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{{Short description|Indian Tamil-language television drama}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox television
| image = Meenakshi Ponnunga.png
| genre = [[Drama (film and television)|Drama]]
| screenplay = Haran Prasanna
| director = L. Muthukumaraswamy (Episode 1-54) M.Shankar (Episode 55-198) Parameshwar (Episode 199-247) Ramkumar Das (Episode 248-637)
| starring = [[Sriranjani (Tamil actress)|Sriranjani]] Soundarya Reddy Aryan
| country = India
| language = Tamil
| num_seasons =
| num_episodes = 637
| list_episodes =
| composer = [[Vishal Chandrasekar]] (title track)
Rakshith K (background score)
| opentheme = "Raasi Nalla Raasi"
| editor =
| runtime = 22 minutes
| cinematography = Arjunan Karthik
| producer = Bala Sundaram
| company = Insidues Media
| camera = [[Multi-camera]]
| network = [[Zee Tamil]]
| first_aired = {{Start date|df=yes|2022|8|1}}
| last_aired = {{end date|2024|8|4|df=yes}}
| related = ''[[Radhamma Kuthuru]]''
| executive_producer = Kavidhai Senthil
}}

'''''Meenakshi Ponnunga''''' ({{Translation|Daughters of Meenakshi}}) is a 2022–2024 Indian [[Tamil language]] television drama starring [[Sriranjani (Tamil actress)|Sriranjani]] with Soundarya Reddy and Aryan in the lead roles.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://tamil.news18.com/news/entertainment/television-actress-archana-to-play-the-titular-role-in-upcoming-show-meenakshi-ponnunga-serial-in-zee-tamil-tv-778653.html | title=முதல்முறையாக சின்னத்திரையில் தடம் பதிக்கும் 'வீடு' பட புகழ் அர்ச்சனா! | date=29 July 2022 | website=News18 | language=ta}}</ref> It is an official remake of [[Zee Telugu]] TV series ''[[Radhamma Kuthuru]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.indiantvinfo.com/radhamma-kuthuru-serial-remakes/ | title=Radhamma Kuthuru Serial Remade in Other Languages – Zee Telugu Serial | website=Indian TV Info | date=3 August 2022 }}</ref> It premiered on [[Zee Tamil]] from 1 August 2022 and ended on 4 August 2024 with 637 Episodes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/meenakshi-ponnunga-to-go-off-air-aryan-shares-a-glimpse-from-the-last-day-of-shoot/articleshow/112105379.cms| title='Meenakshi Ponnunga' to go off-air; Aryan shares a glimpse from the last day of shoot| website=[[The Times of India]]| date=29 July 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/soundarya-reddy-aryan-starrer-meenakshi-ponnunga-to-go-off-air-soon/articleshow/111902633.cms| title=Soundarya Reddy-Aryan starrer 'Meenakshi Ponnunga' to go off-air| website=[[The Times of India]]| date=21 July 2024 }}</ref>

==Plot==
Meenakshi, abandoned by her husband, braves all stigma and hardships to bring up her three children. One of her daughters, Sakthi, vows to become an IAS officer and restore her mother's lost pride.

==Cast==
===Main===
* Mokshitha Pai (2022)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/kannada/mokshitha-pai-to-make-her-tamil-tv-debut-details-inside/articleshow/92698594.cms | title=Mokshitha Pai to make her Tamil TV debut; details inside – Times of India | website=[[The Times of India]] }}</ref> → Soundarya Reddy (2022–2024)<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://tamil.indianexpress.com/entertainment/zee-tamil-tv-meenakshi-ponnunga-serial-actress-changes-updates-549007/ | title=மீனாட்சி பொண்ணுங்க சீரியல் நாயகி மாற்றம்: அவருக்கு பதிலாக இனி இவர்! | website=[[The Indian Express]] | language=ta }}</ref> as Shakthi – Meenakshi and Needhimani's second daughter; Yamuna's younger sister; Durga's elder sister; Vetri's love interest and wife; Ranganayagi's daughter-in-law
* [[Archana (actress)|Archana]] (2022–2023) → [[Sriranjani (Tamil actress)|Sriranjani]] (2023–2024)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/sri-ranjani-joins-tv-show-meenakshi-ponnunga-heres-what-the-actress-has-to-say/articleshow/100760204.cms| title=Sri Ranjani joins TV show ‘Meenakshi Ponnunga’; here's what the actress has to say – Times of India| website=[[The Times of India]] }}</ref> as Meenakshi – Needhimani's first wife; Yamuna, Shakthi and Durga's mother; Karthik and Vetri's mother-in-law
* Aryan<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/baakiyalakshmi-fame-aryan-to-play-the-male-lead-in-meenakshi-ponnunga/articleshow/92853456.cms | title='Baakiyalakshmi' fame Aryan to play the male lead in 'Meenakshi Ponnunga' – Times of India | website=[[The Times of India]] }}</ref> as Vetri – Ranganayaki's son; Saranya's brother; Pooja's ex-fiancé; Shakthi's husband

