Pandian Stores

Pandian's four sons (Sathyamoorthy, Jeevanandham, Kathiravan and Kannan) runs Pandian Stores, a famous Grocery store in their village Karaikudi.

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 (Kaavya Arivumani), who loves him since her childhood. But Jeeva was in love with a Rich man Janardhanan's (Venkat Subha) daughter Meena (Hema Sathish). 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 happen in a joint family.

This story revolves around Dhanam how she unites the joint family after the entry of the new daughters-in-law, Meena and Mullai.

Pandian and Lakshmi has four sons and they operates a grocery store,Pandian Stores, and lives happily in their village.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 was the strong pillar of their 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, the brothers' mother 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.

• Sujitha Dhanush[2] (2018– present) as Dhanalakshmi Sathyamoorthy ( Main lead)
  • Sathyamoorthy's wife, Jaganathan's younger sister; Jeeva, Kathir and Kannan's sister-in-law alias another mother; Varadarajan and Kamakshi's daughter, Pandian and Lakshmi's eldest daughter-in-law and Lakshmana Pandian's mother. She is well-educated woman, but she loved and married Moorthy against her parent's wishes. She is sweet, talented, bold, lovable and self-sacrificing and takes care of her in-laws' family. Sometimes she helps Moorthy out at Pandian Stores.
• Stalin Muthu[3] (2018–present) as Sathyamoorthy Pandian:
  • Dhanalakshmi's husband, Malli's ex-fiancée, Jaganathan's best friend and Pandian and Lakshmi's eldest son also Jeeva, Kathir and Kannan's brother and Lakshmana Pandian's father. He regrets that Dhanam doesn't bear children because of him; He took the responsibilities of his younger brothers after his father's demise. He is the current head of the family and the main operator and of Pandian Stores
• Venkat Renganathan[4][5] (2018– present) as Jeevanandham Pandian:
  • Pandian and Lakshmi's second son and Moorthy's first younger brother, Meena's husband, also Mullai's ex-love interest; Kayalvizhi's father. He is an Engineer graduate. He is educated, and admires his sister-in-law Dhanam. He supports his family more than his wife Meena. He is also careless about his wife Meena and is forgetful. he is not a good husband.
• Hema Rajkumar[6] (Nov.2018– present) as Meenakshi Jeevanandham:
  • Jeeva's wife, Janarthanan and Kalaivani's elder daughter, Dhanam's first co-sister and Kayalvizhi's mother. She is from a rich villa. She is devoted to her father and her husband. After some difficulty, she has adjusted to the lifestyle of her in-laws' family. Though she is good-hearted, her father instigates her against her in-law's family which changes her mind.
• Kumaran Thangarajan[7] (2018– present) as Kathiravan Pandian :
  • Pandian and Lakshmi's third son; Moorthy's second younger brother; Mullai's husband. Due to their family's circumstances, he sacrificed his education to support his family. He is a hard worker.He is shown to have a better memory than his brothers. He married Mullai to save his family reputation.He loves Mullai but struggles to express it.
• Kaavya Arivumani ( Dec 2020–Present) as Mullai Kathiravan
  • Kathir's wife, Jeeva's ex-fiancée; Muruganandham and Parvathy's daughter, Malli's younger sister. Dhanam's second co-sister. Initially, she loved Jeeva one-sided. But she was married to his younger brother Kathir under her family's compulsion. Initially, she hated him. Then, she loves Kathir but struggles to express it. She is a B.Com. graduate. She has long wanted to become a member of the Pandian Stores family.
• Saravanan Vickram[8] (2018– present) as Kannan Pandian :
  • Pandian and Lakshmi's younger son, and Moorthy, Jeeva and Kathir's younger brother; Aishu's husband. He is a 22-year-old engineering student. He is talkative and doted upon by his family.
• Vaishali Thangi/VJ Deepika/Sai Gayathri as Aishwarya Kannan:
  • Kasthuri's Sister's daughter and Kannan's wife, Prashanth's ex-fiancée; Pandian, Dhanam's younger co-sister. She lost her parents in an accident. So, her aunt, Kasthuri, adopted and raised her. She is a 21-year-old engineering student, Kannan's junior in college

Star Vijay's Tamil series Pandian Stores has been remade into the following Indian languages:

• Pandian Stores at Hotstar
• Pandian Stores on IMDb