Pandya Store
Indian television series From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Indian television series From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pandya Store (transl. Shop of the Pandyas) is an Indian Hindi-language television family drama series that premiered from 25 January 2021 to 26 May 2024 on Star Plus. It streams digitally on Disney+ Hotstar.[3][4] Produced by Sunjoy Waddhwa and Commal Waddhwa under their banner Sphere Origins, the series is an official adaptation of Star Vijay's Tamil series Pandian Stores.[5][6] One of the longest running Indian television soap operas,[7] the series starred Kinshuk Mahajan, Shiny Doshi, Akshay Kharodia, Kanwar Dhillon, Mohit Parmar, Alice Kaushik, Simran Budharup, Kruttika Desai, Priyanshi Yadav and Rohit Chandel.[8][9]
| Pandya Store | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Drama Romance |
| Developed by | Priya Thambi |
| Written by | Yash Kumar Sharda |
| Screenplay by | Sushil Chaubey Kiran Kulkarni |
| Story by | Shilpa Chaubey |
| Directed by | Pradeep Yadav Arshad Khan[1] |
| Creative directors | Aman Jain Dharmi Chheda Kashvi Sharma |
| Starring |
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| Music by | Nakash Aziz Sargam Jassu |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 1137 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Fuzel Ahmad Khan |
| Producers | Sunjoy Waddhwa Commal Sunjoy Waddhwa |
| Production locations | Mumbai Somnath Bikaner |
| Cinematography | Santosh Suryavanshi Kshitij Bhavsar |
| Editor | Janak Chauhan |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 20–24 minutes |
| Production company | Sphere Origins[2] |
| Original release | |
| Network | StarPlus |
| Release | 25 January 2021 – 26 May 2024 |
| Related | |
| Pandian Stores Gupta Brothers | |
Gautam and Dhara Pandya, a middle-class married couple, manage the Pandya Store. Apart from their business, Dhara also looks after Gautam's three younger siblings, Dev, Shiva and Krish. While Shiva is married to Raavi, Dev is married to Rishita. It follows Dhara's struggles to bind the family together despite all the problems.
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.[15][16] 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.[17]
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.[18][19] 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.[20]
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.[21][22] 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.[23] But, later, Gupta Brothers went off-air abruptly on 26 January, earlier than the announced date.[24]
Deven Bhojani was hired as the creative consultant for Pandya Store in January 2021.[25] On his part, Bhojani said, "I feel privileged to be working with this wonderful team as a Creative Consultant. Brainstorming sessions with the team and the channel about various aspects with regard to the show have been quite fun. Workshops with the actors have also been pretty rigorous and rewarding. They certainly are one hardworking bunch and as a team, we are delighted to bring forth 'Pandya Store' to the audience."[26]
In March 2021, the show took a generation leap of ten years and the characters of Dev, Shiva, Krish and Raavi were grown up.[27] The first post-leap episode was telecast on 5 March 2021.[28]
In mid-2022, there were various reports of the show going off-air or going through a leap.[29] However, soon the ratings rose and all the reports were denied by the cast.[30][31]
During Shiva's death sequence, Kanwar Dhillon, who portrays Shiva, disguised himself as six characters, including a transgender.[32] Alice Kaushik, who portrays Raavi, was dressed as a ghost resembling Vidya Balan's Manjulika from Bhool Bhulaiyaa during the same track.[33][34]
In January 2023, the show took a leap of seven years. After the leap, new generation of Pandya children were introduced to bring a "fresh look" to the show.[35][36] In July 2023, the show took a generation leap.[37] The original main cast of the show, except Kruttika Desai left the show. The lead cast shot their last scene on 18 July 2023.[38][39]
In May 2024, the show took another leap of seven years, with the introduction of the new generation of Makwana children.[40]
Kinshuk Mahajan[41] was cast to portray Gautam Pandya opposite Doshi. On preparing for which Mahajan 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. Above all, shooting in Somnath and Bikaner was a blessing."[42][43] Shiny Doshi was cast to portray Dhara Patel, opposite Mahajan.[44] Doshi said, "I play a strong and positive character. I somehow relate to my character, Dhara. I am a gujarati, even then 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."[45][46]
