Paaru is an Indian Kannada language drama series airing on Zee Kannada from 3 December 2018. The show is an official remake of Zee Telugu's TV series Muddha Mandaram. One of the longest running Kannada television soap opera, the series stars Sharath Padmanabhan, Vinaya Prasad and Mokshitha Pai in lead roles.
Summary The story revolves around Akhilandeshwari, an arrogant and rich woman. Things change when Paaru, a poor village girl, comes to live at her house.
Cast Main Mokshitha Pai as Parvathi Adithya Sharath Padmanabh as Adithya Vinaya Prasad as Akhilandeshwari
Recurring S. Narayan as Ranagallu Veerayya Deva Mansi Joshi as Anushka Siddu Moolimani as Preetham Pavitra Naik as Janani Sitara as Damini Nagendra Shah as Hanumanthu Kushi Shivu as Ananya Sushmita as Yamini Suma Shastri as Savitramma Sneha Eswar as Arundathi
Cameo Appearances Rakshith Gowda Ananya Kasarvalli
Production Filming On April 2021, Chief Minister of Karnataka B.S.Yediyurappa announced a sudden curfew effective from 26 April. On 26 May, Dileep Raj decided to move Paaru and Hitler Kalyana's shooting to Ramoji Film City at Hyderabad.
Special episodes During the COVID-19 second waves, Paaru and Gattimela aired special one-hour episodes called 'Prema Sangama'.
Impact Along with Kamali, the show hosted a meeting session for public in Bengaluru.
Broadcast The production and airing of the series was halted indefinitely in mid March 2020, due to COVID-19 outbreak in India. The show aired its remaining episode till late March.The filming and broadcast was expected to resume on June 2020 but could not. After three months, the series aired new episodes from 13 July 2025 and simultaneously on Zee5 digitally. The show had a re-run on the same network from April 2020.
Adaptations Language Title Original release Network(s) Last aired Notes Telugu Muddha Mandaram ముద్ద మందిరం 17 November 2014 Zee Telugu 27 December 2019 Original Tamil Sembaruthi செம்பருத்தி 16 October 2017 Zee Tamil 31 July 2022 Remake Malayalam Chembarathi ചെമ്പരത്തി 26 November 2018 Zee Keralam 25 March 2022 Kannada Paaru ಪಾರು 3 December 2018 Zee Kannada 16 March 2024 Marathi Paaru पारू 12 February 2024 Zee Marathi 10 February 2026 Hindi Vasudha वसुधा 16 September 2024 Zee TV Ongoing
References
External links
Paaru at ZEE5