Pandian Stores Explained

Genre:Family drama
Creator:Priya Thampi
Starring:Hema Rajkumar
Sujitha
V. J. Chitra
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:India
Language:Tamil
Num Seasons:2
Num Episodes:1600+
Cinematography:V. Venkatesh
Runtime: minutes per episode
Company:Venus Infotainment
Channel:Star Vijay
Screenplay:Priya Thampi

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, 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 (. 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

SeasonNo.of episodesOriginal broadcast
First airedLast aired
1348
190+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

Season 1

Main
Supporting
special appearance

Spin off

Pandian Stores Season 2

See main article: Pandian Stores 2.

It premiered on Star Vijay on 30 October 2023.

Reception

Season 1

CriticsThe Indian Express quoted the series as "A simple serial with no violence, hostility, envy!".[2]
RatingsThe 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 yearBARC viewership (Tamil GEC)
Impressions (in millions)RankingRef.
Week 36, 202011.4621
Week 49, 202010.9873
Week 51, 202010.0972[8]
Week 30, 202110.7613[9]
Week 32, 202112.2121[10]
Week 37, 202113.9871[11]

Production

Season 1

Casting
FilmingDue 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

Adaptations

LanguageTitleOriginal releaseNetwork(s)Last airedNotesRef.
TeluguVadinamma
వదినమ్మ
6 May 2019Star Maa21 March 2022Remake[23] [24]
KannadaVaralakshmi Stores
ವರಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಿ ಸ್ಟೋರೀಸ್
17 June 2019Star Suvarna16 April 2020[25]
MarathiSahkutumb Sahparivar
सहकुटुंब सहपरिवार
24 February 2020Star Pravah3 August 2023[26] [27]
BengaliBhaggolokkhi
ভাগ্যলক্ষী
31 August 2020Star Jalsha21 March 2021[28] [29]
MalayalamSanthwanam
സാന്ത്വനം
21 September 2020Asianet27 January 2024[30]
HindiGupta Brothers
गुप्ता ब्रदर्स
5 October 2020Star Bharat26 January 2021[31] [32]
Pandya Store
पंड्या स्टोर
25 January 2021StarPlus26 May 2024[33] [34]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Vasanth Vasi joins the cast of Pandian Stores. . 12 May 2021 .
  2. Web site: பாண்டியன் ஸ்டோர்ஸ்: வன்மம், குரோதம், பொறாமை இல்லாத ஒரு இயல்பான சீரியல்!. The Indian Express. 17 August 2019 .
  3. News: 'Pandian Stores' to celebrate Hema Rajkumar aka Meena's baby shower soon; watch. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210406041203/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/pandian-stores-to-celebrate-hema-rajkumar-aka-meenas-baby-shower-soon-watch/articleshow/78043227.cms. 6 April 2021. The Times of India. 10 September 2020 .
  4. Web site: வேட்டைக்காரன் படத்தை டிஆர்பியில் அடித்து நொறுக்கிய பாண்டியன் ஸ்டோர்ஸ் குடும்ப வளைகாப்பு விழா!. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210406040757/https://tamil.asiaville.in/article/sun-tv-vettaikaran-movie-and-vijay-tv-pandian-stores-serial-trp-clash-58874. 6 April 2021. Asiaville.
  5. News: Pandian Stores to celebrate the naming ceremony of Meena's daughter. The Times of India. 23 November 2020 .
  6. Web site: WEEK 47 - DATA: Saturday, 21st November 2020 To Friday, 27th November 2020. BARC India. https://web.archive.org/web/20201210034036/https://barcindia.co.in/data-insights. 10 December 2020.
  7. Web site: Do you know which serial was leading last week? Details released. Cineulagam.
  8. Web site: WEEK 47 - DATA: Saturday, 21th November 2020 To Friday, 27th November 2020. BARC India. https://web.archive.org/web/20201210034036/https://barcindia.co.in/data-insights. 10 December 2020.
  9. Web site: Pandian Stores back to Top 3 positions in TN with huge ratings.
  10. Web site: Pandian Stores back to No.1 in TN. https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/CSeczVnBocY . 26 December 2021 . registration.
