Roja (Tamil TV series)

Roja (transl. Rose flower) is an Indian Tamil-language soap opera starring Priyanka Nalkari, Sibbu Suryan and Shamily 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 by
  • S. Sekkizhar (1–410)
  • V. Padmavathy (411–719)
  • Rajarshi N Roy (720-present)
  • Guru Sampath Kumar (720-present)
Directed by
  • Dhanush (Episodes 1–48)
  • V. Sadhasivam (Episodes 49-present)
Creative directorPrince Immanuels
StarringPriyanka Nalkari
Sibbu Suryan
Shamily Sukumar
Music byRavi Raghav
Opening theme"Kavithai Pole Vandhale Roja"
Country of originIndia
Original languageTamil
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes735
Production
CinematographyR. V. Parthiba Krishnan
EditorK. Shankar
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time20–25 minutes
40-45 minutes
Production companySaregama
Release
Original networkSun TV
Original release9 April 2018 (2018-04-09) –
present
External links
Production website

The series follows an optimistic girl who was raised in an orphanage. Due to a turn of events, she meets her biological father, but they both are unaware of each other's identities.

Plot

The story starts with an accident with Tiger Manickam and Shenbagam on their car with their daughter Anu. 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 orphanage 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 decides to make Anu marry Arjun's brother Ashwin, but Ashwin falls in love with 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, in her anger, decides to 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. Later, Ashwin secretly marries Pooja but hide the secret from their family. More twists arrive when it is revealed that Shenbagam is alive, but she has forgotten her past and lives as a nurse named Saraswati. Arjun tried many times to bring out the truth that Anu is not Shenbagam's daughter and is here only for money. But he gets stopped many them by Anu and 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. Later, Roja repeatedly gets saved by Anu's evil plans to kill her by a woman - who is infact Shenbagam - and feels a motherly love to that woman. But every time, Roja was not able to see her face. However, one day, Anu sees Shenbagam alive and hides it from the rest of the family. Saakshi keeps Shenbagam in her house and plans to kill Shenbagam but Shenbagam finds out Anu and Saakshi are evil and escapes the house.

Cast

Main
  • Priyanka Nalkari as Roja Arjun/ Real " Anu Arjun " Prathap and Kalpana's elder daughter-in-law, Manickam and Shenbagam's biological daughter; she lost her parents in a car-accident, then she grew up with Priya in an orphanage under the control of Shanthamoorthy. She is the real "Anu". She is an innocent and talented girl. Unexpectedly She married Arjun in the name of 1 year contract, Then Roja and Arjun realises their love and bonding, they started loving each other. (2018-Present)
  • Sibu Suryan as Arjun Prathap: A renowned lawyer, Roja's husband; Prathap and Kalpana's elder son and Ashwin and Deepa's elder brother, Annapoorani's eldest grandson. Unexpectedly he married Roja in the name of 1 year contract, Then Roja and Arjun realises their love and bonding, they started loving each other. (2018-Present)
  • Shamily Sukumar as Priya and Anu: She grown up with Roja in an orphanage under the control of Shanthamoorthy. She steals Roja's things and acts as an impostor of Anu. She hates Roja and Arjun's relationship and she wants to become a daughter-in-law in Annapoorani's family, Saakshi's best friend. (2018-Present)

