Thirumathi Selvam

Thirumathi Selvam
Genre	Soap opera
Written by	V. K. Amirtharaj
Screenplay by	V. K. Amirtharaj S. L. Amalraj
Story by	S. Kumaran
Directed by	S. Kumaran
Creative directors	M.V. Kumar B. Radha
Starring	Sanjeev Abitha
Theme music composer	D. Imman (Title Song) Kiran (Background Score)
Opening theme	"Sooriyanae Chandhiranae" Shweta Mohan (Vocal) Yugabharathi (Lyrics)
Country of origin	India
Original language	Tamil
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	1,360
Production
Executive producers	A. Sundaram K. Prabhuu
Producers	Radhika Srinivasan B. Srinivasan
Production location	Chennai
Cinematography	S. T. Martz
Editors	Sasi K. Basant G. V. Rajan B. Chandru S. Nielstein
Running time	approx. 16 minutes
Production company	Vikatan Televistas
Release
Original network	Sun TV
Original release	5 November 2007 (2007-11-05) – 22 March 2013 (2013-03-22)
Chronology
Related shows	Pavitra Rishta

Thirumathi Selvam (Mrs. Selvam) is a 2007 Tamil television soap opera directed by S. Kumaran and produced by Radhika Srinivasan & B. Srinivasan for Vikatan Televistas. It premiered on 5 November 2007 and initially aired weekday afternoons on Sun TV, before being moved to prime time on 17 November 2008.^[1] The serial ended on 22 March 2013 with 1360 episodes. Thirumathi Selvam is currently re-airing on Kalaignar TV at 09:00PM from July 19, 2021 onwards.

The story revolved around the lead character Selvam and showed how his good qualities, hard work, and love for his wife, Archana, and how that made him reach great heights. Then, it showed how money, fame, and power led to his downfall.

The serial was remade in Hindi as Pavitra Rishta^[2] under Balaji Telefilms and it was aired on Zee TV.

Plot[]

The story is about Selvam who is a master mechanic by profession. He decides not to get married because he works hard yet struggles for the welfare of his family being the sole breadwinner. He gives up his studies to educate his younger brother and sister. However, fate takes a turn when he falls in love with Archana after seeing her at a temple. Archana is a wise, hardworking, and kind woman. Archana is uneducated as she has only studied until tenth grade and was forced to halt her studies due to the deteriorating health of her mother. Thus, Archana become the favourite for her parents among the sisters. For his marriage proposal, he is compelled to tell a lie that he is a mechanical engineer, since Archana's mother, Sivagami, was determined to marry her daughter to an educated man. After the marriage, the truth comes to light, and Archana begins to hate Selvam for concealing the fact that he isn't educated and is a mechanic. She initially refuses to live with him but eventually understands Selvam's love for her and goodness in his character and decides to reconcile her relationship with him. Over time, Selvam is cheated by his stepmother Bagyam to whom he loses his house and the mechanic shed he owned. With no place to go, the couple are forced to sleep in the platform and are rescued by Selvam's friend Siva. Nandhinee one of Selvam's other friends helps him and Archana in their misery and helps to enhance their living standards. Slowly and surely, with his hard work and Archana and Nandhinee's guidance, Selvam becomes rich, grows to the status of Car Dealers Association Chairman. The couple now move to a bungalow.

Nandhinee decides to separate Selvam and Archana to seek revenge on Archana's mother Sivagami for doubting her relationship with Selvam and insulting her in front of her neighbours. She succeeds in separating Selvam from Archana by making Selvam a drunkard go against Archana losing all his good morals which he cherished from his childhood and his love for Archana. Selvam even goes to the extent of chasing Archana out of his house. Archana challenges Selvam: Nandhini will neglect him, and she will not forgive him then. Thereafter, Selvam becomes boastful and too possessive with money. But Selvam discovers Nandhinee's true colors and her intention behind separating Archana from him for which he quarrels with Nandhinee. In the process, Selvam pushes Nandhinee and she dies by falling from the terrace. Selvam is accused for Nandhinee's death, and the court gives him imprisonment for an year. After his return from prison, Selvam begs for forgiveness to Archana, but Archana, with a torn heart by being betrayed by Selvam, could neither forgive him nor accept his reformation. The story ends as an anti-climax: Selvam and Archana are separated for rest the of their life and Selvam loses all his wealth landing in the same platform worrying about his fate. The story ends with a note stating Live, let live, live properly.

