What Selvam did was unacceptable, but his character was changing to 'uppu pottu thiniravan' character. Last time when Sivagami amma said harsh things about him he didn't go inside the house and asked Archana to go in only. But this time it wasn't just about him, but his loving mother also, so plainly out of uncontrollable anger he slapped Sivagami amma. Does this make him a bad character though? Definitely not, we all tend to behave without thinking during these kind of intense situations, be it you're educated or uneducated. So I don't want to blame Kumaran for such a scene, but only kai ongurathu would have been enough (not saying this is acceptable either, but slightly better😉).
Another thing came apparent to me after the slapping scene was that Selvam did what her husband should have done as with Bhagyam (Poonga slapped her for harsh talking about her mahalakshmi) but for Sivagami there wasn't anyone to control her, as a result Selvam slapped her. Similar thing would have happed to Bhagyam if Poonga didn't slap her at that right time. But if Poonga can do it then why not Sivagami's husband (he did it before!)😡? On the other hand, imagine the situation if Bhagyam could stand up? Archana-kku leftum rightum nichayam vizhunthirukkum!
Finally Archana, she followed her mother, but looked as though she didn't wanted to leave Selvam?! For me, Archana didn't have any other options other than to leave with her loving amma and she did exactly that. Can't wait to see how Thirumathi Selvam is going to progress in 2009!
Thanks for the update vani!⭐️