Uppu Puli Kaaram
Uppu Puli Kaaram is a 2024 Indian Tamil-language television series, which is an official remake of the South Korean series My Father Is Strange. Directed by M. Ramesh Baarathi and Chidambaram Manivannan for Disney+ Hotstar. The show revolves around modern love, with stories on relationships in the modern generation.
The principal characters of the series include Ponvannan, Vanitha Krishnachandran, Naveen Muralidhar, Ayesha Zeenath, Ashwini Aanandita, Deepika Venkatachalam, Krishna Raghunandhan, Farina Azad, Raj Ayyappa and Pranav Mohan. It is scheduled to premiere on Disney+ Hotstar on 30 May 2024 and ended with 128 episodes on 2 January 2025. It also airs on Star Vijay from 26 October 2025 on every Sunday at 5:00 PM.
Cast
- Ponvannan as Subramani/Kasinathan "Kasi", Subbu's husband, Udhay, Chinmayi, Keerthi and Yashika's father
- * Yashwanth Sathu as young Subramani/Kasinathan "Kasi"
- Vanitha Krishnachandran as Subbalakshmi "Subbu", Subramani/ Kasi's wife, Udhay, Chinmayi, Keerthi and Yashika's mother
- * Swetha as young Subbalakshmi "Subbu"
- Naveen Muralidhar as Udhay, Subramani/ Kasi and Subbu's son, Chinmayi's younger brother Keerthi and Yashika's elder brother, Suchi's husband
- Ayesha Zeenath as Chinmayi, Kasi and Subbu's eldest daughter, Udhay's older sister, Keerthi and Yashika's elder sister, Shiva's wife
- Ashwini Aanandita as Keerthi, Kasi and Subbu's second daughter, Udhay and Chinmayi's younger sister, Yashika's elder sister, Mahi's love interest
- Deepika Venkatachalam as Yashika, Kasi and Subbu's youngest daughter, Udhay, Chinmayi and Keerthi's younger sister, Thippu's love interest turned Wife
- Raj Ayyappa in double role as
- * Thippu, real Subramani and Yashoda's son, Yashika's love interest turned husband
- * Subramani, Thippu's father, Yashoda's ex-husband, Kasi's friend
- Krishna Raghunandhan as Shiva, Chinmayi's husband, Kasi and Subbu's son-in-law, Chandrasekhar and Sharmila's son, Udhay, Keerthi and Yashika's brother-in-law
- Farina Azad as Suchithra "Suchi", Udhay's wife, Kasi and Subbu's daughter-in-law, Chinmayi, Keerthi and Yashika's sister-in-law
- Pranav Mohan as Mahendran "Mahi", Keerthi's love interest, Mohan's son, Raj's twin brother
- Kannadhasan Shanmugam as Rajendran "Raj", Mahi's twin brother, Mohan's son
- Sonia as Sharmila, Chandrasekhar's wife, Shiva's mother, Chinmayi's mother-in-law
- KPY Thidiyan as Anirudh, Shiva's friend and colleague
- KPY Yogi as Kalyan, Subbu's younger brother, Ramya Kalyan's husband, Gowtham's father, Udhay, Chinmayi, Keerthi and Yashika's maternal uncle
- Akhila Prakash as Ramya Kalyan, Kalyan's wife, Subbu's sister-in-law, Gowtham's mother
- Ranjith Ayyasamy as Sunil, Thippu's co-actor
- VJ Kalyani as Sheela, Shiva and Anirudh's colleague
- Arvind Khathare as Chandrasekhar, Shiva's father, Sharmila's husband, Chinmayi's father-in-law
- P. R. Varalakshmi as Saroja Devi, Subbu and Kalyan's mother, Kasi and Ramya's mother-in-law, Udhay, Chinmayi, Keerthi and Yashika's grandmother
- Sheela as Sharmila's friend
- Param Guhanesh as Gowtham, Kalyan and Ramya Kalyan's son, Udhay, Chinmayi, Keerthi and Yashika's cousin, Saroja Devi's grandson
- Chandrasekar Koneru as Mohan, Mahi and Raj's father, Energy Drink Business Owner and CEO
- Priyadarshini Rajkumar as Yashoda, Thippu's mother and real Subramani's ex-wife
- Perarasu as Yashoda's lawyer