Uppena (TV series)

Uppena
Genre	Drama Family
Written by	Dialogues Venkateshbabu M
Directed by	Ramu Kona (1-16) Bachali Siva (17 - present)
Starring	Soniya Suresh Sheela Singh Swetha Vijaya Kotla
Opening theme	"Aa Uppenai" vocals Usha
Country of origin	India
Original language	Telugu
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	688
Production
Producer	Ashajyothi Gogineni
Cinematography	Adimalla Sanjeev(1-16) Rajarao Vallam
Editor	Subbu Polisetty
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	20-22 minutes
Production company	EG Creations
Original release
Network	Gemini TV
Release	4 April 2022 (2022-04-04) – 22 June 2024 (2024-06-22)

Uppena is an Indian Telugu language soap opera premiered on 4 April 2022 airing on Gemini TV every Monday to Saturday and ended on 22 June 2024. It is available for worldwide streaming on Sun NXT. ^[1] The show stars Soniya Suresh, Sheela Singh, Swetha and Vijaya Kotla in leading roles. The serial is the official remake of tamil critically acclaimed television series Ethirneechal which was aired on Sun TV. ^[2]

Plot

Chakravarthy and Parvati left their family as they married against their parents wishes. They were supported by Parvathi's brother. Janani was born and always lived under her father Chakravarthy's shadow. Janani met her best friend Gowtham in the college though her father didn’t like. Due to events, Gowtham left college makes Janani to feel depressed. She overcomes everything and became a topper. She lives with a sister Anjana and her cousins.

Gogineni Sivaram who is a business tycoon from Vijayawada came for a wedding proposal to Janani for his brother Abhiram. Initially Janani is not willing to marry, but later accepted after knowing Abhi’s innocence. All the in-laws of Gogineni's family are well educated but treated as housewives in the house. Janani doesn’t know the truth of the Gogineni brothers and Janani thinks Saraswathi, Gayathri and Vidya work in offices.

All brothers except Abhiram are misogynistic and abusive their wives. Their children and their sister Roopa also disrespected them. Despite warnings from Vasu and respective in-laws' parents, Janani married Abhiram. Sivaram assured a MD post for Janani for the new company. Finally Janani realises the true reality and Abhiram comforts her.

Cast

Main

• Soniya Suresh as Janani, Abhiram's wife
• Sheela Singh as Saraswathi, Sivaram's wife
• Swetha as Gayathri, Raghuram's wife
• Madhu Krishnan / Vijaya Kotla as Vidya, Kalyanram's wife

Supporting cast

• Nanda Kishore as Gogineni Sivaram
• Sujith Gowda ^[3] / Kalyan as Abhiram, Sivaram's youngest brother and Janani's husband
• Suresh as Raghuram, Sivaram's younger brother
• Chakravarthy as Kalyanram, Sivaram's younger brother
• Mounika / Aadya as Roopa, Sivaram, Raghuram and Kalyanram's sister
• Deepika as Bhanumathi, Sivaram, Raghuram, Kalyanram and Abhiram's mother
• Yarlagadda Sailaja / Fathima Babu as Ghattamaneni Visalakshi: Sivaram, Raghuram, Kalyanram and Abhiram's grandmother
• Mythili Raju as Vasu, Janani's cousin
• Baby Shravya as Aishwarya, Sivaram's daughter
• Baby Geethika as Apoorva, Raghuram's daughter
• Baby Gowthami as Ikyatha, Kalyanram's daughter
• Raj Kumar as Chakravarthy, Janani's father
• Jyothi Kiran as Parvathi, Janani's mother
• Lohith as Vishwanath, Janani's uncle
• Lavanya as Janani's aunt
• Sanyu / Gaurav Varma as Gowtham, Janani's friend
• Visweswara Rao as Saraswathi's father
• J L Srinivas as SKR, Sivaram's business rival
• Sailatha as Charulatha, SKR's wife
• Karthik Prasad as Bhargav, SKR's younger brother
• Javali as Anjana, Janani's sister
• Charan as Suraj, Janani's cousin
• Veerababu as Vinod, Roopa's fiancée
• Navya as Dharani, Abhiram's ex-fiancée
• Jyothi Swaroopa as Rani, Gogineni family house maid
• K S Raju as Panakalu, Sivaram's sidekick

Adaptations

Language	Title	Original release	Network(s)	Last aired	Notes	Ref.
Tamil	Ethirneechal எதிர்நீச்சல்	7 February 2022	Sun TV	8 June 2024	Original	[4]
Telugu	Uppena ಜನನಿ	4 April 2022	Gemini TV	22 June 2024	Remake	[5]
Malayalam	Kanalpoovu കനല്പ്പൂവ്	24 July 2022	Surya TV	27 October 2024		[6]
Kannada	Janani ಜನನಿ	15 August 2022	Udaya TV			[7]
Bengali	Alor Theekana আলোর ঠিকানা	19 September 2022	Sun Bangla	15 October 2023		[8]
Marathi	Shabbas Sunbai शाब्बास सूनबाई	14 November 2022	Sun Marathi	15 July 2023		[9]

References

1. "SunNetwork - Programs [A-Z]". www.sunnetwork.in. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
2. "Uppena Gemini TV Serial Launching On 4th April - Remake Of Ethirneechal". Indian TV News. 1 April 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
3. "Actor Sujith Gowda returns to Telugu TV with Uppena- Times of India". The Times of India. 28 April 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
4. "Director Thiruselvam making comeback to Tamil TV with Ethir Neechal on Sun TV". www.news18.com. 4 February 2022. Archived from the original on 8 February 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
5. "Uppena Gemini TV Serial Launching On 4th April - Remake Of Ethirneechal". Indian TV News. April 2022.
6. "Kanalpoovu Surya TV Serial Cast". Zee News. Archived from the original on 30 June 2023. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
7. "Janani Serial Udaya TV Launching on 15th August at 09:00 PM – Monday to Saturday". IndianTVInfo.
8. "Sun Bangla New Serial Alor Theekana! Know All About From Plot to Cast". TV9 Bangla (in Bengali).
9. "The story of a girl, who from birth, was blessed to be first in everything in life, don't forget to watch the new serial "Shabbas Sunbai" only on Sun Marathi". Instagram .