Palunku () is an Indian Malayalam-language soap opera. The show premiered on 22 November 2021 on Asianet. It stars Tejas Gowda and Tonisha Kapileswarapu in lead roles along with Subramanian Gopalakrishnan, Rajesh Hebbar and Lakshmi Priya in pivotal roles. It airs on Asianet and on-demand through Disney+ Hotstar. It is an official remake of Bengali TV series Khorkuto. The show ended on 30 December 2022.
Synopsis Worlds and values clash when headstrong and rich girl Nila meets aristocratic Deepak, a scientist. Adding fuel to this fiery combination is his family.
Cast Main Tejas Gowda/ Tanuj Menon as Deepak: A young scientist Kushi Sampath Kumar / Tonisha Kapileswarapu as Nila: Deepak's wife Anjali Hari as scientist Arunima: who loves Deepak
Recurring Subramanian Gopalakrishnan as Yadhu: Deepak's elder brother Lakshmi Balagopal as Karthika: Yadhu's wife Rajesh Hebbar as Dr. Anirudhan: Nila's father Lakshmi Priya as Anuradha: Anirudhan's sister and Arunima's mother KPAC Rajkumar as Janardhanan: Deepak's father Siva Kavitha as Padma Prabha: Deepak's aunt Vijayan Karanthoor as Mukundan: Yadhu's father Rasitha Aneesh as Saumini: Deepak's mother Ala S Nayana as Dr.Vimala: Nila's mother Jolly Easo as Saradha: Yadhu's mother Julie Hendry as Salma: Arunima's best friend Anjali Vinod as Samantha: Deepak's friend Sreekanth as 'Vadival' Sajeevan Sumi santhosh as Pavithra: Yadhu's sister Roshna Thiyyath as Sreeja Deva Dileep as Manya Jeeja Surendran as Durga Aadil Mohammed as Naveen: Pavithra's son
Guest Sreejith Vijay as Nikhil: Nila's elder brother (died in the serial) Gayatri Arun as herself Devika Unni
Adaptations LanguageTitleOriginal releaseNetwork(s)Last airedNotesRef.BengaliKhorkuto খড়কুটো17 August 2020Star Jalsha21 August 2022OriginalTamilNamma Veetu Ponnu நம்ம வீட்டு பொண்ணு16 August 2021Star Vijay25 March 2023RemakeMarathiThipkyanchi Rangoli ठिपक्यांची रांगोळी4 October 2021Star Pravah18 November 2023MalayalamPalunku പളുങ്ക്22 November 2021Asianet30 December 2022HindiKabhi Kabhie Ittefaq Sey कभी कभी इत्तेफाक से3 January 2022StarPlus20 August 2022KannadaJenugudu ಜೇನುಗೂಡು21 February 2022Star Suvarna30 September 2023
Reception The show launched on 22 November 2021 at 8:30 PM IST. From beginning it doesn't got a good viewership. On 27 March 2022, the show is moved to afternoon slot of 1:30 PM due to low TRP and launch of Bigg Boss Season 4. The show ended on 30 December 2022 due to poor viewership.
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