Roja (Rose Flower) is a 2018 Tamil languagefamily soap opera which is directed by V. Sadashivam, starring Sibbu Suryan and Priyanka Nalkari in lead roles and Shamili Sukumar in pivotal role. It started airing on Sun TV from 9 April 2018 and completed its 300th episode on 12 April 2019.^[1]The show is produced by Saregama^[2][3]

• 2Cast
• 3Original soundtrack

Synopsis[edit]

Roja (Priyanka) is a girl who loses her parents and is raised in an orphanage. She later meets her father (Rajesh) without knowing his identity and when her life becomes critical she will need his help. Later Roja gets married to renowned Lawyer Arjun (Sibbu Suryan) on a contractual basis for one year and they pretend to be a happy couple in front of his family.

Arjun receives Roja's consent to dissolve the marriage after exactly one year by getting signatures in the divorce agreement. Roja accepts this agreement so that Arjun could become involved in a case related to her foster father. Arjun dislikes love and marriage (due to his traumatic past involving his friend Venu's demise), but indulges in the contractual marriage to save himself from the arranged marriage by his parents. Initially Arjun's family, except his mother and siblings, dislike Roja and try to separate them, but in vain. But soon, everyone accepts Roja except Arjun's grandmother, aunt and uncle. At one point Arjun realises he is in love with Roja and tries to make her realise his love for her.

Cast[edit]

Main[edit]

• Priyanka Nalkari as Roja Arjun Prathap
• Sibbu Suryan as Arjun Prathap
• Shamili Sukumar as Priya and Fake Anu. (Main Antagonist)

Supporting Cast[edit]

• Gayathri Shastry as Kalpana Prathap (Arjun’s mother)
• Vadivukkarasi as Annapoorani Vijayakumar(Arjun's grandmother)
• 'Eeramana Rojave' Shiva as Prathap (Arjun's father)
• Venkat Renganathan as Ashwin Prathap (Arjun's younger brother)
• Smriti Kashyap as Pooja, Ashwin's love interest
• Rajesh^[4] as 'Tiger' Manickam (Roja's biological father and a popular criminal lawyer)
• K. Natraj as Shanthamurthy (Roja's foster father and orphanage caretaker)
• Sumathi Sri as Sumathi
• Ramya Shankar as Yashodha Balachandran (Arjun's aunt)
• Dev Anand Sharma as Balachandran (Yashodha's husband)
• Dubbing Janaki as Baalu's mother
• S. V. S. Kumar as Baalu's father
• Akhila Ramanamoorthy as Deepa Prathap (Arjun's younger sister)
• Hussain A. K. as Navaneetha Krishnan (Naveen), Arjun's assistant
• Sowmya Sharada as Saakshi Maruthanayagam (Maruthanayagam's daughter)
• Sowmiya Ravindran as Shwetha (Roja's friend and housemate)
• Girish as Sethu ('Tiger' Manickam's brother)
• Shoba Rani as Theivanai Sethu (Sethu's wife)

Cameo Appearances[edit]

• Dr. Sharmila as Shenbagam Manickam
• Nadhiya as herself
• Rani as Indrasena
• Anuradha Krishnamoorthy as Judge Sivagami
• Ujjayinee Roy as Chamundeshwari

Original soundtrack[edit]

Title song[edit]

It was written by lyricist Arun Bharathi, composed by the music director X.Paulraj, and sung by M. M. Manasi.

Soundtrack[edit]

Remake[edit]

The series has been remade in Kannada language as Sevanthi broadcast on Udaya TV from 25 February 2019, Telugu language with the same name (Roja) broadcast from 11 March 2019 on Gemini TV and in Malayalam language as Rose to be broadcast on Surya TV^[5]

Awards and nominations[edit]

Crossover Episodes[edit]

• From 13 May 2019 - 18 May 2019 in Episodes 325 - 330 Roja had a crossover with Lakshmi Stores.

International broadcast[edit]

The series was released on 9 April 2018 on Sun TV and also airs on Sun TV HD. The show was also broadcast internationally on Channel's international distribution. It airs in Sri Lanka, South East Asia, Middle East, United States, Canada, Europe, Oceania, South Africa and Sub Saharan Africa on Sun TV.

• The show's episodes are released on YouTube channel Saregama TV Shows Tamil after the original telecast.
• It airs in Sri Lanka, South East Asia, Middle East, United States, Canada, Europe, Oceania, South Africa and Sub Saharan Africa on Sun TV and Sun TV HD.
• The drama has episodes on the Sun Nxtapp. ^[6]
• It is also available via the internet protocol television service Lebara Play, Lyca TV and YuppTV.
• It airs on Sri Lanka Tamil channel on Shakthi TV every Monday to Friday at 11:00 (SST) from 18 March 2019 with Sinhala subtitles and PEO TV.

