Actress Mrudula Murali married Nithin Vijayan | Wedding photos

Actress Mrudula Murali got married to Nithin Vijay in Kochi on October 29, 2020. The wedding was held in the presence of  friends and family following COVID protocols. 

Mrudula looked simple and beautiful in a golden saree while Nitin was spotted in a matching cream kurta. Wearing very little jewelry, Mridula arrived in a simple look. The unadorned hair was just tied up and placed in a flower. 

Nithin is working in the advertisement sector.  The two got engaged in December 2019.Nithin Vijay is a filmmaker and has also assisted a few movies.

Actress Mridula Murali with husband Nithin Vijayan following their wedding function

The wedding was attended by friends from the film industry, who also shared  glimpse into the celebrations through social media. The wedding was graced by her friends and celebrities including Sayanora, Vijay Yesudas, Rahul Subramanian, Vishnu Varma and actress Ramya Nambeesan

Mridula Murali Marriage Photos

Mrudula  is the daughter of  Muralidharan Nair and Latha Menon in Ernakulam, Kerala. Her only brother Mithun Murali is also an actor-cum-model.  She debuted into the film industry with the Malayalam film Red Chillies. She has also acted in Tamil and hindi Films. Her notable works are Elsamma Enna Aankutty, Ayal Njanalla to mention a few. 

Actress Mridula Mural during her wedding

Mridula and Nithin got engages in December 2019. Friends Bhavana, Ramya Nambeesan, Fafna and Sayonara were present at the engagement. Ramya Nambeesan also sang the song

Mridula and Nithin during her engagement function

We wish the couple a happy married life

Indulekha Surya TV Serial Cast Cast| Actors and actresses of Surya TV serial Indulekha

Indulekha is a new malayalam television drama on entertainment channel  Surya TV. This new series was launched on October 5, 2020 . Indulekha is aired every  Monday to Friday at 7.30 PM

Serial Promo Showcases the series as  “The female power of survival, “Indulekha” is coming soon on your own Surya TV.” As usual Sun NXT Application will Stream online episodes of the show.

Indulekha serial cast 

Indulekha story line

The story is about a girl, Indulekha who faces the untimely death of her father, loss of their vast wealth and forced out of their huge home, along with her mother and sister, all on her wedding day. Follow Indulekha, on her journey of survival as she rises from the ashes, to regain her family’s lost glory and reclaim what is rightfully hers.

Hero and Heroine

 Malavika Krishnadas and Ameen Madathil doing main lead roles. Renji Panicker is the highlight of the show. This will be his first Mini screen character. He plays the role of  Indulekhs father. Malavika was the second runner up of Mazhavil Manorama acting reality show Nayika Nayakan. Ameen Madathil playing the role of Deva prasad in the show. He become popular through Oridathoru Rajakumari serial.

Indulekha serial -Cast and Crew

Director - Jithesh Karunakaran

Creative head and producer -Jinu Lola

Associate director -Nitheesh Iritty

Music -Sunad Sankar

Lyricist-Ajay Kennel

Background Music -Malakhi

Editing -Anandu SV, Govind Prem

Sound effects -Vignesh Boss

Make up-Renjith Ambadi

Cinematography-  Camera

Indulekha Serial Cast Surya TV

Kanimangalam family

Malavika as Indulekha

Julie as Kanimangalam Karthika, sister of Indulekha

Renji Panikar as Indulekha’s Father

Divya Nair as Kanimangalam Savithri, mother of Indulekha

Kalapurakkal  family

Ameen Madathil as Deva Prasad

Renjith Menon as Shiva Prasad 

Akarsh-as Vishnu Prasad

Uma Devi Nair as Kalapurakkal Gauri, chechiamma

Balu Menon as Chettachan mahadevan Thampi

Manoj Nair as - Thrivikraman unni of Valiya Maliyekkal

Manju Satheesh - Urmila of  valiya maliyakkal

Mohan Krishnan ,Venkitraman - Police

Malavila as Indulekha

50th Kerala State Film Awards 2019-Winners List | Vasanthi best film|Suraj Vejaramood & Kani Kusruthi best actors

