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. The story about the relationship of an innocent village boy as Chinna Thambi and an arrogant city girl as Nandhini, who fall in love after Marriage. it is a remake of Bengali language serial Khokababu. This serial is remade into Telugu in the name Savitramma gari abbayi which is being aired on Star Maa.

Plot

It is a story about Chinna Thambi, an innocent village boy from Chinnalapatty who falls in love with Nandhini, 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, 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 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
;Nandhini's family
;Others
;Former cast
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 and Saravanan Meenatchi 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.

Airing history

The show started airing on Vijay TV on 2 October 2017.

Awards and nominations

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.