Vadhuvu

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Vadhuvu
Vadhuvu poster.jpg
Promotional release poster
Genre Thriller drama
Written bySahana Dutta
Directed byPoluri Krishna
Starring
Music bySriram Maddury
Country of originIndia
Original languageTelugu
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes7
Production
ProducersSrikanth Mohta
Mahendra Soni
CinematographyRam K Mahesh
EditorAnil Kumar P
Running time17-23 minutes
Production company Shree Venkatesh Films
Original release
Network Disney+ Hotstar
Release8 December 2023 (2023-12-08)

Vadhuvu is an Indian Telugu-language thriller drama television series written by Sahana Dutta and directed by Poluri Krishna. [1] Produced by Srikanth Mohta and Mahendra Soni under the banner of Shree Venkatesh Films, it stars Avika Gor, Ali Reza and Nandu. [2] It premiered 8 December 2023 on Disney+ Hotstar. This series is an official remake of Bengali Hoichoi series Indu.

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Plot

Indu is about to get married into a mysterious family. She initially was supposed to be married to Sanjay but her sister Bhanu runs away with him. On the night before marriage, her family receives gifts from the groom's family. That includes a jackfruit that seems to have been stitched. Family opens it up to find a leaf in it.

Indu goes to her granny with the leaf and asks what it is, which turns out to be extremely poisonous devil's trumpet. On the other hand, Anand's family is also tense as he also had three failed attempts of getting married and both families want to get done with the wedding without any hiccups.

After marriage and between the ceremonies, Indu encounters many suspicious incidents which lead her to suspect on all her in-laws. Amidst this, news of her sister-in-law committing suicide takes family into storm and Indu comes to a conclusion that it is Arya, who is behind all this fassade.

Cast

Production

The series is the Telugu remake of the 2021 Hoichoi series Indu, directed by Sayantan Ghosal. [3] The principal photography of the series commenced with Avika Gor, Ali Reza and Nandu joining the cast. [2] The series was announced by Disney+ Hotstar. [4]

Reception

The series was reviewed by 123telugu [5] and ABP Desam , [6] who rated it 2.75 stars out of 5, while Hindustan Times [7] and OTTPlay [8] rated the series 3 out of 5 stars in their reviews.

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