Kanwar Dhillon[47] was cast as the elder version of Shiva Pandya, which was previously portrayed by Harminder Singh. He was cast opposite Kaushik. Dhillon said, "Shiva is a very much regular guy who is fun-loving and emotional. He has a different layering with each character in the show and can't be the same with everyone. I have done a few workshops and hopefully, people will like my character."[48][49] Alice Kaushik was cast as the elder version of Raavi Shah, opposite Dhillon.[50] The role was previously portrayed by Jini Khan. Kaushik said, "I relate to this quality of Raavi a lot. She is almost always high on energy, she loves to keep her close ones happy. She is a ball of happiness, she is a magic wanting to explode. It's interesting that the whole of Raavi is a part of me."[51][52]
Akshay Kharodia was cast as the elder versions of Dev Pandya, previously played by Jovian Fernandes, opposite Budharup.[53] It marks his TV debut. Kharodia said, "I relate to Dev because I also come from a joint family and like Dev, I too keep family values as my priority."[54][55] Simran Budharup was cast to portray Rishita Dwivedi opposite Kharodia.[56] Budharup said, "I like the way Rishita is, she's blunt, outspoken and practical. I agree she's sometimes very rude, but that's fine."[57][58] Mohit Parmar was cast as the elder versions of Krish Pandya, previously played by Swarnim Neema. It marks his acting debut, Parmar said, "Krish has taught me a lot as an actor, the experience is overwhelming and I have learned a lot."[59][60] Kruttika Desai and Farukh Saeed were cast to portray Pandya parents, Suman and Darshan Pandya.[61][62]
Pallavi Rao[63] and Shrasti Maheshwari were cast as Pandya's and Raavi's relatives Prafulla Narayan and Anita Narang.[64][65] Shyaam Makhecha was cast as Dhara's brother, Hardik Patel. Krunal Pandit and Mohit Sharma were cast as Pandya's relatives Jagat Narayan and Jignesh Narang.[66] Vandana Vithlani,[67] Vijay Badlani and Geetika Shyam were cast to play Rishita's family members, Kamini Thakkar, Janardhan and Kalyani Dwivedi.[68] Devishi Madan was cast as Rishita's sister, Kirti Dwivedi opposite Parmar.[69] Renu Pandey was cast as Suman's friend, Kanta Joshi. Ankita Sood played the role of Disha, opposite Dhillon and Jinal Jain played Raavi's friend Sneha Mittal.[70]
In July 2022, Ankita Bahuguna was cast as Shweta Patel, opposite Parmar. Rajani Gupta and Sanjeev Sharma joined the show as Shweta's parents.[71] In September 2022, Harttaj Gill was cast as Raavi's friend, Arnav, Riddhi Singh as Shweta's friend Forum and Nitin Sharma was cast as Deven, opposite Bahuguna.[72] In November 2022, Amitesh Prasad replaced Sanjeev Sharma as Shweta's father.[73]
In February 2022, Akshay Kharodia who portrays Dev, quit the show as he wanted to focus on his family. He later changed his decision and resumed shooting in May 2022. Akshay said,
"I had planned to quit the show, but now I have changed my decision. I will be taking a short break and will resume shooting for the show in May. My wife will deliver in April, so I will get a good amount of time to be with her and the baby."[74]
Simran Budhraup received death and rape threats after her character, Rishita, turned negative in 2022.[75] The actress revealed that she filed an FIR against the harassers. Budhraup said, "A group of young boys and girls would abuse and give rape threats. I initially ignored the threats as the character was bound to get disliked. But it went haywire when people started abusing, that's when I took a step and I went to the police station and lodged a complaint."[76]
In September 2022, Pallavi Rao, who portrayed Prafulla, quit the show, due to her dates not being used and her diminished screen time. She said,
"My role as Prafulla mami was superb. I was very happy shooting for the show but then the track changed and the story moved on to the family members. My dates were not being used. After July, when my track with Shiva ended, I realised that it will be long before Prafulla is brought back, so I thought it was best to quit Pandya Store."[77]
In January 2023, Vidhan Sharma, Raanav Sharma, Ronav Vaswani and Kiara Sadh were cast as Yashodhan, Shesh, Mithu and Sanchi respectively.[78] The same month Maira Dharti Mehra was cast as Prerna opposite Parmar. In March 2023, Arjun Singh Shekhawat was cast as Pandyas and Raavi's cousin Shivank. Reekha Desai and Vinod Motwani joined the show as Prerna's parents.[79] In May 2023, Heena Parmar was cast as Arushi, opposite Dhillon and Gayatri Soham was cast as Dhara's mother, Malti.[80]
Priyanshi Yadav was cast as the elder version of Sanchi / Natasha, post the leap. Roshan Kapoor was cast as the elder version of Mithu and Harsh Mehta was cast as the elder version of Shesh.[81] Rohit Chandel was cast as Dhawal Makwana opposite Yadav.[82] Ankur Nayyar, Shabaaz Abdullah Badi and Abhishek Sharma were cast as Dhawal's brothers Amrish, Bhaven and Chirag respectively.[83] Ananya Khare was cast as Amba, Makwana brother's mother. In the same month, Piyali Munshi, Deepika Upadhyay and Sayli Chaudhari were cast as Hetal, Pranali and Dolly opposite Nayyar, Badi and Sharma respectively.[84]
