Roja (transl. Rose) is an Indian Telugu language soap opera directed by Hariprasad Gattreddy aired on Gemini TV from 11 March 2019 to 27 March 2020. It is a remake of Tamil television series of the same name on Sun TV. The serial was interrupted by the COVID-19 lockdown. The serial initially starred Sharanya Turadi Sundarraj, but she was later replaced by Princy B Krishnan, Munna as protagonists and Priyanka in pivotal role. The serial was stopped abruptly due to COVID-19 lockdown.
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Plot
Roja is an optimistic girl who was raised in an orphanage. Due to some unexpected turns of events, she met with her biological father but they both don't know about the reality. On the other hand, the male lead Arun Raj, criminal lawyer hates love and marriage but falls in love with Roja. Now, how it all happens and how Roja comes to know about her biological father.
Cast
Main
Sharanya Turadi Sundarraj / Princy B Krishnan as Roja Arun / Anu
Munaf "Munna" Rahman as Arun Raj: A criminal lawyer
Priyanka as Priya: fake Anu
Supporting
Jackie as Pratap: Arun, Ashwin and Deepa's father
Sailatha as Kalpana: Arun, Ashwin and Deepa's mother
Taruntej as Ashwin: Arun's younger brother
Shabeena as Pooja
Sri Lakshmi as Annapurna: Arun, Ashwin and Deepa's grandmother
Nirmala Reddy as London Chamundeswari: Annapurna's elder sister
Anil as Chandrakanth: Roja's biological father
Dwarakesh Naidu as Satyamurthy: Roja's foster father and Premalayam Ashramam caretaker
Gowri as Sakshi
Gopal Krishna Akella as Naveen: Arun's assistant
Aditya as Pooja's father
Durga Devi as Pooja's mother
Vijay Yadav as Sambhaiah, Sakshi's uncle
Lavanya as Rajyam: Arun, Ashwin and Deepa's aunt
Krishna Teja as Bala Krishna: Rajyam's husband
Nirmala as Sumathi
Sindhuja as Deepa: Arun's younger sister
Venu Kshatriya as Vishal
Srinivas as Chalapathi: Chandrakanth's younger brother
Srilatha as Triveni: Roja's mother (cameo appearance)
Former lead
Sharanya Turadi Sundarraj as Roja (replaced by Princy B Krishnan)
Purna Sai as Santhosh: Roja's friend
Bramar as Ashwin (replaced by Taruntej)