Thirumathi Selvam is a 2007-2013 TamilSoap opera written and directed by S Kumaran and produced by Vikatan Televistas. It was premiered on 5 November 2007 and was aired Monday through Friday afternoon (1.30PM) on Sun TV. It later shifted to prime time on 17 November 2008 (8.00PM). The show started reairing from 5 November 2018 from Monday to Saturday at 8 PM in Vikatan prime time in Vikatan's YouTube channel.

The show has Sanjeev and Abitha playing the leading roles with Vadivukkarasi, Rindhiya and Soori amongst others forming the supporting cast. The serial had the highest Television Rating Point for Tamil serials. The story revolved around the lead character Selvam and showed how his good qualities, hard work and love for his wife Archana make him reach great heights. And how he lose it all when money, fame and power changed him bad.

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Plot[edit]

The story is about Selvam (Sanjeev) who is a mechanic by profession. He decides not to get married because he works hard and yet struggles for the welfare of his family being the sole bread winner. He gives up his studies to educate his younger brother and sister. However, fate takes a turn when he falls in love with Archana (Abitha) after seeing her at a temple. For his marriage proposal, he is compelled to tell a lie that he is a mechanical engineer. 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 actually 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. In the course of time, Selvam is cheated by his step mother Bagyam(Gauthami) to whom he loses his house and the mechanic shed which he owned. With no place to go, the couple are forced to sleep in the platform from where they are rescued by Selvam's friend Siva.

Subsequently, the story moved around how the couple face the challenges in order to live happily and how they stayed together through thick and thin. Nandhinee(Rhindhya) one of Selvam's friends helps him and Archana in their misery and helps to enhance their living standards. Selvam with his hardwork and moral support of Archana and Nandhinee's guidance grows to the status of Car Dealers Association Chairman. But eventually Nandhinee decides to separate Selvam and Archana to seek revenge on Archana's mother Sivagami(Vadivukkarasi) for doubting her relationship with Selvam and insulting her in front of her neighbours. She succeeds in separating Selvam from Archana by making Selvam go against Archana losing all his good morals which he cherished from his childhood and his love for Archana. At one point of time, Selvam comes to know the true colors of Nandhinee and her intention behind separating Archana from him for which he quarrels with Nandhinee and in the process Nandhinee dies by falling from the terrace. Selvam is accused of the death of Nandhinee and he is given a year imprisonment by the court. The story further dealt whether Selvam & Archana will unite again or not. After his return from prison, Selvam begs for forgiveness to Archana, but Archana with torn heart by being betrayed by Selvam could neither forgive him nor accept his reformation. The story ended giving an anti-climax making Selvam and Archana separated for rest of their life and Selvam losing all his wealth landing in platform worrying for his fate. The story ends with a note stating 'Lead, let others to lead, Lead carefully'.

Cast[edit]

• Sanjeev as Selvam (Protagonist)
• Abitha as Archana Selvam (Selvam's wife)
• Soori as Amirtham, Selvam's Assistant
• Vadivukkarasi as Sivagami Sivaraman ( Died in Bomb blast in serial )
• Rindhya / Latha Rao / Rindhya as Nandhini (Main Antagonist)
• Vizhuthugal Santhanam as Sivaraman (Died in serial)
• K. R. Vatsala / Gowthami Vembunathan as Bhagyam Poongavanam. (Supporting Antagonist, Died in serial)
• V C Jeyamani as Poongavanam
• Peelisivam as Narayanan(Periyavar)
• Birla Bose as Vinodh Sivaraman
• Ragavi as Jayanthi Vinodh. (Supporting Antagonist)
• Kavi / Shivani as Kavya Cherian
• Archana / Kavya arun as Priya Dinakaran ( Died in serial, Killed by cherry)
• Deepak Dinkar as Cherry / Cherian (Supporting Antagonist)
• Tinku / Dev Anand as Vasu (Supporting Antagonist)
• Aparna as Rani Akash
• Sakthi Saravanan as Akash
• Swapna as Revathy Vasu
• Vijay Anand as Dheena / Dinakaran (Prota-Antagonist)
• Priya as Sinthamani Antagonist
• Ceylon Manohar as Rangarajan
• Satish as Chezhiyan
• Shravan as Dileepan
• Ramachandran as Rajasekar (Supporting Antagonist)
• Vijay as Siva
• Akila as Mrs.Banu Sekhar
• Apsara as Kavitha
• Golden Suresh as Madhan Lal Seth
• Supergood Kannan as Karunai Kumar
• Sheela as Parvathi (Karunai's Mother)
• Lenin Anapan as Raj Kumar (Karunai's Father)
• Venkat as Ranjith
• Sreedhar as Sekar
• Baby Harini as Ramya
• Vineetha / Kiran Mai as Cherian's sister

Awards and honours[edit]

Remakes[edit]

The show was remade in 3 other regional languages - Devatha in Telugu Gemini TV, Nilavilakku in Malayalam Surya TV, Jokali in Kannada Udaya TV produced by Vikatan Televistas. Also in Hindi as 'Pavitra Rishta' by Balaji and aired on Zee TV.^[5]

International broadcast[edit]

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 LankaTamil Channel on Shakthi TV. It aired Monday through Friday at 22:00 (SST).

