Sembaruthi


Sembaruthi is a Tamil-language drama on Zee Tamil starring Karthik Raj, Shabana Shajahan and Priya Raman. It is a remake of Muddha Mandaram, a serial in Zee Telugu. It is currently airing every Monday to Saturday during prime time.

Synopsis

The story about a rich, strong-willed and stubborn woman, Akhilandeshwari and her elder son Aadhithya's intense love story with Parvathi, a servant working as a cook and how issues spiral out of control to affect their relationship. And also his brother Arun and his wife Aishwarya supports them. Their marriage would be the plot of the story and how the pair faces various turmoils occurring in the form of Vanaja and her cronies forms the rest of the story.

Cast

Main cast

This title was taken from a 1992 Sembaruthi feature film starring Prashanth Thiagarajan, Bhanumathi and Roja. The English meaning of this title is Hibiscus.

Reception and impact

This show created a history in Tamil television by becoming the first non Sun TV show to top the TRP charts. The show had marked history being dominating the ratings chart and maintaining its No. 1 position in Tamil Nadu for 24 weeks.
Currently, it is giving a tough competition to Nayagi of Sun TV Roja with a minor change in its position in ratings.
On August 2019, Zee Tamil held a grand event to celebrate the success of Sembaruthi.

Lingustic Versions

The show is remade into Malayalam under the title Chembarathi which is being aired on Zee Keralam and also as Paaru on Zee Kannada.
Sl.noLanguageTitleOriginal releaseNetworkEpisodes
1TeluguMuddha Mandaram
ముద్ద మందిరం
17th November 2014 – 26 December 2019Zee Telugu1580
2TamilSembaruthi
செம்பாருதி
9 October 2017-presentZee TamilOngoing
3 MalayalamChembaruthi
ചെമ്പരതി
26th November 2018-presentZee KeralamOngoing
4KannadaParu
ಪಾರು
21st December 2018-presentZee KannadaOngoing

Broadcast

The Series was released on 16 October 2017 on Zee Tamil and from 16 October 2017 on Zee Tamil HD. The Show was also broadcast internationally on Channel's international distribution.