''No.1 Kodalu'' was an Indian

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television series aired on Zee Telugu from 9 December 2019 to 9 July 2022. It stars Sudha Chandran,

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and Jai Dhanush in lead roles.

Plot

The story revolves between two women, Vagdhevi and Saraswathi. Vagdhevi is a business entrepreneur, who is looking for an educated girl for her son Rahul. Saraswathi is an illiterate woman with a kind and good heart. After a series of consequences, Rahul marries Sarasu. He hides the truth from Vagdhevi and introduces her as maid and named as Vani. Rahul educates her to get a good impression from Vagdhevi. Finally Vagdhevi accepts her as daughter-in-law.

Cast

Main

as Saraswathi aka Sarasu/Brahmini/Vani; Rahul's wife; Vagdhevi and Arun Prasad's daughter-in-law ** Baby Sahrudha as Young Sarasu * Jai Dhanush as Rahul; Vagdhevi and Arun Prasad's son * Sudha Chandran as Vagdhevi; Arun Prasad's wife; Rahul, Teja and Navya's mother

Recurring

* Anshu Reddy as Preethi ** Meghana Khushi as Preethi ** Usha Vaibhavi as Preethi * Suresh as Arun Babu; Vagdevi's husband * Kranthi as Teja; Vanaja's husband * Sireesha as Uma; Sarasu's mother * Sri Rithika as Vanaja; Teja's wife ** Hrithi as Vanaja * Jackie as Jagannadham; **

Saakshi Siva Saakshi Siva is an Indian television and film actor who acts in Tamil and Telugu language films. He is best known for his role in the serial ''Anandham''. He is currently acting in serials like Maunaragam, No.1 Kodalu, and Akka Mogudu. Per ...

as Jagannadham; Sarasu's father * Siddu as Chakri * Vasudha as Manasa * Naveena as Nagamani * Anusha Susarla as Maggie * Akarsh Byramudi as Arjun * Bhavana Reddy as Arjun's mother * Rajitha as Katyayani * Kalluru Kondareddy as Katyayani's son * Neeraja Valisetty as Shyamala * Sidhu as Chakri * Numa Chandar as Navya ** Paddu as Navya * Abhilasha as Chakri's fake wife * Manjula Paritala as Lawyer * Madhu Reddy as Judge * Bobby as Varun * Vijaya as Savitri: Brahmini's mother * Balaji as Narayana; Brahmini's father * Chalapathi Chowdary as Eeshwar Prasad * Saraswati Chalapathiraju as Ekambharam; Vaghevi's personal assistant * Pravallika as Priya * Durga Prasad as Abhi * Rithika as Surekha * Jaya Prakash as Unknown * Abhishek Yannam as Rishi

Cameo appearances

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as Karan *

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as Shambhavi: Vagdevi's sister * Baby Aahana Burfi as Vagdevi: Shambhavi, Karan's daughter *

Shivashankar ''Shivashankar'' is a 1990 Indian Kannada-language film, directed by H. R. Bhargava and produced by Bhargava and Rajaram. The film stars Vishnuvardhan, Shobhana, Ramesh Bhat and Mukhyamantri Chandru. The film has musical score by Rajan–Nagen ...

as * Yeshashwi as Singer * Chaitanya as Singer * Gayathri as Singer

Adaptations

Production

Filming

Due to the COVID-19 outbreak in India, No.1 Kodalu and all other television series and film shootings were suspended from March 19, 2020. Three months later, shooting was permitted and commenced from June, 2020. The series commenced telecasting new episodes from June 22, 2020.

Title song

References

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External links

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