Seetha Raman

Seetha Raman is a 2023-2024 Indian Tamil language television series which currently aired on Zee Tamil, from 20 February 2023.^[1] Sri Priyanka and Jay D'Souza play the titular roles with Reshma Pasupuleti in a pivotal role.^[2][3]

Seetha Raman
Genre	Romance Comedy Drama
Written by	Dialogues Selvam Subbaiah K. Kandaswamy
Directed by	Brahma G. Dev
Starring	Sri Priyanka Jay D'Souza Reshma Pasupuleti
Theme music composer	Vishal Chandrashekhar
Opening theme	"Seetha Kalyana..." sung by Sindhuri Vishal
Country of origin	India
Original language	Tamil
Production
Executive producer	Faisal Saleem C.S
Producer	Xavier Britto
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	22 minutes
Production company	Esthell Entertainers
Original release
Network	Zee Tamil
Release	20 February 2023 (2023-02-20) – May 4, 2024 (2024-05-04)

The story revolves around Seetha and Ram, who are forced to get married due to a mix-up. Seetha isn't liked by Ram's family due to her looks, how she wins over Ram's family and makes her marriage work forms the main part of the plot. The series final episode was aired 4 May 2024 and ended with 352 episodes.^[4]

Plot

The story revolves around Seetha, who gets married off to Ram, who was previously in love with her elder sister Mathumitha, but Mathumitha runs away as she is in love with Surya. Seetha has faced rejection largely from society and Ram's family simply due to her looks. The story revolves around Seetha and her determination to win over her husband against all odds.

Cast

Main

• Priyanka Nalkari (February–July 2023)^[5] → Sri Priyanka (July 2023–2024) as Seetha
• Jay D'Souza as Ram
• Reshma Pasupuleti^[6] as Mahalakshmi/Nancy

Recurring

• Rani^[7] / Rekha Krishnappa as Archana and Kalpana (dual role)
• Akshitha Bopaiah as Madhumitha
• R. Shyam as Surya
• Prabhakaran Chandran as Sethupathy
• Prakash Rajan as Subash Chandra Bose
• Yadhavi as Meera
• Hari Krishnan as Durai
• Maanas Chavali as Sathyan
• Saakshi Siva as Rajasekhar
• Vinodhini as Uma Maheswari
• Nancy as Anjali
• Sreepriya as Sathya
• Aiswarya Rajesh as Priya
• Egavalli as Swapna
• Meena Sellamuthu as Poornima
• Subha Geetha as Malini

Cameo appearance

• Padine Kumar as a girl who Maha rejects due to a bloody scar on her face as a result of a fight. (Episode–1)
• Niyaz Khan as an initial rival to Mahalakshmi (Episode–1)
• Senthil Kumar^[8] as Shanmugam (Episode–172)
• Amruthkalam as Anbu, Sevappi's son;Anjali's husband (2024)
• Deepa Shankar as Sevappi, Anbu's Mother, Anjali's mother-in-law. (2024)
• Sangavi as Bhuvana, Sevappi's Daughter (2024)

Production

Casting

Telugu actress Priyanka Nalkari initially played Seetha, the female lead role.^[9][10][11] Due to her marriage situations she had to stay abroad, so she quit the series in June 2023, then Sree Nidhi was approached to play the role but the team finalized Tamil film actress Sri Priyanka for the role of Seetha.^[12] Jay D'Souza, plays the male lead as Ram alongside her. Actress Rani^[13] initially played the supporting role as Archana, but later Rekha Krishnappa replaced her in that role and Reshma Pasupuleti, who rose to fame through Baakiyalakshmi joined the cast to play the pivotal role as Ram's stepmother.^[14][15] Saakshi Siva and Vinodhini play the roles of Seetha's father and mother respectively.

In end of August, actor Syed Saif was cast as Vishal, who played an negative role.^[16] In October, Naresh, a newcomer to the industry, joined the serial.^[17] In end of 16 April 2024, actor Amruthkalam was cast as Anpu.^[18] In the same month, actress Deepa Shankar was cast as Sigappi and Sankavi was cast as Sigappi's daughter.^[19]

Release

The first promo was unveiled on 31 January 2023, featuring Nalkari and revealing the title name. The second promo was unveiled on 3 February 2023, featuring Nalkari, Jay D’Souza, Reshma Pasupuleti and Akshitha Bopaiah and revealing the plot through a 2-minute song.

