Chennai : The Tamil Satellite channel “Puthuyugam” has carved a niche in the Tamil GEC market with a unique programming line-up which comprises many first of its kind programs, In line of its innovation, the channel has launched “K” series dramas in its 7PM time band and since then successfully completed two series namely “Boys over Flowers” and “IRIS”
South Korean romantic-comedy television series are famous world-wide and Puthuyugam for the first time has brought the acclaimed genre to the Tamil audience through its K Series line-up during the weekdays (Monday to Friday) at 7.00pm and a repeat at 10.30pm. After the grand success of the big budget action series “IRIS”, coming up next from 10th September 2014 is “Playful Kiss” a RomCom set in the life of a clumsy high school girl and a genius boy.
Starring Kim Hyun-joong as Joe who rose to the top of fandom after his role in the hit K Drama “Boys Over Flowers” and Jung So-min as Sania, this series is set in the high school years when the opposites attract and crush and love rule the hearts of the youngsters.
While Joe is the topper in the school and has high regards with other students and teachers alike, Sania is clumsy and scores the least in the whole school. Nevertheless, she has a crush on Joe and she dreams of him. She gathers her courage and writes a letter to Joe confessing her feelings but is rejected rudely by him, who tells her that he hates stupid girls and returns the letter having corrected all of her mistakes in the letter. She challenges to score good grades in the exams and to make Joe like her. How she does this forms the crux of the story.
After being broadcasted in multiple languages in 12 countries where it developed a strong cult following and having been streamed 70 million times online, “Playful Kiss” will reach the millions of hearts of Tamil people through Puthuyugam. Previous two series on “K” series were critically acclaimed by the youngsters in Tamil Nadu market and created a wave among the school and college students, as the series is setting a new fashion trend among this section of the audience.
