Pandya Store

Pandya Store is an Indian Hindi-language television drama series that premiered on 25 January 2021 on Star Plus. It is also digitally available on Disney+ Hotstar. Produced under the banner of Sphere Origins, it stars Kinshuk Mahajan, Shiny Doshi,[1] Kanwar Dhillon, Alice Kaushik, Akshay Kharodia, Simran Budharup and Mohit Parmar. It is the remake of Star Vijay's Tamil series Pandian Stores.

Pandya Store
GenreSoap opera
Developed byPriya Thambi
Written byYash Kumar Sharda
Screenplay bySushil Chaubey
Story byShilpa Chaubey
Directed byPradip Yadav
Arshad Khan
Creative directorAman Jain
StarringKinshuk Mahajan
Shiny Doshi
Kanwar Dhillon
Alice Kaushik
Akshay Kharodia
Simran Budharup
Mohit Parmar
Theme music composerJAM8
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes405
Production
ProducersSunjoy Waddhwa
Commal Sunjoy Waddhwa
CinematographySantosh Suryavanshi
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time20–24 minutes
Production companySphere Origins
DistributorStar India
Release
Original networkStarPlus
Picture format576i
1080i (HDTV)
Audio formatDolby Digital
Original release25 January 2021 (2021-01-25) 
present
Chronology
Related showsPandian Stores

Plot

The Pandyas are a middle-class family residing in Somnath. Their daily life is dependent on their beloved store and only source to income, Pandya Store. Dhara is married to Gautam, the eldest brother of the Pandya family. Her young brothers-in-law consider her like their mother. After facing several tribulations, Dhara is finally accepted by her mother-in-law.

10 years later

Dev, Shiva and Krish have grown up. They still love Dhara and take care of her diligently. Due to circumstances, Shiva and Raavi get married against their will but start falling for each other. Dev and Rishita fall in love and marry.Prafulla, Raavi's maternal aunt and Anita(Prafulla's brother's daughter) and Janardan and family (Rishita's family) keep stirring trouble in their everyday life. Can they remain a family with these problems, no matter what?

Cast

Main

  • Kinshuk Mahajan as Gautam "Gomby" Pandya – Suman and Darshan's eldest son; Dev, Shiva and Krish's eldest brother; Dhara's husband (2021–Present)
  • Shiny Doshi as Dhara Patel Pandya – Hardik's sister; Gautam's wife; Darshan and Suman's eldest daughter-in-law; Dev, Shiva and Krish's eldest sister-in-law (2021–Present)
  • Kanwar Dhillon as Shiva Pandya – Suman and Darshan's third son; Gautam and Dev's younger and Krish's elder brother; Raavi's husband (2021–Present)
    • Harminder Singh as Child Shiva Pandya (2021)
  • Alice Kaushik as Raavi Narang Pandya – Prafulla's niece and adopted daughter; Shiva's wife; Darshan and Suman's third daughter-in-law; Gautam and Dev's younger and Krish's elder sister-in-law (2021–Present)
  • Akshay Karodia as Dev Pandya – Suman and Darshan's second son; Gautam's younger and Shiva and Krish's elder brother; Rishita's husband (2021–Present)
    • Jovian Fernandes as Child Dev Pandya (2021)
  • Simran Budharup as Rishita Dwivedi Pandya – Kalyani and Janardhan's elder daughter; Kirti's sister; Dev's wife; Darshan and Suman's second daughter-in-law; Gautam's younger and Shiva and Krish's elder sister-in-law (2021–Present)
  • Mohit Parmar as Krish Pandya – Suman and Darshan's youngest son; Gautam, Dev and Shiva's ypungest brother; Kirti's love interest (2021–Present)
    • Swarnim Neema as Child Krish Pandya (2021)
  • Krutika Desai Khan as Suman Narayan Pandya – Jagat's sister; Darshan's wife; Gautam, Dev, Shiva and Krish's mother (2021–present)

Recurring

  • Devishi Madan as Kirti Dwivedi – Kalyani and Janardhan's younger daughter; Rishita's sister; Krish's love interest (2021–present)
  • Pallavi Rao as Prafulla Narang Narayan – Jignesh and Urmila's sister; Jagat's wife; Raavi's aunt and adoptive mother; Ashish's mother (2021–present)
  • Mahima Maheshwari as Anita Narayan – Jignesh's daughter; Gautam's former fiancé; Prafulla's Neice, Raavi's cousin (2021–present)
  • Vijay Badlani as Janardhan Dwivedi – Kamini's brother; Kalyani's husband; Rishita and Keerti's father (2021–present)
  • Geetika Shyam as Kalyani Dwivedi – Janardhan's wife; Rishita and Keerti's mother (2021–present)
  • Vandana Vithlani as Kamini Dwivedi – Janardhan's sister (2021–present)
  • Shyaam Makhecha as Hardik Patel – Dhara's brother (2021–present)
  • Krunal Pandit as Jagat Narayan – Suman's brother; Prafulla's husband (2021–present)
  • Renu Pandey as Kanta Joshi – Suman's best friend (2021–present)
  • Mohit Sharma as Jignesh Narayan – Prafulla and Urmila's brother; Anita's father (2021)
  • Farrukh Saeed as Darshan Pandya – Suman's late husband; Gautam, Dev, Shiva and Krish's father (2021) (Dead)
  • Jinal Jain as Sneha Mittal – Raavi's cruel friend (2021)
  • Ankita Sood as Disha (2021)

