Chinna Thambi (TV series)
Chinna Thambi is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language soap opera starring Prajin and Pavani Reddy and Anila Sreekumar, Rhema Ashok and Lokesh Baskaran in pivotal roles. It started airing on 2 October 2017 till 21 June 2019 on Vijay TV.[1][2][3] The story about the relationship of an innocent village boy as Chinna Thambi (Prajin) and an arrogant city girl as Nandhini (Pavani Reddy), who fall in love after Marriage. it is a remake of Bengali language serial Khokababu.[4] This serial is remade into Telugu in the name Savitramma gari abbayi which is being aired on Star Maa.
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| Genre | Soap opera |
| Directed by | Arul Rasan (1-50) Francis Kadhiravan (51- 442) |
| Creative director(s) | Manivasakan Selvaraj Rajan.M Boopalan.S |
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| Theme music composer | Ilayavan Kiran |
| Opening theme | Ilayavan |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language(s) | Tamil |
| No. of episodes | 442 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Thillainathan. K Senthil Mohan Ponnaiah |
| Producer(s) | Raja vel |
| Cinematography | Ramesh.D |
| Editor(s) | Kurusamy |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | approx. 22–24 minutes per episode |
| Production company(s) | A Tele Factory |
| Release | |
| Original network | Vijay TV |
| Original release | 2 October 2017 – 21 June 2019 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Khokababu |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Plot
It is a story about Chinna Thambi (Prajin), an innocent village boy from Chinnalapatty who falls in love with Nandhini (Pavani Reddy), an arrogant girl from Chennai. Chinna Thambi is very naive, having moral values. He obeys his mother Annalakshmi sternly and loves his family. On the other side, Nandhini is opposite like Chinnathambi, But Nandhini has a good heart.
Nandhini's marriage is fixed with Gautham (Lokesh), and the engagement is also done. Coincidentally one day Chinna Thambi and Nandhini meet and get into a heated argument. Chinna Thambi keeps himself away from Nandhini because he is a Baal Brahmachari. And Nandhini too dislikes him. Will they become friends and love each other? Will their love overcome their contrasting personalities, cultures, and values?
On the day of marriage, Gautham is arrested for a false accusation, and a fainted Nandhini marries Chinnathambi, on the request of her parents. Then, Nandhini moves to the village with Chinnathambi. Swetha accompanies Nandhini to help her get accustomed to the new environment. At first, Nandini hates her life in the town, with small issues such as not being able to eat meat, or wear modern clothes. One day, her father-in-law (Chinnathambi's dad) hears her speak badly of chinnathambi's looks. She remarks on the clothes and hair he has, saying he has a priest's look. Her father-in-law brings Chinnathambi and changes his looks into something more modern, which shocks everyone in the house, including Nandini and chinnathambi's mother.
Cast
- Main cast
- Chinnathambi's family
- Girish as Rathnasamy (China Thambi's father)
- Anila Sreekumar as Annalakshmi (Annam) (Chinna Thambi's mother, Malar's adoptive mother)
- Rhema Ashok as Malar (Chinnathambi's cousin)
- Kammapandi as Samudram (Malar's father, Chinnathambi's uncle)
- Shwetha Subramaniam as Revathy (Chinna Thambi's cousin)
- Rekha Suresh as Shanthi (Malar's mother and Chinnathambi's aunt)
- Nandhini's family
- Shridhar as Rajasekar (Nandhini, Arvind's father)
- Sadhana as Prabhavathi (Nandhini and Arvind's mother)
- Krishna Kishore as Nandini's elder brother
- Shwetha as Shwetha (Nandini's sister-in-law)
- Aravish / VJ Pappu as Aravind (Pappu) (Nandhini's younger brother)
- Krithika Annamalai as Varsha (Nandini's cousin)
- Priya as Kanchana (Varsha's mother and Nandhini's aunt)
- Others
- Lokesh Baskaran as Gautham Vasudevan
- Britto as Seval (Chinnathambi's friend)
- Former cast
- Hema Rajkumar as Sevvanthi (episode 174-272, dead in serial)
- --- as Meshtri
- Subageetha as Shenbagam (Sevvanthi's sister, episode 174-273)
- Suresh as Sethu (Shenbagam's husband, episode 174-270)
- Udhay as Lingam (a man who gives loan for auto, died in serial)
- Suryakanth as Chiyaan
- Andrew Jesudoss as Paramasivam
- Vadivukkarasi as Kadambavanathu Amma
- Sairatheya as Damayenthi (devotee of Kadambavanathu Amma)
- Karthik as Kaali - Wrestler
- --- as Soman (Kaali's PA)
- Priya Manjunathan as Sathya (Nandhini's friend)
- Ravishankar/Ravi Varma as Vasudevan (Gautham's father)
- Uma Rani (Gautham's mother)
- Chitra
- Nithin as Ashwin
- Chetna as Preethi
- Franklin as Appu (Nandhini's friend)
- 'Myna' Nandhini as Alabarai Myna (episode 335 - 370)
Crossover Episode
- Chinnathambi had crossover episodes with Aranmanai Kili (364-373 episodes).
