# Ekkadiki Ee Parugu

Ekkadiki Ee Parugu is a 2019 Indian Telugu-language web series starring Aryan Rajesh, Shashank, Pavani Gangireddy, Kalpika Ganesh and Chandra Vempaty . It was directed by Abhilash Reddy Kankara. The premise of this thriller drama which revolves around Madhur Anand (Shashank), a popular chef, whose wife Vaishnavi (Pavani) goes missing. The investigating officer (Aryan Rajesh), who himself is recovering from the recent death of his wife, suspects Madhur to be the perpetrator.
The series premiered on ZEE5 to positive reviews. It was dubbed and released in Tamil as Thadam.

## Premise

Madhur Anand, a renowned chef, files a police complaint that his wife, Vaishnavi has gone missing. The investigating police officer who himself is recovering from the recent death of his wife suspects foul play, but he doesn't know if he has enough clues to suspect anyone yet. When he begins to investigate the case, things go terribly wrong when he discovers that Madhur Anand might be lying. If this isn't enough, Madhur himself sets out to unravel the mystery about Vaishnavi's life just before her death. The rest of the story is about finding who killed Vaishnavi and what were the circumstances that led to her death.

## Cast

* Aryan Rajesh as Investigating officer
* Shashank as Madhur
* Pavani Gangireddy as Vaishnavi
* Kalpika Ganesh as Saira
* Chandra Vempaty as Vamshi
* Bharat Raj as Raj
* Rajsekhar Aningi as Politician
* Sudeep Patil as Restaurant Manager

## Episodes

| Season | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released |
| 1 | 6 | 6 | January 8, 2019 (2019-01-08) | January 8, 2019 (2019-01-08) |
| 2 | 6 | 6 | February 8, 2019 (2019-02-08) | February 8, 2019 (2019-02-08) |

### Season 1

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 1 | 1 | "The End" | Abhilash Reddy | Abhilash Reddy | 8 January 2019 (2019-01-08) |
| 2 | 2 | "Lost Love" | Abhilash Reddy | Abhilash Reddy | 8 January 2019 (2019-01-08) |
| 3 | 3 | "Project Taskar" | Abhilash Reddy | Abhilash Reddy | 8 January 2019 (2019-01-08) |
| 4 | 4 | "The Missing Piece" | Abhilash Reddy | Abhilash Reddy | 8 January 2019 (2019-01-08) |
| 5 | 5 | "Deception Point" | Abhilash Reddy | Abhilash Reddy | 8 January 2019 (2019-01-08) |
| 6 | 6 | "The Beginning" | Abhilash Reddy | Abhilash Reddy | 8 January 2019 (2019-01-08) |

### Season 2

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 7 | 1 | "Who Am I?" | Abhilash Reddy | Abhilash Reddy | 8 February 2019 (2019-02-08) |
| 8 | 2 | "Hide and Seek" | Abhilash Reddy | Abhilash Reddy | 8 February 2019 (2019-02-08) |
| 9 | 3 | "The New Unknown" | Abhilash Reddy | Abhilash Reddy | 8 February 2019 (2019-02-08) |
| 10 | 4 | "The Arch-enemy" | Abhilash Reddy | Abhilash Reddy | 8 February 2019 (2019-02-08) |
| 11 | 5 | "Lost in Translation" | Abhilash Reddy | Abhilash Reddy | 8 February 2019 (2019-02-08) |
| 12 | 6 | "Aham Kṛṣṇa" | Abhilash Reddy | Abhilash Reddy | 8 February 2019 (2019-02-08) |

## Release

The web series was released on online streaming platform Zee5 on January 8, 2019.

## Reception

Hemanth Kumar of Firstpost praised the performances of Aryan Rajesh and Pavani Gangireddy but termed it a convoluted web-series and said it would have been better as a film, as the director's initial intention. He criticised the narrative and said that the performances in a few scenes were amateurish, but it worked well in its emotional scenes.