Pandian Stores 2

Pandian Stores 2 – Thandhai Sollmikka Manthiramilai (transl. Pandian Stores 2 – Nothing Is Greater Than Father's Words) is a 2023 Indian Tamil language soap opera directed by V.C. Ravi and it is a spiritual spin-off of the 2018 series Pandian Stores, starring emsemble cast Stalin Muthu, Nirosha, VJ Kathirvel, Sharanya Turadi, Venkat Renganathan, Hema Rajkumar, Akash Premkumar, Shalini Prabu, and others.^[1] It was premiered on 30 October 2023.

The non-screened flashback: Pandian works as a laborer in Muthuvel-Sakthivel Grocery Shop. He falls in love with their only sister Gomathi and they elope and get married. Their children include Kuzhali, Saravanan, Senthilnathan, Kathiravan, and Arasi. Pandian and Muthuvel-Sakthivel hold grudges against each other due to their earlier conflicts. Pandian runs a grocery store named "Pandian Stores" and wants to succeed. He expects obedience from his children. Gomathi's youngest brother Pazhanivel stays with them as he loves his sister's family. Pandian builds a house in front of Muthuvel-Sakthivel house, irritating them.

On screen story: Conflicts began when Senthilnathan, the second son of Pandian decides to marry Meena without the knowledge of his family. His younger brother Kathiravan helps them. They go to Pandian's house and punishes Kathiravan for helping them instead of Senthil and Meena. Soon, Pandian admits them to his house, but he hates Kathiravan. Meena, a government employee who regularly goes to work by bus, befriends Raji, the only daughter of the Muthuvel-Sakthivel family.

One day, Raji elopes with all the gold ornaments in her house with a man. Gomathi, Meena, and Kathir who have gone for a family function accidentally see Raji in a hotel. They learn that Raji had been betrayed by the man she loved for the gold ornaments. On considering both the family's prestige, Gomathi calms her and decides to marry Raji, her niece, to her son Kathir. Kathir does so on the insistence of his mother. Back at Pandian's house, they are both rejected then later accepted by Pandian's family. This marriage has now further widened the conflict between the two families. Raji's family asks for the gold she took but Kathir saves her by saying that he sold all the gold.

Pandian questions Kathir's financial contribution to the family. Despite Kathir being a college student, he joins a part-time food delivery job and gives his entire salary to the family and Raji. Kathir was also helpful to Raji with her studies. Meena also becomes supportive of them. Soon, the family seeks an alliance for Saravanan. And, they met up with Thangamayil's family. Thangamayil's parents were greedy regarding the Pandian family's wealth. They pretend to be rich and make duplicate gold ornaments for her marriage. After the marriage but Meena and Raji doubted it from the beginning of the marriage itself. Thangamayil was overprivileged by Pandian because she was selected as the best daughter-in-law by him. Thangamayil takes the opportunity and always proves her privilege. On her mother's advice, Thangamayil creates problems in the family. Raji decides to take tuition at their home so she can financially assist Kathir. She told her idea to Gomathi. But Gomathi failed to convey it to Pandian and get permission. Pandian gave a list of works for Senthil to do at free time at Chennai. Though Meena wants to spend time with him, Senthil had much work to do. So, he switched off his phone and took Meena to Marina Beach. Meena sent their pictures to Raji. Mayil also saw the picture. Silently Mayil informs Pandian about Senthil who is not attending Pandian's phone call and spends time at the beach. So Pandian scolds Senthilnathan. Mayil laughs aloud which intensifies Meena's hatred towards her. All of them doubt and dislike her behavior, except Pandian and Saravanan. Disobeying Gomathi's words, Mayil daily brings lunch to her father-in-law Pandian and her husband Saravanan at their workplace. Gomathi dislikes this. Meena and Raji develop Gomathi's temper and she scolds Mayil for disobeying. She then orders not to deliver lunch to Pandian.

Later, Raji decides to help Kathir by taking tuition, with Meena's assistance. Meanwhile, Sakthivel learns of Raji's tuition and tells both Muthuvel and Gomathi's families. Both families are surprised to hear this, then Raji reveals that Kumar kidnapped both Raji and Meena to prevent Saravanan's marriage, when he meant to actually kidnap Thangamayil.

