Vadinamma (transl.Sister-in-Law) 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.[1] 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.[2]
Bhargav Rao as Sathyamurthy: Parvathy's husband; Siri's father; Vaidehi's grandfather
Chitram Seenu 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.[3][4] It resumed after three months in June 2020.[5]
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."[6]
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.[7][8][9] As in December 2019, it was at second position with ratings more than about 15 TVR after Karthika Deepam.[10]
