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. 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.
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 / 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.TamilEthirneechal எதிர்நீச்சல்7 February 2022Sun TV 8 June 2024Original TeluguUppena ಜನನಿ 4 April 2022Gemini TV22 June 2024RemakeMalayalamKanalpoovu കനൽപ്പൂവ്24 July 2022Surya TV27 October 2024 KannadaJanani ಜನನಿ 15 August 2022Udaya TVBengaliAlor Theekana আলোর ঠিকানা19 September 2022Sun Bangla15 October 2023 MarathiShabbas Sunbai शाब्बास सूनबाई14 November 2022Sun Marathi15 July 2023
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