Santhwanam (TV series)

For the film, see Santhwanam.

Santhwanam
Genre	Drama
Created by	Priya Thambi
Based on	Pandian Stores
Developed by	M Renjith
Written by	J. Pallassery
Directed by	Adithyan
Starring	Rajeev Parameshwar Chippy Renjith Girish Nambiar Raksha Raj Sajin TP Gopika Anil Achu Sugandh
Composer	Saanand George (Music)
Country of origin	India
Original language	Malayalam
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	400 ( 24 Feb 2022 )
Production
Producer	Chippy Renjith
Cinematography	Manoj Narayan Alex U. Thomas
Editor	Pradeep Bhagvath
Camera setup	Multiple-camera setup
Running time	21 minutes
Production companies	Rejaputra Visual Media Avanthika creations (banner)
Original release
Network	Asianet Disney+ Hotstar
Release	21 September 2020 (2020-09-21)  – present
Related
Pandian Stores

Santhwanam (transl. Consolation) is an Indian Malayalam-language TV drama airing on Asianet and streaming on Disney+ Hotstar. It is a remake of Tamil series Pandian Stores airing on Star Vijay. It stars Rajeev Parameshwar, Chippy Renjith, Girish Nambiar, Raksha Raj, Sajin TP, Gopika Anil and Achu Sugandh.

Plot

Krishnan and Lakshmi run a grocery store, Krishna Stores, in a town named Ambalathara. Lakshmi's brother Shankaran forces Krishnan into financial difficulty and causes Krishnan to kill himself. Balan, the eldest son, marries Devi, who looks after Lakshmi and his brothers (Hari, Shiva, and Kannan).

Shankaran pressures Lakshmi to agree to an arranged marriage between his daughter, Anju, and Hari. Hari refuses because he is in love with his college friend Appu. Devi asks Balan to convince Appu to leave Hari, but he refuses. Devi secretly visits Appu's father Thampi, who gets offended and beats her, which causes Hari to accept the marriage proposal. Appu creates a scene in the wedding hall, leaving the relationships between the two families strained.

To save the family's reputation, Devi decides that Shivan should marry Anju. Eventually, Hari marries Appu and Shivan marries Anju, but Devi is criticized for what is seen as a poor match. Appu and Hari fight over money until she adjusts to the lifestyle at Santhwanam.

Thampi sees Kannan escorting Appu's younger sister Ammu back home, and assaults him. Kannan tells his brothers about this, who confront Thampi and have a physical altercation. Thampi stops sending goods to Krishna Stores. As a result, there occurs a rapid shortage of goods at the shop.

Shiva and Anjali go to a relative's wedding. On their way back home, they get into an accident when someone hits their bike. Shiva and Anju tell Balan and Hari that the accident was intentional. Savitri blames Shiva for the accident, saying that it is because they did not give enough dowry he pushed Anju intentionally off the bike. Hari discovers that the man that hit Shiva and Anju's bike was one of Thampi's men. Jayanthi overhears the brothers' conversation and blames Appu for the accident, exposing the truth to the whole family, and Lakshmi orders Appu out of the house. She leaves, and Balan and Hari find her in Amaravathy and bring her back. Balan scolds Appu for leaving Santhwanam, and she replies that she went away to warn him to not hurt the family again.

Appu wants to go on a honeymoon, but she travels with the whole family except Balan and Lakshmi. At home, Savitri and Shankaran take care of Lakshmi and the business, respectively, but Savitri forgets to give medicine to Lakshmi. When the rest of the family returns they express their disgust at Savitri's behaviour.

Later on, Kannan's friends cheat him and he is arrested by police. Shiva and Hari find the real culprit and make him confess to Appu's cousin, freeing him from police custody.

Thambi pretends to be friendly with Hari and Appu and gifts them clothes. Hari is suspicious as Balan had been warned by Thambi that he will separate Hari from the former. Hari escapes from Thambi's house, but is sent back by Balan. Appu yells at Hari for leaving the house.

Jaganathan comes to Sankaran's house and demands that sankaran return his loans. Shiva takes him out for a compromise but he suggests that if Sankaran can't pay his loans then the former can send the ladies inside (Anjali, Jayanthi and Savitri) with the latter. An enraged Shiva slaps Jagannatan. Thambi manipulates Jagannathan against Shiva and Jagannathan registers a complaint against shiva. Shiva is arrested by the police and assaulted in front of Anjali and Savithri in the station. Later, Thambi requests Jagan to withdraw his complaint but Balan and Sethu assault him in his home the same night.