Cast[]

• Sanjeev Venkat as Selvam Poongavanam; Archana's husband, Poongavanam's son, Bhagyam's stepson, Vasu and Rani's stepbrother
• Abitha as Archana "Archana' Selvam; Selvam's wife, Sivaraman and Sivagami's eldest daughter, Vinodh, Kavya and Priya's sister
• Vadivukkarasi as Sivagami "Sivagami" Sivaraman, Archana, Vinodh, Kavya and Priya's mother
• Rindhya (2007-2008;2012-2013) / Latha Rao (2010-2012) as Nandhini Chezhiyan; Selvam's best friend and wellwisher. Later, she turns vengeful towards Archana and separates Selvam from her.
• Vizhuthugal Santhanam as Sivaramakrishnan a.k.a. Sivaraman, Archana's father
• K. R. Vatsala (2007-2008)/ Gowthami Vembunathan (2008-2013) as Mangala Bhagyam Poongavanam, Selvam's stepmother, Vasu and Rani's mother
• V C Jeyamani as Poongavanam; Selvam, Vasu and Rani's father
• Peeli Sivam as Narayanan (Periyavar), Poongavanam's elder brother
• Birla Bose as Vinothkumar "Vinoth" Sivaraman; Archana, Kavya and Priya's eldest brother, Jayanthi's husband
• Ragavi as Jayanthi "Jayanthi" Vinoth; Vinoth's wife, Chinthamani's daughter, Dina's sister
• Kavitha (2007-2010) / Shivani (2010–2013) as Kavya "Kavya" Sorimuthu Aiyanaar; Cherry's wife, Archana's sister
• Archana (2007-2010) / Kavya Arun (2010-2012) as Priya Dina, Archana's younger sister, Dina's ex-love interest
• Deepak Dinkar as Cherian aka Cherry, Kavya's husband ^[3]
• Tinku (2007-2012) / Dev Anand (2012-2013) as Vasu Selvam's younger Halfbrother, Revathy's husband
• Aparna as Rani Akash, Selvam's halfsister, Akash's wife
• Sakthi Saravanan as Akash Sivamani, Rani's husband
• Soori as Amirtham, Selvam's assistant
• Swapna as Revathy Vasudevan, Vasu's wife, Rajashekar's daughter
• Vijay Anand as Dinakaran "Dheena", Chinthamani's son, Jayanthi's elder brother
• Priya as Chinthamani, Jayanthi and Dina's mother
• Ceylon Manohar as Rangarajan, Nandhini's father
• Satish (2008-2011) / Arvind Khatare (2011-2013) as Chezhiyan "Chezhiyan", Nandhini's ex-husband
• Shravan as Dileepan, Kavya's ex-love interest
• Ramachandran Mahalingam as Rajashekar, Revathy's father
• Akila as Bhanumathi Shekhar, Archana and Selvam's old neighbour and wellwisher
• Apsara as Kavitha, Jayanthi's colleague
• Golden Suresh as Madhan Lal Seth
• Supergood Kannan as Karunai Kumar, Archana's wellwisher, owner of Karunai Illam orphanage
• Sheela as Parvathi, Karunai's mother
• Lenin as Raj Kumar, Karunai's father
• Venkat as Ranjith Kumar
• Sreedhar as Chandrashekar "Shekar", Bhanu's husband, Archana and Selvam's old neighbour
• Baby Harini as Ramya, Jayanthi and Vinodh's daughter
• Laxmi Rattan as Sushil Kumar, Selvam's business partner

Soundtrack[]

Title song was composed by music director D. Imman and sung by Shweta Mohan. Other songs were composed by music director Kiran.

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Awards and honours[]

Adaptations[]

International broadcast[]

The Series was released on 5 November 2007 on Sun TV and the Show was also broadcast internationally on Channel's international distribution.

• It aired in Sri Lanka, South East Asia, Middle East, United States, Canada, Europe, Oceania, South Africa and Sub Saharan Africa on Sun TV.
• In Sri Lanka Tamil Channel on Shakthi TV. It aired Monday through Friday at 22:00 (SST).

Crossover[]

Thirumathi Selvam had a crossover with Thendral as a special episode on 1 May 2011.^[8]

References[]

External links[]

Thirumathi Selvam at IMDb