Santhwanam (TV series)

Santhwanam is an Indian Malayalam-language TV drama airing on the channel Asianet and streaming on Disney+ Hotstar. The show is an official remake of the Tamil series Pandian Stores,[5] and stars Chippy Renjith and Rajeev Parameshwar in the lead roles.[6][7][8]

Santhwanam
Genre	Drama Family [1]
Created by	Priya Thambi
Based on	Pandian Stores
Developed by	M Renjith
Written by	Script writer : J. Pallassery
Directed by	Adithyan
Starring	Sayooj Suresh Anandu P
Composer	Saanand George (Music)
Country of origin	India
Original language	Malayalam
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	112
Production
Producer	Chippy Renjith[2]
Cinematography	Manoj Narayan
Editor	Pradeep Bhagvath
Camera setup	Multiple-camera setup
Running time	21 minutes (Excluding advertisements)
Production companies	Rejaputra Visual Media[3] Avanthika creations (banner)
Distributor	Asianet Digital Network Private Limited Asianet Star Communications Pvt Ltd Star India
Release
Original network	Asianet Hotstar
Picture format	576i HDTV 1080i
Original release	21 September 2020 [4] – present
Chronology
Preceded by	Vanambadi (TV series)
Related shows	Pandian Stores
External links
Hotstar

Plot

Krishnan and Lakshmi have four sons and run Krishna Stores, a grocery store in a town named Ambalathara. Their world crumbles when Lakshmi's brother Shankaran forces Krishnan into financial difficulty, and Krishnan commits suicide. Balan (Balakrishnan), the eldest son of Krishnan marries Devi, a 21 year old youth, to look after his brothers and his ailed mother, Hari, Shivan and Kannan as if they were her own kids. Devi is often criticized by her relatives for not having children, but her brothers-in-law do not let it affect her.

Shankaran pressures Lakshmi to an arranged marriage between his daughter Anju and her son Hari. However, Hari is opposed as he's in love with college friend Aparna. 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; this transgression causes Hari to accept the marriage proposal. Thampi decides to kill Hari but his plan falls apart. Appu creates a scene in the marriage hall and the wedding is cancelled due to Hari's feelings and Anju's suspicions of an affair, leaving the families strained.

To repair the family reputation, Devi decides that Shiva should marry Anju. Eventually, Hari marries Appu and Shiva marries Anju, but Devi is criticized by Anju's mother, Lakshmi and Anju for what is seen as a poor match. The couple do come to love each other, though they have difficulty expressing it. Meanwhile, Appu and Hari fight over money until Appu adjusts to the lifestyle at Santhwanam.

Thampi sees Kannan escorting Appu's younger sister Amritha. Suspecting that they are lovers, Thampi assaults him. Kannan tells his brothers about this, who confront Thampi and have a physical altercation. Aparna worries about her father. Enraged, Thampi stops sending goods to Krishna Stores as Thampi have blocked the goods to the store via third-party. As a result there occurs a rapid shortage of goods at the shop. When enquired by Balan it is found out that it is indeed Thampi who did this dastardly deed and in order to get the full load should pay the full amount of approximately ₹5,00,000. Balan decides to mortgage the house so as to get the money in such a short span of time. Anju on hearing this decides to give her dowry gold to Shiva who refuses it by saying he do not need any of her belongings. Dejected. she brings this to Balan and forces him to mortgage it. Anju's mother and Jayanthi creates a ruckus upon knowing this. Shivan who is further humiliated by the duo reaches his maximum point of control and brings the gold and throws it on them.

Cast

Main cast

• Chippy Renjith as Sreedevi Balakrishnan (a.k.a. "Devi", Anjali fondly calls "Devyechi" )

  Balan's wife, Sethu's sister; Hari, Shiva and Kannan's sister-in-law; Lakshmi's eldest daughter-in-law. She is a sweet, talented and bold woman. She is a very lovable and sacrificial person who takes care of her in-laws.She sometimes go to Krishna Stores to help out Balakrishnan.

• Rajeev Parameshwar as Balakrishnan (a.k.a. "Balan")

  Husband of Sreedevi. He is the eldest son of Lakshmi and Krishnan, the elder brother of Hari, Shiva, Kannan. He is the wise head of the Santhwanam Family. He always regrets that because of him that Sreedevi doesn't bear children.He operates Krishna Stores in main.

• Girija Preman as Lakshmi

  Mother of Balan, Hari, Siva, and Kannan, mother-in-law of Sreedevi, Aparna and Anjali, and sister of Shankaran. She hates Savithri and Jayanthi.She hated Sreedevi for a few days after the marriage as well as hated Aparna for making mishap in marriage hall.She is a paralysed woman.She is also Anjali's aunt.

• Girish Nambiar as Harikrishnan (a.k.a. "Hari")

  Second son of Lakshmi and Krishnan, husband of Aparna (Appu). He is a MBA Graduate.He always support Santhwanam family than his wife Aparna at all circumstances.

