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 episodes50
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 (2021-08-16) –
present

Plot

It is a family drama revolving around a girl, Meenakshi, who 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]

Cast

Main
  • Ashwini Aanandita as Meenakshi Karthikeyan a.k.a. "Meenu":[1] Karthi's wife ,Chezhiyan and Gayatri's daughter. She is known to be a stubborn, childlike girl.
  • Surjith Kumar as Karthikeyan Vasudevan a.k.a. "Karthi":[1] Meenakshi's husband and Vasudevan and Nandini's son . He is family oriented.

Supporting
Karthi's family
  • Ravi Chandran as Velayudham, a.k.a. "Velu" - Karthi's elder paternal uncle, Shiva's father
  • Nithya Ravindran[4] as Visalakshi Velayudham "Visa"- 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 Thiagarajan a.k.a. Thiyagu - Velayudham's second younger brother, Karthi's younger paternal uncle, Anu's father
  • VJ Sandhya as Kalyani "Kallu" - Thiyagu's wife, Karthi's younger paternal aunt, Anu's mother
  • Amrutha Abishek[4] as Parvathy, a.k.a. "Paaru" - Velayudham, Vasudevan and Thiyagu's younger sister, a school teacher
  • Vaishali Taniga[5] as Malarvizhi Kalaiyarasan "Malar"- Vasudevan and Nandini's daughter, Karthi's younger sister and Kalaiyarasan's wife
  • VJ Pappu as Kalaiyarasan "Kalai" [4] - Malar's husband
  • Arunima Sudhakar as Anuradha "Anu" [4] - Thiyagu and Kalyani's daughter, Meenakshi's best friend
  • Shabhanam as Vadivukarasi Shivakanth "Vadivu"- 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
Meenakshi's family
  • M. J. Shriram as Dr. Shreyan - Meenakshi's father
  • Priya Dharsini as Selvi - Shreyan's younger sister and Meenakshi's aunt, Divya's mother
  • Sherin Jaanu as Divya: Selvi's daughter, Meenakshi's elder cousin sister and Karthi's best friend, who loves Karthik.
  • Sujatha Panju as Dr. Gayatri - Meenakshi's mother
Others
  • Gayatri Devi as Devagi - Kalaiyarasan's mother
  • Darsu as Chitra - Parvathy's best friend
  • Magesh as Dinesh - Meenakshi's close friend, who loves her.

Adaptations
Language Title Network(s) Original Release Notes
Bengali Khorkuto Star Jalsha 17 August 2020-present Original
Tamil Namma Veetu Ponnu[6][7] Star Vijay 16 August 2021-present Remake
Marathi Thipkyanchi Rangoli[8][9] Star Pravah 4 October 2021-present
Malayalam Palunku[10][11] Asianet 22 November 2021-present
Hindi Kabhi Kabhi Ittefaq Sey[12][13] StarPlus TBA

References
  1. "'நம்ம வீட்டு பொண்ணு' சீரியலில் இணைந்த பிரபலம்! யார் தெரியுமா". CNN News18.
  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.
  4. "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 Tamil). 19 July 2021.
  6. "'খড়কুটো' উড়ে গেল তামিলনাড়ুতে!". Ei Samay (in Bengali). 27 July 2021.
  7. "'நம்ம வீட்டு பொண்ணு' சீரியலில் இணைந்த பிரபலம்! யார் தெரியுமா". CNN News18 (in Tamil). 5 July 2021.
  8. "New Marathi TV show 'Thipkyanchi Rangoli' to launch soon - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  9. "स्टार प्रवाहवर नवी मालिका 'ठिपक्यांची रांगोळी', अभिनेते शरद पोंक्षे येणार भेटीला". TV9 Marathi (in Marathi). 20 September 2021.
  10. "New daily soap 'Palunku' to launch soon; Thej Gowda and Khushi to make their TV debut - Times of India". The Times of India. 22 November 2021.
  11. "വൈകാരിക മുഹൂർത്തങ്ങളുമായി പുതിയ പരമ്പര; 'പളുങ്ക്' ഇന്ന് മുതൽ ഏഷ്യാനെറ്റിൽ". Asianet News (in Malayalam). 22 November 2021.
  12. "Kabhie Kabhie Ittefaque Se: Trina Saha-Koushik Roy starrer 'Khorkuto' to be remade in Hindi - Times of India". The Times of India. 3 November 2021.
  13. "Khorkuto: নতুন ভাবে আসছে 'খড়কুটো'! দেখা যাবে না এই গুনগুন- সৌজন্যকে". Aaj Tak বাংলা (in Bengali). 3 November 2021.
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