References[edit]

1. ^'Roja serial Time Slot'. timesofindia.indiatimes.com.
2. ^'Roja Serial on Sun TV' (in Tamil). Saregama.
3. ^'Roja New serial Telecast on Sun TV'. www.sunnetwork.in.
4. ^'மீண்டும் சின்னத்திரைக்கு வந்தார் ராஜேஷ்' (in Tamil). cinema.dinamalar.com. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
5. ^'Roja serial Telugu Remake info'. timesofindia.indiatimes.com.
6. ^'With Sun NXT, Sun TV Network steps foot in the burgeoning digital streaming space of India'. thetechportal.com 16 October 2018.

External links[edit]

• Official Website(in English)
• Sun TV Network(in English)
• Sun Group(in English)

Priyanka Nair is an Indian model-turned-actress who works mainly in Malayalam-language films.^[1] She made her debut in the Tamil film Veyyil in 2006.^[2] She gained critical acclaim for her roles in Bhoomi Malayalam , Vilapangalkappuramand Jalam.^[3]

Personal life[edit]

Priyanka is married to Tamil movie director/actor Lawrence Ram on 23 May 2012 in Trivandrum.^[4] They have a son Mukund Ram born on may 18 2013.^[5] The couple filed for a divorce in 2015^[6]

Career[edit]

Priyanka completed her Higher Secondary School Certificate Studies and studied Physics at the Mar Ivanios College in Trivandrum, Kerala.^[7] During that time, she was also acting part-time in several Malayalam television series including Umakkuyil, Megham and Akashadoothu.^[8] She considered acting in serials as 'just time pass' and went on to add that she never intended to act in films, but rather wanted to be a lecturer.^[7] She made her feature film debut in the Vasanthabalan-directed Tamil drama film Veyyil (2006) that was produced by director Shankar,^[9] in which she starred along with Pasupathy. Her debut Malayalam film was Kichamani MBA (2007) that featured her in a supporting role. The following year she starred in T. V. Chandran's Vilapangalkkappuram along with Suhasini and Biju Menon; her performance earned her the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress.^[10]Rediff named her the top Malayalam actress of 2009, citing that she 'came up with a scintillating performance'.^[11] She rose to popularity after appearing opposite Mohanlal in Ividam Swargamanu.^[12]

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Awards[edit]

Kerala State Film Award

• 2008 – Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress- Vilapangalkkappuram

• 2008 – Second Best Actress – Vilapangalkkappuram

Filmography[edit]

Television[edit]

Serials

• Thaarattu(DD)
• Sthreejanmam (Surya TV)
• Umakkuyil(DD)
• Megham (Asianet)
• Swarnamayooram (Asianet )
• Aakashadoothu (Surya TV)

Program

• Celebrity kitchen magic (Kairali t.v.) as Judge

References[edit]

1. ^'Mathrubhumi - Kerala News, Malayalam News, Politics, Malayalam Movies, Kerala Travel'. mathrubhumi.com. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
2. ^'Mathrubhumi - Kerala News, Malayalam News, Politics, Malayalam Movies, Kerala Travel'. mathrubhumi.com. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
3. ^'State Film Awards (2000–12)'. Kerala State Chalachitra Academy. Archived from the original on 7 July 2015. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
4. ^'Actress Priyanka Nair is now married'. The Times of India. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
5. ^'Malayalam News, Kerala News, Latest Malayalam News, Latest Kerala News, Breaking News, Online News, Malayalam Online News, Kerala Politics, Business News, Movie News, Malayalam Movie News, News Headlines, Malayala Manorama Newspaper, Breaking Malayalam News,'. ManoramaOnline. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
6. ^''Veyil' Actress Priyanka Nair Files Divorce Plea Against Tamil Film-Maker Lawrence Ram'. International Business Times. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
7. ^ ^ab'Destination Tinsel town'. The Hindu. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
8. ^'The Hindu : Metro Plus Thiruvananthapuram / Cinema : STAR trek'. hindu.com. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
9. ^'Kerala actress Priyanka says no to skin show'. IBNLive. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
10. ^'Kerala State Film Awards announced'. Sify. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
11. ^'Top Malayalam actresses of 2009'. Rediff. 30 December 2009. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
12. ^'Mathrubhumi - Kerala News, Malayalam News, Politics, Malayalam Movies, Kerala Travel'. mathrubhumi.com. Retrieved 26 September 2015.

External links[edit]

• Priyanka Nair on IMDb