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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 Rindhya
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
Original release
Network	Sun TV (2007-2013) re-telecast Kalaignar TV (2021-2023)
Release	5 November 2007 (2007-11-05) – 22 March 2013 (2013-03-22)
Related
Pavitra Rishta

Thirumathi Selvam (transl. Mrs. Selvam) is a 2007 Tamil television soap opera directed by S. Kumaran and produced by Radhika Srinivasan & B. Srinivasan for Vikatan Televistas. It stars Sanjeev and Abitha in the lead roles with Rindhya, Gautami and Vadivukkarasi played supporting roles. It premiered on 5 November 2007 and initially aired weekday afternoons on Sun TV, before being moved to 8PM on 1 December 2008. The serial ended on 22 March 2013 with 1360 episodes. Thirumathi Selvam is currently re-airing on Kalaignar TV from 29 March 2021.

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

The serial was remade in Hindi as Pavitra Rishta under Balaji Telefilms, which aired on Zee TV, and in Malayalam as Nilavilakku which aired from 2009 to 2013 on Surya TV.

Cast

Main

• Sanjeev Venkat as Selvam, Archana's husband – male lead, a mechanic, He loved his wife Archana. But soon he completely changed into ruthless, and he lost all his wealth and family and betrayed his own family and his friend.
• Abitha as Archana Selvam – Selvam's wife – female lead. A loving a caring wife.

Supporting

• K. R. Vatsala (2007–2008); Gowthami Vembunathan (2008–2013) as Mangalabhagyam "Bhagyam", Selvam's foster mother, Vasu and Rani's mother. She made Nandhini to change into evil against Archana and Selvam's life (main antagonist) (died in serial).
• Vadivukkarasi as Sivagami, Archana's mother (Died. Killed in bomb blast).
• Vizhuthugal Santhanam as Sivaramakrishnan a.k.a. Sivaraman, Archana's father (died)
• V C Jeyamani as Poongavanam; Selvam's father and Vasu and Rani's father
• Rindhya (2007–2009; 2012–2013) as Nandhini
  • a businesswoman, Initially she one-sidedly loved him but changed after he married Archana. (episodes 1–1116)
  • But she later turned into an antagonist, because of Archana's mother, Vasu and Bhagyam (episodes 1117–1356) (died in the serial)
    • Latha Rao (2010–2011) as (Temporarily Replaced Rindhya's role as Nandhini)

Recurring

• Ceylon Manohar as Rangarajan, Nandhini's father, Selvam's well-wisher (died)
• Tinku (2007–2012); Dev Anand Sharma (2012–2013) as Vasu – Selvam's foster younger brother, Revathy's husband.
• Deepak Dinkar as Cherian aka Cherry, Kavya's husband (Antagonist) (Jailed)
• Ragavi as Jayanthi, Archana's sister-in-law. (main antagonist)
• Supergood Kannan as Karunai Kumar, Archana's well-wisher, owner of Karunai Illam orphanage.
• Peeli Sivam as Narayanan (Periyavar), Poongavanam's elder brother, Selvam's father (died)
• Birla Bose as Vinothkumar "Vinoth" Sivaraman, Archana's brother
• Kavitha (2007–2010); Shivani (2010–2013) as Kavya Sorimuthu Aiyanaar; Cherry's wife, Archana's sister
• Archana (2007–2010); Kavya Varshini Arun (2010–2012) as Priya Dina, Archana's younger sister, Dina's ex-love interest (Died. Killed by Cherry)
• Aparna as Rani, Selvam's foster younger sister
• Sakthi Saravanan as Akash
• 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 (antagonist)
• Priya as Chinthamani, Jayanthi and Dina's mother (antagonist)
• 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
• 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
• CN.Ravi Shankar as Muthu kumar
• T . Rajeswari as Dileepan's mother
• Sri Latha as Akash and Saroja's mother
• Ganesh Babu as Saroja's husband and Akash's brother-in-law

Awards and honours

Crossover

Thirumathi Selvam had a crossover with Thendral as a special episode on 1 May 2011.

References

1. Vanita Kohli-Khandekar (6 February 2012). "From content shop to media major". Business Standard. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
2. "Did you know 'Pavitra Rishta' was the remake of THIS Tamil show?".
3. "திருமதி செல்வம் vs தென்றல்". 70MM Story Reel. 3 May 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
4. "Chennai / Miscellany : Awards function". The Hindu. 24 October 2008. Archived from the original on 28 October 2008.
5. "Vivel Chinnathirai Award 2008". www.southdreamz.com. 17 November 2009. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
6. "பிரமாண்டமான முறையில் நடந்த சன் குடும்பம் விருதுகள் வழங்கும் விழா". Dinakaran. 29 December 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
7. "Chinna thirai Television News/Tamilnadu Government Announced TV Awards". Dinamalar. 16 July 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
8. "திருமதி செல்வம் vs தென்றல்". 70MM Story Reel. 3 May 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2020.

External links

Thirumathi Selvam at IMDb

• Sun TV original programming
• 2007 Tamil-language television series debuts
• Tamil-language television shows
• 2013 Tamil-language television series endings
• Television series by Vikatan Televistas