. Adhi shares his feelings only with him and Arun.[5]
  • Shanthi Anand as Janaki Perumal: Perumal's wife, who take cares Parvathi and Adhi. (2020–2021)
  • Livingston as Parameshwaran's friend(2021)
  • Jyothi Reddy as Rajeshwari (Raji): Akhilandeshwari's friend, who comes to search a bride for his son from Aadhikadavur lineage because to break her son and Bhavani's love. So Akhilandeshwari helps Raji for her sons's marriage. (2021)
  • VJ Tara as Bhavani: Pattama's grand daughter, who loves Rajeshwari's son Mahesh but Rajeshwari not accepted their love. Adithya and Parvathi know about love between Mahesh and Bhavani. They try to help them succeed in their love against Rajeshwari and Akhilandeshwari. (2021)
  • Vidhush Chowdhry as Mahesh:[6] Rajeshwari's son and Bhavani's lover interest. (2021)
  • Bhala Khoumhar as Rathnam: Rajeshwari's younger brother, who supports her sister (2021)
  • Birla Bose as Aalavandhan: He fixed his daughter to Rajeshwari son Mahesh as fiancée by Akhilandeshwari. (2021)
  • G. M. Kumar as "Aadhikadavur"Aadhi Parameswaran:
    • Akilandeswari's brother; Parvathi's father. Dead after reuniting with Akhilandeshwari (2021– 2022)
  • Shilpa Mary Teresa as Neelambari(Antagonist)
    • Nandhini's aunt. She too belongs to the Nagapuri Vamsam (enemy of the Aadhikadavur family). She joins hands with Nandhini to take revenge against Akhiladeshwari and Parvathi. (2022)

Cameo appearances[edit]

  • Archana Chandhoke as herself: A television presenter, who appears in Akhilandeshwari and Purshothaman's wedding anniversary. (2017)
  • Reshma Muralidaran as Shakthi Siva: Parvathi's friend who appears in Aditya and Parvathi's marriage celebration. (2018)
  • Dinesh Gopalsamy as Siva: Sakthi's husband who also appears in Aditya and Parvathi's marriage celebration. (2018)
  • VJ Lekha as Sindhu: Akhilandeshwari's personal assistant (PA) and Shyam's love interest. (2018–2019)
  • Pradeep as Ragu: Adhi's former assistant, Parvathi's ex-fiancé and Uma's husband, who helps Adhi to find the logo eye's person. Then they found that they were Parvathi's eyes. (2017–2018)
  • Azhagappan as Ramakrishna Parthasarathy: Adhi's school friend who has returned from the USA. (2020)
  • Raaghav as JK: An entrepreneur and Adhi's enemy. (2020)
  • Priyalaya as Chandini: A girl who was rescued by Adhi from JK. (2020)
  • Karate Raja as Durai Manikkam: A police inspector, who scolds Akhilandeshwari and he labels her in a bad manner at a party. (2020)
  • Seema as Sundaravalli: Akilandeshwari's mother-in-law, Arun and Adhitya's grandmother. She supports Parvathi and Adhitya's marriage and she planned to unite Akilandeshwari and Parvathi. (2021)
  • Madhan Pandian as Presenter: Appeared as VJ in Akilandeshwari and Purshothaman's wedding anniversary celebration. (2021)
  • Nalini as Doctor Girija: Akilandeshwari's friend and she gave treatment for Parvathi. (2021)
  • Shreekumar as Karnan: A Inspector
  • Keerthana Podhuval as Maari Amman: She came to Parvathi to rectify the Navagaraha Dhosham of Akilandeshwari. (2021)
  • Nakshthra Srinivas as Amman: She came to Parvathi to rectify the Navagaraha Dhosham of Akilandeshwari. (2021)
  • Nakshthra as Gangai Amman: She came to Parvathi to rectify the Navagaraha Dhosham of Akilandeshwari. (2021)
  • Iraa Agarwal as Kamatchi Amman: She came to Parvathi to rectify the Navagaraha Dhosham of Akilandeshwari. (2021)
  • Ayesha as Meenatchi Amman: She came to Parvathi to rectify the Navagaraha Dhosham of Akilandeshwari.(2021)
  • Deepika Rangaraju as Amman: She came to Parvathi to rectify the Navagaraha Dhosham of Akilandeshwari. (2021)
  • Rachitha Mahalakshmi as Parasakthi Amman: She came to Parvathi to rectify the Navagaraha Dhosham of Akilandeshwari. (2021)
  • VJ Parvathy as Nagatha Amman: She came to Parvathi to rectify the Navagaraha Dhosham of Akilandeshwari. (2021)
  • Nisha Krishnan as Advocate Geetha Subramaniam: She came to solve Neelambari's murder case. (2022)

Reception[edit]

