# Thirumathi Selvam

Thirumathi Selvam (transl. Mrs. 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. 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 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 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 Cherry, Kavya's husband (Antagonist) (Jailed)
* 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

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

## Crossover

Thirumathi Selvam had a crossover with Thendral as a special episode on 1 May 2011.