Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal
Genre	Drama Family
Written by	Dialogues Padmavathy Maarimuthu
Directed by	N. Priyan Sai Marudu Pavan M. Shankar
Starring	Devayani VJ Parvathy Abhishek Shankar
Theme music composer	Sai Bharath
Opening theme	"Kanaa Unnai Kana"
Composer	Vishal Chandrasekhar (Title Track)
Country of origin	India
Original language	Tamil
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	536
Production
Executive producer	Faisal Saleem C.S
Producers	Xavier Britto Nivashini Divya (co-producer)
Cinematography	Muthuvel Srinivasan
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	approx. 20–25 minutes per episode
Production company	Esthell Entertainers
Original release
Network	Zee Tamil
Release	22 March 2021 (2021-03-22) – 20 November 2022 (2022-11-20)

Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal (transl. New Meanings) was an Indian Tamil-language family television drama that aired on Zee Tamil and streamed on ZEE5.^[1] The series premiered on 22 March 2021 and featured Devayani, Abhishek Shankar, and VJ Parvathy in the lead roles.^[2] It is an official remake of the Zee Marathi series Aggabai Sasubai.^[3] The series ended on 20 November 2022 after 536 episodes.

The plot focuses on the life of Lakshmi, a widow with a peaceful personality. She looks after her son Santhosh and cares for her father-in-law Thiruvenkadam, but does not take care of herself. After Santhosh gets married, the show focuses on how Lakshmi's daughter in law Pavithra strives to bring a little joy to Lakshmi's life. Santhosh and Pavithra try to get Lakshmi to marry her favorite chef, Hari Krishnan.

Plot

After Santhosh and Pavithra, Lakshmi goes with them to a hotel restaurant for a meal. The hotel is owned by renowned chef Hari Krishnan, who notices Lakshmi and falls for her. Lakshmi and her family return to the restaurant many more times.

Hari loves puliyodorai (tamarind rice), and especially loves the puliyodorai made in a certain temple. He is desperate to find the woman who cooks it, unaware that it is Lakshmi. When Hari learns that Lakshmi is the cook, he falls deeper in love with her. Their relationship progresses, but Prathiba, a cunning woman who despises Lakshmi, begins to plot to ruin Lakshmi's and Hari's relationship.

Prathiba uses Santhosh as a weapon against Lakshmi and Hari, as Santhosh and Hari dislike each other. Hari Krishnan is offended when Santhosh confronts him, and humiliates Santhosh in front of his colleagues. This incident worsens the relationship between Santhosh and Lakshmi.

Few months later

Hari Krishnan moves into Lakshmi's apartment as a tenant, having run into financial difficulties due to his restaurant closing because of Santhosh. This irritates Santhosh very much and he refuses to speak to Lakshmi. Hari Krishnan receives an order for food, but he rejects the order since he doesn't have a large kitchen and enough pots. Lakshmi suggests getting the help of other flatmates, which allows Hari to complete the order. Hari Krishnan then cooks in a television show that is shot in the apartment parking area, irritating Santhosh. He complains to the municipality corporation, but Pavithra clears the matter and helps the filmmakers. Santhosh thinks that Lakshmi had influenced the municipality, and quarrels with her.

When an election for municipality secretary occurs, Prathiba stands for election. Pavithra tells Lakshmi to stand for election and Lakshmi stands, irritating Prathiba. Prathiba manipulates Santhosh, who demands that Lakshmi does not stand in the upcoming election, but Pavithra supports Lakshmi. Frustrated, Prathiba plans to swap the ballot boxes after the voting, but Maddy (Hari Krishnan's personal secretary) finds out, recording their conversation and showing it to Hari.

A few months later, Aravind is introduced as an engaged man without parents to bring to his wedding. Aravind loves his fiancé so much that he cannot leave her, so he lies that his parents are abroad and they will come on the wedding day. While giving out invitations to his friends, he is involved in an car accident caused by Santosh. Lakshmi takes care of Aravind and he doesn't tell the police.

Lakshmi visits Aravind's fiancé's house with Hari, and the two plan to pretend to be Aravind's parents. On the wedding day, the fiancé's uncle speaks ill about Lakshmi for not wearing her Thali and Metti chains, but as she is a widow she cannot wear them. In response, Hari puts the chains in Lakshmi, but this enrages Thiruvenkadam and Santhosh, and they force Lakshmi into a ceremony to take off the Thali. Suddenly, Lakshmi becomes very ill and the ceremony is stopped. Hari takes care of her, but Santhosh refuses to let her come home, forcing her to stay at Hari's house for a week. Pavithra comes to Hari Krishnan's house to help take care of Lakshmi. Later, Santhosh and Thiruvenkadam allow Lakshmi to come back to their house. Lakshmi recovers and passes the time brewing tea in Santhosh's office, infuriating him.

Aadhira is introduced when she is transferred from Mumbai to Santhosh's office. Aadhira falls in love with Santhosh and wishes to marry him. Aadhira introduces her father to Santhosh, and he dies a few days later. Grieving, Aadhira asks Santhosh to stay with her, and he agrees to stay for a few nights as a supportive friend. A few days in, Aadhira becomes pregnant, but Santhosh denies having sex with her. Aadhira asks Prathiba to give a folder to Pavithra, which contains photographs of Santhosh and Aadhira in the same bed. Pavithra is furious with Santhosh, and angry with Lakshmi for supporting her son's denial. She leaves and moves in with Hari. Santhosh goes to Pavithra's house and meets her father Raghavan, where he again denies having sex with Pavithra, but Raghavan does not believe him and throws him out.

Later, Prathiba plans to steal money from the municipality. She organises for people to trick Lakshmi into giving out the bank details, and Lakshmi is framed by Prathiba when 5 lakhs are stolen. Lakshmi is arrested, and Pavithra sells her jewels to pay Lakshmi's bail. Lakshmi finds 5 lakhs cash in Santhosh's cupboard, leading to Santhosh being fired from his job.

Cast

Production

Release

Special episodes

• On its launching, the series was broadcast for one hour on two consecutive days without any commercial breaks.^[10]
• On 17 October 2021, a special episode for Hari and Lakshmi's marriage aired for two and a half hours with no breaks, and was entitled Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal Mega Thirumana Vaibhavam.
• From 13 December 2021 to 25 December 2021, this series broadcast a forty-five minutes special episode in prime time.
• On 16 January 2022, this series broadcast a two and half hour special episode about Aadhira's pregnancy, titled as Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal MEGA Sunday Kondattam.
• On 21 August 2022, this series broadcast a special episode on Sunday regarding the bailing out of Hari Krishnan, titled as Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal Sunday Special.

Adaptations

References

External links

• Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal at IMDb
• Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal at ZEE5