Pandian Stores
Pandian Stores is a 2018 Indian Tamil language Television Series airing on Star Vijay. The show stars Sujitha Dhanush, Stalin Muthu, V J Chitra, Venkat Renganathan, Hema Rajkumar, Kumaran Thangarajan, Kaavyaarivumani, Saravana Vickram and Saai Gayathri. It is a successful Television Series and was praised for its Natural storyline. Plot. Pandian's four sons (Sathyamoorthy, Jeevanandham, Kathiravan and Kannan) runs Pandian Stores, a famous Grocery store in Kundrakudi. Dhanalakshmi (Sujitha), 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 raised her  Brothers-in-law as her own sons. Many Years later, Jeeva (Venkat Renganathan) was engaged to his uncle's second daughter Mullai (V. J. Chitra), who loves him since her childhood. But, Jeeva was in love with a Rich man Janardhanan's (Venkat Subha) daughter Meenakshi (Kavitha Gowda). So, Mullai gets married to Kathir instead of 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 happens in a joint family. The story revolves around Dhanam, about how she unites the  joint family after the entry of the new Daughters-in-law, Meena, Mullai and Aishwarya. Summary. Pandian and Lakshmi has four sons and they operates a grocery store, Pandian Stores, and lives happily in their village Kundrakudi.Due to Financial problems Pandian commits suicide and the brothers Sathyamoorthy, Jeeva, Kathir and Kannan starts to take care of the grocery store Sathyamoorthy's caring wife Dhanalakshmi is the strong pillar of the family who has also raised her brothers-in-laws from their Childhood. Dhanam is often criticized by her relatives for not having children repeatedly, although her brothers-in-law  did not let it affect her. Lakshmi has a brother named Murugan with whom she has not been on talking terms for years. Murugan's daughter Mullai desires to marry Jeeva. Murugan convinces Lakshmi to accept this marriage. However, Jeeva didn't like this idea of marriage as he is in love with college mate Meena. Later he conveys this to his sister-in-law Dhanam. Dhanam gets offended when she tries to talk about this to Meena's father Janardhanan. Meena's father beats her up, so Jeeva sacrifices his love and accepts Mullai's marriage proposal. On the  day of the wedding, Meena fled from her house and creates a scene in the marriage hall. Jeeva tells the family that he cannot marry Mullai after seeing Meena, creating tension in the family. Later, Dhanam decides to get Mullai married to Kathir, the younger brother to Jeeva. Jeeva marries Meena and Kathir marries Mullai. Mullai blames Dhanam for ruining her life by marrying her to Kathir. But later she gets on well with her (Dhanam) when her mother berates Dhanam. Meanwhile, Meena often picks up a fight with Jeeva as she wants a lavish lifestyle. On the other  hand, Dhanam and Moorthy try their best to unite Kathir and Mullai, who are at loggerheads. One day, due to some misunderstanding Janardanan (Meena's father) slaps Kannan. This enrages the family and Janardanan stops sending goods to Pandian Stores, causing a crisis for the Pandian family. Moorthy resolves to sort the things out and goes out of the town handing over the responsibility to Jeeva. Janardanan plans to make the family suffer more by sending some fake clients to Pandian stores to give a marriage order. Jeevan believes the fake clients and agrees to the order believing that Moorthy  would definitely return the goods. Kathir smells something fishy about the marriage order and conveys the same to Jeeva. But he convinces Kathir that Moorthy would return with the goods. Half-heartedly Kathir agrees. Moorthy returns and tells everyone that he couldn't get the goods much to Jeeva's horror. He asks Kathir and Jeeva to manage the situation with the remaining goods. But Jeeva reveals all those that happened during his absence. Moorthy scolds Jeeva for being immature while Kathir takes it upon himself to make the ends meet. Finally, he is successful in getting the goods and  Moorthy praises Kathir which pleases Mullai and irks Meena. As time goes on, Kathir and Mullai befriend each other and Meena adjusts in the house. Meena wishes to go for a honeymoon but ends up going with the whole family except Moorthy and his mother. During this time, Kathir and Mullai grow closer. At home, Parvathy and