Pandian Stores

Pandian Stores
Pandian Stores Season 1
Genre	Family drama
Created by	Priya Thampi
Screenplay by	Priya Thampi
Directed by	Siva Sekar David Charlie
Starring	Kumaran Thangarajan V. J. Chitra Hema Rajkumar Sujitha Stalin Muthu Venkat Renganathan Saravana Vickram VJ Deepika Nirosha Raj Kumar Manoharan VJ Kathirvel Kandasamy Vasanth Vasi Akash Premkumar Shalini Sharanya Turadi Sundarraj
Theme music composer	Ilaiyavan
Country of origin	India
Original language	Tamil
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	1600+
Production
Producers	S. Jeyalakshmi VENUS infotainment
Cinematography	V. Venkatesh
Editors	V. Shakthi T.Vinoth Nathan
Running time	c. 18–20 minutes per episode
Production company	Venus Infotainment
Original release
Network	Star Vijay
Release	1 October 2018 (2018-10-01) – 28 October 2023 (2023-10-28)

Pandian Stores is a 2018 Indian Tamil-language soap opera airing on Star Vijay. The series has two seasons.

The first season of the series named Pandian Stores Chapter 1 – Annan Thambikalin Kadhai (transl. Pandian Stores Chapter 1 – A Story of Brothers), premiered on 1 October 2018 and ended on 28 October 2023. It starred with an ensemble cast including Kumaran Thangarajan, V. J. Chitra, Sujitha, Stalin Muthu, Hema Rajkumar, Venkat Renganathan, Saravana Vickram and VJ Deepika in the prominent roles.

As of October 2023, the series completion of 5+ years, a spin-off was introduced with the same title named Pandian Stores 2 / Pandian Stores Chapter 2 – Thandhai Sollmikka Manthiramilai (transl. "Pandian Stores Chapter 2 – Nothing Is Better Than Father's Words". The series premiered on 30 October 2023 starring Stalin Muthu, Hema Rajkumar and Venkat Renganathan from the previous season playing different roles in addition Nirosha, Raj Kumar Manoharan, VJ Kathirvel Kandasamy, Vasanth Vasi, Akash Premkumar, Shalini and Sharanya Turadi Sundarraj in other prominent roles.

Series overview

Season	No.of episodes	Original broadcast
		First aired	Last aired
1	1348	1 October 2018 (2018-10-01)	28 October 2023 (2023-10-28)
2	190+	30 October 2023 (2023-10-30)	present

Plot

Season 1

Pandian's four sons (Sathyamoorthy, Jeevanandham, Kathiravan and Jayakannan) run Pandian Stores, a famous grocery store in their hometown Kundrakudi.

Dhanalakshmi, a well-educated courageous girl, enters the life of Sathyamoorthy against her family's wishes and leads the Pandian stores family to get well settled. She raises her brothers-in-law as her sons.

Many years later, Jeeva gets engaged to Malli's younger sister, Mullai, who loved Jeeva since they were children. However, Jeeva was in love with his collegemate Meenakshi. So, Mullai marries Kathir, whilst Meena marries Jeeva. Kannan, the last son of the family, elopes with Dhanam's sister-in-law's adopted daughter Aishwarya. The rest of the story concentrates on the incidents that happen within a joint family.

The plot centres on Dhanam and how she reunites the joint family after the arrival of the new in-laws, Meena, Mullai, and Aishwarya.

Cast

Main

• Stalin Muthu as Sathyamoorthy aka Moorthy – Lakshmi and Pandian's eldest son; Jeeva, Kathir and Kannan's brother; Dhanam's husband; Lakshmana Pandian and Lakshmi Pandian's father, Gopi's cousin
• Kumaran Thangarajan as Kathiravan aka Kathir – Lakshmi and Pandian's third son; Moorthy, Jeeva and Kannan's brother; Mullai's husband; Sakthi's father
• V. J. Chitra (2018-2020)/ Kaavya Arivumani (Dec.2020-2022)/ Laavanya (2023) as Mullai as Mullai Kathiravan - Muruganandham and Parvathy's younger daughter; Malli's sister; Aishu's cousin; Kathir's wife; Sakthi's mother
• Sujitha as Dhanalakshmi aka Dhanam – Varadarajan and Kamakshi's daughter; Jaga's sister; Moorthy's wife; Lakshmana Pandian and Lakshmi Pandian's mother
• Venkat Renganathan as Jeevanandham aka Jeeva – Lakshmi and Pandian's second son; Moorthy, Kathir and Kannan's brother; Meena's husband; Kayal's father
• Hema Rajkumar (2018-2023) as Meenatchi aka Meena – Janarthanan's elder daughter; Jeeva's wife; Kayal's mother
  • Kavitha Gowda (2018) as Meena (Promo only)
• Saravana Vickram as Jayakannan aka Kannan – Lakshmi and Pandian's youngest son; Moorthy, Jeeva and Kathir's brother; Aishu's husband' Karthick's father
• Vaishali Thaniga (2020)/ VJ Deepika Lakshmana Pandian (2021;2023)/ Saai Gayatri Bhuvanesh (Aug.2021-2023) as Aishwarya aka Aishu – Kasthuri's sister's daughter; Mullai's cousin; Kannan's wife; Karthick's mother