Thambi now sends his younger sister Rajalakshmi aka "Lachu" from Bangalore to Santhwanam family to disrupt the peaceful family. She creates rifts between Appu, Anjali and Kannan. She buys a new bed, stove, and washing machine to divide the family. Balan and Devi get suspicious of her and start doubting her. Lachu makes vile remarks against Kannan and Anju gets enraged. One day Kannan puts his clothes in the washing machine to wash them. Lachu sees this and throws his clothes with disgust. Anjali speaks angrily with Lachu because of her behaviour and splashes soap water on her face when she comes to threaten her. Lachu fabricates a new story and tells Appu of this. Appu and Anju fight with each other. Soon Appu overhears Lachu's plans and ousts the latter with all the appliances she bought. Thambi and Lachu get offended and Lachu leaves for Bangalore after threatening him of telling his elder sister Rajeshwari about his deeds. Soon Devi buys a new washing machine and Kannan inaugurates it.

Since Shiva is not well educated so he asks Kannan about online payments. Kannan mocks him and Appu also joins unintentionally. Anjali is hurt by their remarks and chides Shiva for being bothered only about the shop and not about the rapidly changing outside world.

Cast

Main cast

• Rajeev Parameshwar as Balakrishnan aka (Balan):

Devi's husband, the eldest brother of the family, Krishnan and Lakshmi's first son.Hari, Shivan and Kannan's brother and Appu and Anju's brother in law.

• Chippy Renjith as Sreedevi Balakrishnan aka (Devi):

Balan's wife, Subhadra's daughter. Sister in law and mother figure to Hari, Shivan and Kannan and Appu and Anju's sister in law.

• Girish Nambiar as Harikrishnan aka (Hari):

Appu's husband, Krishnan and Lakshmi's second son, and Thambi and Ambika's son in law.

• Raksha Raj as Aparna Harikrishnan aka (Appu):

Hari's wife, and Thampi and Ambika's elder daughter.

• Sajin TP as Shivaramakrishnan aka (Shivan):

Anju's husband, Krishnan and Lakshmi's third son and Shankaran and Savitri's son in law.

• Gopika Anil as Anjali Shivaramakrishnan aka (Anju):

Shivan's wife and Shankaran and Savitri's daughter.

• Achu Sugandh as Muralikrishnan aka (Kannan):

Krishnan and Lakshmi's youngest son and Balan, Hari and Shivan's youngest brother.

Recurring cast

• Girija Preman as Lakshmi Krishnan aka (Lakshmiyamma):

Balan, Hari, Shivan and Kannan's mother and Devi, Appu and Anju's mother in law.

• Yathikumar as Shivashankaran aka (Shankaran):

Lakshmi's brother, Savithri's husband, Anju's father and Shivan's father in law.

• Bijesh Avanoor as Sethu:

Devi's brother, Balan's close friend and Jayanthi's husband.

• Divya Binu as Malikapurackal Savithri Shivashankaran aka (Savitri):

Shankaran's wife, Anju's mother and Shivan's mother in law.

• Apsara as Jayanthi Sethu aka (Jayanti):

Sethu's wife, Devi's sister in law and Savithri's niece.

• Kailas Nath as Narayana Pillai aka (Pillai):

A helper in Krishna's stores and father figure to the brothers.

• Saji Surya as Shathrudharan Pillai aka (Shathru):

Pillai's nephew.

• Rohit Ved as Rajasekharan Thampi aka (Thampi):

Ambika's husband, Rajeshwari and Rajalaksmi's brother, Appu and Ammu's father and Hari's father in law.

• Dr. Nita Gosh as Lalithambika Rajeshakaran Thampi aka (Ambika):

Thampi's wife, Appu and Ammu's mother and Hari's mother in law.

• Geetha Nair as Subhadramma:

Devi and Sethu's mother and Balan's mother in law.

• Zeenath as Rajeshwari:

Thampi's elder sister and Appu and Ammu's aunt.

• Saritha Balakrishnan as Rajalakshmi aka (Lachu):

Thampi's younger sister and Appu and Ammu's aunt

• Kalyani as Amritha Thampi aka (Ammu):

Thampi and Ambika's daughter and Appu's younger sister.

• Sreelakshmi Sreekumar as Jancy:

Anju's friend.

• Liju Mathew Abraham as Deepu:

Hari's friend.

Adaptations

Language	Title	Original release	Network(s)	Last aired	Notes
Tamil	Pandian Stores பாண்டியன் ஸ்டோர்ஸ்	1 October 2018	Star Vijay	Ongoing	Original
Telugu	Vadinamma వదినమ్మ	6 May 2019	Star Maa		Remake
Kannada	Varalakshmi Stores ವರಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಿ ಸ್ಟೋರೀಸ್	17 June 2019	Star Suvarna	16 April 2020
Marathi	Sahkutumb Sahaparivar सहकुटुंब सहपरिवार	24 February 2020	Star Pravah	Ongoing
Bengali	Bhaggolokkhi ভাগ্যলক্ষী	31 August 2020	Star Jalsha	21 March 2021
Malayalam	Santhwanam സാന്ത്വനം	21 September 2020	Asianet	Ongoing
Hindi	Gupta Brothers गुप्ता ब्रदर्स	5 October 2020	Star Bharat	26 January 2021
	Pandya Store पंड्या स्टोर	25 January 2021	StarPlus	Ongoing