Paruvu

Paruvu (transl. Honour) is an Indian Telugu-language crime thriller streaming television series written by Siddharth Naidu and directed by Siddharth Naidu and Rajashekar Vadlapati. Produced by L. S. Vishnu Prasad and Susmitha Konidela through Gold Box Entertainment,^[1][2] Pavan Sadineni worked as additional dialogue writer and, additional screenwriter along with Hussai Sha Kiran Satyavolu and Bharan Kumar Dandamudi, for the latter.^[3]

Paruvu
Official release poster
Genre	Crime Thriller
Written by	Siddharth Naidu
Directed by	Siddharth Naidu Rajashekar Vadlpati
Starring	Nagendra Babu Naresh Agastya Nivetha Pethuraj
Music by	Shravan Bharadwaj
Country of origin	India
Original language	Telugu
No. of seasons	1
Production
Executive producer	Lakshmi Saranya Potla
Producers	L. S. Vishnu Prasad Susmitha Konidela
Cinematography	Vidya Sagar Chinta
Editor	Viplav Nyshadam
Running time	30–40 minutes
Production company	Gold Box Entertainment
Original release
Network	ZEE5
Release	14 June 2024 (2024-06-14)

The series featured Nagendra Babu, Naresh Agastya and Nivetha Pethuraj in primary roles.^[4] Paruvu is based on the honour killings in India and explores the socio-political dynamics of the Amaravati (Vijayawada–Guntur) region.^[5] It was premiered on 14 June 2024 on ZEE5, and received positive review for its writing and performance of the leads.^[6][7]

Cast

• Nagendra Babu as MLA Rammayya^[8]
• Naresh Agastya as Sudheer^[9]
• Nivetha Pethuraj as Pallavi "Dolly"
• Bindu Madhavi as Queen Kavya (extended cameo appearance)
• Amit Tiwari as Kalloji
• Sunil Kommisetty as Chandrasekhar "Chandu"
• Rajkumar Kasireddy as ASI Chakravarthi
• Moin as ASI K. Anirudh Kumar "Babji"
• Praneetha Patnaik as Swathi
• Dil Ramesh as Subhasham
• Sammeta Gandhi as Bose
• DD Srinivas as father of Pallavi
• Akash Surathu as Abhi
• Raviteja Mahadasyam as Vikram
• Namrata as Jahnavi
• Bindu Chandramouli as Radha
• Anil Teja as Ranga
• Srikar Jandhyala as Akhilesh; grandson of Ramayya

Production

The series was announced as a part of ZEE5s future slate of content in June 2022.^[10][11] Well known filmmaker Pavan Sadineni stepped in as the show runner for the series.^[12][13]

Release

The series was scheduled for a worldwide release on 14 June 14, 2024.^[14] It was also dubbed and released in Tamil.^[15]

Reception

Sangeetha Devi Dundoo of The Hindu gave a highly positive review and wrote that "Paruvu is an engrossing drama that explores socio-economic-political divides in Andhra Pradesh, helped by solid writing and performances".^[16] 123Telugu gave a rating of 3.25 out of 5 and wrote similarly that, "The series benefits from solid writing and mesmerizing performances of Nivetha Pethuraj, Naresh Agastya, Naga Babu, and Praneetha Patnaik".^[17]