After that, when Raji was talking to her friends on the way to her tuition, she spots Kannan, her ex-lover who stole her jewelry, and chases after him on the road, but accidentally falls. So both she and Kathir decide to file a police complaint against Kannan for stealing her jewelry, and then both Sakthivel's and Pandian's families realise that Kannan, not Kathir, stole the jewellery and that they both got some of the jewelry that he still had. For Kathir, she decides to sell it, but then Sakthivel notices and starts an argument with Pandian's house, and then Raji lashes out at both Muthuvel and Sakthivel for insulting Kathir, so she decides to reveal the truth about her marriage.

• Stalin Muthu as Pandian: (2023−present)
  • Gomathi's husband; Kuzhali, Saravanan, Senthil, Kathiravan and Arasi's father
• Nirosha as Gomathi Pandian: (2023−present)
  • Pandian's wife; Kuzhali, Saravanan, Senthil, Kathiravan and Arasi's mother;
  • Gandhimathi's daughter; Muthuvel and Sakthivel's younger sister and Pazhanivel's elder sister
  • Baakiyalakshmi's friend; Raadhika's cousin (Mahasangamam Baakiyalakshmi −2024)
• VJ Kathirvel Kandasamy as Saravanan Pandian: (2023−present)
  • Pandian and Gomathi's eldest son; Kuzhali 's younger brother, Senthil, Kathiravan and Arasi's elder brother; Thangamayil's husband
  • Gandhimathi's grandson; Muthuvel, Sakthivel and Pazhanivel's nephew; Kumaravel's and Raaji's cousin
• Sharanya Turadi Sundarraj as Thangamayil Saravanan " Mayil": (2024−present)
  • Saravanan's wife; Muthu Sudar's sister; Manickam and Bakiyam's elder daughter
• Vasanth Vasi (2023–2024) / Venkat Renganathan (July 2024–present) as Senthilnathan Pandian "Senthil":
  • Pandian and Gomathi's second son; Kuzhali, Saravanan's younger brother, Kathiravan and Arasi's elder brother; Meena's husband
  • Gandhimathi's grandson; Muthuvel, Sakthivel and Pazhanivel's nephew; Kumaravel's and Raaji's cousin
• Hema Rajkumar as Meenakshi Senthilnathan "Meena": (2023−present)
  • Senthil's wife, Shanthi and Tahsildar Ravi's daughter
• Akash Premkumar as Kathiravan Pandian "Kathir": (2023−present)
  • Pandian and Gomathi's youngest son; Kuzhali, Saravanan, Senthil's younger brother and Arasi's elder brother, Raaji's husband
  • Gandhimathi's grandson; Muthuvel, Sakthivel and Pazhanivel's nephew; Raji and Kumaravel's cousin
• Shalini Prabu as Rajeshwari Kathiravan "Raaji": (2023−present)
  • Kathir's wife; Muthuvel and Vadivu's daughter
  • Gandhimathi's granddaughter; Gomathi, Sakthivel and Pazhanivel's niece; Kuzhali, Saravanan, Senthil, Kathir, Arasi and Kumaravel's cousin
  • Kannan's ex-lover

