Pandian Stores 2
| Pandian Stores 2 | |
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| Created by | Priya Thambi |
| Written by | Priya Thambi Dialogue Gireesh |
| Screenplay by | Priya Thambi Vasudevan |
| Directed by | V.C. Ravi (Episode 1-84) I.David (Episode 85-present) |
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| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Tamil |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 460+ |
| Production | |
| Producers | K. Jayalakshmi Venus Infotainment |
| Cinematography | R. Bala Gurunathan V.Venkatesh V.Shakthi T.Vinoth Nathan |
| Editor | Parithiselvan |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production company | Venus Infotainment |
| Original release | |
| Network | Star Vijay |
| Release | 30 October 2023 – present |
| Related | |
| Pandian Stores | |
Pandian Stores 2 – Thandhai Sollmikka Manthiramilai (transl. Pandian Stores 2 – Nothing Is Greater Than Father's Words) is a 2023 Indian-Tamil language soap opera directed by V.C. Ravi and it is a spiritual spin-off of the 2018 series Pandian Stores, starring Stalin Muthu, Nirosha, Venkat Renganathan, VJ Kathirvel Kandasamy and Akash Premkumar.[1] It was premiered on 30 October 2023.
Plot
[edit]The story's main plot is derived from Em Magan, which revolves around rival families and their problems.
The non-screened flashback: Pandian works as a laborer in Muthuvel-Sakthivel brother's Grocery Shop. He falls in love with their only sister Gomathi and they both elope and get married. Their children include Kuzhali, Saravanan, Senthilnathan, Kathiravan, and Arasi. Pandian and Muthuvel-Sakthivel hold grudges against each other due to past conflicts with each other. Pandian runs his supermarket named "Pandian Stores" and wants to succeed. He expects obedience from his children. Gomathi's youngest brother Pazhanivel stays with them as he loves his sister's family. Pandian builds a house in front of Muthuvel-Sakthivel house, which irritates them.
On screen story: Conflicts began when Senthilnathan, the second son of Pandian decides to marry Meena without the knowledge of his family. His younger brother Kathiravan helps them. Pandian goes to their house and punishes Kathiravan for helping them instead of Senthil and Meena. Soon, Pandian admits them to his house, but he has a strong hatred towards Kathiravan. Meena, a government employee who regularly goes to work by bus befriends Raji, the only daughter of the Muthuvel-Sakthivel family.
One day, Raji elopes with all the gold ornaments in her house with a man. Gomathi, Meena, and Kathir who have gone for a family function accidentally see Raji in a hotel. They learn that Raji had been betrayed by the man she loved for the gold ornaments. On considering both the family's prestige, Gomathi calms her and decides to marry Raji, her niece to her son Kathir. Kathir does so on the insistence of his mother. Back at Pandian's house, they are both rejected then later accepted by Pandian's family. This marriage has now further widened the conflict between the two families. Raji's family asks for the gold she took but Kathir saves her by saying that he sold all the gold.
Pandian questions Kathir's financial contribution to the family. Despite Kathir being a college student, he joins a part-time food delivery job and gives his entire salary to the family and Raji. Kathir was also helpful to Raji with her studies. Meena also becomes supportive of them. Soon, the family seeks an alliance for Saravanan. And, they met up with Thangamayil's family. Thangamayil's parents were greedy regarding the Pandian family's wealth. They pretend to be rich and make duplicate gold ornaments for her marriage. After the marriage but Meena and Raji doubted it from the beginning of the marriage itself. Thangamayil was overprivileged by Pandian because she was selected as the best daughter-in-law by him. Thangamayil takes the opportunity and always proves her privilege. On her mother's advice, Thangamayil creates problems in the family. Raji decides to take tuition at their home so that she can financially help for Kathir. She told her idea to Gomathi. But Gomathi failed to convey it to Pandian and get permission. Pandian gave a list of works for Senthil to do at free time at Chennai. Though Meena wants to spend time with him, Senthil had much work to do. So, he switched off his phone and took Meena to Marina Beach. Meena sent their pictures to Raji. Mayil also saw the picture. Silently Mayil informs Pandian about Senthil who is not attending Pandian's phone call and spends time at the beach. So Pandian scolds Senthilnathan. Mayil laughs out loud which intensifies Meena's hatred towards her. All of them doubt and dislike her behavior, except Pandian and Saravanan. Disobeying Gomathi's words, Mayil daily brings lunch to her father-in-law Pandian and her husband Saravanan at their workplace. Gomathi dislikes this. Meena and Raji develop Gomathi's temper and she scolds Mayil for disobeying. She then orders not to deliver lunch to Pandian.
