Lakshmi Stores
Lakshmi Stores is an Indian Tamil-language soap opera directed by K.Sulaiman, written by veteran director Sundar C and produced by Avni Telemedia which premiered in Sun TV on 24 December 2018 and ended on 25 January 2020. It starred film actresses Khushbu Sundar, Nakshatra Nagesh, Sudha Chandran and Hussain Ahmed Khan.
Synopsis
Mahalingam is the family's patriarch and founder of the traditional textiles showroom, Lakshmi Stores, but guilt-stricken with a past secret. His daughter-in-law, Mahalakshmi, nurtures the family and the close-knit staff with her selfless love. But she gets disowned by her husband Tiger Devaraj, when she seeks justice for Bhagyalakshmi, a kind-hearted young woman and earns the wrath of a vengeful Minister Shakunthala Devi, as well. Mahalakshmi is faced with an uphill task to save Lakshmi Stores and reunite with her family.Fate takes a sharp turn when Ravi and Bhagyalakshmi get married secretly under inevitable consequences, after which they face a lot of problems from Shakuntala Devi and her family.
This story also revolves around how Ravi and Bhagyalakshmi, with the help of Mahalakshmi, pass the test of fate, face all their problems and reconcile with each other to live happily. At the end of the story, all is well.
Cast
Main
- Khushbu Sundar as Mahalakshmi Devaraj, Eldest Daughter in law of Mahalingam and wife of Devaraj
- Nakshatra Nagesh as Bhagyalakshmi Ravi, a worker in Lakshmi Stores and Ravi's wife, Youngest Daughter in law of Mahalakshmi's family
- Hussain Ahmed Khan as Ravi, Younger brother-in-law of Mahalakshmi and husband of Bhagyalakshmi
- Sudha Chandran as Minister Shakunthala Devi, Mahalakshmi's arch-rival
Recurring
- Shruti Shivanagowda as Teja
- Murali Mohan as Mahalingam, owner of Lakshmi Stores and Devaraj, Saravanan, Arjun, Ravi and Kamala's father
- Sherin Janu as Kamala
- Anjali Rao as Raja Rajeshwari, also called Raji.
- Delhi Kumar as Thillainathan, also known as Thillai
- Aravind Khathare as Senthil
- Tanisha Kuppanda as Mallika Senthil
- Delhi Ganesh as Rajendran, a trustee of Lakshmi Stores
- Suresh as Devaraj, a leading criminal lawyer, Mahalakshmi's husband and Ravi's eldest brother
- Samson T Wilson as Dr. Saravanan
- Swathi Thara as Dr. Uma Saravanan
- Deepa Shankar as Ponnamma
- Giridharan as Arjun
- Nisha Yazhini as Vanitha
- Sandeep as Kandhaswamy
- Fouzil Hidhayah as Dhivya
- Diya Palakkal as Priya
- Pari as Meenu
- Feroz Khan as Ganeshan
- Bayilvan Ranganathan as Pattabhi
- Saakshi Siva as Raju
- Monkey Ravi as Uthaman
- Rekha Krishnappa as Chamundeshwari Varadhan, Shakuntala Devi's cousin, who kills Shakunthala Devi for all her assets. Helps Teja to seek revenge from Bhagyalakshmi and Mahalakshmi
- Vichu Vishwanath as Varadarajan also called Varadan, Chamundeshwari's husband
- Abitha as Dr. Shyamala, second wife of Devaraj who is a doctor and works in Singapore. Shyamala, who is the biological mother of Priya, temporarily lives in Chennai and often visits
- Nisha as Maragatham
- Smaleen Monica as Latha Saravannan
- Vinay UJ as Rajkumar
- Saleema as Janaki Amma
- K. S. G. Venkatesh as Uma's father
- Dhakshayini as Uma's mother
- Nithya Ram as DC Nithya
- Shyam as Shyam
Production and release
National and international broadcast
Lakshmi Stores is being telecast on the following channels. The details are listed below:Country | TV channel | Language | Days | Air date | Notes |
India | Surya TV | Malayalam | Monday – Friday | 7 January 2019 – 13 September 2019 | Dubbed version 180 episodes |
India | Gemini TV | Telugu | Monday – Friday | 11 February 2019 – 29 March 2019 | Reshot version 35 episodes |
India | Gemini TV | Telugu | Monday – Friday | 29 June 2020–present | Dubbed version |
India | Udaya TV | Kannada | Monday – Friday | 8 June 2020–present | Dubbed version |
Sri Lanka | Shakthi TV | Tamil | Monday – Friday | 2020–present | Original version |
- It airs in Sri Lanka, South East Asia, Middle East, United States, Canada, Europe, Oceania, South Africa and Sub Saharan Africa on Sun TV. The episodes can also be watched on Sun NXT app after it airs on TV. The show's episodes are released on YouTube channels of Sun TV and Surya Television.
Crossover and special episodes
- On 18 January 2019, Kanmani had a crossover with Lakshmi Stores.
- From 13 May 2019 – 18 May 2019, Roja had a crossover with Lakshmi Stores.
- From 16 September 2019 to 21 September 2019, Lakshmi Stores had a one hour special episode from 9PM to 10PM IST.