# Pandian Stores 2

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, Rajkumar Manoharan, Hema Rajkumar, Vasanth Vasi (who later replaced by Venkat Renganathan), VJ Kathirvel Kandasamy, Akash Premkumar, Shalini, Sharanya Turadi Sundarraj, Sathya Sai Krishnan and others. It was premiered on 30 October 2023.

## Plot

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 with the help of some friendly folks. 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 be successful in everything. He expects his children to never disobey his words. 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 2nd son of Pandian decides to marry Meena without the knowledge of his family. His younger brother Kathiravan helps them. Pandian gets shocked when they come 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 sees 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 in mind, 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 both get rejected initially but later get 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 away but Kathir saves Raji by saying that he sold all the gold for money.
Pandian keeps questioning 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 turns out to be very supportive of them. Soon, the family started to look alliance for Saravanan. And, they met up with Thangamayil's family. Thangamayil's parents were greedy about the Pandian family's wealth. They pretend to be rich and make duplicate gold ornaments for her marriage. The marriage was happened successfully 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 begins creating problems in the family. Raji decides to take tution at their home so that she can financially help for Kathir. She said her idea to Gomathi. But Gomathi failed to convey it to Pandian and get permission. Very sooner before Gomathi, Mayil voluntarily puts it in Pandian's Ears, and It makes him more anger and shouts at Raaji. Similarly, Once, Meena got to go for a Meeting in Chennai, She tooks her husband Senthil with her. Pandian gave a list of works for Senthil to do at free time at Chennai. Though Meena wants to spend time with him, Senthil got a bag full of work to do. So, he switched off his phone and took Meena to Marina Beach. Meena sent their pics to Raji. Mayil too saw the picture. Silently Mayil informs Pandian about Senthil who's not attending pandian's phone call and spends time in the beach. When Senthilnathan returns home gets a heavy scolding from Pandian. 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 itself. Gomathi didn't like this from beginning itself. Meena and Raji takes this chance and plays the revenge game by using Gomathi. They develop Gomathi's temper and she scolds Mayil for disobeying. She then orders not to deliver lunch to Pandian. Mayil then starts a Crocodile tears Drama to her mother. Soon, Mayil's Mother and Father rushes to Pandian House and says Gomathi that, "let her deliver the food to Pandian. Don't object her".

## Cast
### Main

* Stalin Muthu as Pandian: (2023-present)
** Gomathi's husband; Kuzhali, Saravanan, Senthil, Kathiravan and Arasi's father; Meena, Raaji and Mayil's father-in-law
** Gandhimathi's son-in-law; Muthuvel, Sakthivel and Pazhanivel's brother-in-law; Kumaravel and Raaji's uncle.
* Nirosha as Gomathi Pandian: (2023-present)
** Pandian's wife; Kuzhali, Saravanan, Senthil, Kathiravan and Arasi's mother; Meena, Raaji and Mayil's mother-in-law
** 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 (Jul.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

* 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) [Main Antagonist]
** Gandhimathi's eldest son; Sakthivel, Gomathi, and Pazhanivel's eldest brother; Vadivu's husband; Raaji's father; Kathir's father-in-law.
** Kumaravel's dad'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,Kathir's Mother-in-law.
** Gandhimathi's daughter-in-law; Kuzhali, Saravanan, Senthil, Kathir, Arasi and Kumaravel's aunt.
* Pondy Ravi as Sakthivel: (2023-present) [Main Antagonist]
** 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) [Antagonist]
** Sakthivel and Maari's son;Raaji's cousin brother, Kathir's brother-in-law
** 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(who ran away with Raji jewel's).

### Mahasangamam Baakiyalakshmi

* 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, Pazhanivel, and Gomathi's cousin; Baakiyalakshmi's friend and Gopinath's second wife.
* VJ Vishal as Ezhilan "Ezhil": (2024)
** Gopi and Baakiyalakshmi's younger son; Raadhika's step son; Amrita's second husband; Nila's step father; 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; Raadhika's Step daughter.
* Baby Kritisha as Nila: (2024)
** Amirtha's daughter and Ezhil's step daughter.
* Meena Sellamuthu as Selvi: (2024)
** The maid in Baakiyalakshmi's house.

### Special appearance

* Dasarathy as the host of a matchmaking event that the Pandian family attend to find Saravanan a wife. (2024)

## Production
### Casting

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. 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. Hema Raj Sathish confirmed herself that she will act in Pandian Stores 2, reprising her role as Meena under a different story. Gayathri Priya was cast as Vadivu. Sharanya Turadi was cast as Thangamayil In end of July 2024, Vasanth Vasi was replaced by Venkat Renganathan.

### Release

The first promo was released on 14 October 2023 featuring the lead characters. The second promo was unveiled on 16 October 2023, The third Launch promo was unveiled on 20 October 2023 and revealing the release date.

## Adaptations

| Language | Title | Original release | Network(s) | Last aired | Notes |
| Tamil | Pandian Stores 2 பாண்டியன் ஸ்டோர்ஸ் 2 | 30 October 2023 | Star Vijay | Ongoing | Original |
| Malayalam | Santhwanam 2 സാന്ത്വനം 2 | 17 June 2024 | Asianet | Ongoing | Remake |
| Telugu | Illu Illalu Pillalu ఇల్లు ఇల్లాలు పిల్లలు | 12 November 2024 | Star Maa | Ongoing | Remake |
| Marathi | Naa Naga Naa Ragaan नात नाग नात रगां | 17 March 2025 | Star Pravah | Ongoing | Remake |