Recurring
  • Vadivukkarasi as Annapoorani Vijayakumar: Prathaap, Shenbagam and Yashodha's mother. Kalpana, Manickam and Baalu's mother-in-law. Vijayakumar's wife, Arjun, Roja, Ashwin, Deepa, Malar and Koushik's grandmother. But she hates Roja her real granddaughter and likes that" Fake" Anu (Priya) as her granddaughter, an unstable minded lady
  • Gayathri Sastry as Kalpana Prathap: Arjun, Ashwin and Deepa's mother. Prathap's wife, Annapoorani's daughter-in-law; Roja and Pooja's mother-in-law. Shenbagam and Yasodha's sister-in-law. She is an innocent lady. She always supports Arjun and Roja
  • Rajesh[3] as Tiger Manickam: A famous criminal lawyer; Roja's biological father and Shenbagam's husband, Annapoorani's first son-in-law and Arjun's father-in-law, a rich person. But he hates Roja his real daughter and likes that" Fake" Anu (Priya) as his daughter, an unstable minded person like his mother-in-law Annapoorani
  • Dr. Sharmila as Senbagam Manickam / Saraswathi: Roja's biological mother and Manickam's wife, Annapoorani's elder daughter also Prathap's younger sister and Yasodha's elder sister; Kalpana's sister-in-law also Arjun's paternal aunt and mother-in-law. She lost her memory due to an accident, and she lives with the name of Saraswathi.
  • K. Natraj as Shanthamurthy: Roja's foster father. He is an orphanage caretaker. He is a very caring and good person
  • Sowmya Sharada (Episode 1-464) as Saakshi Marudhanayagam: Priya's best friend and Arjun's enemy
    • Sunitha (Replaced Sowmya Sharada) (Episode 465–present) as Saakshi Marudhanayagam
  • Shiva as Prathap: Arjun, Ashwin and Deepa's father. Annapoorani's son; Kalpana's husband, Roja and Pooja's father-in-law. Shenbagam and Yasodha's elder brother. Purushotthaman's best friend
  • Dev Anand Sharma as Balachandran (a.k.a. Baalu): Yashodha's husband; Malar and Koushik's father. Annapoorani's second son-in-law. "Fake" Anu (Priya)'s helper
  • Ramya Ramakrishna (Episode 66 -601) as Yashodha Balachandran: Annapoorani's second daughter, Prathap and Shenbagam's younger sister; Baalu's wife, Arjun, Roja, Ashwin and Deepa's paternal aunt. Malar and Koushik's mother. She also hates Roja and likes "Fake" Anu (Priya) also her helper
    • Kavya Varshini Arun (Replaced Ramya Ramakrishna)(Episode 602–present) as Yashodha Balachandran
  • Sumathi Shree as Sumathi: Annapoorani's housekeeper and she is a very good cook is very caring. She also supports Arjun and Roja
  • Hussain A. K. as Navaneetha Krishnan: Arjun's assistant (Comedian)
  • Venkat Renganathan as Ashwin Prathap: Prathap and Kalpana's younger son, Arjun's younger brother, Pooja's husband, Annapoorni's 2nd grandson
  • Smriti Kashyap as Pooja Ashwin: Purushotthaman and Prema's daughter, Buji's elder sister; Ashwin's wife, Arjun’s junior lawyer
  • Akila Krishnan as Divya: Sakshi's friend
  • Karthika Bose as Keerthi: Manicham's junior lawyer
  • Latha Sabapathi as Canada Kamakshi: Annapoorani's Sister
  • P. R. Varalakshmi as Arulvakhu Amuthanayaki
  • Kavithalaya Krishnan as Purushotthaman: Pooja and Buji's father
  • Shanthi Anandraj as Prema Purushotthaman: Pooja and Buji's mother
  • Vivethan Ravi as Buji: Purushotthaman and Prema's son, Pooja's younger brother
  • Dubbing Janaki as Baalu's mother, Yasodha's mother-in-law
  • S. V. S. Kumar as Baalu's father, Yasodha's father-in-law
  • Rani as Assistant Commissioner Chandrakantha: Arjun's friend, a Police
  • Meenakshi as Meena: Chandrakantha's mother
  • Sowmiya Ravindran as Shwetha: Roja's best friend and Priya's enemy
  • Sangeetha Balan as Chintamani: Saraswathi / Shenbagam's co-worker
  • Girish as "Tiger" Sethu: Manickam's younger brother
  • Shoba Rani (Episode 2-75) / Rekha Suresh (Episode 381–present) as Theivanai Sethu: Sethu's wife
  • S. D. Ganesh as Ranjith/Vivek: Sethu's son
  • Sasindhar Pushpalingam as "Bhaiya" Ganesh (Dead). He is eventually killed by Saakshi and Priya
  • Nishanth as Santosh: Roja's best friend also ex-lover (Deceased)
  • Manoharan Krishnan as Marudhanayagam: Saakshi's father
  • Akhila Ramanamoorthy as Deepa Prathap: Prathap and Kalpana's daughter, Arjun and Ashwin's younger sister also Annapoorani's granddaughter
  • Pari as Malar: Baalu and Yashodha's daughter, Annapoorani's granddaughter
  • Sri Varshan as Koushik: Baalu and Yashodha's son, Annapoorani's grandson
  • Anand as Sathasivam: Santosh's father
  • Vimal Raj as Driver Velu: He attempted murder to Tiger Manickam, Senbagham and the real Anu (Roja) in a car accident
  • Surjith Ansary as Rajesh
  • Sathish Kumar as Shiva
  • Shwetha as Lakshmi
  • Vanitha Hariharan as Ponni
  • Monika as Mallika
  • Saif as Chinnathambi
  • Karthika Bose as Keerthi: Tiger Manickam's junior lawyer

