Kumkuma Puvvu Explained

Genre:Drama
Screenplay:Pradeep Panicker
Story:M Ananth Kumar
Director:Ashok Rao B
Starring:Haritha
Princy Krishnan
Akshitha Sathyanarayana
Composer:Saanadh George
Theme Music Composer:Sound engineer : Kondi Shekhar Reddy Re-Recording : Kumar Raja
Endtheme:"Kumkuma Puvvu"
Country:India
Language:Telugu
Num Episodes:2,501
Producer:N. Sai Kumar
Cinematography:Damodhar K
Editor:Vimala Naresh Kongari
Camera:Multi-camera
Runtime:22 minutes
Company:Annapurna Studios
Network:Star Maa
Related:Kumkumapoovu

Kumkuma Puvvu (Saffron flower) is an Indian Telugu soap opera that aired on Star Maa from 18 July 2016 to 26 April 2024. It is a remake of Asianet's Malayalam television series Kumkumapoovu. It starred Haritha, Princy B Krishnan and Akshitha Sathyanarayana in lead roles and was the longest-running serial on Star Maa.

Plot

Jayanthi and her illegitimate daughter Amrutha are separated at Amrutha's birth, with Jayanthi misled into believing her daughter had died while the girl is raised by a butcher, Manikyam, who treats her unkindly. Rescued from the butcher, Amrutha is raised in a better home with a foster brother, Sandeep. When Sandeep marries Jayanthi's second daughter, Siri (who hates Amrutha), Jayanthi realizes who Amrutha is. Amrutha marries Rudra, a local goon. When Rudra is murdered by an enemy, Amrutha becomes a widow and finds her father and mother and she becomes pregnant.

She gives birth to a daughter, Anjali, whom she presumes dead in a fire accident. Amrutha goes insane while Anjali is raised by Kiran and Renuka (Jayanthi's legitimate son and daughter-in-law). After several years, Siri has a daughter Jaanu and she is separated from Sandeep. The family does not know that Anjali is Amrutha's daughter. Anjali does not accept Amrutha but eventually realizes her love for her. Renuka begins to hold a grudge against Amrutha. Amrutha moves on and remarries Arun, who is not ready to accept Anjali. He banishes Amrutha after learning that she is unable to conceive. However, he takes her back after learning that he cannot father children.

Arun pretends to accept Anjali but does not love her, which hurts her. Rudra is revealed to be alive and returns after plastic surgery as Shiva and joins as a driver at Arun's office. Arun suspects that Shiva is Rudra. Amrutha gets pregnant and Arun suspects that the baby is Shiva's baby. Arun accepts Amrutha when Jayanthi gets medical reports that Arun can become father. Jayanthi lies that that Amrutha is dead to prevent Rudra from spoiling Amrutha's new happiness. Arun learns that Shiva is Rudra and pretends to be normal so that he can snatch away Amrutha's property. Anjali and Rudra leave the city and Rudra gets diagnosed with blood cancer and leaves Anjali with a nun named Sister Mary and dies. Anjali returns as Amulya to help Amrutha.

Cast

Main

Recurring

Adaptations

LanguageTitleOriginal releaseNetwork(s)Last airedNotes
MalayalamKumkumapoovu
കുങ്കുമപ്പൂവ്
31 January 2011 Asianet1 February 2014Original
TamilAval
அவல்
7 November 2011 Star Vijay16 March 2013Remake
KannadaAmma
ಅಮ್ಮಾ
1 February 2016 Star Suvarna25 February 2017
MarathiLek Majhi Ladki
लेक माझी लाडकी
2 May 2016Star Pravah22 October 2018
TeluguKumkuma Puvvu
కుంకుమ పువ్వు
18 July 2016 Star Maa26 April 2024

Reception

Initially aired at a prime time slot, it remained one of the top five most watched Telugu GEC until being shifted to an afternoon slot towards the end of 2018.[1] [2] [3] [4]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bigg Boss Telugu TRP Ratings: Rana's No 1 Yaari Is Way Ahead Of NTR's TV Show. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210320171435/https://www.ibtimes.co.in/bigg-boss-telugu-trp-ratings-ranas-no-1-yaari-way-ahead-ntrs-tv-show-740424. 20 March 2021. International Business Times. 31 August 2017.
  2. Web site: Zee Anmol continues to rule Hindi GECs. Indian Television dot com. 30 March 2018.
  3. Web site: చిరు 'కోటీశ్వరుడు షో' రేటింగ్ డమాల్. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210321132949/https://telugu.samayam.com/telugu-movies/cinema-news/chiranjeevi-meelo-evaru-koteeswarudu-4-ratings/articleshow/57343666.cms. 21 March 2021. The Times of India.
  4. Web site: బిగ్‌బాస్ రేటింగ్ డమాల్.. వాట్ హ్యాపెండ్ ఎన్టీఆర్?. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210323121013/https://telugu.samayam.com/telugu-movies/cinema-news/jr-ntr-bigg-boss-telugu-season-1-trp-ratings-down/amp_articleshow/60531334.cms. 23 March 2021. The Times of India.