Murugan take care of Moorthy's mother and the business respectively. But Parvathy forgets to give medicine to Lakshmi (Moorthy's mother). Though she becomes unconscious Moorthy and Murugan rush her to the hospital and is saved. Meanwhile, Kathir, Mullai, Meena, Jeeva, Dhanam  and Kannan return. After their return, Mullai and Kathir share some special moments when Kathir starts to teach Mullai to ride a vehicle. They both develop feelings for each other but are unable to confess. One day when Kannan Dhanam Meena and Mullai are talking, Kannan asks Mullai about her love for Kathir. She tells them that how they used to fight with each other in the beginning and how she acted as if she cares for him to avoid the petty arguments. Kathir hears this and gets hurt. Mullai starts to express her love for Kathir to Dhanam Meena  and Kannan. When Kathir returns home at night he picks up a fight with Mullai. Disheartened, Mullai leaves for her parents' house. Mullai misses Kathir when he feels that he is unfit for her. Meena gets pregnant. The family is overwhelmed especially Dhanam. She takes good care of Meena and does everything to please her. Mullai returns on her birthday but Kathir has gone to Mullai's house to surprise her. When he goes there, Parvathy taunts him. On the other hand, Mullai thinks that Kathir is still angry with her. Kathir waits for Mullai but leaves for home when  it is late. Mullai is in their room waiting for Kathir. When Kathir comes back home, he sees Mullai but thinks that he is dreaming about Mullai. When he realizes that Mullai really came back, he struggles to wish her a happy birthday but somehow wishes her seconds before twelve. Moorthy and Dhanam advise them to set things right between them. It is revealed that Dhanam and Moorthy deliberately decided not to have children as Moorthy's brothers were too young. Learning this, Dhanam's family is enraged and Jaga breaks his ties with Moorthy. Mullai learns about the great  sacrifice but Dhanam stops her from informing the others about this. But somehow she reveals the truth to Kathir when he discusses Dhanam's mother blaming Moorthy for all those Dhanam has to face. Guilt -ridden, Kathir meets Jaga and assures him that he will take Dhanam to a doctor. He along with Mullai plan to get an appointment for Dhanam. On the other hand, Janardanan is enraged upon learning that Meena is pregnant and no one informed him about it. After much convincing, Janardanan agrees to meet Meena. His wife asks her to come to her house and stay  for some days. Moorthy and Dhanam ask Jeeva to accompany Meena but refuses to go. Somehow, they manage to convince Jeeva and he half-heartedly leaves with Meena. Seven months later, During Meena's baby shower, she goes into labour. She gives birth to a girl child. On her baby naming function, Lakshmi wants to name Meena child Pandiamma to be named after Pandian her late husband and the father of the 4 brothers, However, Meena wants, to name her child Shameja, atlast They name her Kayalvizhi. Meena does not like this. Lakshmi still nicknames her Pandiamma and calls her  that. This angers Meena. One day Dhanam decides to check if she is Pregnant. She is extremely happy when she finds out she is pregnant. On the same day, Meena leaves the house because Dhanam does not take care of Kayal. Dhanam tries to convince Meena to go back to their house but she refuses to go. Dhanam tells Moorthy that she is pregnant. Moorthy is very happy. They decide to keep this a secret. Jeeva tries to call Meena but she doesn't answer his calls. Jeeva gets sad and leaves the house. Meena gets worried after learning this . Jeeva returns home and Dhanam and Moorthy tell the family that Dhanam is pregnant. The family is very happy. Kannan tells Meena this. Meena is happy and returns home. Kannan and Aishwarya start to fall in love. Aishwarya is Mullai's relative. One day, Kannan steals money from the house and gives it to Aishwarya for her college fees. Kathir takes a loan from Kumaresan and puts the money back. He gives back the money to Kumerasan by sticking posters. Days later, Dhanam finally meets Malli. Malli is Mullai's older sister who was supposed to marry Moorthy but ran  away from the marriage. Malli's stepson Prashanth want to marry Aishwarya. Prashanth frequently