  11. Web site: The most emotional storyline of Pandian Stores becomes the trendsetter in TN. https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/CUKzW1Mhzax . 26 December 2021 . registration.
  12. Web site: Actress Kavitha Gowda quits Pandian Stores. Behind talkies. 26 December 2018 .
  13. Web site: Tamil actor Venkat Subha dies of Covid-19 in Chennai . 29 May 2021 .
  14. Web site: 9 December 2020 . Popular TV actor and host VJ Chitra found dead in Chennai hotel room . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201209032148/https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/popular-tv-actor-and-host-vj-chitra-found-dead-chennai-hotel-room-139252 . 9 December 2020 . 9 December 2020 . The News Minute.
  15. Web site: Tamil actor Nellai Siva dies at 69 . The Indian Express . 11 May 2021 . 11 May 2021.
  16. Web site: Coronavirus: The 'serial' killer. The New Indian Express. 10 June 2020 .
  17. News: Caution is key as Tamil TV serials resume shooting, fresh episodes to air from July 27. The Hindu. 23 July 2020 . Kumar . Pradeep .
  18. Web site: Flashback Episodes of Pandian Stores. https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/CN-fxoxBBOf . 26 December 2021 . registration.
  19. Web site: Pandian Stores special episodes got terrible ratings in BARC!.
  20. Web site: Pandian Stores - Bharathi Kannama serials mega Sangamam. One India. 6 January 2020 .
  21. Web site: பாண்டியன் ஸ்டோர்ஸ், பாக்கியலட்சுமி சீரியல் சங்கமம்!. live. https://archive.today/20210406041843/https://tamil.samayam.com/tv/news/combine-of-pandian-stores-baakiyalakshmi-serial/articleshow/80787965.cms. 6 April 2021. The Times of India.
  22. Web site: How COVID-19 changed the Tamil TV serials landscape. 3 July 2021 .
  23. News: Vadinamma bags a position in the top 5 TV shows in Telugu. The Times of India. 4 July 2019 .
  24. Web site: వదినమ్మ సీరియల్‌లో ఇదే అసలైన ట్విస్ట్.... live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210405100727/https://telugu.news18.com/news/movies/vadinamma-serial-became-second-highest-ratings-in-telugu-tv-serials-mk-387836.html. 5 April 2021. CNN News18. 2 December 2019 . te.
  25. Web site: Watch Varalakshmi Stores from today. The Times of India. 17 June 2019. 14 January 2020.
  26. News: Sunil Barve and Nandita Dhuri starrer 'Sahakutumb Sahaparivar' to premiere soon. The Times of India. 30 January 2020 .
  27. Web site: 'सहकुटुंब सहपरिवार'सह सुनील-नंदिता पहिल्यांदाच येत आहेत प्रेक्षकांच्या भेटीला. 2021-01-17. Marathi Hindustan Times. mr.
  28. News: Family-drama Bhaagyalakshmi to launch on August 31. The Times of India. 25 August 2020 .
  29. Web site: মাত্র ৮ মাসের মধ্যেই বন্ধ হয়ে যাচ্ছে 'ভাগ্যলক্ষ্মী' ধারাবাহিক, অন্ধকারে কলাকুশলীরা!. CNN News18. 17 March 2021 . ba.
  30. Web site: 9 September 2020. Pandian Stores In Malayalam – Team Vaanambadi Again For Asianet. Kerala TV.
  31. Web site: Gupta Brothers: Chaar Kunware From Ganga Kinare is Star Bharat's latest offering. Tribune India. 2020-09-20.
  32. Web site: Star Bharat launches dramedy 'Gupta Brothers Chaar Kunware from Ganga Kinaare'. Best Media Info. 6 October 2020 . 2020-10-06.
  33. Web site: Pandya Store is Ramayana for the present generation. live. https://archive.today/20210220161749/https://www.gujaratimidday.com/entertainment-news/television-news/article/pandya-store-is-the-ramayana-of-present-situation-133413. 20 February 2021. Mid Day. 21 January 2021 . gu. 25 February 2021.
  34. Web site: 5 things the internet wants to know about Shiny Doshi, Kinshuk Mahajan, Alice Kaushik and Kanwar Dhillon's show Pandya Store. Pinkvilla. 1 August 2022.