Mumbai: Zee Kannada has announced a new fiction show "Puttakkana Makkalu" that will premiere on 13 December and air every Monday to Friday at 7:30 p.m.

Former minister and National Award-winning actress Umashree is all set to make a comeback to the small screen with this fiction show. She will be seen playing the lead role of the mother of three daughters – Puttakka.

Along with Umashree, stars like Manju Bhashini, Ramesh Pandit, Karthik Mahesh, Hamsa Sarika Raj, Renuka, Guru Hegade, Sunanda Hospet and other budding actors like Sanjana, Akshara, Shilpa, Nisha, Dhanush as well as Santhosh and Gajendra of "Comedy Kiladigalu" fame are a part of the star cast.

Aruru Jagadish of "Jothe Jotheyali" fame is directing this show, while JS Productions is producing it. The co-producers on board for the show are Pradeep Ajri and Pareekshit MS, while the story is being developed by the Zee Kannada team and the screenplay and dialogues by Satyaki. The title song of the serial is already a hit with lyrics written by Harshapriya and music by Poornachandra Tejaswi and sung by Panchama Jeeva.

Based in Devipura in Mandya district, "Puttakkana Makkalu" follows the hardships of Puttakka. After her husband abandons her for not giving birth to a male child, her life starts revolving around her three daughters - Sahana, Sneha, and Suma.