Roja (Tamil TV series)

Roja (transl. 'Rose flower') is an Indian Tamil-language soap opera starring Sibbusuryan, Priyanka Nalkari and Shamilly Sukumar.[1] The series premiered on 9 April 2018 on Sun TV and is produced by Saregama[2].

For Telugu version with same name, see Roja (Telugu TV series).

Roja
GenreSoap opera
Written by Story
Vasubharathy
Dialogues
Selvam Subbhaiya
Guru Sampath Kumar
Screenplay byS. Sekkizhar (1-410)
V. Padmavathy (411-present)
Directed by
  • Dhanush (Episodes 1-48)
  • V. Sadhasivam (Episodes 49-present)
Creative director(s)Prince Immanuels
StarringPriyanka Nalkari
Sibbu Suryan
Shamilly Sukumar
Music byRavi Raghav
Opening theme"Kavithai Polai Vandhale Roja"
Country of originIndia
Original language(s)Tamil
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes600
Production
CinematographyR. V. Parthiba Krishnan
Editor(s)K. Shankar
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running timeapprox. 20-25 minutes per episode
Production company(s)Saregama
Release
Original networkSun TV (India)
Original release9 April 2018 (2018-04-09) –
present
External links
Production website

Plot

The story starts with Tiger Manickam and Shenbagam on their car with their daughter Anu. A car accident occurs, where Tiger gets into a coma, Shenbagam presumably dies, and Anu is lost. This accident was planned by Tiger's brother Sethu and Sethu's friend Maruthanaayagam. Anu is adopted with the name Roja by Shanthamoorty, who raises her in his orphanage. Many years later, Roja is grown up, but then a criminal named Bhaiya Ganesh enters the orphanage secretly to molest the girls. Eventually, a girl in the ashram called Priya and Maruthanaayagam's daughter Saakshi killed Bhaiya Ganesh and blamed Shanthamoorthy, who is then arrested. Roja is also unaware of her heritage as the daughter of Tiger Manickam and Shenbagam. Priya meanwhile, finds Roja's childhood items which Roja had when she was with Tiger and Shenbagam, and Priya goes to Tiger Manickam and lies to him that she is his daughter. Priya is then named Anu. Anu is also well-affiliated with Shenbagam's family. Roja, to bring Shanthamoorthy back, marries renowned Lawyer Arjun Prathap on a contractual basis for one year who agrees to help Roja. Arjun is the nephew of Shenbagam and belongs to Shenbagam's family. Arjun receives Roja's consent to dissolve the marriage after precisely one year by getting signatures in a mutual consent agreement. Roja accepts this agreement so that Arjun could become involved in a case related to her foster father. Arjun dislikes love and marriage due to his traumatic past involving his friend Venu's demise but indulges in the contractual marriage in an attempt to prevent the friendship between him and Anu.

The entire family except for Arjun's mother, Kalpana and his siblings hate Roja because she took Anu's spot. Annapoorani, who is Arjun and Anu's grandmother and Shenbagam's mother hates Roja the most. Anu teams up with Annapoorani's evil daughter Yashoda and son-in-law Balu and tries to get Roja out of the house several times. Yashoda hates Roja because Roja once humiliated her. Roja tries several times to find out her heritage, and Shantamoorthy's case, but Anu stops her. Eventually, Roja and Arjun fall in love with each other and the contractual marriage is forgotten. A police office called Chandrakantha, who has a mysterious past, also decides to help Arjun with the Bhaiya Ganesh murder case. When she is close to figuring the mystery, she is stopped by the Commissioner Gowtham Nath, who is affiliated with Saakshi.