The show became the first Tamil non Sun TV show to top the TRP charts maintaining its position in top 5 until the COVID-19 break in April 2020.[7] It also maintained its No. 1 position in Tamil Nadu for 24 weeks (from Barc Week 46,2018 to Week 21,2019 except on Week 49 '18,Week 3 '19, Week 13 '19 & Week 18 '19).[8][9]

In the week ending 28 December 2018, it became the most watched Tamil television program for the first time, garnering 10.79 million impressions.[10]

Special events and Crossover episodes[edit]

  • On 11 February 2019, Sembaruthi held a wedding episode called Sembaruthi Kalyanam for Adhi and Parvarthi's marriage, which aired non-stop three hours on Sunday.[11]
  • On 11 August 2019, Zee Tamil held a grand event Sembaruthi Oru Sathanaipayanam with all the cast and crew to celebrate the success of the series.[8]
  • This series had the crossover with Oru Oorla Oru Rajakumari called as Sadhanai Sangamam from 12 July 2021 to 31 July 2021.[12]
  • On 16 August 2021, this series held a one-hour special episode in prime time band.[citation needed]
  • From 6 September 2021 to 11 September 2021, this series held a one-hour special episode in prime time band regarding the Murder case of Nandhini.[citation needed]
  • From 13 December 2021 to 25 December 2021, this series held a forty-five minutes special episode in prime time.
  • On 2 January 2022, this series held a two and half hour special episode titled as 'Sembaruthi MEGA Sunday Kondattam' regarding the Union of Parvathi and Akilandeshwari.

Adaptations[edit]

Language Title Original release Network(s) Last aired Notes
Telugu Muddha Mandaram
ముద్ద మందిరం
17 November 2014 Zee Telugu 27 December 2019 Original
Tamil Sembaruthi
செம்பருத்தி
16 October 2017 Zee Tamil Ongoing Remake
Malayalam Chembarathi
ചെമ്പരത്തി
26 November 2018 Zee Keralam 25 March 2022
Kannada Paaru
ಪಾರು
21 December 2018 Zee Kannada Ongoing

Music[edit]

Sembaruthi
Soundtrack album by
Kiran
Released11 January 2019
Recorded2019
GenreTV serial soundtrack
LanguageTamil
Songs[13]
No. Title Length
1. "Nenjodu Kalanthavale" (Wedding song) 3:13
2. "Unnale Meendum Pirandhen" (Wedding Day Episode song) 1:10
3. "Ragasiyamai Oru Kadhal" (Title Track) 4:00
4. "Kadhal Vazhume" (Wedding Episode Song) 3:10
5. "Un Peyaril En Peyar Serum" (Wedding Episode song) 3:13
6. "Oor Potridum Engal Kulamagal"   1:06
7. "Mannavane Kalangaathey" (Aditya Left Home) 4:37

COVID-19 outbreak in India[edit]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic situation, Sembaruthi and other serials stopped from 28 March 2020. Months later, TV serial shooting was permitted in India. So, from 27 July 2020, Zee Tamil serials resumed with fresh episodes.[14]

Lockdown crisis[edit]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India, Tamil Nadu government made a lock down from 10 May 2021 to 24 May 2021, but it was extended 7 June 2021. In shortage of footage, the cast and crew went to Hyderabad for shooting.

International broadcast[edit]

The Series was released on 16 October 2017 on Zee Tamil and Zee Tamil HD. The show was also broadcast internationally on the channel's international distribution.

References[edit]

  1. "TV Serial Sembaruthi completes 150 episodes". The Times of India. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  2. "Sembaruthi: Karthik Raj to be replaced in the role of Adithya". The Times of India.
  3. "10-12 years ago, acting in a soap was the death knell for a movie star: Priya Raman". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  4. "Sembaruthi Serial: செம்பருத்தி சீரியலில் புதிதாக இணைந்த நடிகை". Tamil.news18.com.
  5. "Sembaruthi: Actor Saif Ali Khan replaces Shyam". The Times of India.
  6. "Vidhush Chowdhry joins the cast of the show 'Sembaruthi'; details inside". The Times of India.
  7. "Zee Tamil's Sembaruthi bolsters its dominance". Dinamani.
  8. 8.0 8.1 "Zee Tamil celebrates the success of Sembaruthi". Zee News.
  9. "ஒரே ஒரு சீரியலின் மூலம் சன் டிவியை பின்னுக்கு தள்ளிய ஜீ தமிழ்.! இதான் முதல் முறை.!". Behind Talkies.
  10. "Zee Tamil's 'Sembaruthi' series beats Sun TV series in ratings!". Dinamani.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. "Watch new serial Paaru from Monday". The Times of India.
  12. "Watch Sadhanai Sangamam on Zee Tamil". English.sakshi.com.
  13. "Nenjodu Kalanthavale song from Sembaruthi". Tamilbeatslyrics.com.
  14. "Fresh episodes of Sembaruthi and other Zee shows to go on-air from Monday". The Times of India.

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