meets Aishwarya which envies Kannan. This is when Kannan misunderstands Aishwarya. Kannan's family visit Malli's house. Prashanth tells Malli that he is in love with Aishwarya. Malli tells Kasthuri this. Kasthuri is Aishwarya's aunt. Kasthuri agrees to the marriage. Aishwarya does not like this. She tells Kasthuri that she doesn't want to marry Prashanth and that she wants to marry Kannan. Kasthuri doesn't listen to her. She forces Aishwarya to get married to Prashanth. After forcing her, Aishwarya and Prashanth get  engaged. After that, Aishwarya tells Kannan that she loves him. Kannan now understands that Aishwarya does not like Prashanth. Aishwarya and Prashanth's wedding is fixed in 2 months. Aishwarya and Kannan don't know what to do. Aishwarya tells Prashanth to stop the wedding, However, he does not listen to her and says to do the marriage in one week. Aishwarya does not know what to do so on the day she was supposed to go to Madurai for her wedding she ran away from her house. Aishwarya and Kannan decide to get married. They get married without their  families knowing that. Kannan's family is shocked when they see him married. Malli misunderstands Dhanam and says that she purposely did this. Moorthy gets angry and does not let him in the house. Kannan and Aishwarya don't have any place to stay. Murugan offers to help and gives them space in their house. Malli and Kasthuri arrive and Malli tells Murugan that she will not talk to him if Kannan and Aishwarya live there. Kannan and Aishwarya leave. Meena asks Janardhan to help them. Janardhan agrees and gives them a small house. Jeeva gives some money to Kannan  but he does not know that. Kannan and Aishwarya didn't buy any stuff to make food and they don't have enough money. Dhanam asks Jeeva and Kathir to give some food items to Kannan and Aishwarya without telling Moorthy. Kannan gets emotional when he finds out Jeeva and Kathir gave it. Whereas, Moorthy's family is in for a shock when the doctor breaks the news about Lakshmi's sudden death. Her demise leaves the family in a state of dismay. Later, Lakshmi's near and dear are shattered on learning the news. Afterwards, the family heads to  perform her last rites. However, Kannan on the other end is unaware of her demise. Meanwhile, His family waits for his arrival. Further, the family members refuse to commence the procession without him. Later, Lakshmi's last rites take place before his arrival. Afterwards, an emotional Kannan lashes out at the family carrying out Lakshmi's last rites in his absence. Months later, Kannan and Aishwarya shifted their house, opposite the Pandian Stores family. On the other side, the Pandian family starts performing rituals for the new store. Meanwhile, Kannan rushes Dhanam to the hospital when she goes into labour . Afterwards, she gives birth to a boy child and is named Laxmanapandian. One day, Dhanam brings Kannan to their home, eventually Moorthy starts accepting him. Mullai would sad that she hasn't got a child. Mullai and Kathir consult a doctor, the doctor tells Kathir that she has a problem and less chance of getting children. Kathir hides this from Mullai and kept the health report in the cupboard and would lock it everday. Mullai would always suspect him. One day Kathir was going to lock the cupboard but then he got a phone call so he forgot, Mullai uses  this chance to see her health report and goes to another doctor. The doctor says she has 10 - 15% chance of getting children. She is heartbroken knowing this. Reception. Critics. "The Indian Express" quoted the series as "A simple serial with no violence, hostility, envy!". Ratings. The highest TRP in week 36 the special episode of the character Meena's baby shower aired on 11 September 2020, garnered 11.462 million impressions becoming the most watched Tamil GEC program of the week and the first Star Vijay program to enter the top five. The special three-hour episode of the naming  ceremony of Meena's baby aired on 23 November 2020 in week 49 garnered 10.987 million impressions occupying third position. Production. Filming. Due to the COVID-19 outbreak in India, "Pandian Stores", and all other Indian television series and films production were suspended from 27 March 2020. The show commenced telecasting new episodes from 27 July 2020.