Cast
[edit]Main
[edit]- Stalin Muthu as Pandian: (2023−present)
- Gomathi's husband; Kuzhali, Saravanan, Senthil, Kathiravan and Arasi's father; Kumaravel and Raaji's uncle
- Nirosha as Gomathi Pandian: (2023−present)
- Pandian's wife; Kuzhali, Saravanan, Senthil, Kathiravan and Arasi's mother;
- Gandhimathi's daughter; Muthuvel and Sakthivel's younger sister and Pazhanivel's elder sister; Kumaravel and Raaji's aunt
- Baakiyalakshmi's friend; Raadhika's cousin (Mahasangamam Baakiyalakshmi −2024)
- VJ Kathirvel Kandasamy as Saravanan Pandian: (2023−present)
- Pandian and Gomathi's eldest son; Kuzhali 's younger brother, Senthil, Kathiravan and Arasi's elder brother; Thangamayil's husband
- Gandhimathi's grandson; Muthuvel, Sakthivel and Pazhanivel's nephew; Kumaravel's and Raaji's cousin
- Vasanth Vasi (2023–2024) / Venkat Renganathan (July 2024–present) as Senthilnathan Pandian "Senthil":
- Pandian and Gomathi's second son; Kuzhali, Saravanan's younger brother, Kathiravan and Arasi's elder brother; Meena's husband
- Gandhimathi's grandson; Muthuvel, Sakthivel and Pazhanivel's nephew; Kumaravel's and Raaji's cousin
- Akash Premkumar as Kathiravan Pandian "Kathir": (2023−present)
- Pandian and Gomathi's youngest son; Kuzhali, Saravanan, Senthil's younger brother and Arasi's elder brother, Raaji's husband
- Gandhimathi's grandson; Muthuvel, Sakthivel and Pazhanivel's nephew; Raji and Kumaravel's cousin
Supporting
[edit]- Rajkumar Manoharan as Pazhanivel: (2023–present)
- Gandhimathi's youngest son; Muthuvel, Sakthivel and Gomathi's youngest brother; Suganya's second husband.
- Kumaravel and Raaji's fathers's younger brother, Kuzhali, Saravanan, Senthil, Kathir and Arasi's uncle
- Raadhika's cousin (Mahasangamam Baakiyalakshmi −2024)
- Chandhini Prakash as Suganya - Maari's cousin sister; Pazhanivel's wife (2025−present)
- Sharanya Turadi Sundarraj as Thangamayil: (2024−present)
- Saravanan's wife; Sudar's sister; Manickam and Bakiyam's elder daughter
- Hema Rajkumar as Meenakshi Senthilnathan "Meena": (2023−present)
- Senthil's wife, Shanthi and Tahsildar Ravi's daughter
- Shalini as Rajeshwari Kathiravan "Raaji": (2023−present)
- Muthuvel and Vadivu's daughter; Kathir's wife
- Gandhimathi's granddaughter; Gomathi, Sakthivel and Pazhanivel's niece; Kuzhali, Saravanan, Senthil, Kathir, Arasi and Kumaravel's cousin
- Kannan's ex-lover
- Sathya Sai Krishnan as Arasi: (2023−present)
- Pandian and Gomathi's younger daughter; Kuzhali, Saravanan, Senthil and Kathir's younger sister
- Gandhimathi's granddaughter; Muthuvel, Sakthivel and Pazhanivel's niece; Kumaravel's and Raaji's cousin. Kumaravel's love interest
- R Karuna Vilasini as Kuzhali: (2023−present)
- Pandian and Gomathi's elder daughter; Saravanan, Senthil, Kathir and Arasi's elder sister
- Gandhimathi's granddaughter; Muthuvel, Sakthivel and Pazhanivel's niece; Kumaravel's and Raaji's cousin
- Srilekha Rajendran as Gandhimathi: (2023−present)
- Muthuvel, Shakthivel, Pazhanivel and Gomathi's mother
- Kumaravel, Raji, Kuzhali, Saravanan, Senthil, Kathir and Arasi's grandmother.