Supporting

• Sheela as Lakshmi – Muruganandham's sister; Pandian's widow; Moorthy, Jeeva, Kathir and Kannan's mother; Lakshman and Kayal's grandmother (2018-2021) (Dead)
• Shanthi Williams as "Pillaiyar Patti" Parvathy – Muruganandham's wife; Malli and Mullai's mother; Kasthuri's aunt
• S.T.P. Rosary as Muruganandham aka Murugan – Lakshmi's brother; Parvathy's husband; Malli and Mullai's father
• David Solomon Raja as Jaganathan aka Jaga – Varadarajan and Kamakshi's son; Dhanalakshmi's brother; Moorthy's best friend; Kasthuri's husband
• Meena Sellamuthu as Kasthuri – Jaga's wife; Akash's mother
• Sumangali as Kamakshi – Varadarajan's wife; Jaganathan and Dhanalakshmi's mother
• Venkat Subha (2018-2020) / Ravi Chandran (2021-2023) as Janardhanan – Meena's father; Kalaivani's husband
• Sri Vidhya Shankar as Kalaivani – Meena's mother; Janarthanan's wife
• Harsha Nair as Mallika aka Malli – Muruganandham and Parvathy's elder daughter; Mullai's sister; Bhaskar's widow; Prashant's stepmother; Moorthy's ex-fiancée
• Vasanth Vasi (2020-2022) / Mahesh Subramanian (2023) ^[1] as Prashanth – Bhaskar's son; Malli's step-son; Aishu's ex-fiancé; Shwetha's husband
• Vinuja Vijay (2018-2019) / Keerthi Vijay (2019-2022) / Bhavyashree (2023) as Shwetha – Meena's cousin; Kalaivani's niece; Prashanth's wife
• Yogeshwaran as Senthilnathan: Kathir's best friend; Padma's husband
• Myna Nandhini as Padma Senthilnathan: Senthilnathan's wife
• Kowsalya Senthamarai as Naagalakshmi: Meena and Swetha's grandmother; Kalaivani's mother
• Nellai Siva (2018-2020) / Theni Murugan (2022-2023) as Kumaresan: A friend and faithful employee of Pandian Stores
• Sathya Sai Krishnan as Meherunissa: Kannan's ex-love interest is also his neighbour. She is Muslim (2020-2021)
• Gokul Krishnan as Saravanan: A worker in Pandian Stores and Kathir's friend
• Deepa as Selvi: Moorthy, Jeeva, Kathir and Kannan's cousin sister (2018–2020)
• Madhan as Maheshwaran: Kathir and Senthil's best friend; Rathi's husband (2020)
• Akshaya as Rathi Maheshwaran: Mahesh's wife (2020)
• Baby Hema as Harshita: Selvi's daughter (2019–2020)
• Master Nikhil as Aakash: Jaganathan and Kasthuri's son; Aishwarya's cousin brother; Kamakshi's grandson (2018)
• Jayanthi Narayanan as Kasthuri's mother; Aishwarya and Akash's grandmother
• Baby George as Vasuki: Kasthuri's elder sister; Aishwarya's mother (Dead) (2019)
• Jeya Lakshmi as Begum: Meher's mother (2020)
• Prakash Rajan as Sethupathi
• Rajashekar as Pandian
• Sulakshana as Raasathi - Janartanan's sister
• R. Aravindraj as Varadarajan
• Krishna Kumar as Baskar: Malli's husband; Prashanth's father (2018; 2021)