References[edit]

1. ^'Chennai / Miscellany : Awards function'. The Hindu.
2. ^'Vivel Chinnathirai Award 2008'. www.southdreamz.com.
3. ^'பிரமாண்டமான முறையில் நடந்த சன் குடும்பம் விருதுகள் வழங்கும் விழா'. Dinakaran. 29 December 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
4. ^'Chinna thirai Television News/Tamilnadu Government Announced TV Awards'. cinema.dinamalar.com. 16 July 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
5. ^Hindi remake of South Indian shows - Times Of India

Abitha is an Indian film and television actress who appeared in Tamil language films and teleserials. She appeared in notable productions including Sethu alongside Vikram. She is famous for her role as Archana in the teleserial Thirumathi Selvam aired from 2007 to 2013 in Sun TV starring opposite Sanjeev.

Career[edit]

As a teenager, Abitha used to go and see the television serial, Nancy starring Sanghavi, being filmed near her house in Thiruvottiyur. The director of that serial recognised her and spoke to her parents, roping her in to play the heroine's sister in their next TV serial Criminal.^[1] After doing a couple of serials, she did a low-budget film titled Golmaal as the sister of the lead lady and then B-Grade film titled Devadasi in Malayalam. At that time, director Bala roped her in for a leading role in Sethu alongside Vikram, which she signed after Keerthi Reddy and Rajshri had dropped out.^[2]Bala renamed her Abitha from her original name of Jenila for the film, after the character she was portraying. The film opened in December 1999 at a single noon show at a suburban theatre but built up through word-of-mouth publicity and ran for over one hundred days at several cinema halls across Chennai, becoming a critical and commercial success. Sethu won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil and secured wins in the Best Film category at the Filmfare Awards and the Cinema Express Awards, while Abitha won critical acclaim for her role of a timil Brahmin girl.^[3] After Sethu's success, Abitha was flooded with offers but chose to complete her studies and finish her PG in Sociology from Annamalai University. She revealed that by the time she decided to come back she had lost her contacts in the industry and was thereafter seen in only a couple of insignificant projects.^[4]

She appeared alongside veteran actor Ramarajan in Seerivarum Kaalai before starring in Poove Pen Poove alongside newcomer Ishaq Husseini. After the failure of those films she played the role of Arjun's sister in Arasatchi. Other films in the period, such as Pirantha Naal with Prakash Raj, Kashmir with Abhinay and Kandhavel with Murali were not completed and indefinitely shelved.^[5][6][7] In 2005, she got another breakthrough and signed on to play the lead role in Kannamma scripted by Karunanidhi, but to do so she unceremoniously opted out of another film titled Ullakadathal. Subsequently the producers of that film complained and got her banned by the Producer's Council, leaving her out of both films.^[8][9] Later that year she featured in Unarchigal alongside Abbas and Kunal.^[10] Her next film was Suyetchai MLA, which had a delayed release in 2006, and featured her opposite Sathyaraj and she was last seen in Nam Naadu as the wife of Saranraj.

Abitha made her small screen debut as the main lead actress in Thirumathi Selvam in 2007 in which she starred opposite Sanjeev. The show made them establish as one of the most celebrated pair of small screen and made them enjoy immense popularity among Tamil audience for their characters Selvam and Archana in the show.^[11] The show was a Superhit ruling the Tamil small screen for 4 and half years from 2008 to 2013. Abitha was selected the best actress of Sun TV in the first two editions of Sun Kudumbam awards held in the years 2010 and 2012 for her performance as Archana in the show. She also starred in the low profile serial Thangamana Purushan. She got married in 2009 and continued to work in serials following her marriage.^[12] She currently has one project Ponnoonjal to her kitty which commenced in September 2013.^[13]

Filmography[edit]

Television[edit]

Actress Abitha

References[edit]

1. ^'I was thrilled when 'Sethu' was a big hit'. The Hindu. Chennai, India. 23 November 2006.
2. ^'Archived copy'. Archived from the original on 30 April 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2012.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)
3. ^Warrier, Shobha (17 August 2004). 'Vikram's obsession gets its reward'. Rediff. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
4. ^'Grill Mill - Abitha'. The Hindu. Chennai, India. 27 May 2010.
5. ^https://web.archive.org/web/20030805141304/http://www.chennaionline.com/entertainment/filmplus/ntamil.asp
6. ^'Archived copy'. Archived from the original on 11 October 2008. Retrieved 2015-10-24.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)
7. ^'Location news - Pirantha naal'. web.archive.org. 24 August 2004. Archived from the original on 24 August 2004.
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10. ^'டோடோவின் ரஃப் நோட்டு — Tamil Kavithai - தமிழ் கவிதைகள் - நூற்று கணக்கில்!'. Cinesouth.com. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
11. ^Akilan, Mayura (23 February 2013). 'அர்ச்சனாவின் அழுகை முடிவுக்கு வரப்போகுதாமே?'. tamil.filmibeat.com.
12. ^'Wedding bells for Abitha'. The Times Of India. 11 May 2009.
13. ^Akilan, Mayura (30 August 2013). 'சன் டிவியில் புதிய சீரியல் பொன்னூஞ்சல்'. tamil.filmibeat.com.

External links[edit]

Actress Abitha Profile