In September 2023, Sahil Uppal was cast as the elder version of Yashodhan.[85] In October 2023, Surabhi Das was cast as Makwana's sister Esha, opposite Uppal.[86] In April 2024, Sahil Uppal, who portrayed Yashodhan and Surabhi Das, who portrayed Esha, quit the show. Both the actors stated "less screen space" as the reason.[87][88]
In May 2024, Falaq Naaz replaced Piyali Munshi as Hetal. Hariti Joshi was cast as Natasha and Dhawal's daughter Naveli, while Vansh Sayani was cast as Golu, Hetal and Amrish's son.[89] Sagar Parekh was cast as Shantanu, opposite Yadav.[90]
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The series is set in Somnath, Gujarat. It is mainly shot at the Film City, Mumbai.[91] Some initial sequences were shot in Somnath and at the Somnath Temple, Veraval. The team also shot some sequences in Bikaner including scenes at Junagarh Fort.[92][93]
On 20 February 2021, a fire broke out on the set of the show.[94] Some costumes and shoot material were burnt, but there were no fatalities.[95][96]
On 13 April 2021, Uddhav Thackeray, Chief Minister of Maharashtra announced a sudden curfew due to increased Covid cases, while production halted in Mumbai from 14 April 2021.[97][98]
The production location was soon shifted temporarily to Bikaner. The team shot at the Gajner Palace, during the lockdown and shoot halt in Mumbai.[99][100] After two months of shooting in Bikaner, the team returned to Film City, Mumbai in June 2021.[101][102]
In January 2022, Alice Kaushik, Akshay Kharodia, Simran Budharup and Mohit Parmar tested positive for COVID-19. Shooting of the show was stalled for sanitization.[103][104] The storyline was revised accordingly, a pre-leap track was introduced with Harminder Singh, Jini Khan, Jovian Fernandes and Swarnim Neema rejoining the cast.[105][106]
The first promo of the show featured Kinshuk Mahajan and Shiny Doshi with the children. It was released by Star Plus and Disney+Hotstar on 8 January 2021.[107][108]
In March 2021, a generation-leap promo was released, featuring Hina Khan, Ragini Khanna and Neelu Vaghela. They reprised their characters from Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai, Sasural Genda Phool and Diya Aur Baati Hum, respectively.[109]
Pandya Store premiered on 25 January 2021 on Star Plus, replacing Lockdown Ki Love Story. It has aired in the United Kingdom on Utsav Plus with English subtitles since its premiere.[110][111] From 21 April 2021, it replaced Shaadi Mubarak, which went off air abruptly due to COVID-19.[112] Since 2 October 2022, Pandya Store was broadcast daily along with other Star Plus shows.[113]
From 29 January to 2 February, Pandya Store broadcast special episodes, wherein two episodes were released each day.[114]
Pandya Store went off air on 26 May 2024. Its timeslot was filled by Maati Se Bandhi Dor.[115][116]
A special segment named Pyar Ka Pehla Nasha was aired on Star Plus on 19 December 2021.[117] The segment was hosted by Raavi and Shiva. It featured the top ten romantic moments of the year 2021, starring couples of Star Plus's shows.[118][119]
The cast of Pandya Store participated as a team in the musical game show Ravivaar With Star Parivaar.[120][121] The team competed with the teams of other Star Plus's shows.[122][123] Pandya Store emerged as the third runner-up of the show.[124]
Pandya Store generally received positive reviews from the critics.[125][126] Despite being a remake, the series has managed to bring freshness with its relatable story and performances. It is among the most watched Hindi GEC show.[127][128][129]
Pandya Store is an official adaptation of the Tamil series Pandian Stores.[130][131] The show has previously been remade in Hindi as Gupta Brothers, that premiered on Star Bharat from 5 October 2020.[132][133] The series went off-air the day after Pandya Store premiered on 25 January 2021.[134][135]
| Pandya Store Original Sound Track | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by | ||||
| Released | 25 January 2021 | |||
| Genre | Romance Soundtrack | |||
| Length | 28:02 | |||
| Language | Hindi | |||
| Label | Star India | |||
| Producer | Sunjoy Waddhwa Commal Waddhwa | |||
| Nakash Aziz and Sargam Jassu chronology | ||||
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Pandya Store's soundtrack is composed by Nakash Aziz and Sargam Jassu. The first song "Yaadon Ki Baarat", is an original track but its name is inspired from the 1973 film Yaadon Ki Baaraat's title song. It is the theme song of the show and is sung by Mukund Suryawanshi. The female version of the song is sung by Pamela Jain.