The show started airing on Zee Tamil on 20 February 2023, replacing Ninaithale Inikkum’s time slot.^[20]

Awards and Nominations

Award	Category	Recipient	Role	Result
Zee Tamil Kudumbam Viruthugal 2023[21]	Best Serial			Nominated
	Favorite Serial			Nominated
	Favorite Actor Female	Sri Priyanka	Seetha	Nominated
	Most Promising Actor Female			Won
	Most Popular Marumagal			Nominated
	Favorite Actor Male	Jay D'Souza	Ram	Nominated
	Most Promising Actor Male			Won
	Best On Screen Pair	Sri Priyanka & Jay D'Souza	Seetha & Ram	Nominated
	Favorite On Screen Pair			Nominated
	Best Supporting Actor Female	Rekha Krishnappa	Archana Devi	Nominated
	Best Supporting Actor Male	Maanas Chavali	Sathiyam	Nominated
	Most Popular Appa	Saakshi Siva	Rajasekhar	Nominated
	Best Villi - Villain	Reshma Pasupuleti	Mahalakshmi	Nominated
	Favorite Villi - Villain			Won
	Best Comedian	Anbu	Anbu	Nominated
		Hari Krishanan	Durai	Nominated

References

1. "New TV serial 'Seetharaman' to be launched soon; deets inside". The Times of India.
2. "Priyanka Nalkari Is All Set To Appear In Her New TV Show Seetharaman, Check Promo". News18.
3. "'நினைத்தாலே இனிக்கும்' நேரத்தில் ஒளிபரப்பாகும் 'சீதா ராமன்'!". Dinamani.com (in Tamil).
4. "Tamil TV show 'Seetha Raman' to go off-air soon". The Times of India.
5. "Actress Priyanka Nalkari quits Tamil daily soap 'Seetha Raman'". The Times of India. 16 May 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
6. "அடேங்கப்பா.. பிரியங்கா, ரேஷ்மா சம்பளம் என்ன கேட்டீங்களா?". Hindustan Times Tamil (in Tamil).
7. "Rani announces her exit from TV show Sitaraman; will Rekha Krishappa play Archana?". The Times of India.
8. "TV actor Mirchi Senthil to make a cameo appearance in the show 'Sitha Raman'". The Times of India. 13 September 2023.
9. "சீதா இங்கே.. ராமன் எங்கே? ரோஜா நாயகியின் புதிய சீரியல் ப்ரமோ வைரல்". Indian Express Tamil (in Tamil).
10. "ஜீ தமிழுக்கு தாவிய சன் டிவி நடிகை". www.instanews.city (in Tamil).
11. "Priyanka Nalkari Doing Lead Role in Zee Tamil Serial Seetharaman". www.indiantvinfo.com.
12. "சினிமாவை துரத்தும் சீரியல்கள்.. ரோஜா பிரியங்கா நடிக்கும் புதிய சீரியல் 'சீதா ராமன்'!". News18 Tamil (in Tamil).
13. "சீரியலுக்கு வரும் நாட்டாமை பட டீச்சர்... கேரக்டர் இதுதானாம்.. இனி ரசிகர்களுக்கு கொண்டாட்டம் தான்". tamil.oneindia.com (in Tamil).
14. "குக் வித் கோமாளி நிகழ்ச்சியில் சீரியல் நடிகை… ஜீ தமிழ் சீரியலில் ரோஜா பிரபலம் : டாப் 5 சீரியல்". Indian Express Tamil (in Tamil).
15. "நடிகை ரேஷ்மா இப்போது சீதா ராமன் தொடரில்". www.dinamani.com (in Tamil).
16. "Television actor Syed Saif joins the cast of Sitha Raman". The Times of India.
17. "Television actor Naresh joins the cast of Sitha Raman". The Times of India.
18. "Deivam Thandha Poove fame actor Amruthkalam joins 'Sitha Raman'". The Times of India.
19. "Cooku With Comali fame actress Deepa Shankar joins 'Sitha Raman'". The Times of India.
20. "ப்ரைம் டைம்-க்கு வந்த சீதா ராமன்… முக்கிய சீரியல் நேரம் மாற்றம் : ஜீ தமிழ் புதிய அப்டேட்". Indian Express Tamil (in Tamil).
21. "Diwali arrives early with Zee Tamil". www.medianews4u.com. 4 November 2023.

External links

• Seetha Raman at Zee5
• Seetha Raman at IMDb