Vadinamma () is an Indian Telugu-language television drama series which airs on Star Maa and streams on Disney+ Hotstar . The series premiered on 6 May 2019. This is a remake of Tamil series Pandian Stores airing on Star Vijay. It stars Sujitha (reprising her role from the original Tamil version), Prabhakar, Rajesh Dutta, Maheshwari, Raj and Priyanka. After running for three years the serial ended on 21 March 2022.
Plot It mainly focuses on the unity of a joint family headed by Sita and Raghuram, after the entry of new daughters-in-law, Shailu, Siri and Shilpa.
Cast Main Sujitha Dhanush as Seetha Mahalakshmi: Susheela's daughter; Bhaskar's sister; Raghuram's wife; Rishi's mother Krithika as Child Seetha Prabhakar as Raghuram: Gowri Shankar's son; Rajeshwari's step-son; Lakshman, Bharat and Nani's half-brother; Seetha's husband; Rishi's father Sravan Rajesh Dutta / Unknown as Lakshman: Rajeshwari and Gowri Shankar's eldest son; Bharat and Nani's brother; Raghuram's half-brother; Shailu's husband; Rishi's adoptive father Shourya as Child Lakshman Maheshwari as Shailaja aka Shailu: Janardhan and Subadhra's daughter; Lakshman's wife; Rishi's adoptive mother Raj as Bharat: Rajeshwari and Gowri Shankar's second son; Lakshman and Nani's brother; Raghuram's half-brother; Siri's husband; Vaidehi's father Chakri as Child Bharath Priyanka Naidu as Siri: Parvathi and Satyamurthy's daughter; Bharat's wife; Vaidehi's mother Ganesh Reddy as Nani: Rajeshwari and Gowri Shankar's youngest son; Bharat and Lakshman's brother; Raghuram's half-brother; Shilpa's husband Suji Thammishetty as Shilpa: Damayanti and Rajasekhar's younger daughter; Kalpana and Kishore's sister; Nani's wife
Recurring Sujatha Reddy as Rajeshwari: Gowri Shankar's widow; Lakshman, Bharat and Nani's mother; Raghuram's step-mother; Vaidehi's grandmother; Rishi's step-grandmother Shiva Parvathy / Rajyalakshmi / Nirmala Reddy as Parvathy: Satyamurthy's wife; Siri's mother; Vaidehi's grandmother Bhargav Rao as Sathyamurthy: Parvathy's husband; Siri's father; Vaidehi's grandfather Chitram Srinu as Papa Rao: Vijaya's husband; Baby's father Usha Sri as Vijaya: Papa Rao's wife; Baby's mother Rajendra as MLA Janardhan: Subadhra's husband; Shailu's father Kondaveeti Sangeetha as Damayanti: Rajasekar's wife; Shilpa, Kalpana and Kishore's mother (2021–2022) Naveena as Subadhra: Janardhan's wife; Shailu's mother Manjula Paritala as Amrutha: Raghuram's relative and fake wife; Varshita's mother Unknown as Kishore: Damayanti and Rajasekar's son; Kalpana and Shilpa's brother Baby Nandhita as Varshita: Amrutha's daughter; Raghuram's fake daughter Unknown as Kalpana: Damayanti and Rajasekar's elder daughter; Kishore and Shilpa's sister; Avinash's wife Unknown as Avinash: Kalpana's husband Unknown as Susheela: Bhaskar and Seetha's mother; Rishi's grandmother Vijay Bhargav as Bhaskar: Susheela's son; Seetha's brother; Durga's husband; Raghuram's best friend Madhulika as Durga: Bhaskar's wife
Cameo appearance
Amardeep Chowdary as Rama Sreeharsha Chaganti as Abhi Krishna Koushik as Raja Gopal Madhavi Latha as Raja Gopal's wife
Production In late March 2020, the production and broadcasting of the series halted along with all other Indian television series and films owing COVID-19 outbreak in India. It resumed after three months in June 2020.
Reception Critics The Times of India stated, "The old wine in a new bottle that celebrates middle class family emotions has struck a chord with the masses."
Viewership and ratings The series became one of the top five watched Telugu GEC after its time change from afternoon 3:00 pm (IST) to night 7:00 pm (IST) in June 2019 until again being shifted from 7:00 pm in week 49, 2020 despite being in top 3. As in December 2019, it was at second position with ratings more than about 15 TVR after Karthika Deepam.
Week and yearBARC viewership (Telugu GEC)Ref(s)Impressions (in millions)RankingWeek 31, 20198.043Week 43, 201910.362Week 49, 201910.722Week 50, 201910.442Week 8, 20208.503Week 28, 20207.233Week 33, 20208.614 Week 37, 2020 9.72 3 Week 42, 2020 10.823Week 44, 202010.393 Week 46, 2020 9.80 3 Week 48, 2020 9.87 3
Adaptations LanguageTitleOriginal releaseNetwork(s)Last airedNotes Tamil Pandian Stores பாண்டியன் ஸ்டோர்ஸ் 1 October 2018 Star Vijay 28 October 2023 Original Telugu Vadinamma వదినమ్మ 6 May 2019 Star Maa 21 March 2022 Remake Kannada Varalakshmi Stores ವರಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಿ ಸ್ಟೋರೀಸ್ 17 June 2019 Star Suvarna 16 April 2020 Marathi Sahkutumb Sahparivar सहकुटुंब सहपरिवार 24 February 2020 Star Pravah 3 August 2023 Bengali Bhaggolokkhi ভাগ্যলক্ষী 31 August 2020 Star Jalsha 21 March 2021 Malayalam Santhwanam സാന്ത്വനം 21 September 2020 Asianet 27 January 2024 Hindi Gupta Brothers गुप्ता ब्रदर्स 5 October 2020 Star Bharat 26 January 2021 Pandya Store पंड्या स्टोर 25 January 2021 StarPlus 26 May 2024 Kannada Ananda Nilaya ಆನಂದ ನಿಲಯ 10 August 2026 Star Suvarna Ongoing
References
External links
Vadinamma on Disney+ Hotstar