- Ajay Rathnam as Muthuvel: (2023−present)
- Gandhimathi's eldest son; Sakthivel, Gomathi, and Pazhanivel's eldest brother; Vadivu's husband; Raaji's father
- Kumaravel's father's elder brother; Kuzhali, Saravanan, Senthil, Kathir and Arasi's uncle
- Raadhika's cousin(Mahasangamam Baakiyalakshmi −2024)
- Gayathri Priya as Vadivu: (2023−present)
- Muthuvel's wife and Raji's mother
- Gandhimathi's daughter-in-law; Kuzhali, Saravanan, Senthil, Kathir, Arasi and Kumaravel's aunt
- Pondy Ravi as Sakthivel: (2023−present)
- Gandhimathi's second son; Muthuvel's younger brother, Gomathi and Pazhanivel's second elder brother; Maari's husband; Kumaravel's father
- Kuzhali, Saravanan, Senthil, Kathir, Raji and Arasi's uncle
- Raadhika's cousin(Mahasangamam Baakiyalakshmi −2024)
- Reehana.B (2023-2024) / Sai Madhavi (2024−present) as Maari
- Sakthivel's wife and Kumaravel's mother
- Gandhimathi's daughter-in-law; Kuzhali, Saravanan, Senthil, Kathir, Raji and Arasi's aunt
- Sakthivel Adhi Meena as Kumaravel: (2023−present)
- Sakthivel and Maari's son; Raaji's cousin brother
- Gandhimathi's grandson; Muthuvel, Gomathi and Pazhanivel's nephew; Kuzhali, Saravanan, Senthil, Kathir,and Arasi's cousin; Arasi's love interest
- Unknown as Kuzhali's husband (2023−present)
- Theni Murugan as Kumaresan - a faithful employee of Pandian Stores run by Pandian (2023−present)
- Saivam Ravi as Manickam: Bakiyam's husband; Thangamayil and Sudar's father (2024−present)
- Gowthami Vembunathan as Bakiyam: Manickam's wife; Thangamayil and Sudar's mother (2024−present)
- Sofia as Sudar: Thangamayil's sister; Bakiyam and Manickam youngest daughter (2024−present)
- Ravi Chandran as Tahsildar Ravi: Shanthi's husband; Meena's father (2023−present)
- Sri Vidhya Shankar as Shanthi: Ravi's wife; Meena's mother (2023−present)
- Nethaji Suriya as Kannan: (2023−present)
- Raji's ex-lover
- David Solomon Raja as Sivanesan; Umayal's husband; Sadeesh's father; Pandian's relative (2025−present)
- Sai Lakshmi as Umayal; Sivanesan's wife; Sadeesh's mother; Pandian's relative (2025−present)
- Merwin Balaji as Sadeesh: Sivanesan and Umayal's son (2025–present)
Mahasangamam Baakiyalakshmi
[edit]- KS Suchitra Shetty as Baakiyalakshmi "Baakiya": (2024)
- Gopi's ex-wife; Radhika's friend; Gomathi's friend
- Sathish Kumar as Gopinath "Gopi": (2024)
- Baakiyalakshmi's ex-husband; Radhika's second husband
- Reshma Pasupuleti as Radhika: (2024)
- Muthuvel, Sakthivel, Gomathi, and Pazhanivel's cousin; Baakiyalakshmi's friend; Gopinath's second wife
- VJ Vishal as Ezhilan "Ezhil": (2024)
- Gopi and Baakiyalakshmi's younger son; Raadhika's stepson; Amrita's second husband; Nila's stepfather; Iniya's brother
- Akshitha Ashok as Amritha: (2024)
- Ezhil's wife and Nila's mother
- Neha Menon as Iniya: (2024)
- Gopi and Baakiyalakshmi's daughter
- Baby Kritisha as Nila: (2024)
- Amirtha's daughter and Ezhil's daughter
- Meena Sellamuthu as Selvi: (2024)
- The maid in Baakiyalakshmi's house
Special appearance
[edit]- Dasarathy as the host of a matchmaking event to find a wife for Saravanan (2024)
Production
[edit]Casting
[edit]With the release of first promo, Stalin Muthu was confirmed to be acting in the show, under a new role of Pandi. Actress Nirosha was cast as Pandi's wife, marking her return after Vaidhegi Kaathirundhaal.[2][3] VJ Kathirvel Kandasamy, Vasanth Vasi and Akash Premkumar were confirmed as male lead roles, playing the roles of Pandi's sons.