The second song "Ishq Ye Haaye Re" is an original track. It is the theme song of Gautam and Dhara. It is sung by Nakash Aziz. The third song "Rait Zara Si" from Atrangi Re, not an original track, is the theme song of Shiva and Raavi. It is sung by Arijit Singh and Shashaa Tirupati.
| No. | Title | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Yaadon Ki Baarat" (Male) | Mukund Suryawanshi Shubham Shirule | 3:49 |
| 2. | "Yaadon Ki Baarat" (Female) | Pamela Jain | 3:10 |
| 3. | "Yaadon Ki Baarat" (Duet) | Mukund Suryawanshi Pamela Jain | 4:56 |
| 4. | "Yaadon Ki Baarat" (Sad) | Pamela Jain | 3:22 |
| 5. | "Yaadon Ki Baarat" (Version 2) | Mukund Suryawanshi Pamela Jain | 3:58 |
| 6. | "Ishq Ye Haaye Re" (Duet) | Nakash Aziz Pamela Jain | 3:01 |
| 7. | "Rait Zara Si" (Duet) | Arijit Singh Shashaa Tirupati | 4:51 |
| 8. | "Pandya Store" (Theme) | Nakash Aziz Sargam Jassu | 0:35 |
| 9. | "Shiva-Raavi" (Theme) | Nakash Aziz Sargam Jassu | 1:30 |
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 21st Indian Television Academy Awards | Best Actress (Drama) | Alice Kaushik | Nominated | [137][138] |
| Best Actor (Popular) | Kanwar Dhillon | Nominated | |||
| Best Serial (Popular) | Pandya Store | Nominated | |||
| 22nd Indian Television Academy Awards | Popular Actress (Drama) | Alice Kaushik | Nominated | [139][140] | |
| Shiny Doshi | Nominated | ||||
| Popular Actor (Drama) | Kanwar Dhillon | Nominated | |||
| Kinshuk Mahajan | Nominated | ||||
| Popular Serial (Drama) | Pandya Store | Nominated | |||
| 2023 | 22nd Indian Telly Awards | Best Actress in a Lead Role | Shiny Doshi | Nominated | [141][142] |
| Fan Favourite Actress | Nominated | ||||
| Best Actor in a Lead Role | Kinshuk Mahajan | Nominated | |||
| Fan Favourite Actor | Nominated | ||||
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Alice Kaushik | Nominated | |||
| Fan Favourite Supporting Actress | Nominated | ||||
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Simran Budharup | Nominated | |||
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Kanwar Dhillon | Nominated | |||
| Fan Favourite Supporting Actor | Nominated | ||||
| Best Actress in a Negative Role | Ankita Bahuguna | Nominated | |||
| Best Onscreen Couple | Kanwar Dhillon & Alice Kaushik | Nominated | |||
| Best Director | Pradeep Yadav & Arshad Khan | Nominated | |||
| Best Drama Series | Pandya Store | Nominated | |||
| Fan Favourite Show | Nominated | ||||
| Best Daily Serial | Nominated | ||||
| 23rd Indian Television Academy Awards | Popular Actress (Drama) | Alice Kaushik | Nominated | [143][144] | |
| Shiny Doshi | Nominated | ||||
| Popular Actor (Drama) | Kanwar Dhillon | Nominated | |||
| Kinshuk Mahajan | Nominated | ||||
| Best Actress in a Negative Role | Ananya Khare | Nominated | |||
| Best Actor in a Negative Role | Ankur Nayyar | Nominated | |||
| Popular Serial (Drama) | Pandya Store | Nominated | |||
| Best Costume Designer | Tara Desai | Won | |||
| Best Editor | Janak Chauhan | Won |
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