Winners list of Kerala State Film Awards for 2019 films |Kerala State Film Awards announced in 2020 |50th Kerala State Film Awards 2019 : Winners of 50th Kerala State Film Awards 2019 was announced on October 13th, 2020 by  Minister of state for cinema AK Balan at a press conference in Trivandrum. The  awards were selected based on a list of 119 Malayalam films selected by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy.  Kerala State Film Award is to honour great artists and movies of the state

Jury : The winners were selected by a jury headed by   noted cinematographer and director Madhu Ambat. Film makers Salim Ahmed and Abrid Shine, cinematographer Vipin Mohan, editor L Bhoominathan, sound engineer S Radhakrishnan, playback singer Lathika, actress Jomol, writer Benyamin and chalachitra academy member secretary C Ajoy were the jury members

Best Film: Vasanthi directed by Rehman brothers (Shinos Rehaman, Sajas Rehamn) won the award for the best film. The cast of Vasanthi includes Swasika,Siju Wilson. Lijo Jose Pallisery walked away with the award for Best Director for his film Jellikettu. Kenchira by Manoj Kana won best second film award. The critically aclaimed film Kumbalangi Nights won best popular film award. 

 Best actor and actress :Actor Suraj Vejaramood bagged the top honour for his roles in Vikrithi, Android Kunjappan. Kani Kusruthi (Biriyani) won the best actress award for her performance in Biriyani movie directed by  Saajin Babu.  Best Character Actor was bagged by  Fahadh Faasil for his performance in Kumbalangi Nights while Swasika won best best character actress ward for Vasanthi. Special Jury Mention for acting is shared by  Nivin Pauly (Moothon), Anna Ben (Helen) and Priyamvadha Krishna (Thottapan)

 Announcement : October 13th, 2018

Winners of Kerala State Film Awards 2020 : Complete list

Best Film – Vasanthi 

Second Best Film – Kenchira

Best Film with Popular Appeal and Aesthetic Value - Kumbalangi Nights

Best Children's Movie – Nani

Best Director - Lijo Jose Pellisery (Jallikattu)

Best Debut Director – Ratheesh Poduval (Andriod Kunjappan)

Best Screenplay original – Rahman Brothers (Vasanthi)

Best adapted screenplay - PS Rafeeque (Thottapan)

Best Story - Shahul Aliyar (Vari - The Sentence)

Winners of 50th Kerala State Film awards-best films

Best Actor - Suraj Vejaramood (Vikrithi, Android Kunjappan)

Best Actress – Kani Kusruthi (Biriyani)

Best Character Actor – Fahadh Faasil (Kumbalangi Nights)

Best Character Actress – Swasika (Vasanthi) 

Best Child Artist (Male) – Vasudev Sajeesh Marar (Sullu, Kallanottam)

Best Child Artist (Female) – Catherine Biji (Nani)

Special Jury Mention –  Acting: Nivin Pauly (Moothon), Anna Ben (Helen), Priyamvadha Krishna (Thottapan)

Best actors/actress :50th Kerala State Film awards 2019-2020

Best Music Director – Sushin Shyam (Kumbalangi Nights) 

Music Director for BGM – Ajmal Hassbulla  (Vrithakrithiyulla Chathuram) 

Best Lyricist: Sujesh Hari (Sathyam Paranja Viswasikkuvo) 

Best Singer (Male) – Najeem Arshad (Kettiyolaan Ente Malakha) 

Best Female Singer – Madhusree Narayanan (kolambi)

Best Cinematography – Prathap V Nair (Kenchira)

Best Editor- Kiran Das (Ishq) 

Best Sound Mixing – Kannan Ganapathy (Jallikattu)

Best Sound Design – Shrisankar Gopinath, Vishnu Govind (Unda, Ishq)

Best sync sound – Harikumar Madhavan Nair (Nani)

Best Choreography - Brinda, Prasanna Sujith (Marakkar)

Best Male Dubbing Artist – Vineeth (Lucifer, Marakkar)

