Chinna Papa Periya Papa

Chinna Papa Periya Papa
GenreSitcom
Written byRadaan Mediaworks
Directed byS. N. Sakthevel
Suki Moorthy
M A Mani
Creative directorRadhika Sarathkumar
StarringNalini
Sripriya
Nirosha
Jangiri Madhumitha
Kalpana
Seema
Devadarshini
V. J. Chitra
Theme music composerDhina (Season 1)
Vijay Antony (Season 2 and 3)
Opening theme"Chinna Papa Periya Papa"
(Vocals)
Pushpavanam Kuppusamy (Season 1)
Vijay Antony[1] (Season 3)
Kadhal Mathi (Lyrics)
Country of originIndia
Original languageTamil
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes455
Production
ProducerRadhika Sarathkumar
Production locationChennai
CinematographyP. Dharma
EditorsK. Sathiyabalan
V.Muthukrishnan
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running timeapprox. 45 - 50 minutes per episode
Production companyRadaan Mediaworks
Original release
NetworkSun TV
Release2000 (2000) –
5 May 2018 (2018-05-05)

Chinna Papa Periya Papa is an Indian-Tamil language sitcom television series that aired on Sun TV. Over eighteen years, Chinna Papa Periya Papa has rolled out four seasons. The first season was premiered on 2000. The series is produced by Radhika Sarathkumar under the banner of Radaan Mediaworks.

It stars Sripriya, Nirosha, Kalpana, Seema, Nalini, Devadarshini, M. S. Bhaskar, Madan Bob, Suresh Chakravarthi, Delhi Kumar, V. J. Chitra and Vasu Vikram. The story is about the arguments and love and hate between daughter-in-law (Periya Papa) and mother-in-law (Chinna Papa). The male lead does a balancing act between mother and wife.

Series overview

Season No.of episodes Original broadcast
First aired Last aired
1 63 2000 2002
2 218 2003 2006
3 175 2014 2018
4 245 2024 present

Plot

Season 1

The first season of Chinna Papa Periya Papa was set in 1999. Chinna Papa is a wealthy woman who lives in Indra Nagar, who loves money and showing off. She is married to Vasudevan and has a son Harish. Harish is married to Periya Papa aka Kavitha. Pattabi is Periya Papa's brother-in-law who stays with the family. The series is about funny situations in their home which usually ends up in a bad note, mostly with the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law duo's fight and the men getting in between and wacked. Pattabi becomes Chinna Papa's sidekick and aids in many situation to help the family gain more money, but as usual, it ends up bad for the whole family or a few members of the family. Following the abandonment of his sister-in-laws family in season 1.

Season 2

Pattabi is adopted by another Chinna Papa, Periya Papa family leading to a new cast in season 2. A new addition of Periya Papa's son, Pizza is introduced. Similar hilarious situation follow them as well.

Season 3

Season 3 is once again with Chinna Papa and Periya Papa and Pattabi joining the family. Pazhani, Chinna Papa's husband from season 2, is married to Chinna Papa from season 3.

Cast

Season 1 (2000 - 2002):

Season 2 (2003 - 2006):

  • Sripriya as Chinna Papa (Ep. 1 — 51)
    • Kalpana as Chinna Papa (Ep. 52 — 106)
    • Seema (Ep. 107 — 167)
    • Nalini as Chinna Papa (Ep. 168 — 218)
  • Nirosha as Periya Papa (Ep. 1 — 106)
    • Pallavi Menon as Periya Papa (Ep. 107 — 167)
    • Devadarshini as Periya Papa (Ep. 168 — 218)
  • M. S. Bhaskar as Pattabi
  • Mohan Raman as Vasudevan
  • Vijay Sarathy as Harish (Chinna Papa's son and Periya Papa's husband)
  • Delhi Kumar as Bakthavachalam (Periya Papa's father)
  • Chaams as Chidambaram
  • Vasu Vikram as Pazhani
  • Vikram Khanna as Pizza

Season 3 (2014 - 2018):

  • Nalini as Chinna Papa
  • V. J. Chitra as Periya Papa
  • Jangiri Madhumita as Pappu
  • Nirosha as Kakinada Kanaga Durga, Pappu's mom
  • Kurinji Nathan as Kopalakrishnan (Koki), Chinna Papa's younger son and Pappu's husband
  • Sheva Raj as Vajrakomban (Vajju)
  • Vetrivelan as Balakrishnan (Balki), Chinna Papa's elder son and Periya Papa's husband
  • Delhi Kumar as Bakthavachalam (Periya Papa's father)
  • Lollu Sabha Seshu
  • Monkey Ravi
  • Lollu Sabha Palaniappan

Production

Casting

The show initially starred Sripriya and Nirosha in a title role. Then, after episode 52, Sripriya's role was replaced by actress Kalpana followed by actress Seema and finally the role was replaced by Nalini. Actress Devadharshini replaced Nirosha's role. Actor M. S. Bhaskar[2] was cast as Pattabi for all 3 seasons.

After a few years the series started with a fresh season with a new cast, which included, in addition to Nalini and Nirosha, Actress V. J. Chitra was introduced as Periya Papa along with Jangiri Madhumitha.[3] It aired on every Saturday at 10:30PM IST.[4]

References

  1. ^ சின்ன பாப்பா பெரிய பாப்பா சீரியல் பாடலை பாடியது இந்த முன்னணி நடிகர் தானா! வீடியோவுடன் இதோ [Popular actor sings for Chinna Papa Periya Papa] (in Tamil). cineulagam.com.
  2. ^ “சின்ன பாப்பா பெரிய பாப்பா”வில் நடித்த அந்த காட்சி.. கமல் திட்டுனாரு! எம்.எஸ் பாஸ்கர் ஓப்பன் அப் [Chinna Papa Periya Papa fame M. S. Bhaskar openup Kamal Scolded]. Oneindia (in Tamil). 6 April 2014.
  3. ^ "Chinna Papa Periya Papa new Season on Sun TV". tamil.filmibeat.com.
  4. ^ "Chinna Papa Periya serial". dinakaran.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.