Good Wife (TV series)

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Good Wife
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Promotional release poster
Genre
Based on
Written by Halitha Shameem
Directed by Revathi
Starring
Music by K
Country of originIndia
Original languageTamil
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producers
  • Vibhaas Singh Gautam
  • Kirubakaran Ramasamy
Producers
  • Rajesh Chadha
  • Mrinalini Jain
  • Shyam Rathi
  • Deepak Dhar
  • Rishi Negi
  • S. Raj Narayanan
CinematographySiddharth Ramaswamy
EditorKishan Kumar Chezhian
Running time38-42 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network JioHotstar
Release4 July 2025 (2025-07-04) –
present

Good Wife is a 2025 Indian Tamil-language legal drama television series starring Priyamani, Aari Arujunan, Sampath Raj, Mekha Rajan, Amrutha Srinivasan, [1] and directed by Revathi. [2] The series is a homemaker and former lawyer who, after few years, starts working at a law firm to support her family when her husband gets stuck in a political scandal. It premiered on JioHotstar on 4 July 2025. [3]

Contents

Premise

The plot revolves around Tarunika, a law school graduate, who is a loving wife and mother who, after quitting her job following marriage. When her husband, Gunaseelan, is arrested for a sex and corruption scandal, she starts working as a junior lawyer at a law firm to support her family and faces courtroom battles and finding her identity in a male-dominated world. [4]

Cast

Main

Recurring

Episodic

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
1"Her Honour" Revathi Halitha Shameem 4 July 2025 (2025-07-04)
2"The Betrayal"RevathiHalitha Shameem4 July 2025 (2025-07-04)
3"The Taste of Victory"RevathiHalitha Shameem4 July 2025 (2025-07-04)
4"Henceforth known as Property"RevathiHalitha Shameem4 July 2025 (2025-07-04)
5"Old Flame"RevathiHalitha Shameem4 July 2025 (2025-07-04)
6"What lies Beneath"RevathiHalitha Shameem4 July 2025 (2025-07-04)

Production

Development

It is an adaptation of Robert King and Michelle King's The Good Wife . [5] It is the second Indian remake after the Hindi language The Trial . [6]

The series was announced by Jio Hotstar on June 3, a day ahead of actress Priyamani’s birthday. The series was written by Halitha Shameem. The show has been directed by actress and filmmaker Revathi, who makes her Tamil directorial debut in a limited series with it. [7] Produced by Rajesh Chadha, Mrinalini Jain, Shyam Rathi, Deepak Dhar, Rishi Negi and S. Raj Narayanan under Banijay Asia, Circle Box Entertainment and Paramount Global Content Distribution. The series was music composed by K, while editing by Kishan Kumar Chezhian. Siddharth Ramaswamy served as co-director and cinematographer on the show. [8]

Casting

The series stars Priyamani as lead role in his fourth collaboration acted in limited series after The Family Man , His Story and Sarvam Shakthi Mayam. [9] Actor Sampath Raj was cast as Tarunika's husband Gunaseelan, Aari Arujunan was cast as Hari Deepak. [10]

Release

The first poster was released on 3 June 2025 featuring, The poster shows actress Priyamani holding a bunch of court documents and both side her kids, while Sampath Raj is in the background, behind bars, with the rest of the image filled up with newspaper clippings. [11]

The series Teaser was released on 12 June 2025 with the trailer on 26 June announcing the release date of 4 July. [12] The show premiered in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali and Marathi languages on JioHotstar. [13]

Reception

Critical response

Harshini SV of The Times of India gave 2.5/5 stars and wrote, "Such layered writing draws you in at times, as does the unusual premise of the legal cases, but you wish these were more than just fleeting moments". [14] Anusha Sundar of OTTplay gave 2.5/5 stars and wrote, "Good Wife may not be with shocking twists and turns and that’s okay. It takes its time to do a slow start, and might have some interesting pockets of story arcs. It is a slow take-off, and (if) seasons to follow up can increase the pace, to make things move faster and interesting, then Good Wife can possibly be a good addition to the Tamil OTT space". [15]

References

  1. ↑ "Priya Mani and Sampath Raj starrer 'Good Wife' set for its OTT premiere soon". The Times of India . Retrieved 4 June 2025.
  2. ↑ "Good Wife: Expected Release Date, Cast, Story, Everything We Know So Far About Priyamani's Courtroom Drama". www.imdb.com. Retrieved 2025-06-19.
  3. ↑ "Priyamani's fiery comeback in 'The Good Wife'; Tamil courtroom thriller hits on July 4". The Times of India . Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  4. ↑ indiatribune. "Priyamani faces turmoil after husband gets entangled in sex scandal in the teaser of 'The Good Wife'". www.indiatribune.com. Retrieved 2025-06-16.
  5. ↑ "JioHotstar teases Tamil adaptation of The Good Wife, starring Priyamani and directed by Revathi". www.cinemaexpress.com. Retrieved 2025-06-16.
  6. ↑ "Priyamani's next web series titled Good Wife; Revathy to direct". www.cinemaexpress.com. Retrieved 2025-06-04.
  7. ↑ "Priya Mani's web series directed by Revathy titled 'Good Wife'". thesouthfirst.com. Retrieved 2025-06-04.
  8. ↑ "Good Wife: When And Where To Watch The Priyamani-starrer Legal Drama". www.news18.com. Retrieved 2025-06-30.
  9. ↑ "Priyamani: We shouldn't shame women for choosing eye candy roles". www.cinemaexpress.com. Retrieved 2025-07-08.
  10. ↑ "Priya Mani headlines new Tamil web series, Good Wife". www.ottplay.com. Retrieved 2025-06-04.
  11. ↑ "Good Wife Teaser: Priyamani's world is turned upside down when her husband is accused of a sex scandal". www.cinemaexpress.com. Retrieved 2025-06-13.
  12. ↑ "Good Wife Teaser Out: Priyamani's Courtroom Drama Is All About Power, Law And Justice". www.news18.com. Retrieved 2025-06-16.
  13. ↑ "Revathy's directorial web series 'The Good Wife' to stream from 4 July". thesouthfirst.com. Retrieved 2025-07-01.
  14. ↑ "Good Wife Season 1 Review : Priyamani's legal drama plays by the rules, but needs more depth". The Times of India . 8 July 2025.
  15. ↑ "Good Wife series review: Priyamani's courtroom drama has intriguing themes but gets slow on narrative pace". OTTplay . 9 July 2025.
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