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Parampara

Parampara (పరంపర) is an Indian Telugu-language political crime drama web series produced by Arka Media Works and streamed on Disney+ Hotstar, later JioHotstar. It follows three generations of the powerful Naidu family of Visakhapatnam, whose internal struggle over inheritance and political authority turns into a revenge battle between the young Gopi and his uncle Naidu.¹^•² The show ran for two seasons, from 24 December 2021 to 21 July 2022, totaling 12 episodes, and was the first-ever original Telugu Hotstar Specials series.³

Key fact	Detail
Original title	పరంపర (Parampara); also listed under the alias Gharshana⁴
Platform	Disney+ Hotstar (now JioHotstar), as a Hotstar Specials original³
Seasons	Season 1: 7 episodes, 24 December 2021; Season 2: 5 episodes, 21 July 2022²^•⁵
Directors	Krishna Vijay L and Vishwanath Arigela¹
Writers	Hari Yelleti (story), with Hamza Ali and Vijay Krishna Lingamaneni also credited on season writing¹^•⁶
Producers	Shobu Yarlagadda and Prasad Devineni of Arka Media Works, the makers of the Baahubali films⁷
Lead cast	Naveen Chandra (Gopi), R. Sarathkumar (Naidu), Jagapathi Babu (Mohan Rao), Aakanksha Singh (Rachana)⁸
Episode length	30 to 59 minutes per episode; average runtime about 51 minutes¹^•⁴

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Premise

The story is set among the Naidu family of Visakhapatnam (Vizag). The patriarch Veera Naidu (Murali Mohan) is a local leader who leans toward peace; after his death, his sons Naidu (Sarath Kumar) and Mohan Rao (Jagapathi Babu) inherit his businesses and political responsibilities. Naidu, unable to accept Mohan's popularity, works to suppress his brother's influence, and the bitterness carries into the next generation.⁷

Gopi's revenge. Gopi (Naveen Chandra), Mohan Rao's son and a third-generation member of the family, resents his uncle for taking his father's position. He begins an internal war to restore his family's standing and ends up losing a great deal in return.²^•⁸ A romantic thread runs through the season with Rachana (Aakanksha Singh), who runs a news publication; what begins as a relationship of convenience turns into love.⁹

Season 2. The second season picks up with Gopi sentenced to jail, where he wins the trust of the influential Ratnakar, who opens a path to his political ambitions. After release, Gopi leaves the family house, manages Ratnakar's business, and starts an NGO, while his cousin Suresh (Ishan) and Gopi's battle for power moves onto a bigger electoral stage. Rachana, now married to Suresh, investigates the bauxite mines and her father's mysterious death.⁵^•¹⁰ The season's five episodes are titled Gamanam, Kriya, Sthaanam, Chathurangam, and Moolyam, all released on 21 July 2022.⁵

Production

Parampara was produced by Arka Media Works, the Hyderabad company behind the Baahubali films, founded by Shobu Yarlagadda and Prasad Devineni, who began as television producers before moving into features.⁷^•¹¹ It was the studio's first completed OTT release; an earlier planned Baahubali web series for Netflix had not gone into production.¹² Yarlagadda described the project as a two-year journey with Disney+ Hotstar, with the platform playing an inclusive role in developing the script, and said COVID-19 disrupted the shooting schedule and caused considerable delay.¹²

The crew included cinematographer S. V. Vishweshwar, editor Tammiraju, and composer Naresh Kumaran.¹ Director Krishna Vijay L, previously known for the films Asura and Thippara Meesam, described the series as a story of internal family conflicts blown out of proportion, shot on a massive scale across three generations.¹³ Writer Hari Yelleti said the story drew on personal experiences and covered three generations.¹⁴

Release and reception

Season 1 premiered on Disney+ Hotstar on 24 December 2021 as the platform's first original Telugu Hotstar Specials drama, alongside a Telugu digital-exclusive season of Bigg Boss Live and other regional titles.³ The first episode on the platform's official YouTube channel drew over 4.7 million views.¹⁵ Disney+ Hotstar announced the renewal in June 2022 with the tagline "Revenge comes back darker and stronger!", and season 2 arrived on 21 July 2022.⁷

Critical response. The Times of India gave both seasons 2.5 out of 5. Its season 1 review called the family rupture an interesting watch but criticized the length, saying a simple story felt overstretched with numerous characters and long episodes; the season 2 review praised the performances of Naveen Chandra, Sarath Kumar, and Jagapathi Babu but found the writing undone by overbearing rhetoric.⁹^•¹⁶ OTTplay rated season 2 at 3 out of 5, calling it a vast improvement over its predecessor in writing and editing, with a more eventful narrative, while noting that character intentions were spelled out more than necessary.¹⁰ On Plex, the show holds an audience rating of 7.1 out of 10.⁸

Place in Telugu streaming

Parampara was among the early large-scale Telugu originals on a major global platform. Producer Shobu Yarlagadda said that with its casting and production values the show pushed the bar higher for Telugu OTT filmmaking.¹² He later drew a production lesson from it, saying the team learned the perils of having an excessive number of characters and multiple locations in the long-format medium.¹¹ Arka Media Works returned to Disney+ Hotstar with later Telugu series, and a 2024 report described Yakshini as the studio's third collaboration with the platform following Parampara seasons 1 and 2.¹⁷

Databases disagree on the show's current status: TheTVDB and Plex list it as ended after two seasons, while TVmaze lists it as running.¹⁸^•⁸^•⁴ No third season has been announced in the retrieved coverage.

References

Topic: Encyclopedia › Arts and culture › Screen and stage › Film and television › Series and fictional screen worlds › International serial drama and telenovelas › South and Southeast Asian serials › Telugu serials

Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 15, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026 · Last review: Oct 25, 2026

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