Thirumathi Selvam Explained

Genre:	Soap opera
Screenplay:	V. K. Amirtharaj S. L. Amalraj
Story:	S. Kumaran
Director:	S. Kumaran
Creative Director:	M.V. Kumar B. Radha
Starring:	Sanjeev Abitha Rindhya
Theme Music Composer:	D. Imman (Title Song) Kiran (Background Score)
Opentheme:	"Sooriyanae Chandhiranae" Shweta Mohan (Vocal) Yugabharathi (Lyrics)
Country:	India
Language:	Tamil
Num Seasons:	1
Num Episodes:	1,360
Executive Producer:	A. Sundaram K. Prabhuu
Producer:	Radhika Srinivasan B. Srinivasan
Editor:	Sasi K. Basant G. V. Rajan B. Chandru S. Nielstein
Location:	Chennai
Cinematography:	S. T. Martz
Runtime:	approx. 16 minutes
Company:	Vikatan Televistas
Channel:	Sun TV (2007-2013) re-telecast Kalaignar TV (2021-2023)
Related:	Pavitra Rishta

Thirumathi Selvam is a 2007 Tamil television soap opera directed by S. Kumaran and produced by Radhika Srinivasan & B. Srinivasan for Vikatan Televistas. It stars Sanjeev and Abitha in the lead roles with Rindhya, Gautami and Vadivukkarasi played supporting roles. It premiered on 5 November 2007 and initially aired weekday afternoons on Sun TV, before being moved to 8PM on 1 December 2008.^[1] The serial ended on 22 March 2013 with 1360 episodes. Thirumathi Selvam is currently re-airing on Kalaignar TV from 29 March 2021.

The story revolves around the lead character Selvam and showed how his good qualities, hard work, and love for his wife Archana and care for his best friend Nandhini and how that made him reach great heights. Then, it shows how money, fame, and power lead to his downfall.

The serial was remade in Hindi as Pavitra Rishta^[2] under Balaji Telefilms, which aired on Zee TV, and in Malayalam as Nilavilakku which aired from 2009 to 2013 on Surya TV.

Cast

Main

• Sanjeev Venkat as Selvam, Archana's husband – male lead, a mechanic, He loved his wife Archana. But soon he completely changed into ruthless, and he lost all his wealth and family and betrayed his own family and his friend.
• Abitha as Archana Selvam – Selvam's wife – female lead. A loving a caring wife.

Supporting

• K. R. Vatsala (2007–2008); Gowthami Vembunathan (2008–2013) as Mangalabhagyam "Bhagyam", Selvam's foster mother, Vasu and Rani's mother. She made Nandhini to change into evil against Archana and Selvam's life (main antagonist) (died in serial).
• Vadivukkarasi as Sivagami, Archana's mother (Died. Killed in bomb blast).
• Vizhuthugal Santhanam as Sivaramakrishnan a.k.a. Sivaraman, Archana's father (died)
• V C Jeyamani as Poongavanam; Selvam's father and Vasu and Rani's father
• Rindhya (2007–2009; 2012–2013) as Nandhini
  • a businesswoman, Initially she one-sidedly loved him but changed after he married Archana. (episodes 1–1116)
  • But she later turned into an antagonist, because of Archana's mother, Vasu and Bhagyam (episodes 1117–1356) (died in the serial)
    • Latha Rao (2010–2011) as (Temporarily Replaced Rindhya's role as Nandhini)

Recurring

• Ceylon Manohar as Rangarajan, Nandhini's father, Selvam's well-wisher (died)
• Tinku (2007–2012); Dev Anand Sharma (2012–2013) as Vasu – Selvam's foster younger brother, Revathy's husband.
• Deepak Dinkar as Cherian aka Cherry, Kavya's husband (Antagonist) (Jailed) ^[3]
• Ragavi as Jayanthi, Archana's sister-in-law. (main antagonist)
• Supergood Kannan as Karunai Kumar, Archana's well-wisher, owner of Karunai Illam orphanage.
• Peeli Sivam as Narayanan (Periyavar), Poongavanam's elder brother, Selvam's father (died)
• Birla Bose as Vinothkumar "Vinoth" Sivaraman, Archana's brother
• Kavitha (2007–2010); Shivani (2010–2013) as Kavya Sorimuthu Aiyanaar; Cherry's wife, Archana's sister
• Archana (2007–2010); Kavya Varshini Arun (2010–2012) as Priya Dina, Archana's younger sister, Dina's ex-love interest (Died. Killed by Cherry)
• Aparna as Rani, Selvam's foster younger sister
• Sakthi Saravanan as Akash
• Soori as Amirtham, Selvam's assistant
• Swapna as Revathy Vasudevan, Vasu's wife, Rajashekar's daughter
• Vijay Anand as Dinakaran "Dheena", Chinthamani's son, Jayanthi's elder brother (antagonist)
• Priya as Chinthamani, Jayanthi and Dina's mother (antagonist)
• Satish (2008–2011); Arvind Khatare (2011–2013) as Chezhiyan "Chezhiyan", Nandhini's ex-husband
• Shravan as Dileepan, Kavya's ex-love interest
• Ramachandran Mahalingam as Rajashekar, Revathy's father
• Akila as Bhanumathi Shekhar, Archana and Selvam's old neighbour and wellwisher
• Apsara as Kavitha, Jayanthi's colleague
• Golden Suresh as Madhan Lal Seth
• Sheela as Parvathi, Karunai's mother
• Lenin as Raj Kumar, Karunai's father
• Venkat as Ranjith Kumar
• Sreedhar as Chandrashekar "Shekar", Bhanu's husband, Archana and Selvam's old neighbour
• Baby Harini as Ramya, Jayanthi and Vinodh's daughter
• Laxmi Rattan as Sushil Kumar, Selvam's business partner
• CN.Ravi Shankar as Muthu kumar
• T . Rajeswari as Dileepan's mother
• Sri Latha as Akash and Saroja's mother
• Ganesh Babu as Saroja's husband and Akash's brother-in-law

