Santhwanam (TV series)

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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.^[4][5][6]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
• Chippy Renjith as Sreedevi
• Girish Nambiar as Harikrishnan
• Sajin TP as Shivaramakrishnan
• Raksha Raj as Aparna (Appu)
• Gopika Anil as Anjali
• Achu Sugandh as Muralikrishnan

Recurring cast[]

• Girija Preman as Lakshmi Krishnan (a.k.a Lakshmiyamma)
• Yathikumar as Shankaran
• Divya Binu as Malikapurackal Savithri Shankaran
• Apsara as Jayanthi Sethu
• Kailas Nath as Narayana Pillai (a.k.a Pillai)
• Bijesh Avanoor as Sethu
• Saji Surya as Sathrudharan Pillai (Sathru)
• Rohit as Rajasekharan Thampi
• Dr. Nita Gosh as Lalithambika Rajeshakaran Thampi
• Geetha Nair as Subhadramma
• Zeenath as Rajeshwari
• Saritha Balakrishnan as Rajalakshmi
• Kalyani as Amritha Thampi (a.k.a "Ammu")
• Sreelakshmi Sreekumar as Jancy
• Liju Mathew Abraham as Deepu

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