# Chinna Thambi (TV series)

Chinna Thambi is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language soap opera starring Prajin and Pavani Reddy. It aired from 2 October 2017 to 21 June 2019 on Vijay TV for 442 episodes. It is a remake of Bengali language serial Khokababu.
The story about the relationship of an innocent village boy as Chinna Thambi and an arrogant city girl as Nandhini, who fall in love after marriage.

## Plot

It is a story about Chinna Thambi (Prajin), an innocent village boy from Chinnalapatti who falls in love with Nandhini (Pavani Reddy), an arrogant girl from Chennai. Chinna Thambi is very naive, having moral values. He obeys his mother Annalakshmi sternly and loves his family. On the other side, Nandhini is opposite like Chinnathambi, But Nandhini has a good heart.
Nandhini's marriage is fixed with Gautham (Lokesh), and they get engaged. Coincidentally, one day Chinna Thambi and Nandhini meet and get into a heated argument. Chinna Thambi keeps himself away from Nandhini because he is a Baal Brahmachari. And Nandhini too dislikes him. Will they become friends and love each other? Will their love overcome their contrasting personalities, cultures, and values?
On the day of marriage, Gautham is arrested for a false accusation, and a fainted Nandhini marries Chinnathambi, on the request of her parents. Then, Nandhini moves to the village with Chinnathambi. Swetha accompanies Nandhini to help her get accustomed to the new environment. At first, Nandini hates her life in the town, with small issues such as not being able to eat meat, or wear modern clothes. One day, her father-in-law (Chinnathambi's dad) hears her speak badly of chinnathambi's looks. She remarks on the clothes and hair he has, saying he has a priest's look. Her father-in-law brings Chinnathambi and changes his looks into something more modern, which shocks everyone in the house, including Nandini and chinnathambi's mother.

## Cast
### Main

* Prajin as Chinna Thambi
* Pavani Reddy as Nandhini

### Recurring

* Girish as Rathnasamy (China Thambi's father)
* Anila Sreekumar as Annalakshmi (Annam) (Chinna Thambi's mother, Malar's adoptive mother)
* Rheema as Malar (Chinnathambi's cousin)
* Kammapandi as Samudram (Malar's father, Chinnathambi's uncle)
* Shwetha as Revathy (Chinna Thambi's cousin)
* Rekha Suresh as Shanthi (Malar's mother and Chinnathambi's aunt)
* Shridhar as Rajasekar (Nandhini, Arvind's father)
* Sadhana as Prabhavathi (Nandhini and Arvind's mother)
* Krishna Kishore as Nandini's elder brother
* Shwetha Venkat as Shwetha (Nandini's sister-in-law)
* Aravish / VJ Pappu as Aravind (Pappu) (Nandhini's younger brother)
* Krithika as Varsha (Nandini's cousin)
* Priya as Kanchana (Varsha's mother and Nandhini's aunt)
* Lokesh Bhaskaran as Gautham Vasudevan
* Britto as Seval (Chinnathambi's friend)
* Hema Rajkumar as Sevanthi (episode 174–272)
* Subageetha as Shenbagam (Sevvanthi's sister, episode 174–273)
* Suresh as Sethu (Shenbagam's husband, episode 174–270)
* Udhay as Lingam (a man who gives loan for auto, died in serial)
* Suryakanth as Chiyaan
* Andrew Jesudoss as Paramasivam
* Vadivukkarasi as Kadambavanathu Amma
* Sairatheya as Damayenthi (devotee of Kadambavanathu Amma)
* Karthik as Kaali - Wrestler
* Priya as Sathya (Nandhini's friend)
* Ravishankar / Ravi Varma as Vasudevan (Gautham's father)
* Uma Rani (Gautham's mother)
* Nithin as Ashwin
* Chetna as Preethi
* Franklin as Appu (Nandhini's friend)
* Sharanya Turadi Sundarraj (episode 120–121)
* Myna Nandhini as Alabarai Myna (episode 335 - 370)

## Production
### Casting

The series is a village love story. Prajin, formerly of the series Anjali and Kadhalikka Neramillai plays the lead male role, and Pavani of the serial Rettai Vaal Kuruvi, EMI-Thavanai Murai Vazhkai, and Vajram movie plays the lead female role. Kalyanam Mudhal Kadhal Varai fame Lokesh was selected to the role of Gautham (Nandhini's Fiancé) and Saravanan Meenatchi (season 2) fame Priya and Franklin were selected to the role of Sathya and Appu.

### Title

This title was taken from a 1991 Chinna Thambi movie starring Prabhu and Khushbu. The English translation of the title is Little Brother.

### Development

On 23 September 2017, the first promo of the show one minute 'Promo 1' was released by Vijay TV on YouTube.

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Role | Result |
| 2018 | Galatta Nakshathra Awards | Best Actor | Prajin | Chinna Thambi | Nominated |
| 2018 | Galatta Nakshathra Awards | Best Pair | Prajin & Pavani | Chinna Thambi & Nandhini | Nominated |
| 2018 | 4th Vijay Television Awards | Favourite Actor Female | Pavani | Nandhini | Nominated |
| 2018 | 4th Vijay Television Awards | Best Supporting Actor Female | Swetha | Swetha | Nominated |
| 2018 | 4th Vijay Television Awards | Best Dop | Ramesh | | Nominated |
| 2018 | 4th Vijay Television Awards | Favourite Fiction Series | Chinna Thambi | | Nominated |
| 2018 | 4th Vijay Television Awards | Best Crew Fiction | Chinna Thambi | | Won |
| 2018 | 4th Vijay Television Awards | Favourite Negative Role | Krithika | Varsha | Nominated |
| 2018 | 4th Vijay Television Awards | Favourite Comedian Fiction | Selva | | Nominated |
| 2018 | 4th Vijay Television Awards | Favourite Comedian Fiction | Britto | | Nominated |
| 2018 | 4th Vijay Television Awards | Favourite Mother | Anila Sreekumar | Annalakshmi | Won |
| 2018 | 4th Vijay Television Awards | Favourite Mamiyar | Shari (Sadhana) | Pirabhavathi | Nominated |
| 2018 | 4th Vijay Television Awards | Favourite Screen Pair | Prajin & Pavani | Chinna Thambi & Nandhini | Won |
| 2018 | 4th Vijay Television Awards | Favourite Family | Chinna Thambi | | Nominated |
| 2018 | 4th Vijay Television Awards | Best Director | | | Nominated |
| 2018 | 4th Vijay Television Awards | Best Father | Girish | Rathnasamy | Nominated |
| 2019 | 5th Vijay Television Award | Best Son | Prajin | Chinnathambi | Won |

## Adaptations

| Language | Title | Original release | Network(s) | Last aired | Notes |
| Bengali | Khokababu খোকাবাবু | 9 May 2016 | Star Jalsha | 29 July 2018 | Original |
| Tamil | Chinna Thambi சின்னத்தம்பி | 2 October 2017 | Star Vijay | 21 June 2019 | Remake |
| Telugu | Savitramma Gari Abbayi సావిత్రిమమాగరి అబ్బాయి | 11 March 2019 | Star Maa | 28 August 2021 | Remake |
| Hindi | Amma Ke Babu Ki Baby अम्मा के बाबू की बेबी | 8 February 2021 | Star Bharat | 31 May 2021 | Remake |