Endrendrum Punnagai (TV series)
Endrendrum Punnagai ( Everlasting smile) is an Indian Tamil-language television drama airing on Zee Tamil. It premiered on 16 March 2020, starring Nakshatra Srinivas with Nithin Iyer, Vishnukanth and Kavitha This series is produced by Esai Pictures of actress Neelima Rani. Thendral, a radio jockey, gets into trouble when she gets betrothed to Aakash, a man who is excessively influenced by his grandmother. But she tries to find a way to be with her lover, Siddharth. Synopsis. Aandal is a kind of woman whose anger no one dares to face when she is displeased. Aakash, is  the grandson of Aandal, who always obeys his grandmother. Aandal seeks a bride for Aakash, and has clear criteria for those who wish to marry him. She comes across Thendral, a radio jockey, and gathers all the information about her while also being impressed by Thendral. Then, she decides that Thendral is the right girl for Aakash to marry. Thendral's family accept to Aandal's approach for Thendral to marry Aakash. Later, Thendral learns that Aakash is his grandmother's puppet. In addition, Thendral dislikes that Aakash has no individuality and at times she even rejected the marriage proposal . On the other hand, Siddharth is also a radio jockey, who works with Thendral and falls in love with her. The rest of the story revolves around Thendral's choice between Aakash and Siddharth. Production. Casting. The series mainly on a love triangle. Nakshatra Srinivas stars as a radio jockey in the main female role with Deepak Kumar, of "Thirumanam" fame, and Nithin Iyer, a fitness frick as the male leads. Kavitha was cast in the antagonist role as the grandmother, while Narasimha Raju, Gowthami Vembunathan, Girish, Raghavi, Kannan, VJ Sasikala, and Indran make up the rest of the series  cast. Development. Popular television and film actress Neelima Rani, who producing this series after "Niram Maaratha Pookkal" with her husband Esai Vanan under the production "Esai Pictures" in Zee Tamil. Filming. The series is mainly filmed at Valasaravakkam in Chennai. Relaunch. The series premiered on 16 March 2020. Due to COVID-19 pandemic, the series stopped broadcasting on 27 March 2020, airing only ten episodes. Months later, when television shoots were once again permitted in India, the series resumed broadcast on 27 July 2020, re-airing its first episode. Title. The title was taken from a 2013 Endrendrum Punnagai movie starring  Jeeva, Trisha, Vinay, Santhanam and Andrea. The English meaning of this title is "Everlasting Smile".