• Raksha Raj as Aparna Harikrishnan (a.k.a. "Appu")

  Harikrishnan's wife and Rajasekharan Thampi's daughter.She is also a Master degree holder.She loves her father Rajasekharan Thampi and her husband Harikrishnan more than her ilfe.She adjusted with lifestyle of Santhwanam family

• Sajin TP as Shivaramakrishnan (a.k.a. "Shiva", "kalippan shivan")

  Third son of Lakshmi and Krishnan, loving husband of Anjali (Anju). He is a meritorious student. Due to family's circumstances he had studied until matriculation. He always has a local dressing style and doesn't like to wear formal clothes. He hates Savithry and Jayanthi.He always remember older things faster than her 3 brothers.He shows some dislike to Anjali due to her mother Savithry.He always do blue-collar jobs at Krishna Stores.

• Dr. Gopika Anil as Anjali Shivaramakrishnan (a.k.a. "Anju", "kaanthari anju")

  Daughter of Shankaran and Savitri, wife of Shiva. She loves Shiva in disguise but doesn't know how to express it. She is a B.Com graduate.She always keep Sreedevi as a model to become an excellent in-law like Sreedevi. She always dreamed of becoming a member of Santhwanam Family.

• Achu Sugandh as Muralikrishnan (a.k.a. "Kannan")

  Youngest son of Lakshmi and Krishnan. He is a college student. He is talkative and doted upon by the Santhwanam family.

Recurring cast

• Yathikumar as Shankaran

  Anjali's father, Lakshmi's brother, and Savithri's husband. He was a once a rich man but lost his assets due to his honest behaviour.

• Divya Binu as Malikapurackal Savithri Shankaran

  Anjali's mother, Shiva's mother-in-law, Shankaran's wife, and Jayanthi's maternal aunt. She hates Devi and always picks fight with Shankaran, disliking the Santhwanam family.She always support the Malikapurackal Brothers.

• Geetha Nair as Subhadra

  Sethu and Sreedevi's mother, Jayanthi and Balan's mother-in-law. She is the closest friend of Lakshmi.

• Bijesh Avanoor as Sethu

  Devi's brother, Jayanthi's husband, Balan's close friend, and Subhadra's son. He owns an event management company.

• Apsara as Jayanthi Sethu

  Sethu's wife, Devi's sister-in-law, Subhadra's daughter-in-law,Savithri's niece,Indira and Savithry's brother's daughter. She hates Devi.

• Kailas Nath as Narayana Pillai (a.k.a Pilla)

  Friend of Krishnan and staff of Krishna Stores. He hails from Nagercoil. The Krishna brothers consider him a fatherlike figure and a member of the Santhwanam family.

• Rohit as Amaravathiyil Rajasekharan Thampi

  Aparna's father, he is a wealthy businessman who lives at his mansion residence "Amaravathy".He is a large wholesale businessman,who owns land,offices,godowns etc.He is only obedient to his sister Rajeshwari

• Zeenath as Rajeshwari

  Rajasekharan Thampi's sister, Aparna's aunt, and Somasekharan MLA's wife.She lives in Wayanad and comes to visit Thampi sometimes.

• Dr. Nita as Ambika Thampi

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

• Kalyani as Amritha Thampi (a.k.a "Ammu")

  Rajasekharan Thampi's younger daughter and Aparna's sister. She is a B.Tech college student.

• Sreelakshmi Sreekumar as Jancy

  Anjali's best friend and former classmate who works in Chennai.

Guest

• M Renjith in promo episode
• J. Pallassery in promo episode
• Aadithyan in promo episode

Versions in other languages

Language	Title	Original release	Network(s)	Episodes
Tamil (original)	Pandian Stores	1 October 2018 – present	Star Vijay	Ongoing
Telugu	Vadinamma	6 May 2019 – present	Star Maa	Ongoing
Marathi	Sahkutumb Sahaparivar	24 February 2020 – present	Star Pravah	Ongoing
Bengali	Bhaggolokkhi	31 August 2020 – present	Star Jalsha	Ongoing
Hindi	Gupta Brothers	5 October 2020 – 26 January 2021	Star Bharat	81
	Pandya Store	25 January 2021–present	Star Plus	Ongoing

References

1. Asianet (30 January 2017). "Vanambadi online streaming on Hotstar". Hotstar. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
2. "Santhwanam: Chippy Renjith to play a doting sister-in-law in the upcoming show – Times of India". The Times of India.
3. "Santhwanam TV Serial on Asianet, Cast, TRP and Latest Updates – Daily Movie Mania".
4. "Asianet to telecast new serial 'Santhwanam' from today". Indian Advertising Media & Marketing News – exchange4media. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
5. "Pandian Stores In Malayalam – Team Vaanambadi Again For Asianet". Kerala TV. 9 September 2020.
6. World, Republic. "'Santhwanam' serial cast: Know here about the leading cast of the popular Malayalam show". Republic World.
7. "Santhwanam Asianet Serial Star Cast, Behind The Scene – Latest Malayalam Series". Kerala TV. 16 September 2020.
8. "Serial Santhwanam Opened With 14.90 Points, Kudumbavilakku Topping The Chart". www.keralatv.in. Retrieved 15 January 2021.