Best Female Dubbing Artist – Shruthi Ramachandran (Kamala)

Best Make up – Ranjith Ambady (Helen)

Best Costume Designer – Ashokan Alapuzha (Kenchira)

Best Art director – Jyothish Sankar (Kumbalangi Nights, Android Kunjappan)

Special jury award : Visual effects -Sidharth Priyadarshan (Marakkar)

Special jury Mention : Music -Music: V Dakshinamoorthy (Shyamaragam)

Winners of Kerala State Film awards 2020

Non fiction : 

Best book: Cinema Sandharbhangal cinema salayum keraleeya pothumadhalavum (Dr.P.K . Rajasekharan)

 Best Article: Madamballiyile manorogi, Komali Melkai Nedunna Kalam (Bipin chandran)

Special Jury awards :Cinema Mukhavum mukhammoodiyum(Dr. Rajesh M. R) ; Jellikettinte Charithrapadangal (Dr Sabastian Joseph, Sudha C.)

Najim Arshad -wins best singer award at the 50th Kerala State film awards

Najim Arshad is the  Winner  of  Kerala State Film Awards 2020 for  best singer (male)

Najim Arshad is the winner of the Best Singer (male) award at the 50th Kerala State Film Awards.  He won the award for the song 'Athmavile vanagalil' composed by  William Francis for the movie ‘Kettyloaanu Ente Malakha'.

When Najim heard the news and the congratulatory messages following the anouncement of the award by Cultural Minister A K Balan, his first reaction was   ‘I can’t believe it'. He mentioned in his social media page that 'Thanks to jury members ❤️, Thank you dear Williams for giving such a great song.

Thanks to almighty'. 

‘Kettyloaanu Ente Malakha,’ starring Asif Ali and Veena Nandakumar in the lead, is a drama film that was directed by debutant filmmaker Nissam Basheer. The film was written by Aji Peter Thankam and also had Manohari Joy, Jaffar Idukki, Basil Joseph and more as supporting actors. The film, which explores the story of a shy Malayali rustic villager named Sleevachan and his newlywed wife Rincy, ponders on the topic of marital rape and was critically acclaimed too. The film was released on November 22, 2019.

Najim Arshad  is now established as a playback singer with more than 100 songs and many awards to his credit. Najim's journey as a singer was noted following his success in Asianet's idea star singer.  He was the winner of the most popular reality show Idea Star Singer 2007 on Asianet. Mission 90 Days was his debut film as a playback singer. The song from Lal Jose movie 'Diamond Necklace' Thottu thottu composed by Vidya sager was a big break for him. He has many hit songs to his credit including songs from  recent movies. In the mean time he also made debut in bollywood through his hindi song 'Kaafiron Ki Namaaz'. He has been considered for the play singer award in many years. This year he got it.  

50th Kerala State Film awards 2020-Winnners List : Read here for full list 

Najim Arshad

Congratulations!!

 

Winners of 50th Kerala State film awards 2020 in music category

Best Music Director – Sushin Shyam (Kumbalangi Nights) 

Music Director for BGM – Ajmal Hassbulla  (Vrithakrithiyulla Chathuram) 

Best Lyricist: Sujesh Hari (Sathyam Paranja Viswasikkuvo) 

Best Singer (Male) – Najeem Arshad (Kettiyolaan Ente Malakha) 

Best Female Singer – Madhusree Narayanan (kolambi)

Najim Arshad -Biography
Najim Arshad is the son of Tirumala Shahul (retired as administrative officer from Vigilance Department) and Rehma (music teacher). He has two elder brothers Ajim Shad & Sajim Shad.  He is the native of Valiyavila, Trivandrum district in Kerala. Najim Arshad has completed his a post-graduation in music with first rank, from Sree Swati Tirunal College of Music, Kerala University. Najim  is married to Thazni Thaha is a dentist by profession. Their wedding and  engagement  photos were posted earlier. They were blessed with a baby boy in 2019.