- Arjun, Jaanu, and Vijaya visit Chinnathambi's house for Chinnathambi parent's 60th wedding anniversary.
- Selva up calls Arjun and seeks his help to Chinnathambi construction business.
- Arjun gives financial aid for Nandini and Chinnathambi's construction business (403-404 episodes).
Casting
The series is a village love story. Prajin, formerly of the series Anjali and Kadhalikka Neramillai plays the lead male role, and Pavani of the serial Rettai Vaal Kuruvi, EMI-Thavanai Murai Vazhkai, and Vajram movie plays the lead female role. Kalyanam Mudhal Kadhal Varai fame Lokesh was selected to the role of Gautham (Nandhini Fiance) and Saravanan Meenatchi (season 2) fame Priya and Franklin were selected to the role of Sathya and Appu.
Title
This title was taken from a 1991 Chinna Thambi movie starring Prabhu and Kushboo. The English translation of the title is Little Brother.
Development
On 23 September 2017, the first promo of the show one minute 'Promo 1' was released by Vijay TV on YouTube.[8]
Airing history
The show started airing on Vijay TV on 2 October 2017.
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Role | Result |
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| 2018 | Galatta Nakshathra Awards | Best Actor | Prajin | Chinna Thambi | Nominated |
| Best Pair | Prajin & Pavani | Chinna Thambi & Nandhini | Nominated | ||
| 4th Vijay Television Awards | Favourite Actor Female | Pavani | Nandhini | Nominated | |
| Best Supporting Actor Female | Swetha | Swetha | Nominated | ||
| Best Dop | Ramesh | Nominated | |||
| Favourite Fiction Series | Chinna Thambi | Nominated | |||
| Best Crew Fiction | Chinna Thambi | Won | |||
| Favourite Negative Role | Krithika | Varsha | Nominated | ||
| Favourite Comedian Fiction | Selva | Nominated | |||
| Britto | Nominated | ||||
| Favourite Mother | Anila Sreekumar | Annalakshmi | Won | ||
| Favourite Mamiyar | Shari (Sadhana) | Pirabhavathi | Nominated | ||
| Favourite Screen Pair | Prajin & Pavani | Chinna Thambi & Nandhini | Won | ||
| Favourite Family | Chinna Thambi | Nominated | |||
| Best Director | Nominated | ||||
| Best Father | Girish | Rathnasamy | Nominated | ||
| 2019 | 5th Vijay Television Award | Best Son | Prajin | Chinnathambi | Won |
International broadcast
The Series was released on 2 October 2017 to 26 April 2019 on Vijay TV and Vijay TV HD. The show was also broadcast internationally on Channel's international distribution.
- It was aired in Sri Lanka, Singapore, Vietnam, Japan, Hong Kong, United States, Europe, Malaysia, Mauritius, and South Africa on Vijay TV and Vijay TV HD with English subtitles.
- The drama is episodes on their app hotstar, some Episodes with English subtitles.
- It is also available via the internet protocol television service, Lebara Play with English subtitles.
References
- "Chinnathambi Tamil television serial on vijay tv – launching on 2nd october 2017 and 26 april 2019 at 10.00 P.M". www.tholaikatchi.in. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
- "New series Chinnathambi to be launched today". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
- "விஜய் டிவியில் 'சின்னத் தம்பி' புதிய தொடர்" (in Tamil). www.screen4screen.com. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- "Chinnathambi is high on romance and drama". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
- "சின்னத்திரைக்கு திரும்பினார் நடிகர் பிரஜின்". cinema.dinamalar.com. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
- "Pavanai Star in Chinnathambi serial". www.onenov.in.
- "Why can't Tamil girls deck up?". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
- "Chinnathambi From October 2" (in Tamil). Youtube Vijay TV. Retrieved 23 September 2017.