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
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 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.

Cast

Main Cast

• Rajeev Parameshwar as Balakrishnan aka (Balan):

The eldest brother of the family, Krishnan and Lakshmi's son, Devi's husband, 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,Shiva 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.

• Sajin TP as Shivaramakrishnan aka (Shivan):

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

• Raksha Raj as Aparna Harikrishnan aka (Appu):

Hari's wife and Thambi and Ambika's daughter

• 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 Shankaran, Lakshmi's brother, Savithri's husband and Anju's father
• Bijesh Avanoor as Sethu, Devi's brother, Balan's close friend and Jayanthi's husband
• Divya Binu as Malikapurackal Savithri Shankaran, Shankaran's wife and Anju's mother
• Apsara as Jayanthi Sethu, 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, 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, Thampi's wife and Appu and Ammu's mother
• Geetha Nair as Subhadramma, Devi and Sethu's mother
• Zeenath as Rajeshwari, Thampi's elder sister
• Saritha Balakrishnan as Rajalakshmi, Thampi's younger sister
• Kalyani as Amritha Thampi aka Ammu, Thampi and Ambika's daughter and Appu's 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