===Recurring===
* [[Gayathri Yuvraaj]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/nam-iruvar-nadu-iruvar-fame-gayatri-yuvraj-to-star-in-show-meenakshi-ponnunga-5599729.html | title=Nam Iruvar Nadu Iruvar Fame Gayatri Yuvraj to Star in Show Meenakshi Ponnunga | website=[[News18]] | date=21 July 2022 }}</ref> (2022–2023) → Kavya Bellu (2023-2024) as Yamuna – Meenakshi and Needhimani's first daughter; Shakthi and Durga's elder sister; Karthik's love interest and wife
* Pranika Dhakshu as Durga – Meenakshi and Needhimani's last daughter; Shakthi and Yamuna's younger sister
* Sasilaya as Ranganayagi – Vetri and Saranya's mother; Shakthi and Ashok's mother-in-law
* Anandmouli as Singaraja – Ranganayagi's husband
* Subathira as Pushpa − Needhimani's second wife; Shanmugam's mother
* Ram Sundar as Sangili – Pushpa's brother, who wants to marry one of Meenakshi's daughters, with the intention of making their life hell.
* Prabhakaran as Needhimani – Meenakshi and Pushpa's husband; Yamuna, Shakthi, Durga and Shanmugam's father; Karthik and Vetri's father-in-law
* Suganya as Saranya – Ranganayagi's daughter; Vetri's sister; Ashok's wife
* Hema Dayal as Pooja – Vetri's ex-fiancé
* Sudharsanam (2022) → Vishnukanth (2022–2023) → Ashwin Balaji (2023–2024) as Karthik – Kokila's son; Yamuna's husband
* Aarthi Ramkumar as Kokila – Karthik's mother
* Singaraja as Kokila's husband and Karthik's father
* [[Deepa Shankar]] as Shantha – Meenakshi's friend and maid
* Vigneshwaran as Ashok – Saranya's husband
* Thidiyan as Thidiyan – Vetri's friend
* Tom Frank as Giri -Vetri's friend
* Sanjay as Shanmugam – Needhimani and Pushpa's son
* Siddharth Kapilavayi as Rohit – Pooja's ex-fiancé

===Cameo Appearances===
* [[Ajay Rathnam]] as Karuppusamy

==Soundtrack==
All the title tracks of the series was composed by [[Radhan]]. The song ''Kannala Thaakura'' was sung by Sarath Santhosh and lyrics by Ku. Karthik.

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| label = [[Zee Tamil]]
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{{track listing
| headline = Track list
| extra_column =
| title1 = Raasi Nalla Raasi
|note1 =
| extra1 =
| music1 = [[Radhan]]
| length1 = 1:31
| title2 = Kannala Thaakura
| note2 =
| extra2 =
| music2 = [[Radhan]]
| length2 = 1:30
}}

==Production==
===Casting===
Actress [[Archana (actress)|Archana]] was signed to portray the title role of Meenakshi in her first television debut. She quit the serial in April 2023 due to being unsatisfied with the storyline and in June 2023, she was replaced by [[Sriranjani (Tamil actress)|Sriranjani]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-06-05 |title=Sri Ranjani joins TV show ‘Meenakshi Ponnunga’; here's what the actress has to say |work=[[The Times of India]] |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/sri-ranjani-joins-tv-show-meenakshi-ponnunga-heres-what-the-actress-has-to-say/articleshow/100760204.cms |access-date=2023-06-11 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> Mokshitha Pai was initially selected to play the role Shakthi, by marking her debut in [[Tamil television drama|Tamil television]] but later was replaced by Soundarya Reddy in November 2022 who also made her debut in [[Tamil television drama|Tamil television]] as Mokshitha Pai quit the serial.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/kannada/exclusive-mokshitha-pai-to-debut-on-tamil-tv/articleshow/93137909.cms | title=Exclusive: Mokshitha Pai to debut on Tamil TV – Times of India | website=[[The Times of India]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-11-25 |title=Mokshitha Pai quits Tamil television show Meenakshi Ponnunga |work=[[The Times of India]] |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/kannada/mokshitha-pai-quits-tamil-television-show-meenakshi-ponnunga/articleshow/95757174.cms |access-date=2023-06-11 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> Aryan was selected to play the character Vetri, whilst Tamil motivational speaker Sasilaya was chosen to play the role of Renganayagi, Vetri's mother.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/actress-shabanas-husband-aryan-to-work-on-zee-tamils-remake-of-this-telugu-show-5437807.html | title=Actress Shabana's Husband Aryan to Work on Zee Tamil's Remake of This Telugu Show | website=[[News18]] | date=25 June 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://cinema.dinamalar.com/tamil-tv-serials/107177/Chinna-thirai-Television-News/Sasi-Laya-as-Renganayagi.htm | title=ரெங்கநாயகியாக மாறிய லயா : வைரலாகும் போட்டோஸ் | Sasi Laya as Renganayagi | date=10 August 2022 | website=Dinamalar | language=ta}}</ref>

