Chakravakam was a serial which was telecasted on Surya TV between 2011 and 2012. This show was the return of the actor Nithin who was one of the leads in the program. This serial is a family based story with some Love added to it. The cast of this serial are Nithin, Amrutha, Neena Kurup, V. K. Baiju, Puja and Nisha Sarang. The serial was directed by V.N. Mohandas. The production was done under the banner of Sasank Pallamala Production control by Sudhakar Pallamala. This was one of the serials of Asianet of the years 2011 and 2012. The production house then made more serials under its production and V. N. Mohandas also directed serials for Surya TV and also to other channels.
The story is a simple family love story which had some realistic touch to the scenes. This was the main attraction for the serial to be liked by the Malayalam serial audience. The story is about two families which lived their life in friendly manner and happily. But that all changed after it enters a love affair. Then both the families started to hate each other which made the serial more interesting. Then one of the family members plans to break the other families’ happiness and works on it through giving bad advice. Then the relationship between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law goes to a bad face because of the wrong advice given by the family member. Then this ego clash between the relatives with some good script and writing made this serial a hit in the television industry.
‘Ruthuragalu’ was the first Telugu serial to go on air on Doordarshan. The serial went on air for more than two years without any break. It is said that the Telugu television industry is incomplete without the mention of ‘Ruthuragalu.' Not only the serial created a milestone in the television industry, even the makers of the serial, Naidu Sisters (Manjula Naidu and Bindu Naidu) became a name to get recognized in every home of Andhra. After this serial, both the sisters became the reigning queens of the small screen.
It is a general belief in those days that when the title track ‘Vasantha Sameeranla’ was heard in Doordarshan, every household in the neighborhood and life in the city would stand still. That was the magic of this popular show. Ruthuragalu's title song, ‘Vasantha Sameeranla’ was a unique hit in the television world and remains still fresh in everyone’s mind. Dr. Bunty composed the title song in this serial. It gave a good break to the composer.
The reason why this serial is considered as a mega serial is that of the serial paved way for many budding TV artists who later got name and fame in the film industry. For example, actor Prabhakar Podakandla got great fame only after being cast in this serial. Since the serial is a big hit till date, the maker of the serial takes pride of being associated with the concept that broke all TRPs in the small screen industry.
With every episode, season after season, the serial kept the viewers’ interest alive which led to the increasing count of TRP rates. This eventually paved the way for Naidu sisters to come up with many more innovative serials for the small screen. Telugu, actress Sri Divya, was a person who faced the camera at the age of three with this serial. Director Manjula Naidu spotted Sri Divya at a dance concert of her elder sister’s, and that is how Sri Divya got into acting. Initially, she was signed for a few episodes, later on, due to the public’s interest in her character, her role got extended.