Annapoorani's sister Kamakshi visits from Canada once, and she along with Arjun, Roja, and Kalpana try to find out Roja's past and if Anu is Shenbagam's daughter or not. Annapoorani is very sad that everyone is against Anu, and visits 108 temples and leaves the family. Kamakshi leaves India. Anu and Yashoda plan to kill Roja, but Roja only loses her eyesight. Arjun and Kalpana visit Arulvakku Amuthanayagi and seek help to restore Roja's vision. Arjun, on the advice of Amuthanayagi, does severe penance and brings Roja's eyesight back. After Roja's sight comes back, Annapoorani and Kamakshi return. Annapoorani has developed much more hatred for Arjun and Roja when she returns. Annapoorani decides to make Anu marry Arjun's brother Ashwin, but Ashwin likes a girl named Pooja. Ashwin and Pooja try to marry each other (with the help of Arjun, Roja, and Kamakshi) but are stopped by Annapoorani. Annapoorani makes arrangements for Ashwin- Anu marriage and Ashwin agrees reluctantly after Pooja gets kidnapped. However, Arjun saves Pooja in the last minute and stops the wedding. The story unfolds to show how Roja realises her dream of opening the orphanage with the help of Arjun amongst love, betrayal, hate and her past, how Arjun and Roja help Ashwin unite with Pooja, and how they try to find out if Anu is Shenbagam's daughter or not. More twists arrive when it is revealed that Shenbagam is alive, but she has forgotten her past and lives as a nurse named Saraswati. A court case is also filed by Arjun against Anu to prove that she isn't Shenbagam's daughter, but sadly the DNA result is in Anu's favour as the blood samples were changed by her evil friend Sakshi. Later, Sarawasti (Shenbagam) somehow meets their family astrologer, and she cleverly tells her to follow her heart and search for her blood relations.

Cast

Main
  • Sibbu Suryan as Arjun Prathap: A renowned criminal lawyer and Roja's husband
  • Priyanka Nalkari as Roja Arjun: Arjun's wife; she is the real Anu.
  • Shamily Sukumar as Priya: She acts as an impostor of Anu

Recurring
  • Latha Sabapathi as Canada Kamakshi: Annapoorani's elder sister
  • Vadivukkarasi as Annapoorani Vijayakumar: Prathaap, Shenbagam and Yashodha's mother
  • Rajesh[3] as Tiger Manickam: Roja's biological father and a famous criminal lawyer
  • Dr. Sharmila as Shenbagam Manickam / Saraswathi: Roja's biological mother; Arjun's paternal aunt
  • K. Natraj as Shanthamurthy: Roja's foster father. He is an orphanage caretaker
  • Sowmya Sharada as Saakshi Marudhanayagam: Priya's best friend (Episode 2–464)
    • Sunitha replaced Sharada (Episode 465–present)
  • Shiva as Prathap: Arjun, Ashwin and Deepa's father
  • Gayathri Shastry as Kalpana Prathap: Arjun, Ashwin and Deepa's mother.
  • Venkat Renganathan as Ashwin Prathap: Arjun's younger brother
  • Smriti Kashyap as Pooja Ashwin: Ashwin's wife
  • P. R. Varalakshmi as Arulvakhu Amuthanayaki: Family Astrologer
  • Kavithalaya Krishnan as Purushotthaman: Pooja's father
  • Shanthi Anandraj as Prema Purushotthaman: Pooja's mother
  • Dubbing Janaki as Baalu's mother
  • S. V. S. Kumar as Baalu's father
  • Dev Anand Sharma as Balachandran: Yashodha's husband; Malar and Koushik's father.
  • Ramya Ramakrishna as Yashodha Balachandran: Malar and Koushik's mother (Episode 67–601)
    • Kavya Varshini Arun replaced Ramakrishna (Episode 602–present)
  • Sumathi Shree as Sumathi: Arjun's housekeeper
  • Hussain A. K. as Navaneetha Krishnan: Arjun's assistant
  • Rani as Inspector Chandrakantha
  • Meenakshi as Chandrakantha's mother
  • Sowmiya Ravindran as Shwetha: Roja's friend and housemate
  • Sangeetha Balan as Chintamani: Saraswathi / Shenbagam's co-worker
  • Girish as Sethu: Known also as "Tiger", Sethu is Manickam's brother
  • Shoba Rani and as Theivanai Sethu: Sethu's wife (Episode 2–74)
    • Rekha Suresh replaced Rani (Episode 381–present)
  • S. D. Ganesh as Ranjith: Sethu's son
  • Sasindhar Pushpalingam as "Bhaiya" Ganesh
  • Nishanth as Santosh
  • Manoharan Krishnan as Marudhanayagam: Saakshi's father
  • Akhila Ramanamoorthy as Deepa Prathap: Arjun and Ashwin's younger sister
  • Anand as Santosh's father
  • Vimal Raj as Driver Velu
  • Surjith Ansary as Rajesh
  • Sathish Kumar as Shiva
  • Shwetha as Lakshmi
  • Vanitha Hariharan as Ponni
  • Monika as Mallika
  • Saif as Chinnathambi

