Pandian Stores | |
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![]() Pandian Stores Season 1 | |
Genre | Family Drama |
Created by | Priya Thampi |
Screenplay by | Priya Thampi |
Directed by |
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Starring |
Sujitha V. J. Chitra Hema Rajkumar Stalin Muthu Kumaran Thangarajan 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 | 1,800+ (as of June 2024, combining both seasons) |
Production | |
Producers |
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Cinematography | V. Venkatesh |
Editors |
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Running time | c. 18–20 minutes per episode |
Production company | Venus Infotainment |
Original release | |
Network | Star Vijay |
Release | 1 October 2018 28 October 2023 | –
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 Sujitha, Stalin Muthu, V. J. Chitra, Hema Rajkumar, Kumaran Thangarajan, 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.
Season | No.of episodes | Original broadcast | |
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First aired | Last aired | ||
1 | 1348 | 1 October 2018 | 28 October 2023 |
2 | 190+ | 30 October 2023 | present |
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.
It premiered on Star Vijay on 30 October 2023.
The Indian Express quoted the series as "A simple serial with no violence, hostility, envy!". [2]
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) | ||
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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] |
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]
Language | Title | Original release | Network(s) | Last aired | Notes | Ref. |
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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] |
Pandian Stores | |
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![]() Pandian Stores Season 1 | |
Genre | Family Drama |
Created by | Priya Thampi |
Screenplay by | Priya Thampi |
Directed by |
|
Starring |
Sujitha V. J. Chitra Hema Rajkumar Stalin Muthu Kumaran Thangarajan 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 | 1,800+ (as of June 2024, combining both seasons) |
Production | |
Producers |
|
Cinematography | V. Venkatesh |
Editors |
|
Running time | c. 18–20 minutes per episode |
Production company | Venus Infotainment |
Original release | |
Network | Star Vijay |
Release | 1 October 2018 28 October 2023 | –
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 Sujitha, Stalin Muthu, V. J. Chitra, Hema Rajkumar, Kumaran Thangarajan, 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.
Season | No.of episodes | Original broadcast | |
---|---|---|---|
First aired | Last aired | ||
1 | 1348 | 1 October 2018 | 28 October 2023 |
2 | 190+ | 30 October 2023 | present |
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.
It premiered on Star Vijay on 30 October 2023.
The Indian Express quoted the series as "A simple serial with no violence, hostility, envy!". [2]
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) | ||
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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] |
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]
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] |