Halal Love Story Movie digital Release on Amazon Prime on 15th October 2020

Halal Love Story Movie online on Amazon Prime

Halal Love Story is the new malayalamm movie getting ready for digital online release. This movie directed by Zakariya Mohammed will be premiered on 15th October 2020 . His debut movie 'Sudani from Nigeria' was a huge success.

After the successful release of Sufiyum Sujatayum and  CU Soon Amazon Prime announced the direct-to-service world premiere of Malayalam Family Comedy Drama Halal Love Story. Trailer out now:http://amzn.to/HalalLoveStoryTrailer . Amazon Prime Members in India and 200 countries and territories can stream the film starting October 15 on Amazon Prime Video. Another movie recently released was Maniarayile Ashokan on Netflix. 

Amazon Prime also release of nine Indian movies including six South Indian movies in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada. Halal Love Story, Maara, Middle Class Melodies and Bheema Sena Nala Maharaja are some of the films that will directly stream on the OTT platform starting from October 15. Earlier, Tamil film Ponmagal Vandhal, was released by  Amazon Prime Video announced the release of which was followed by the release of six South films.

Halal Love Story 

Halal Love Story -Cast and Crew 

 Halal Love Story, directed by Zakariya Mohammed, features Indrajith Sukumaran, Parvathy, Joju George and Soubin Shahir in the lead roles alongside Sharaf U Dheen and Grace Antony. The film is bankrolled by Aashiq Abu under the banner OPM Cinemas, Jesna Ashim and Harshad Ali under Papaya Films. 

Halal Love Story narrated the life of  Thoufeek, an unmarried young man from a very orthodox family, is highly passionate about filmmaking. He is an active member and plays a key role in one of Kerala’s popular Islamic Organizations, which has kept his cinema dreams in halt. He’s approached by Raheem and Shereef with the idea of making a film as an initiative of the cultural wing of his organization. They soon approach Siraj, a popular associate director to don the cap of the director.

 Directed by- Zakariya Mohammed

 Produced byAashiq Abu,    Jesna Ashim,    Harshad Ali 

 Screenplay by Zakariya Mohammed,    Muhsin Parari

  Music by Bijibal,    Shahabaz Aman,    Rex Vijayan,    Yakzan-Neha 

 Cinematography -Ajay Menon 

 Edited by Saiju Sreedharan 

 Production company Papaya Films,  OPM Cinemas,    Ourhood Movies 

 Distributed by Amazon Prime Video 

 Release date 15 October 2020

Starring:     Indrajith Sukumaran,    Joju George,    Parvathy Thiruvothu,    Sharaf U Dheen,    Grace Antony,    Soubin Shahir 

Mr And Mrs on Zee Keralam-Contestants, Judges and Achors | Malayalam Reality Show for Couples

Malayalam GEC Zee Keralam launched a new couple reality show Titled as Mr and Mrs on October 4th 7 PM. This show is telecasted after the successful season of SaReGaMaPa-Keralam. The show titled, Mr & Mrs will have many exciting elements from its presenters, judges, and famous couple pairs. This show is similar to  Made for each other  and  Veruthe Alla Bharya -a popular show on Mazhavil Manorama

 Popular Malayalam TV, anchor Govind Padmasoorya is back with this brand new show. The actor-turned-TV host will be seen as a judge in this show for couples. The show is expected to be a fun roller-coaster ride featuring 8 viral couples who are already extremely popular in the social media circles. Some of whom have over million followers on Social platforms.

Interestingly, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Keralam fame Jeeva Joseph and wife Aparna Thomas will be hosting the show. This is the first time that the most adored couple in social media will be sharing screen space in a television reality show.

Mr And Mrs on Zee Keralam

ZEE Keralam promises this show to be an amazing show in a unique setting. Mr and Mrs is a unique show featuring competition between the happy couples. The show has selected 8 couples . They will compete with each other to win the title of the best Mr. & Mrs. Their special skills and hidden talents including their hilarious original content will be showcased through various outdoor and indoor tasks. The show promises to be a fun ride for the audience. 

