Chinna Thambi (TV series)
Chinna Thambi | |
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Tamil | சின்னதம்பி |
Genre | soap opera Romance Drama Comedy |
Created by | Raja Velu |
Directed by | Arul Rasan Francis Kadhiravan |
Creative directors | Manivasakan Elango Kalvari Srinivasan.C Boopalan.S |
Starring |
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Theme music composer | Ilayavan/Kiran |
Opening theme | Ilayavan |
Country of origin | India |
Original language | Tamil |
No. of episodes | 253 (20 SEP 2018) |
Production | |
Executive producer | Thillainathan. K |
Producers | Dhanapal.C Pradeep Milroy Peter(Production Head) |
Production locations | Chennai Chinnalapatti, Tamil Nadu |
Editor | Kurusamy |
Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | approx. 22–24 minutes per episode |
Original release | |
Network | Vijay TV |
Release | 2 October 2017 Present | –
Related | |
Khokababu |
Chinna Thambi is a 2017 Tamil language village romance soap opera starring Prajin and Pavani Reddy. It started airing on 2 October 2017 on Vijay TV on every Monday to Friday at 10:00 PM (IST). On 5 February 2018, the show shifted to airs Monday through Friday at 9:30 PM (IST). Later the show shifted to airs Monday through Friday at 10:30 PM (IST). [1][2][3] The story about the relationship of an innocent village boy as Chinna Thambi (Prajin) and an arrogant city girl as Nandhini (Pavani Reddy), who fall in love after Marriage. it is a remake of Bengali language serial Khokababu.[4]
Plot
It is a story about Chinna Thambi (Prajin), an innocent village boy from Chinnalampatty who falls in love with Nandhini (Pavani Reddy), an arrogant girl from Chennai. Chinna Thambi is very innocent with having moral values. He obeys his mother Annalakshmi very much and loves his family. On other side Nandhini, is totally opposite in nature of Chinnathambi. But Nandhini has a good heart.
Nandhini’s marriage is fixed with Gautham(Lokesh) and the engagement is also done. Coincidently one day Chinna Thambi and Nanthini meet and get into a heated argument. Chinna Thambi keeps himself away from Nanthini because he is a Baal Brahmachaari. 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 and Nandhini gets married to Chinnathambi. Nandhini moves to village with Chinnathambi. Swetha accompanies Nandhini to help her get accustomed to new environment. Nandini at first hates her life in the village, 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 bad of chinnathambi's looks. She remarks on the clothes and hair he has, saying it is like a priest. 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 mum.
Cast
- Main cast
- Chinnathambi's family
- Girish as Rathnasamy (China Thambi's father)
- Anila Shreekumar as Annalakshmi (Annam) (Chinna Thambi's mother)
- Rekha Suresh as Shanthi (Antagonist)
- Rhema Ashok as Malar
- Kammapandi as samudram.
- Shwetha as Revathy (Chinna Thambi's cousin)
- Nandhini's family
- Shridhar as Rajasekar (Nandhini ,Arvind's father)
- Sadhana as Prabhavathi (Nandhini & Arvind's mother)
- Krishna Kishore as Nandini's Elder Brother
- Shwetha as Shwetha (Nandini's sister-in-law)
- Aravish / VJ Pappu as Aravind (Pappu) (Nandhini's younger brother)
- Krithika as Varsha (Nandini's cousin, Main Antagonist)
- Priya as Kanchana (Varsha's mother & Nandhini's aunt, Main Antagonist)
- Sevanthi's family
- Hema Rajkumar as Sevanthi (episode 174-present)
- Subhageetha as Shenbagam (Sevanthi's elder sister)
- --- as --- (Sevanthi's grandfather)
- --- as Sethu (Shenbagam's husband, Antagonist)
- Others
- Lokesh Baskaran as Gautham Vasudevan[8](Main Antagonist)
- --- as Kaali - Wrestler(Antagonist)
- --- as Soman (Kaali's PA)
- Priya Manjunathan as Sathya (Nandhini's friend)
- Ravishankar
- Ravi Varma as Vasudevan (Gautham's Father)
- Chitra
- Nithin as Ashwin
- Chetna as Preethi
- Franklin as Appu (Nandhini's friend)
as Meshtri (Antagonist)
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 Fiance) and Saravanan Meenatchi (season 2) fame Priya and Franklin was selected to the role of Sathya and Appu.
Title
This title was taken from a 1991 Chinna Thambi movie starring Prabhu and Kushboo. 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.[9]
Airing history
The show started airing on Vijay TV on 2 October 2017 and It aired on Monday through Friday at 10:00 PM (IST). Later its timing changed Starting from Monday 5 February 2018, the show was shifted to airs Monday through Friday at 9:30 PM (IST) time Slot. A show named Ninaika Therintha Manamae replaced this show at 10:00 PM (IST). A show named Bigg Boss Tamil 2 replaced this show at 9:30 PM (IST) & pushed to 10:30 PM (IST).
Aired | Time | Episode |
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2 October 2017 | - 2 February 2018Monday - Friday 22:00 (IST) |
1-89 |
5 February 2018 | - 15 June 2018Monday - Friday 21:30 (IST) |
90 - 184 |
18 June 2018 | - 28 September 2018Monday - Friday 22:30 (IST) |
185 - 259 |
1 October 2018 | - presentMonday - Friday 21:30 (IST) |
260- |
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Role | Result |
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2018 | Galatta Nakshathra Awards | Best Actor | Prajin | Chinna Thambi | Nominated |
Best Pair | Prajin & Pavani | Chinna Thambi & Nandhini | Nominated | ||
4th Vijay Television Awards | Favourite Actor Female | Pavani | Nandhini | Nominated | |
Best Supporting Actor Female | Swetha | Swetha | Nominated | ||
Best Dop | Ramesh | Nominated | |||
Favourite Fiction Series | Chinna Thambi | Nominated | |||
Best Crew Fiction | Chinna Thambi | Won | |||
Favourite Negative Role | Krithika | Varsha | Nominated | ||
Favourite Comedian Fiction | Selva | Nominated | |||
Britto | Nominated | ||||
Favourite Mother | Anila Sreekumar | Annalakshmi | Won | ||
Favourite Mamiyar | Shari (Sadhana) | Pirabhavathi | Nominated | ||
Favourite Screen Pair | Prajin & Pavani | Chinna Thambi & Nandhini | Won | ||
Favourite Family | Chinna Thambi | Nominated | |||
Best Director | Nominated | ||||
Best Father | Girish | Rathnasamy | Nominated |
International broadcast
The Series was released on 2 October 2017 on Vijay TV and Vijay TV HD. The Show was also broadcast internationally on Channel's international distribution.
- It was aired in Sri Lanka, Singapore, Vietnam, Japan, Hong Kong, United States, Europe, Malaysia, Mauritius and South Africa on Vijay TV and Vijay TV HD with English subtitle.
- The drama is episodes on their app hotstar, some Episodes with English subtitle.
- It is also available via the internet protocol television service, Lebara Play with English subtitle.
References
- ^ "Chinnathambi Tamil television serial on vijay tv – launching on 2nd october 2017 at 10.00 P.M". www.tholaikatchi.in. Retrieved 2017-09-26.
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- ^ "Chinnathambi is high on romance and drama". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2017-11-04.
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