Written by G.Jayakumar Starring See Cast | Directed by Praveen Kadakkavoor | |
Genre Indian soap operaDrama Created by Ross Petals Entertainment pvt.ltd Creative director(s) Aju S.ShivanSanthosh Krishna Similar Karuthamuthu, Bharya (TV series), Sthreedhanam | ||
Kumkumapoovu (English: Saffron) was a Malayalam language soap opera that appeared on Asianet. It comprised 785 episodes. The first episode aired on January 31, 2011 and ended on February 1, 2014. The soap was telecasted on Monday to Friday at 9pm and then shifted the timing to 9:30 pm.It was one of the top rated serials in Malayalam.
Contents
It tells the story of professor Jayanthi and her illegitimate daughter Shalini. Asha Sarath & Shelly Kishore plays the lead role. Renowned Malayalam actor G. K. Pillai made his comeback through this serial. All the characters were well accepted among the malayali audience.
The serial won several awards at Asianet television awards including the Best Serial, Best Script, Best Actor (Sajan Surya), and Best Actress (Asha Sarath-2012, shelly-2013) consecutively for two years. It was remade in Tamil language as Aval (star Vijay) and Telugu language as Kumkuma Puvvu Maa TV.
The series was followed by Chandanamazha which is an official remake of Saath Nibhana Saathiya.
Plot
Jayanthi and her illegitimate daughter Shalini were separated at Shalini's birth, with Jayanthi misled into believing her daughter had died while in fact the girl was raised for a time by a butcher, Markose, who treated her unkindly. The two are destined to reunite. Rescued from the unkind butcher, Shalini was raised in a better home with a foster brother Mahesh. When Mahesh marries the legitimate daughter of Jayanthi, Amala (who hates Shalini), Jayanthi realizes who Shalini is. Jayanthi must come to terms with her feelings about the daughter she believed dead.