Guest stars
  • Rani as Indrasena (Episodes 167-168)
  • Anuradha Krishnamoorthy as Judge Sivagami (Episodes 167-168)
  • Ujjayinee Roy as Chamundeshwari (Episodes 167-168)
  • Anbalaya Prabhakaran as Vijayakumar: Annapoorani's husband (Roja - Lakshmi Stores Mahasangamam Event)
  • Murali Mohan as Mahalingam: Annapoorani's brother (Roja - Lakshmi Stores Mahasangamam Event)
  • Nadhiya as herself (Episodes 278-286)[4]
  • Giri Dwarakish as Pichai Muthu / Dharmadurai: Priya's fake father (Episodes 568-600)
  • Vinodhini as Patchai Killi / Thangapavanu: Priya's fake mother (Episodes 568-600)
  • Sesu as TV Serial Director (Episode 568)
  • Yaashika Aanand as herself (Episode 599)
  • Y. G. Mahendran[5]
  • Neha Gowda as Nisha[6]
  • Vinaya Prasad[7]
  • Ravi Bhatt[8]
  • Trivikram as Ashok Selvan[9]
  • Veena Sundar[10]

Original soundtrack

Title song

It was written by lyricist Arun Bharathi, composed by the music director X.Paulraj, and sung by M. M. Manasi.

Soundtrack
Track list
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1.""Kavithai Pole Vandhale Roja"
"கவிதை போலே வந்தாளே ரோஜா""		Arun BharathiM. M. Manasi2:00

Remakes
Language Title Network(s) Airing history References
Kannada Sevanthi Udaya TV 25 February 2019 – present [11]
Telugu Roja Gemini TV 11 March 2019 – 27 March 2020 [12]
Brundhavanam (Dubbed Version) 22 June 2020 – present

Crossover episodes and special episodes
  • From 13 May 2019 - 18 May 2019 in Episodes 325 - 330, Roja had a crossover with Lakshmi Stores.[13]
  • On 9 February 2020, the serial held a 1-hour special episode from 9:30 PM to 10:30 PM.

International broadcast

The series was released on 9 April 2018 on Sun TV and also airs on Sun TV HD. The show was also broadcast internationally on Channel's international distribution. It airs in Sri Lanka, South East Asia, Middle East, United States, Canada, Europe, Oceania, South Africa and Sub Saharan Africa on Sun TV.

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References
  1. [Sidbury https://indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/cast-and-crew-of-tv-serial-roja-rejoice-as-it-completes-300-episodes/articleshow/68892621.cms "Cast and crew of TV serial Roja rejoice as it completes 300 episodes"] Check |url= value (help). The Times of India.
  2. "TV show Roja completes one year; actress Priyanka Nalkari thanks everyone". The Times of India.
  3. "மீண்டும் சின்னத்திரைக்கு வந்தார் ராஜேஷ்" (in Tamil). cinema.dinamalar.com. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  4. "Actress Nadhiya to make her TV comeback with 'Roja'". The Times of India.
  5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eebXLHV-q-A
  6. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/neha-gowda-to-play-a-cameo-in-roja/articleshow/76979681.cms
  7. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/kannada/neha-gowda-i-am-not-scared-but-i-am-being-careful-on-set/articleshow/76913755.cms
  8. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/kannada/neha-gowda-i-am-not-scared-but-i-am-being-careful-on-set/articleshow/76913755.cms
  9. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/kannada/neha-gowda-i-am-not-scared-but-i-am-being-careful-on-set/articleshow/76913755.cms
  10. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/kannada/neha-gowda-i-am-not-scared-but-i-am-being-careful-on-set/articleshow/76913755.cms
  11. "New daily soap ' Sevanthi' to launch today". The Times of India.
  12. "Telugu Remake of Roja to launch soon". Times of India. 25 February 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  13. "சங்கமம் முடிஞ்சு போச்சு... ரோஜா லட்சுமி ஸ்டோர்ஸ் குடும்பம் பிரிஞ்சு போச்சு...!" [Roja and Lakshmi stores families depart as sangamam coming to end]. Oneindia (in Tamil). 20 May 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  14. "With Sun NXT, Sun TV Network steps foot in the burgeoning digital streaming space of India". thetechportal.com. 16 October 2018.
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