Awards and honours

Thirumathi Selvam
Wins:	31
Nominations:	38
Award1:	Mylapore Academy Award
Award1w:	1
Award1n:	1
Award2:	Sun Kudumbam Awards
Award2w:	15
Award2n:	22
Award3:	Tamil Nadu State Television Awards
Award3w:	10
Award3n:	10

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Role	Result
2007	Mylapore Academy Award ^[4]	Best Actress Award	Abitha	Archana
2008	Vivel Chinnathirai Award ^[5]	Best Actress Award (2nd Runner up)		Archana
		Best Actor Award	Sanjeev	Selvam
		Best Director Award	S. Kumaran
		Best Story Director Award	S. Kumaran
2010	Sun Kudumbam Awards 2010^[6]	Best Actor	Sanjeev	Selvam
		Best Actress	Abitha	Archana
		Best Director	S. Kumaran
		Best Serial	Thirumathi Selvam
		Best Dialogue Writer	V.K Amirtharaj
		Best Mother	Vadivukkarasi	Sivagami
		Best Mamanar	Vizhuthugal Santhanam	Sivaraman
		Best Mamiyar	Gowthami	Bagyam
		Best Sister	Aparna	Rani
		Best Negative Role Female	Ragavi	Jeyanthi
		Best Father	Jeyamani	Poongavanam
2012		Best Actress	Abitha	Archana
		Best Mother	Gauthami	Bagyam
		Best Mamiyar	Vadivukkarasi	Sivagami
		Best Serial	Thirumathi Selvam
		Best Jodi	Sanjeev & Abitha	Selvam & Archana
		Best Mamanar	V.C Jeyamani	Poongavanam
		Best Director	S. Kumaran
		Best Screenwriter	Ve. Ki. Amirtharaj
		Best Dialogue Writer	Amirtharaj
		Best Cinematographer	S.T Martz
		Best Editor	Nilstin
2009	Tamil Nadu State Television Awards – 2009^[7]	Best Series (1st)	Thirumathi Selvam
		Best Actor Male	Sanjeev	Selvam
		Best Character role Female	Vadivukkarasi	Sivagami
		Best Negative Role Female	Gowthami	Bagyam
		Best Child Actress	Harini	Ramya
		Best Character Role Male	V.C Jeyamani	Poongavanam
		Best Director Award	S. Kumaran
		Best Cinematographer Award	S.T Martz
		Best Character Role Male	Vizhuthugal Santhanam	Sivaraman
		Best Negative Role Male	R. Ramachandran	Rajasekar
		Best Background voice for Male	Karthik

Crossover

Thirumathi Selvam had a crossover with Thendral as a special episode on 1 May 2011.^[8]

Notes and References

1. News: From content shop to media major . . 6 February 2012 . 14 March 2014 . Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.
2. Web site: Did you know 'Pavitra Rishta' was the remake of THIS Tamil show?.
3. Web site: திருமதி செல்வம் vs தென்றல் . 70MM Story Reel . 3 May 2011 . 26 December 2020.
4. Web site: Chennai / Miscellany : Awards function. https://web.archive.org/web/20081028020410/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2008/10/24/stories/2008102451260900.htm. dead. 2008-10-28. The Hindu. 2008-10-24.
5. Web site: Vivel Chinnathirai Award 2008. 17 November 2009. www.southdreamz.com.
6. Web site: பிரமாண்டமான முறையில் நடந்த சன் குடும்பம் விருதுகள் வழங்கும் விழா . . 29 December 2012 . 15 December 2014.
7. Web site: Chinna thirai Television News/Tamilnadu Government Announced TV Awards. Dinamalar. 16 July 2017 . 15 December 2014.
8. Web site: திருமதி செல்வம் vs தென்றல் . 70MM Story Reel . 3 May 2011 . 26 December 2020.