Anchors 

Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Keralam fame Jeeva Joseph and wife Aparna Thomas 

Judges

Govind Padmasoorya

Contestants

Ajith – Dona [Thodupuzha Idukki]

Bibin – Jesna [Perumbavoor, Ernakulam District]

Meeth - Miri [ Kannur District ]

Nikhil – Lena [Varkkala of Trivandrum District]

Nishar – Shejitha [Thrissoor District ]

Renjith – Riji [Kottayam District]

Sanju – Lakshmi [ Adoor, Pathanamthitta District]

Sumith – Hima [ Kodungalloor, ThrissurDistrict ]

Mr And Mrs on Zee Keralam-Contestants

#ZeeKeralam #JeevaJoseph #GovindPadmasoorya #AparnaThomas #ZKMrandMrs #MrandMrs 

Nobel Prize 2020-Winners List

The Nobel Laurates of the year 2020 are given below :

 The Nobel prizes are selected by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for the Nobel Prize in Physics and Chemistry, Karolinska Institutet for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, the Swedish Academy for the Nobel Prize in Literature, and a Committee of five persons to be elected by the Norwegian Parliament (Storting) for the Nobel Peace Prize.A person or organization awarded the Nobel Prize is called Nobel Laureate. The word "laureate" refers to being signified by the laurel wreath. In ancient Greece, laurel wreaths were awarded to victors as a sign of honor.

 The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences was given the task to select the Laureates in Economic Sciences starting in 1969.In 1968, the Sveriges Riksbank established the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.

Peace

World Food Programme (WFP)

The Nobel Peace Prize 2020

Prize motivation: "for its efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas and for acting as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict."

Literature 

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2020 was awarded to Louise Glück "for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal." . Louise is from New York, NY, USA

Medicine 

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2020 was awarded jointly to Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice "for the discovery of Hepatitis C virus."

Charles M. Rice-Affiliation now: Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA

Michael Houghton-Affiliation : University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

Harvey J. Alter-Affiliation: National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

Prize motivation: "for the discovery of Hepatitis C virus."

Physics

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2020 was divided, one half awarded to Roger Penrose "for the discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity", the other half jointly to Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez "for the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the centre of our galaxy."

Roger Penrose-Affiliation : University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Reinhard Genzel-Affiliation: University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA, Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany

Andrea Ghez-Affiliation: University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Chemistry

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 was awarded jointly to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna "for the development of a method for genome editing."

Emmanuelle Charpentier-Affiliation : Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens, Berlin, Germany

Jennifer A. Doudna-Affiliation : University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA

Anand Narayan-Actor in Malayalam Serials

Anand Narayan is a Malayalam actor working mostly in Malayalam Television serials. He was also an anchor. He is currently playing the role of Anirudh in Kudumba Vilakku serial.

Career

Anand started his career in entertainment industry as a television anchor. But his true passion was in acting.  He got his first chance as an actor in Neelambari serial on Amrutha TV. Unfortunately, channel decided not to telecast it. He debuted as serial actor through  Asiant serial Kaana Kanmani. It was a turning point for him. He has already acted in many serials as hero and villain.  His recent works include the role of Nakulan, hero of  Ennu swanthan Jani Serial on Surya TV, as Vijay Krishnan, a character with negative shades in Flowers TV serial Arundathi , as Neel Mahesh, the male lead in Zee Karalam serial Swathi Nakshathram Chothi and Prakash Babu and as one of the four lead characters of the horror serial Unnimaya on Asianet.  

'Kudumbavilakku' on Asianet is  one of the top-rated serials of Malayalam TV, with as star cast. Actor Anand Narayan replaced Sreejith Vijay in the show.  

Anand Narayanan

Personal Life /family details

Anand is married to Mini, working in Cosmopolitan hospital in Trivandrum and they are blessed with two kids-a son and a daughter. He has said in an interview that his wife's support helped him to pursue acting.  His family, including his parents and siblings, are also very supportive of his acting career.