Guests 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 and Mahalingam's bestest friend (Dead)
  • Murali Mohan as Mahalingam: Annapoorani's brother (Episode 325-331)
  • 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 598-599)
  • Y. G. Mahendran as Suresh Chakravarti: Arjun's senior lawyer [5] (Episode 610–631)
  • Anuradha Krishnamoorthy as Sangeetha: Suresh Chakravarti's wife (Episode 610–631)
  • Reenah as Manju Suresh Chakravarti: Chakravarti's daughter (Episode 610–631)
  • Trivikram as Ashok Selvan: Renuka Devi's son and Nisha's elder brother , loved Roja Episode 610–630) (Dead)
  • Neha Gowda as Nisha: Renuka Devi's daughter,loved Arjun [6] (Episode 610–630)
  • Vinaya Prasad as Renuka Devi: Ashok Selvan and Nisha's mother[7] (Episode 610–630)
  • Ravi Bhat as Parasuraman: Renuka Devi's elder brother (Episode 610–630)
  • Shwetha Bandekar as Chandra Sanjay: From Chandralekha serial, Sanjay's wife (Episode 651-653)
  • Nagasri as Lekha Sabarinathan: From Chandralekha serial, Sabari's wife (Episode 651-653)
  • Munna as Sanjay: From Chandralekha serial, Chandra's husband (Episode 651-653)
  • Arun Kumar Rajan as Sabarinathan (Sabari): From Chandralekha serial, Lekha's husband (Episode 651-653)
  • Veena Sundar as Prema Parasuraman: Parasuraman's wife (Episode 610–630)
  • Prashant Seshadri as Pandi Parasuraman: Parasuraman's son (Episode 610-630)
  • Keerthana as Arulvakhu Vedhavalli, an astrologer (Episode 657-663)
  • VJ Azhar as himself (Episode 684-685)

Versions in other languages

The series is the original verison and it has been remade in other languages.

Language Title Network(s)

Airing history

 No. of. episode(s) Reference
Kannada Sevanthi

(ಸೇವಂತಿ)

 Udaya TV 25 February 2019 – present Ongoing [8]
Telugu Roja

(రోజా)

 Gemini TV 11 March 2019 – 27 March 2020 299 [9]
Brundhavanam

(బృందావనం) (Dubbed Version of Tamil Serial Roja)

 22 June 2020 – 7 November 2020 107

Crossover episodes and special episodes
  • From 13 May 2019 – 18 May 2019 in Episodes 325 – 331, Roja had a crossover with Lakshmi Stores.[10]

References
  1. "Cast and crew of TV serial Roja rejoice as it completes 300 episodes". 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. "ROJA Promo | Episode 609 Weekend Promo 2 | ரோஜா | Priyanka | SibbuSuryan | Saregama TVShows Tamil – YouTube". www.youtube.com.
  6. "Neha Gowda to play a cameo in 'Roja' – Times of India". The Times of India.
  7. "Neha Gowda: I am not scared, but I am being careful on set – Times of India". The Times of India.
  8. "New daily soap ' Sevanthi' to launch today". The Times of India.
  9. "Telugu Remake of Roja to launch soon". Times of India. 25 February 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  10. "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.
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