Palunku (TV series)

Palunku was an Indian Malayalam-language soap opera. The show premiered on 22 November 2021 on Asianet. It stars Tejas Gowda and Tonisha Kapileswarapu in lead roles along with Subramanian Gopalakrishnan, Rajesh Hebbar and Lakshmi Priya in pivotal roles. It aires on Asianet and on-demand through Disney+ Hotstar. It is an official remake of Bengali TV series Khorkuto. The show ended on 30 December 2022.

Synopsis
Worlds and values clash when headstrong and rich girl Nila meets aristocratic Deepak, a scientist. Adding fuel to this fiery combination in his family

Main

 * Tejas Gowda/ Tanuj Menon as Deepak: A young scientist
 * Kushi Sampath Kumar / Tonisha Kapileswarapu as Nila: Deepak's wife
 * Anjali Hari as scientist Arunima: who loves Deepak

Recurring

 * Subramanian Gopalakrishnan as Yadhu: Deepak's elder brother
 * Lakshmi Balagopal as Karthika: Yadhu's wife
 * Rajesh Hebbar as Dr. Anirudhan: Nila's father
 * Anjali Hari as Arunima
 * Lakshmi Priya as Anuradha: Anirudhan's sister and Arunima's mother
 * KPAC Rajkumar as Janardhanan
 * Siva Kavitha as Padma Prabha
 * Vijayan Karanthoor as Mukundan: Yadhu's father
 * Rasitha Aneesh as Saumini
 * Ala S Nayana as Dr.Vimala: Nila's mother
 * Jolly Easo as Saradha: Yadhu's mother
 * Julie Hendry as Salma: Arunima's best friend
 * Anjali Vinod as Samantha: Deepak's friend
 * Sreekanth as 'Vadival' Sajeevan
 * Sumi santhosh as Pavithra
 * Roshna Thiyyath
 * Jeeja Surendran

Guest

 * Sreejith Vijay as Nikhil: Nila's elder brother (died in the serial)
 * Gayatri Arun as herself
 * Devika Unni
 * Julie Henry as Salma

Reception
The show launched on 22 November 2021 at 8:30 PM IST. From beginning it doesn't got a good viewership. On 27 March 2022, the show is moved to afternoon slot of 1:30 PM due to low TRP and launch of Bigg Boss Season 4. The show ended on 30 December 2022 due to poor viewership.