Ammayariyathe Serial Cast|Actors and actresses of Asianet serial Ammayariyathe

Ammayariyathe (also mentioned as Amma ariyathe) is a Malayalam serial on Malayalam Channel Asianet. This series is premiered on Asinet on 22 June 2020 and the episodes are  available on Disney+Hotstar platform

This is a new serial from the team kumkumapoovu, the makers of superhit serial. The story of the serial is a mix of both Kumkumapoovu and Karuthamuthu. Ammayariyathe was introduced by Asha sharath , she played Professor Jayanthi role in Kumkumapoovu. Keerthy Gopinath, Asha Sharath (Guest), Parvathi, Sreethu, Nikhil Nair, Boban Alummoodan, Dileep Shankar, TS Raju plays lead role in this serial  Written by Pradeep Panicker and Directed by Praveen Kadakkavoor. he show is produced by actor Anoop Thomas and Faisal K.

 

Story Line:  'Ammayariyathe' narrated the story of Neeraja and Aleena, the story of a mother and daughter separated by unfortunate circumstances. The story portrays the life of a daughter (Aleena Peter) who goes in search of her mother Neeraja Mahadevan. 

Hero and Heroine of Ammayariyathe 

 Keerthi Gopinath and Sreethu Krishnan as Neeraja and Aleena. Actress Keerthi Gopinath is know for malayalam television audience for a long time. She is coming back to malayalam mini-screen after a hiatus.   Tamil actress Sreethu Krishnan is known for her show 'Ayudha Ezhuthu'. This is her debut as heroine in a malayalam serial

Ammayariyathe serial on Asinet 

Ammayariyathe Serial Cast and Crew

Written byPradeep Panicker

Directed byPraveen Kadakkavoor

Producer-Anoop Thomas,Faisal K

Cinematography-Krishna Kodanad

Editor-Selvaraj Kurumbakkara

Music - M. Jayachandran (Music Director)

B.K.Harinarayanan (Lyrics)

Singer -K.S. Chitra (amma padiya ragam -opening theme)

Sujatha Mohan (Manasil oru tharattu)

Actors, actresses and characters of Ammayariyathe serial

Sreethu Krishnan -as Alina (Aleena) Peter

Reena- as Mayor Sulekha

Keerthi Gopinath- as Neeraja Mahadevan

Anand Bharathi- as Vinayachandran

Boban Alummoodan -as Mahadevan

Parvathy- as Aparna Mahdevan

Salmanul Faris- as Akash Vinay

Dileep Shankar- as Peter

Priya Varma / Divya M Nair -as Mrs.Vinayachandran

T.S.Raju- as Mamachan

Nikhil Nair- as Midhun

Arya Sreeram -as Teena

Cherthala Lalitha- as Mamachan's wife

Thrissur Elsy- as Ammachi

Other cast : Thirmala Ramachandran,Jayakrishnan Narayan etc

Asha Sarath -as Herself (episode 1-3)

Meera Vasudevan- as Sumithra in Promo

Gowri Prakash -as Anumol in Promo

Winners Of Idea Star Singer On Asianet | A music reality show

Idea Star Singer is a very popular Malayalam music reality-television competition, broadcast on Asianet and is sponsored by Idea Cellular Limited. 

The program aims to discover the best singer in Kerala in the age group of 15–35 years and the winner is determined both by the viewers and expert judging panel based on the contestants skill in singing and entertainment. 

So far six seasons are completed and the details are given below. Season 7 of Idea Star Singer which is going to be telecasted in 2013-2014 is already announced by Asianet. Who will be the winner ? Let us wait and watch.

Idea Star Singer Season 1 – Idea Star Singer  2006

Winners of Idea Star Singer 2006:

Arun Raj – Best Male Singer

Kavita Jayaram – Best Female Singer

Anchors: Rimi Tomy, Afsal, Vidhu Prathap, Biju Narayanan

Judging Panel : Music director M. Jayachandran accompanied by musicians like K. S. Chithra, M. G. Radhakrishnan, Tippu, Deepak Dev, Jassie Gift, Chithra Iyer,Sugeetha Menon and many other pioneers from the music industry.