Mahasangamam Bharathi Kannamma

• Roshini Haripriyan as Kannamma – Shanmugam and Shenbagam's daughter; Baakiyalakshmi's step-daughter; Anjali's half-sister; Bharathi's wife. (2020)
• Arun Prasad as Dr. Bharathi – Soundarya and Venu's elder son; Shruti and Akhilan's brother; Hema's former love-interest; Kannamaa's husband. (2020)
• Kanmani Manoharan as Anjali – Shanmugam and Baakiyalakshmi's daughter; Kannamma's half-sister; Akhilan's wife. (2020)
• Agilan Pushparaj as Akhilan – Soundarya and Venu's younger son; Shruti and Bharathi's brother; Anjali's husband. (2020)

Mahasangamam Baakiyalakshmi

• K. S. Suchitra Shetty as Baakyalakshmi: Karpagam's daughter; Gopi's ex-wife; Chezhiyan, Ezhil and Iniya's mother. (2021-2022)
• Sathish Kumar as Gopinath "Gopi": Moorthy's cousin, Ramamoorthy and Eshwari's son; Baakiya's ex-husband; Radhika's second husband; Chezhiyan, Ezhil and Iniya's father; Mayura's step-father. (2021-2022)
• Reshma Pasupuleti as Raadhika: Kamala's daughter; Chandru's sister; Rajesh's ex-wife; Gopi's second wife; Mayura's mother; Chezhiyan, Ezhil and Iniya's step-mother, Baakiyalakshmi's friend. (2021-2022)
• S. T. P. Rosary as Ramamoorthy: Sundaram's brother; Eshwari's husband; Gopi's father; Chezhiyan, Ezhil and Iniya's grandfather; Mayura's step-grandfather. (2021–2022)
• Rajyalakshmi as Eshwari: Ramamoorthy's wife; Gopi's mother; Chezhiyan, Ezhil and Iniya's grandmother; Mayura's step-grandmother. (2021–2022)
• Velu Lakshmanan (2021) / Vikash Sampath (Jun.2022–present) as Chezhiyan: Baakiya and Gopi's elder son; Radhika's step-son; Ezhil and Iniya's brother; Mayura's step-brother; Jenny's husband. (2021–2022)
• Divya Ganesan as Jennifer aka Jenny: Joseph and Maria's daughter; Chezhiyan's wife. (2021–2022)
• VJ Vishal as Ezhilan aka Ezhil: Baakiya and Gopi's younger son; Radhika's step-son; Chezhiyan and Iniya's brother; Mayura's step-brother. (2021–2022)
• Rithika Tamil Selvi as Amritha: Ganesh's ex-wife; Nila's mother. (2022)
• Neha Rajesh Menon as Iniya: Baakiya and Gopi's daughter; Radhika's step-daughter; Chezhiyan and Ezhil's sister; Mayura's step-sister. (2021–2022)
• Rithika Tamil Selvi as Amritha: Ganesh's ex-wife; Nila's mother. (2022)
• Baby Kritisha as Nila: Ganesh and Amritha's daughter; Ezhil's step-daughter; Yazhini's step-cousin. (2022)
• Sherine Farhana as Mayura: Radhika and Rajesh daughter; Gopi's step-daughter; Chezhiyan, Ezhil and Iniya's step-sister. (2021–2022)

Mahasangamam Thamizhum Saraswathiyum

• Deepak Dinkar as Thamizharasan Natesan "Thamizh" - Kothai and Natesan's elder son; Karthikeyan and Raagini's brother; Saraswathi's love interest. (2021)
• Nakshatra Nagesh as Saraswathi Thamizharasan - Chokkalingam and Vasuki's elder daughter; Tamizh's love interest. (2021)
• Meera Krishna as Kodhainayagi Natesan, Natesan's wife; Thamizh, Karthik and Raagini's mother (2021)
• Ramachandran Mahalingam as Natesan, Kodhai's husband; Thamizh, Karthik and Raagini's father (2021)
• Navin Vetri as Karthikeyan Natesan, Kodhai and Natesan's younger son; Thamizh's younger brother and Vasundhara's husband; Ragini's elder brother (2021)
• Dharshna Sripal Golecha as Vasundhra Devi Karthikeyan, Karthik's wife and Chandrakala's daughter (2021)
• Lavanya Manickam as Raagini, Kodhai and Natesan's daughter; Thamizh and Karthik's younger sister (2021)
• KPY Yogi as Namachivayam, Thamizh's best friend.(2021)
• Rekha Krishnappa as Chandrakala Devi, Vasundhara and Aditya's mother (2021)
• Syed Saif as Adithya (Adhi), Chandrakala's son and Vasundhara's elder brother (2021)
• Kayal Vizhi as Abitha (Abi), Kothai's housemaid (2021)

Spin off

Pandian Stores Season 2

Main article: Pandian Stores 2

It premiered on Star Vijay on 30 October 2023.

