| Chinna Thambi | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Genre | Soap opera |
| Directed by | Arul Rasan (1-50) Francis Kadhiravan (51- 442) |
| Creative directors | Manivasakan Selvaraj Rajan.M Boopalan.S |
| Starring | |
| Theme music composer | Ilayavan Kiran |
| Opening theme | Ilayavan |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Tamil |
| No. of episodes | 442 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Thillainathan. K Senthil Mohan Ponnaiah |
| Producer | Raja vel |
| Cinematography | Ramesh.D |
| Editor | P.Arunkumar |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production company | A Tele Factory |
| Original release | |
| Network | Star Vijay |
| Release | 2 October 2017 – 21 June 2019 |
| Related | |
| Khokababu | |
Chinna Thambi is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language soap opera starring Prajin and Pavani Reddy. It started airing on 2 October 2017 till 21 June 2019 on Vijay TV for 442 episodes.[1][2][3] It is a remake of Bengali language serial Khokababu.[4]
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.
Plot
It is a story about Chinna Thambi (Prajin), an innocent village boy from Chinnalapatty who falls in love with Nandhini (Pavani Reddy), 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 (Lokesh), and they get engaged. 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 (Chinnathambi's dad) 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
- Prajin as Chinna Thambi[5]
- Pavani Reddy as Nandhini[6][7]
Recurring
- Girish as Rathnasamy (China Thambi's father)
- Anila Sreekumar as Annalakshmi (Annam) (Chinna Thambi's mother, Malar's adoptive mother)
- Rheema as Malar (Chinnathambi's cousin)
- Kammapandi as Samudram (Malar's father, Chinnathambi's uncle)
- Shwetha as Revathy (Chinna Thambi's cousin)
- Rekha Suresh as Shanthi (Malar's mother and Chinnathambi's aunt)
- Shridhar as Rajasekar (Nandhini, Arvind's father)
- Sadhana as Prabhavathi (Nandhini and Arvind's mother)
- Krishna Kishore as Nandini's elder brother
- Shwetha as Shwetha (Nandini's sister-in-law)
- Aravish / VJ Pappu as Aravind (Pappu) (Nandhini's younger brother)
- Krithika as Varsha (Nandini's cousin)
- Priya as Kanchana (Varsha's mother and Nandhini's aunt)
- Lokesh Bhaskaran as Gautham Vasudevan
- Britto as Seval (Chinnathambi's friend)
- Hema Rajkumar as Sevanthi (episode 174–272)
- Subageetha as Shenbagam (Sevvanthi's sister, episode 174–273)
- Suresh as Sethu (Shenbagam's husband, episode 174–270)
- Udhay as Lingam (a man who gives loan for auto, died in serial)
- Suryakanth as Chiyaan
- Andrew Jesudoss as Paramasivam
- Vadivukkarasi as Kadambavanathu Amma
- Sairatheya as Damayenthi (devotee of Kadambavanathu Amma)
- Karthik as Kaali - Wrestler
- Priya as Sathya (Nandhini's friend)
- Ravishankar / Ravi Varma as Vasudevan (Gautham's father)
- Uma Rani (Gautham's mother)
- Nithin as Ashwin
- Chetna as Preethi
- Franklin as Appu (Nandhini's friend)
- Sharanya Turadi (episode 120–121)
- Myna Nandhini as Alabarai Myna (episode 335 - 370)
Production
Casting
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 (Nandhini's Fiancé) and Saravanan Meenatchi (season 2) 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 Khushbu. 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.[8]
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Role | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Galatta Nakshathra Awards | Best Actor | Prajin | Chinna Thambi | Nominated |
| Best Pair | Prajin & Pavani | Chinna Thambi & Nandhini | Nominated | ||
| 4th Vijay Television Awards | Favourite Actor Female | Pavani | Nandhini | Nominated | |
| Best Supporting Actor Female | Swetha | Swetha | Nominated | ||
| Best Dop | Ramesh | Nominated | |||
| Favourite Fiction Series | Chinna Thambi | Nominated | |||
| Best Crew Fiction | Chinna Thambi | Won | |||
| Favourite Negative Role | Krithika | Varsha | Nominated | ||
| Favourite Comedian Fiction | Selva | Nominated | |||
| Britto | Nominated | ||||
| Favourite Mother | Anila Sreekumar | Annalakshmi | Won | ||
| Favourite Mamiyar | Shari (Sadhana) | Pirabhavathi | Nominated | ||
| Favourite Screen Pair | Prajin & Pavani | Chinna Thambi & Nandhini | Won | ||
| Favourite Family | Chinna Thambi | Nominated | |||
| Best Director | Nominated | ||||
| Best Father | Girish | Rathnasamy | Nominated | ||
| 2019 | 5th Vijay Television Award | Best Son | Prajin | Chinnathambi | Won |
Adaptations
| Language | Title | Original release | Network(s) | Last aired | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bengali | Khokababu খোকাবাবু |
9 May 2016 | Star Jalsha | 29 July 2018 | Original |
| Tamil | Chinna Thambi சின்னத்தம்பி |
2 October 2017 | Star Vijay | 21 June 2019 | Remake |
| Telugu | Savitramma Gari Abbayi సావిత్రిమమాగరి అబ్బాయి |
11 March 2019 | Star Maa | 28 August 2021 | |
| Hindi | Amma Ke Babu Ki Baby अम्मा के बाबू की बेबी |
8 February 2021 | Star Bharat | 31 May 2021 |
References
- ↑ "Chinnathambi Tamil television serial on vijay tv – launching on 2nd october 2017 and 26 april 2019 at 10.00 P.M". www.tholaikatchi.in. Archived from the original on 26 September 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
- ↑ "New series Chinnathambi to be launched today". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
- ↑ "விஜய் டிவியில் 'சின்னத் தம்பி' புதிய தொடர்" (in Tamil). www.screen4screen.com. Archived from the original on 29 September 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- ↑ "Chinnathambi is high on romance and drama". The Times of India. 4 November 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
- ↑ "சின்னத்திரைக்கு திரும்பினார் நடிகர் பிரஜின்". cinema.dinamalar.com. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
- ↑ "Pavanai Star in Chinnathambi serial". www.onenov.in.
- ↑ "Why can't Tamil girls deck up?". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
- ↑ "Chinnathambi From October 2" (in Tamil). Youtube Vijay TV. Retrieved 23 September 2017.