Prema Entha Madhuram

*Prema Entha Madhuram*
Prema Entha Madhuram
Genre	Drama/Romance/Thriller
Developed by	Sriram Venkat
Screenplay by	Praja Prabhakar, Poluru Krishna (present)
Directed by	Sai Venkat
Creative director	Sai Venkat
Starring	Sriram Venkat, Varsha HK, Kalyan, Divya, Ram Jagan
Narrated by	Sravani Rayachothi
Music by	Sunadh Gowtham
Opening theme	Veyi Janmalaina (Title Song)
Country of origin	India
Original language	Telugu
No. of seasons	1
Production
Producer	Sriram Venkat
Production locations	South Indian Screens, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	20-21 minutes
Original release
Network	Zee Telugu
Release	10 February 2020 –; present
Related
	Tula Pahate Re ; Jothe Jotheyali

Last updated February 10, 2025

Prema Entha Madhuram is an Indian Telugu language Drama/Romance/Thriller television series airing on Zee Telugu.^[1] It stars Sriram Venkat and Varsha HK in lead roles.^[2] It is an official remake of Marathi TV series Tula Pahate Re .^[3] Premiered on 10th February, 2020, the series is one of the longest running shows of Zee Telugu.^[4]

Plot

The love story revolves around a middle-aged businessman and a 20-year-old girl. Life brings them together. However, there's a hidden past and mystery behind their love story.

Cast

Main

Sriram Venkat as Arya Vardhan (Dead) / Anand / Surya / Shankar (Reincarnation of Arya); Surya Vardhan's son; Sharada Devi's step-son, Rajanandhini's widower; Anu's husband, Ajay and Neeraj's step-brother, Founder and Chairman of Vardhan Group of Industries (VGI); Abhay and Aakanksha Vardhan's father (2020–present)
HK Varsha as Anuradha "Anu" Paddula Vardhan (Dead) / Aparna / Raji / Shaila Bhanu / Radha / Gowri (Reincarnation of Anu); Paddula Padmavati and Subramanyam Paddula's daughter; Arya's wife; Reincarnation of Rajanandhini; Meera and Mansi's co-sister; Ajay and Neeraj's Sister-in-law; CEO of Nandhini Textiles; Vice-chairwoman of Vardhan Group of Industries (VGI); Abhay and Aakanksha Vardhan's mother (2020–present)
Kalyan Reddy as Abhay Vardhan; the eldest heir of the Vardhan family; Arya and Anu's son; Aakanksha and Anandi's elder brother (2024 - present)
Divya as Aakanksha Vardhan; the youngest heir of the Vardhan family; Arya and Anu's daughter; Abhay and Anandi's sister (2024 - present)
Ramjagan as Keshav Jhende: Arya's best friend who is taking care of Aakanksha and Abhay after Arya and Anu's demise (2020–present)

Recurring

1st Generation

Jabardasth Varsha (2020–21), Anusha Susarla (2021–22), Mahi Maheshwari (2022–2024) as Mansi Vardhan: Neeraj's ex-wife; Head of Food Corporation of Vardhan Group of Industries.
Gowri Raj as Raga Sudha: Rajanandhini's younger sister; Former Vice-president of Vardhan Group of Industries (VGI); Rajanandhini's murderer (2022–2023)
Sharif Vikram as Jalandhar: Arya's main enemy; Chhaya Devi's elder brother (2020–2024) (Dead)
VJ Karam as Niranjan "Neeraj" Vardhan: Arya's younger brother; Mansi's ex-husband; Anjali's husband; Managing Director of Vardhan Group of Industries (VGI) - (2020–2024)
A V N Rajakumari as Sharada Devi Vardhan: Surya Vardhan's second wife and widow; matriarch of the Vardhans; Arya's stepmother, Neeraj and Ajay's mother; Anu, Mansi, Meera and Anjali's mother-in-law (2024) - Formerly Jayalalita as Sharadha Devi Vardhan (2020-23)
Rajeev Ravichandra as Neel: A new employee of VGI who falls in love with Anu and works for Jalandhar as his mole but had a change of heart, and was sent abroad by Arya for his higher studies (2020-21)
Anushree Raj as Meera Hegde Vardhan: Former Vice-President of Vardhan Group of Industries (VGI) and Arya’s Personal Assistant, who one sidedly loved Arya and wanted to marry him, only to be rejected by him. Fake reincarnation of Rajanandhini. She married Ajay Vardhan to exact revenge on Arya and Anu and take over VGI, mother of Anandhi (2020-22, 2024)
Child Shadasya Kruti as child Anandhi Vardhan: Meera and Ajay's daughter (2024)
Manasa Manohar as Rajanandhini: Arya's late wife^[5] (2021–23)
Sandeep as Sampath: Anu's friend (2020–2024)
Madhusree as Ramya: Anu's friend (2020–22)
Viswa Mohan as Subramanyam Paddula; Anu's father (2020–2024)
Bangalore Padma (2020–23) as Paddula Padmavati: Anu's mother, replaced by Prabhavathi (2023–2024)
Suhan Ghori as Madan: Anjali's elder brother who is obsessed with Anu and her beauty, Arya's enemy who secretly works for Chhaya Devi (2023)
Surya Teja as Yadagiri: Jyothi's husband, former site manager of Anjali Group of constructions, employee at VGI factory (2023–present)
Priyanka Chowdary as Anjali Vardhan: owner and chairperson of Anjali Group of Constructions, Neeraj's second wife (2023)
Archana Ananth as Lakshmi: Sharada Devi Vardhan's longtime friend who reveals Ajay's connection to Sharada Devi to him (2024)
Jyothi Reddy as the Soothsayer (2020-2024)
Ayukth Akul as child Abhay Vardhan (2023-24)
Tejal Vikyathi as child Aakanksha Vardhan (2023-24)
Sunandha Mala Setti as Chhaya Devi: Jalandhar's sister (2023-2024)
Siri Sha as Vasundhara: Anjali's mother (2023)
Sasank as Surya; Suguna's son: Jyothi, Divya and Usha's elder brother (2023)
Aishwarya Jeevan as Divya: Sugunamma's daughter; Jyothi's younger sister; Usha's elder sister (2023–2024)
Aditya Ram as Harish, Divya's ex-lover and ex-fiance who works for Jalandhar and his group, Keerthi's lover (2023-2024)
Ishika Sitar as Usha: Suguna's youngest daughter; Jyothi and Divya's younger sister (2023–24)
Priyanka Ammu as Jyothi: Yadagiri's wife, Sugunamma's eldest daughter and the elder sister of Divya and Usha; Surya's younger sister (2023-2024)
Usha Rani as Sugunamma: Surya, Jyothi, Divya and Usha's mother (2023–24)
Indana Anitha as Satyamma: Mansi’s cruel jail buddy who treats her like a servant (2023)
Prathap Singh Shah as Ajay Vardhan: Bhupathi Vardhan's (brother of Surya Vardhan) foster son, Sharada Devi's first son and Surya Vardhan's second son; Arya Vardhan's stepbrother and Niranjan "Neeraj" Vardhan's brother; Meera Hegde's husband who wants to take over Vardhan Group of Industries (VGI) and its assets, Arya's enemy who later reforms and reconciles with Arya (2024)
Subha Sai Venkat as Reshma, Anu’s co-worker and close friend (2023)
Swetha Prasanth as Bhanu aka Bhanumathi: The daughter of Ayodhyapuram sarpanch Neelakantam, who has a crush on Arya (2024)