Prize :The winners received Rs. 1 lakh in prize money, a contract for playback assignments in Jayachandran's upcoming film projects, a deal with Satyam Audios and deals for performing at concerts abroad

Idea Star Singer Season 2 – Idea Star Singer  2007

Winners of Idea Star Singer 2007: 

First Prize  Najim Arshad
First runner-up - Durga Viswanath Second runner-up -Thushar Murali Krishna
Third runner-up  Arun Gopan 

Anchors: Ranjini Haridas & Meera Nandan

Judging Panel : M. G. Sreekumar,Sharath,Usha Uthup

A fourth judging spot featured different celebrity guests all of whom are people of importance in the malayalam film industry

Prize:The winner  Najim Arshad  from Thiruvananthapuram received a brand new flat which was sponsored by The Confident Group. The first runner-up was Durga Viswanath and she got a Ford Fiesta car sponsored by The Alukkas Jewellery Group

Idea Star Singer Season 3 – Idea Star Singer  2008

Winners of Idea Star Singer 2008: First Prize-Best Male Singer -Vivekanandan First Prize-Best Female Singer Sonia First runner-up/ Third Prize Rahul R Laxman Fourth prize - Gayathri. Consolation prizes to Jins Gopinath and Prasobh.

Anchors: Ranjini Haridas, Ramya Raveendran, Devi

Judging Panel : Sharreth, M. G. Sreekumar,Ouseppachan,P. Unnikrishnan,G. Venugopal A fourth judging spot featured different celebrity guests all of whom are people of importance in the malayalam film industry

Prize:The first prize winners were offered an apartment either in Thiruvananthapuram or Dubai City, each valued at Rupees 1 crore sponsored by the Confident Group. The first runner-up Rahul R Laxman was presented with 101 pavan of gold sponsored by Josco Jewellers. The fourth prize of Rs. 2 Lakh went to Gayathri. Consolation prizes (1 lakh) were given to Jins Gopinath and Prasobh.

Idea Star Singer Season 4 – Idea Star Singer  2009

Winners of Idea Star Singer 2009: 
First Prize-Joby John
 First runner-up/ Second  Prize -Sreenath
Third prize /Second Runner up- Preethi Warrier
Consolation prizes to Anju Joseph and Vidhya Sanker (fourth and fifth places,respectively)
Anchors: Ranjini Haridas

Judging Panel : Sharreth, M. G. Sreekumar,K.S.Chithra

A fourth judging spot featured different celebrity guests all of whom are people of importance in the malayalam film industry

Prize:The first prize winners was offered a villa worth  1 crore at  Thiruvananthapuram  sponsored by the Travancore group. There were reports that due to tax issues he could get the flat so far. Later it was clarified. He is one of the star signer who got maximum  number of sms in grand finale (5,22,272). First runner-up Sreenath received Rs.10 lakhs of Gold sponsored by Josco , Second runner up Preethi Warrier got Rs. 5 lakhs and fourth & firth runners-up Anju Joseph and Vidhya Shankar. received Rs.2 lakhs and 1 lakhs respectively

Idea Star Singer Season 5 – Idea Star Singer 2010

Winners of Idea Star Singer 2010: 
First Prize-Kalpana Raghavendra
 First runner-up/ Second  Prize -Mridula Warrier 
Third Place -Immanuel Hentry Fourth Place - Antony V John  
Fifth Place-Akhil Krishnan 

Anchors: Ranjini Haridas

Judging Panel : Sharreth, M. G. Sreekumar,K.S.Chithra, Anuradha Sreeram

A fourth judging spot featured different celebrity guests all of whom are people of importance in the malayalam film industry

Prize:First Prize winner , Kalpana , won a villa worth INR 1 crore. Mridula Warrier, the first runner-up, received gold worth INR 15 lakh. Immanuel Henry, the second runner-up gotgold INR 750,000. Antony John, the third runner-up,won INR 500,000. Akhil Krishnan, the fourth runner-up got INR 200,000. Antony also won a special prize of INR 500,000 from film actor Mohanlal.