Actress Gayathri Yuvaraj was initially played the role as Yamuna.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/actress-gayathri-yuvraj-announces-his-exit-from-the-tv-show-meenakshi-ponnuga-kavya-bellu-to-replace-her-as-yamuna/articleshow/103388167.cms | title=Actress Gayathri Yuvraj announces his exit from the TV show 'Meenakshi Ponnuga'; Kavya Bellu to replace her as Yamuna? | website=[[The Times of India]] | date=5 September 2023}}</ref> Later due to her pregnancy situations she need to stay in home, so she quit the series in September 2023, she was replaced by Kavya Bellu.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/television-actress-kavya-bellu-joins-the-cast-of-meenakshi-ponnuga/articleshow/103387269.cms | title=Television actress Kavya Bellu joins the cast of ‘Meenakshi Ponnuga’ | website=[[The Times of India]] | date=5 September 2023}}</ref> In end of January 2024, actress Shreya Anchan was cast as special Appearance.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/shreya-anchan-sidhu-meenakshi-ponnunga-cameo-appearance/articleshow/107050622.cms | title=Shreya Anchan Sidhu to make a cameo appearance in ‘Meenakshi Ponnunga’ | website=[[The Times of India]] | date=22 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/tv-actress-shreya-anchan-sidhu-to-make-a-special-cameo-appearance/articleshow/107046761.cms | title=TV actress Shreya Anchan Sidhu to make a cameo appearance in the show ‘Meenakshi Ponnunga’ | website=[[The Times of India]] | date=22 January 2024}}</ref>

== Adaptations ==
{| class="wikitable" style="margin-right: 0;"
! style="background:#E0CEF2; width:20%;"| Language
! style="background:#E0CEF2; width:24%;"| Title
! style="background:#E0CEF2; width:16%;"| Original release
! style="background:#E0CEF2; width:12%;"| Network(s)
! style="background:#E0CEF2; width:18%;"| Last aired
! style="background:#E0CEF2; width:22%;"| Notes
|-
| [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
| ''[[Radhamma Kuthuru]]'' రాధమ్మ కూతూరు
| 26 August 2019
| [[Zee Telugu]]
| 3 August 2024
| Original
|-
| [[Kannada]]
| ''[[Puttakkana Makkalu]]'' ಪುಟ್ಟಕ್ಕನ ಮಕ್ಕಳು
| 13 December 2021
| [[Zee Kannada]]
| 5 March 2026
| rowspan="10"| Remake
|-
| [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
| ''[[Uron Tubri]]'' উড়ন তুবড়ি
| 28 March 2022
| [[Zee Bangla]]
| 16 December 2022
|-
| [[Malayalam]]
| ''[[Kudumbashree Sharada]]'' കുടുംബശ്രീ ശാരദ
| 11 April 2022
| [[Zee Keralam]]
| rowspan="2"| Ongoing
|-
| [[Odia language|Odia]]
| ''[[Suna Jhia]]'' ସୁନା ଝିଅ
| 30 May 2022
| Zee Sarthak
|-
| [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]
| ''[[Dheeyan Meriyaan]]'' ਧੀਆਂ ਮੇਰੀਆਂ
| 6 June 2022
| [[Zee Punjabi]]
| 30 March 2024
|-
| [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
| ''Meenakshi Ponnunga'' மீனாட்சி பொண்ணுங்க
| 1 August 2022
| [[Zee Tamil]]
| 4 August 2024
|-
| [[Hindi]]
| ''[[Main Hoon Aparajita]]'' मैं हूं अपराजिता
| 27 September 2022
| [[Zee TV]]
| 25 June 2023
|-
| [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
| ''[[Lavangi Mirchi]]'' लवंगी मिरची
| 13 February 2023
| [[Zee Marathi]]
| 5 August 2023
|-
| [[Hindi]]
| ''[[Ganga Mai Ki Betiyan]]'' गंगा माई की बेटियाँ
| 22 September 2025
| [[Zee TV]]
| Ongoing
|-
| [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
| ''Annapurnar Lokkhira'' অন্নপূর্ণা লক্ষ্মীরা
| {{TBA}}
| [[Zee Bangla]]
| Upcoming
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|tt21446444}}
* [https://www.zee5.com/tv-shows/details/meenakshi-ponnunga/0-6-4z5190143 ''Meenakshi Ponnunga''] at [[ZEE5]]

{{Zee Tamil shows}}

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[[Category:Television shows set in Tamil Nadu]]
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[[Category:Tamil-language melodrama television series]]
[[Category:2022 Tamil-language television series debuts]]
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[[Category:2024 Tamil-language television series endings]]

Meenakshi Ponnunga - Revision history

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