Guests

Production

Development

In January 2020, Star Plus planned an official Hindi remake of Star Vijay's Tamil series Pandian Stores to be produced by Mahesh Pandey Productions under the title Khandaan.[2][3]

With a change in title to Hum– Ek Makaan Ek Dukaan, filming began in February 2020 with portions shot in Varanasi but, shooting was halted in March 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.[4]

After the lockdown, the series was shifted to Star Bharat. The channel changed its programming genre to comedy from drama due to which it was scrapped and the plot was changed completely to suit it.[5][6]

Later, filming began in July 2020 post-COVID break and the show was aired with the title Gupta Brothers - Chaar Kunware From Ganga Kinaare from 5 October 2020, as a dramedy series to suit Star Bharat's comedy genre.[7][8]

In December 2020, Star Plus announced another Hindi television remake of Pandian Stores titled Pandya Store produced by Sphere Origins which premiered on 25 January 2021.[9]

With the launch of the second official Hindi television remake of Pandian Stores; the first official Hindi television remake Gupta Brothers was announced to go off-air on 5 February.[10] But, later, Gupta Brothers went off-air abruptly on 26 January, earlier than the announced date.[11]

Deven Bhojani was hired as the creative consultant for the series in January 2021.[12]

Casting

Kinshuk Mahajan was cast as Gautam Pandya, on preparing for which he said, "To fit into the skin of my character I had to lose about 5kgs and had a grueling diet. Also since this show is based in Somnath, Gujarat, I had to work on my dialect, luckily Shiny, my co-actor was my guide." Shiny Doshi who was cast as Dhara said, "It was necessary to work towards certain nuances to meet the requirements of my character. We also attended workshops before we began shooting for the show."[13]

In March 2021, the show took a generation leap and Kanwar Dhillon, Alice Kaushik, Akshay Kharodia, Mohit Parmar were cast as elder versions of Shiva, Raavi, Dev and Krish respectively while Simran Budharup was cast to play Rishita.[14][15]

Filming

Set in Somnath in Gujarat, the series is mainly shot at Film City, Mumbai.[16] Besides, some initial sequences were shot at Somnath and Bikaner in Rajasthan.[17][18]

On 20 February 2021, a massive fire broke out on the sets of the series and some parts of the set, some costumes and some shoot material were burnt.[19][20]

On 13 April 2021, Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Uddhav Thackeray announced a sudden curfew due to increased Covid cases, while the production halted in Mumbai from 14 April 2021.[21]

References

  1. "Shiny Doshi speaks on Shivratri". Times of India. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  2. "Hiten Tejwani to play the male lead in Mahesh Pandey's next". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 8 February 2021.
  3. "Parineeta Borthakur cast opposite Hiten Tejwani in Mahesh Pandey's 'Khandaan'". The Times Of India. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  4. "Hum - Ek Makan Ek Dukan will explain the value of a joint family". Mid-Day. Archived from the original on 7 February 2021.
  5. "Mahesh Pandey's 'Ek Makaan Ek Dukaan' shoot to begin from scratch, portions shot in February scrapped". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 8 February 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  6. "Hiten Tejwani is all set to do comedy in the upcoming show, Gupta Brothers – Chaar Kuwaare From Ganga Kinare". The Tribune. Archived from the original on 8 February 2021.
  7. "IF SALMAN KHAN CAN BE A BACHELOR, THEN SO CAN WE: HITTEN TTEJWANI ON UPCOMING TV SHOW GUPTA BROTHERS CHAAR KUNWARE FROM GANGA KINARE". Mumbai Mirror.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. "Gupta Brothers: Chaar Kunware From Ganga Kinare is Star Bharat's latest offering". The Tribune. 20 September 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  9. "'Pandian Stores' to air in Hindi from January 25!". The Times of India (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 25 January 2021.
  10. "I got to know about my show going off air after I watched the promo of the show replacing it: Hiten Tejwani on Gupta Brothers going off air". Times Of India. 19 January 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. "Team Gupta Brothers meet for lunch to say final goodbye". The Times of India. 23 January 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  12. "Deven Bhojani becomes creative consultant for 'Pandya Store'". The Tribune (India).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. "Kinshuk Mahajan and Shiny Doshi walk an extra mile to get into the skin of their characters for the upcoming show 'Pandya Store'". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 25 January 2021.
  14. "Exclusive! Kanwar Dhillon: I am happy that I am not getting typecast, says Kanwar Dhillon who is set to play a Gujarati businessman in Pandya Store". The Times of India.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. "Alice Kaushik and Simran Budharup to enter the serial Pandya Store". India TV.
  16. "Fire breaks out on the sets of Kinshuk Mahajan and Shiny Doshi's Pandya Store". India Today. Archived from the original on 20 February 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  17. "Shooting of Pandya store started in Somnath". Mid-Day (in Gujarati).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  18. "The cast of Pandya Store shoots in Somnath". The Tribune. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  19. "Fire breaks out on the sets of Kinshuk Mahajan-Shiny Doshi show Pandya Store, producers say 'everyone safe'". India Express. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  20. "Major fire breaks out on the sets of Kinshuk Mahajan, Shiny Doshi's show Pandya Store". The Times Of India. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  21. "TV shoots stalled in Mumbai for next 15 days, shows to be shot in Goa, Hyderabad". India Today.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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