• Sathya Sai Krishnan as Arasi Pandian: (2023−present)
  • Pandian and Gomathi's younger daughter; Kuzhali, Saravanan, Senthil and Kathir's younger sister
  • Gandhimathi's granddaughter; Muthuvel, Sakthivel and Pazhanivel's niece; Kumaravel's and Raaji's cousin.
• R Karuna Vilasini as Kuzhali Pandian: (2023−present)
  • Pandian and Gomathi's elder daughter; Saravanan, Senthil, Kathir and Arasi's elder sister; Anbu's wife
  • Gandhimathi's granddaughter; Muthuvel, Sakthivel and Pazhanivel's niece; Kumaravel's and Raaji's cousin
• Rajkumar Manoharan as Pazhanivel: (2023–present)
  • Gandhimathi's youngest son; Muthuvel, Sakthivel and Gomathi's youngest brother; Suganya's second husband
  • Kuzhali, Saravanan, Senthil, Kathir and Arasi's maternal uncle; Kumaravel and Raaji's paternal uncle
  • Raadhika's cousin (Mahasangamam Baakiyalakshmi −2024)
• Chandhini Prakash as Suganya Pazhanivel: (2023;2025−present)
  • Maari's cousin sister; a divorcee turned Pazhanivel's wife
• Sakthivel Adhi Meena as Kumaravel: (2023−present)
  • Kuzhali, Saravanan, Senthil, Kathir,and Arasi's cousin; Sakthivel and Maari's son; Raaji's cousin brother
  • Gandhimathi's grandson; Muthuvel, Gomathi and Pazhanivel's nephew;
• Sundar Annamalai as Anbu: Kuzhali's husband (2023−present)
• Srilekha Rajendran as Gandhimathi: (2023−present)
  • Muthuvel, Shakthivel, Pazhanivel and Gomathi's mother
  • Kuzhali, Saravanan, Senthil, Kathir, Arasi, Kumaravel and Raaji's grandmother
• Ajay Rathnam as Muthuvel: (2023−present)
  • Gandhimathi's eldest son; Sakthivel, Gomathi, and Pazhanivel's eldest brother; Vadivu's husband; Raaji's father; Kathir's father-in-law
  • Kumaravel's father's elder brother; Kuzhali, Saravanan, Senthil, Kathir and Arasi's uncle
  • Raadhika's cousin(Mahasangamam Baakiyalakshmi −2024)
• Gayathri Priya as Vadivu: (2023−present)
  • Muthuvel's wife and Raji's mother; Kathir's mother-in-law
  • Gandhimathi's daughter-in-law; Kuzhali, Saravanan, Senthil, Kathir, Arasi and Kumaravel's aunt
• Pondy Ravi as Sakthivel: (2023−present)
  • Gandhimathi's second son; Muthuvel's younger brother, Gomathi and Pazhanivel's second elder brother; Maari's husband; Kumaravel's father
  • Kuzhali, Saravanan, Senthil, Kathir, Raji and Arasi's uncle
  • Raadhika's cousin(Mahasangamam Baakiyalakshmi −2024)
• Reehana.B (2023-2024) / Sai Madhavi (2024−present) as Maari
  • Sakthivel's wife and Kumaravel's mother
  • Suganya's cousin sister; Gandhimathi's daughter-in-law; Kuzhali, Saravanan, Senthil, Kathir, Raji and Arasi's aunt
• Theni Murugan as Kumaresan - a faithful employee of Pandian Stores run by Pandian (2023−present)
• Saivam Ravi as Manickam: Bakiyam's husband; Thangamayil and Muthu Sudar's father (2024−present)
• Gowthami Vembunathan as Bakiyam: Manickam's wife; Thangamayil and Muthu Sudar's mother (2024−present)
• Sofia as Muthu Sudar 'Sudar': Thangamayil's sister; Bakiyam and Manickam youngest daughter (2024−present)
• Ravi Chandran as Tahsildar Ravi: Shanthi's husband; Meena's father (2023−present)
• Sri Vidhya Shankar as Shanthi: Ravi's wife; Meena's mother (2023−present)
• Nethaji Suriya as Kannan: (2023−present)
  • Raji's ex-lover
• David Solomon Raja as Sivanesan; Umayal's husband; Sadeesh's father; Pandian's relative (2025−present)
• Sai Lakshmi as Umayal; Sivanesan's wife; Sadeesh's mother; Pandian's cousin sister (2025−present)
• Merwin Balaji as Sadeesh: Sivanesan and Umayal's son; Arasi's ex-fiance (2025–present)

• Dasarathy as the host of a matchmaking event to find a wife for Saravanan (2024)

With the release of first promo, Stalin Muthu was confirmed to be acting in the show, under a new role of Pandi. Actress Nirosha was cast as Pandians's wife, marking her return after Vaidhegi Kaathirundhaal.^[2][3] VJ Kathirvel Kandasamy, Vasanth Vasi and Akash Premkumar were confirmed as male lead roles, playing the roles of Pandian's sons.

Kadhanayagi fame Shalini and Vilashini were confirmed as female lead roles. Actor Ajay Rathnam was cast as important role.^[4] Hema Raj Sathish confirmed herself that she will act in Pandian Stores 2, reprising her role as Meena under a different story.^[5] Gayathri Priya was cast as Vadivu. Sharanya Turadi was cast as Thangamayil^[6] In end of July 2024, Vasanth Vasi^[7] was replaced by Venkat Renganathan.^[8]

The first promo was released on 14 October 2023 featuring the lead characters.^[9] The second promo was unveiled on 16 October 2023, The third Launch promo was unveiled on 20 October 2023 and revealing the release date.^[10]

• Pandian Stores 2 at Disney+ Hotstar
• Pandian Stores 2 at IMDb