Pandian Stores is a 2018 Indian Tamil language television series 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, Kumaran Thangarajan, Hema Raj Sathish, Venkat Renganathan, Saravana Vickram and VJ Deepika in the prominent roles.
As of October 2023, the series completion of 5+ years, a spin-off introduced with the same title named Pandian Stores 2 / Pandian Stores Chapter 2 - Thandhai Sollmikka Manthiramilai (), premiered on 30 October 2023 starring Stalin Muthu with Nirosha, VJ Kathirvel Kandasamy, Vasanth Vasi and Akash Premkumar in other prominent roles.
Series overview
Plot
Season 1
A Story of Brothers
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 kids. However, Jeeva was in love with his collegemate Meenakshi. So, Mullai gets married to 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 brings the joint family back together after the arrival of the new in-laws, Meena, Mullai, and Aishwarya.
Cast
Season 1
Main
Stalin Muthu as Sathyamoorthy aka Moorthy – Lakshmi and Pandian's eldest son; Jeeva, Kathir and Kannan's brother; Dhanam's husband; Lakshmana Pandian's father, Gopi's cousin Sujitha as Dhanalakshmi aka Dhanam – Varadarajan and Kamakshi's daughter; Jaga's sister; Moorthy's wife; Lakshmana 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 Raj Sathish (2018-2023) as Meenatchi aka Meena – Janarthanan's elder daughter; Jeeva's wife; Kayal's mother. Kavitha Gowda (2018 - Cameo) as Meena Kumaran Thangarajan as Kathiravan aka Kathir – Lakshmi and Pandian's third son; Moorthy, Jeeva and Kannan's brother; Mullai's husband. Late V. J. Chitra (2018-Dec.2020) as Mullai - Muruganandham and Parvathy's younger daughter; Malli's sister; Aishu's cousin; Kathir's wife. Kaavya Arivumani (2021 - 2022) as Mullai Laavanya (2023) as Mullai Saravana Vickram as Jayakannan aka Kannan – Lakshmi and Pandian's youngest son; Moorthy, Jeeva and Kathir's brother; Aishu's husband. VJ Deepika Lakshmana Pandian (2021;2023) as Aishwarya aka Aishu – Kasthuri's sister's daughter; Mullai's cousin; Kannan's wife. Saai Gayatri Bhuvanesh (2022) as Aishwarya Vaishali Thaniga (2020) as Aishwarya