2nd Generation

Barbie Ramya as Sandhya: Gowri's younger sister (2024-present)
Alankrita Shah as Shravani: Gowri's younger sister (2024-present)
Roshan Kota as Chinnodu, Shankar's youngest brother; Peddodu's younger brother (2024-present)
Vinod Chakravarthy Maganti as Peddodu, Shankar's younger brother; Chinnodu's elder brother (2024-present)
Komma Naveen as Rakesh; Jalandhar's son who wants to destroy the Vardhans just like his father by posing as a close friend of Abhay (2024-present)
Charishma Naidu as the Soothsayer (Jogamma) - (2024-present)
Sahasra Naidu as Jyothi: Yadagiri's wife, Sugunamma's eldest daughter and the elder sister of Divya and Usha; Surya's younger sister (2024-present)

Reception

Week	Year	BARC Viewership		Ref.
Week	Year	TRP	Rank	Ref.
Week 8	2020	5.1	5	^[6]
Week 10	2020	6.0	5	^[7]
Week 25	2020	4.2	5	^[8]
Week 32	2020	6.7	4	^[9]
Week 8	2021	6.8	5	^[10]
Week 9	2021	6.7	5	^[11]
Week 10	2021	6.8	5	^[12]

After successful journey of 4 years 4 months in the 9 PM slot, the show now broadcasts at 10 PM slot since June 10th, 2024.

The show took its generation leap of 25 years in June, 2024. The main characters Anu and Arya were dead in the show. However, they are reborn as Gowri and Shankar. With the leap, several new characters entered the show and became pivotal ones. All other previous cast including the Vardhans quit the show due to leap but Sriram Venkat, HK Varsha and Ramjagan were retained.

Kalyan Reddy and Divya were cast to essay the roles of Abhay Vardhan and Aakanksha Vardhan respectively while Naveen Komma was cast to play the main antagonist, Rakesh (Jalandhar's son).

Adaptations

Language	Title	Original release	Network(s)	Last aired	Notes
Marathi	Tula Pahate Re तुला पाहते रे	13 August 2018	Zee Marathi	20 July 2019	Original
Kannada	Jothe Jotheyali ಜೊತೆ ಜೊತೆಯಲಿ	9 September 2019	Zee Kannada	19 May 2023	Remake
Telugu	Prema Entha Madhuram ప్రేమ ఎంత మధురం	10 February 2020	Zee Telugu	Ongoing
Malayalam	Neeyum Njanum നീയും ഞാനും	10 February 2020	Zee Keralam	8 April 2023
Tamil	Neethane Enthan Ponvasantham நீதானே எந்தன் பொன்வசந்தம்	24 February 2020	Zee Tamil	25 December 2021
Odia	Kemiti Kahibi Kaha କେମିତି କହିବି କାହା	25 January 2021	Zee Sarthak	12 March 2022
Punjabi	Akhiyan Udeek Diyan ਅੱਖੀਆਂ ਉਡੀਕ ਦੀਆਂ	22 March 2021	Zee Punjabi	27 August 2021

References

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[4] "Venkat Sriram and Varsha HK starrer Prema Entha Madhuram's title song unveiled". The Times of India .

[5] "Manasa Manohar to play Rajanandhini in 'Prema Entha Madhuram'; details inside". The Times of India .

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