Kadhanayagi fame Shalini and Vilashini were confirmed as female lead roles. Actor Ajay Rathnam was cast as important role.[4] Hema Raj Sathish confirmed herself that she will act in Pandian Stores 2, reprising her role as Meena under a different story.[5] Gayathri Priya was cast as Vadivu. Sharanya Turadi was cast as Thangamayil[6] In end of July 2024, Vasanth Vasi[7] was replaced by Venkat Renganathan.[8]
Release
[edit]The first promo was released on 14 October 2023 featuring the lead characters.[9] The second promo was unveiled on 16 October 2023, The third Launch promo was unveiled on 20 October 2023 and revealing the release date.[10]
Adaptations
[edit]| Language | Title | Original release | Network(s) | Last aired | Notes |
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| Tamil | Pandian Stores 2 பாண்டியன் ஸ்டோர்ஸ் 2 |
30 October 2023 | Star Vijay | Ongoing | Original |
| Malayalam | Santhwanam 2 സാന്ത്വനം 2[11] |
17 June 2024 | Asianet | Remake | |
| Telugu | Illu Illalu Pillalu ఇల్లు ఇల్లాలు పిల్లలు |
12 November 2024 | Star Maa | ||
| Kannada | Nanda Gokula ನಂದ ಗೋಕುಲ[12] |
4 June 2025 | Colors Kannada |
References
[edit]- ^ "Tamil TV show 'Pandian Stores' to go off-air soon". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ "Rajini's most latest heroine joins 'Pandian Stores 2'". www.indiaglitz.com. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
- ^ "Actress Nirosha Radha to play the titular role in upcoming show 'Pandian Stores season 2'". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
- ^ "Senior actor Ajay Rathanam to play the titular role in upcoming show 'Pandian Stores season 2'". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ^ "Actress Hema Rajkumar joins the cast of 'Pandian Stores 2'". The Times of India. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
- ^ "Actress Gayathri Priya joins the cast of 'Pandian Stores 2'". The Times of India. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
- ^ "Cooku with Comali fame Vasanth Vasi quit the daily soap PandianStores 2". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
- ^ "Kizhakku Vaasal actor Venkat Ranganathan joins 'Pandian Stores 2'". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
- ^ "பாண்டியன் ஸ்டோர்ஸ் 2 புதிய தொடரின் முன்னோட்ட காட்சி வெளியானது". www.dinamani.com (in Tamil). Retrieved 15 October 2023.
- ^ "நான் கிழிச்ச கோட்டை வீடு தாண்டாது.. பாண்டியன் ஸ்டோர்ஸ் 2 புதிய ப்ரமோ!". tamil.filmibeat.com (in Tamil). Retrieved 15 October 2023.
- ^ "രണ്ട് കുടുംബങ്ങളുടെ കഥ? 'സാന്ത്വനം 2' വരുന്നു, ആകാംക്ഷയോടെ പ്രേക്ഷകര്" [A tale of two families? 'Santhwanam 2' is coming, the audience are eagerly waiting]. Asianet News (in Malayalam). Retrieved 4 May 2024.
- ^ "ಸಹೋದರರ ಹಗೆ, ಪ್ರೇಮ ಕಹಾನಿಯಿಂದ ದ್ವೇಷ, ಕೂಡು ಕುಟುಂಬದ ಕಟ್ಟುಪಾಡು ಕಥೆಯೇ 'ನಂದ ಗೋಕುಲ': ಬರ್ತಿದೆ ನೂತನ ಧಾರಾವಾಹಿ". Vijaya Karnataka (in Kannada). Retrieved 31 May 2025.