Reception

Season 1

Critics

The Indian Express quoted the series as "A simple serial with no violence, hostility, envy!". ^[2]

Ratings

The highest TRP in week 36 the special episode of the character Meena's baby shower aired on 11 September 2020, garnered 11.462 million impressions becoming the most watched Tamil GEC program of the week and the first Star Vijay program to enter the top five. ^{[3] [4]} The special three-hour episode of the naming ceremony of Meena's baby aired on 23 November 2020 in week 49 garnered 10.987 million impressions occupying third position. ^{[5] [6] [7]}

Week and year	BARC viewership (Tamil GEC)
	Impressions (in millions)	Ranking	Ref.
Week 36, 2020	11.462	1	[4]
Week 49, 2020	10.987	3	[7]
Week 51, 2020	10.097	2	[8]
Week 30, 2021	10.761	3	[9]
Week 32, 2021	12.212	1	[10]
Week 37, 2021	13.987	1	[11]

Production

Season 1

Casting

• Kavitha Gowda was signed to play the role Meenakshi (Meena), but left the serial after making only a promo appearance. She was then replaced by Hema Rajkumar. ^[12]
• Venkat Subha had played the role Jaganathan, but after his death, he was replaced by Ravichandran. ^[13]
• V. J. Chitra initially played the role of Mullai. She was replaced by Kaavya Arivumani, due to her sudden death. After that, in October 2022, Kavya announced her exit in the serial. Mullai is currently played by Lavanya. ^[14]
• Nellai Siva, a well known supporting actor, played the role Kumaresan, His character was written out of the serial after his death due to COVID-19. ^[15]
• Vaishali Taniga initially played the role of Aishwarya but she left in December 2020 and was replaced by VJ Deepika Lakshmanapandian until September 2021. After that the role was temporarily given to Sai Gayathri, but VJ Deepika came back in March 2023 as Aishwarya.

Filming

Due to the COVID-19 outbreak in India, Pandian Stores, and all other Indian television series and films production were suspended from 27 March 2020. ^[16] The show commenced telecasting new episodes from 27 July 2020. ^[17]

Crossovers and special episodes

Season 1

• On 11 September 2020, Pandian Stores held a three-hour non-stop special episode titled Pandian Stores: Kudumba Valaikappu Vizha for Meena's baby shower. ^[3]
• On 23 November 2020, Pandian Stores Kulandaiyin Peyar Suttum Vizha held a three-hour non-stop special episode for Meena's Baby's name function. ^[5]
• On 29 and 30 April 2021, Pandian Stores held two-and-a-half-hour non-stop special episodes titled Pandian Stores: Sathyamoorthy Dhanam Thirumana Vaibogam for Moorthy and Dhanam Marriage. ^[18]
• From 22 to 27 July 2021, Pandian Stores celebrated Dhanalakshmi's baby shower. ^[19]
• On 2019, Pandian Stores had a week of crossover episodes with Bharathi Kannamma (episodes 327–331). ^[20]
• On 2021, Pandian Stores had crossover episodes with Baakiyalakshmi from February 5 to February 28. ^{[21] [22]}
• It had a crossover with Thamizhum Saraswathiyum from November 15, 2021, to November 28, 2021.

Adaptations

Language	Title	Original release	Network(s)	Last aired	Notes	Ref.
Telugu	Vadinamma వదినమ్మ	6 May 2019	Star Maa	21 March 2022	Remake	[23] [24]
Kannada	Varalakshmi Stores ವರಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಿ ಸ್ಟೋರೀಸ್	17 June 2019	Star Suvarna	16 April 2020		[25]
Marathi	Sahkutumb Sahparivar सहकुटुंब सहपरिवार	24 February 2020	Star Pravah	3 August 2023		[26] [27]
Bengali	Bhaggolokkhi ভাগ্যলক্ষী	31 August 2020	Star Jalsha	21 March 2021		[28] [29]
Malayalam	Santhwanam സാന്ത്വനം	21 September 2020	Asianet	27 January 2024		[30]
Hindi	Gupta Brothers गुप्ता ब्रदर्स	5 October 2020	Star Bharat	26 January 2021		[31] [32]
	Pandya Store पंड्या स्टोर	25 January 2021	StarPlus	26 May 2024		[33] [34]

References

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External links

• Pandian Stores at Disney+ Hotstar
• Pandian Stores at IMDb