Abhishekam (TV series)

For the 1998 film, see Abhishekam (film).

Abhishekam
Genre	Soap opera
Directed by	Dasari Narayana Rao Haricharan Lakshmi Srinivas Venkat Sriramoju
Country of origin	India
Original language	Telugu
No. of episodes	4000
Production
Producer	Dasari Padma
Running time	22 minutes
Production company	Sowbhagya Media Ltd[1]
Original release
Network	ETV
Release	22 December 2008 (2008-12-22) – 1 February 2022 (2022-02-01)

Abhishekam (Telugu: అభిషేకం; translation: Anointing) is an Indian Telugu soap opera that aired on ETV (Telugu).^[2][3] It aired from Monday to Saturday initially during prime time and later shifted to afternoons.^[4] It premiered on 22 December 2008 and is the longest running Telugu television soap opera.^[5][6] The series went off air on 1 February 2022.

Plot

Abhishekam is a story of family relationships and human values.

Narasimham and Susheela have two children, Vinay and Sumathi. Vinay grows up hating his father because of Narasimham's alcoholism. Narasimham also harasses his wife on constant basis. Because of Narasimham Vijay's sister dies which causes Vinay to leave the house. He goes on to live with Mastaru (Eng translation Teacher) and his family in a village.

He stays with the family for twelve years during which Mastaru's daughter Rekha starts to love him. He rejects her love because of Rekha's grandmother who is against their union.

He becomes a software engineer and marries his boss's daughter Swathi.

One day he accidentally meets his mother and Mastaru. From whom he learns about critical health of Rekha. Urged by his mother and Mastaru he also marries Rekha to fulfill her last wish due to her critical status.

But to everyone's surprise Rekha recovers and comes to Vinay's home. How Vinay reacts to this and what decision he takes and how he deals with his wife Swathi in this regard forms the crux of the story.

Cast

• Ravi Kiran
• Satish
• Mounica
• Sameera Sherief
• Chinna
• Ananya
• Saimantha
• Shyamala Devi
• Bangalore Padma
• Saimithra
• Dileep Teja^[7]
• Hari Teja
• Sainadh^[8]
• Kaushik
• Madhu Babu as Parvathaneni Harikrishna
• Vishnu Priya as Sirisha, Harikrishna's wife
• Kaaruna Bhushan as Subhadhra
• Sireesha Nulu as Archana
• Siddarth Varma
• Seetha Mahalakshmi
• Mirchi Madhavi
• Vandana Gollu as Subhadhra
• Priyanka as Haritha
• Varsha as Latha
• Seethamahalaxmi as Tulasi
• Pranay Hanumadla as Dev
• Hinduja Chowdary as Training Teacher
• Rohit Sahni as Pujari
• Jyothika Bobbili as Haritha
• Nawazshaan as Chakrapani
• Rupamuggalla as Latha
• Sridevi Kumrani as Sirisha's mother
• Priya Anand
• Sai Dharam Tej

Production

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the production of the serial was halted indefinitely on 19 March 2020 and the airing stopped after inadequate bank episodes from 27 March 2020.^[9][10] Production resumed after three months on mid June 2020 and new episodes started broadcasting from 22 June 2020.^[11]

References

1. "Abhishekam 200 Episodes Celebration".
2. "never-ending-longest-running-tv-serials-in-india-telugu-tops". ap7am.com. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019.
3. "Abhishekam serial 2500 episodes Celebrations".
4. "Abhishekam ( అభిషేకం )". Archived from the original on 2 February 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
5. "More spellbinding soap gathas". Outlook. Archived from the original on 2 February 2020.
6. "Telugu Serials: మూడువేల ఎపిసోడ్‌లు పూర్తి చేసుకున్న సీరియల్స్ ఇవే!". CNN News18. 16 April 2021.
7. "Dileep Teja, a film star in the making". The Hindu. 18 May 2015. Archived from the original on 2 February 2020.
8. "nandi-tv-awards-for-2014-2015-and-2016-announced-here-are-the-winners". The Times of India. 7 May 2018. Archived from the original on 24 April 2024.
9. "Covid-19 impact: Film, serial shootings halted till March 31". The Economic Times. 16 March 2020.
10. "Soaps are out of stock: The real reason you are seeing reruns on Indian television during lockdown". The Indian Express. 31 March 2020. Archived from the original on 31 March 2020.
11. "Telugu television shows back on track". The Hindu. 20 June 2020. Archived from the original on 30 June 2020.

External links

Abhishekam at IMDb