Idea Star Singer Season 6 – Idea Star Singer Season 2011-2012

Winners of Idea Star Singer Season 6: 

First Prize-Merin Gregory
First runner-up/ Second  Prize -Rajeev
Third Place -Megha
Fourth Place - Nandu
Fifth Place- Shamshad
Sixth Place- Sukesh Kuttan

Anchors: Ranjini Haridas

Judging Panel : M.Jayachandran, M. G. Sreekumar,K.S.Chithra, Anuradha Sreeram

Celebrity judge -celebrity guests from the film industry

Prize:First Prize winner , Merin , received a villa worth INR 1 crore from Confident group. Rajeev, the first runner-up, received gold worth INR 15 lakh from Josco Jewellers. Megha, the second runner-up gotgold INR 10 Lakh worth of gold from Bhima  Jewellers. Nandu, the third runner-up,won INR 500,000 from southern batteries. Shamshad, the fourth runner-up got INR 200,000 from kerala shopping festival. Sukesh Kuttan won a price worth of  INR 100,000 from megabit corporation

Idea Star Singer Season 7 – Idea Star Singer Season 2013-2014

Asianet is going to launch season 7 of the popular show idea star singer in 2014. It is in the category of 14-20 Age group. They are going to start the auditions and applications are invited.
winners of Star singer Season 7 

Paadatha Painkili serial cast- Asianet Malayalam serial actros and actresses

Padatha painkili (also mentioned as Paadatha Paingili or Padatha Painkili)  is a new Malayalam serial on Asianet Channel. This new series was was telecasted from 7th September 2020 onwards.  This show is aired every Monday to Friday at 8.30 PM

 It’s the official remake of Star jalsha channel’s Ke Apon Ke Por, which remade in many indian languages . In Tamil it is known as Raja Rani , in Telugu as Kathalo Rajakumari, in Marathi as Sukh Mhanje Naaki Kaay Asta 

Story line 

Padatha Painkili serial narrates the journey of a girl Kanmani who started out as a domestic help and went on to establish herself as someone who’s well suited to be the daughter-in-law of Anand Varma’s household. The show also highlights how parents try to build a family with a lot of love and care while the children grow up to be selfish and remain concerned only about their parents’ money and property

Hero and Heroine

Maneesha playing the role of kanmani in the serial. Suraj is the hero of this serial . He is known for his tiktok and youtube channels named Suraj sun. Prem Prakash, Dinesh Panicker, Ambika etc some Of them. Archana Suesheelan, Anjitha BR, Sabari, Fazal Razi are in the supporting star cast of the show. This is the last serial of actor Sabari Nath. He recently passed away due to heart attack.

Paadatha Painkili serial on Asianet

Paadatha Painkili  serial cast and Crew

Director- Sudheesh Sankar

Screenplay-Dinesh Pallath

Dialogues-Dinesh Pallath

Written by-Concept-Kishor Dalal

Story-Ayan Bera

Presented by-Merryland Studios

Theme music composer M. Jayachandran

Opening theme "Paadatha Painkiliye" by Sithara Krishnakumar & K. S. Harisankar

Ending theme "Minnum Chinnum Pularikale" by Soumya Sathanandan & Sreelakshmi Narayanan

 Lyrics- Santhosh Perali & Anupama

Music -Soumya Sanathanan & Babu Krishna 

Based on Ke Apon Ke Por

Paadatha Painkili  actors/ actresses and characters

Maneesha Mahesh- as Kanmani

Sooraj Sun -as Deva

Preetha Pradeep- as Swapna (Eposide 1 – 6)  replaced by Archana Suseelan as Swapna (Eposide 6 – present)

Anjitha BR- as Ananya

Ankhitha Vinod- as Madhurima

Prem Prakash- as Ananda Varma (Eposide 1 – 6) replaced by Dinesh Panicker as Ananda Varma (Eposide 6 – present)

Ambika Mohan- as Susheela Devi

Sabarinath -as Aravind

Fazal Razi- as Vijay

Anumol -as Avanthika

Sachin SG- as Bharath

Soumya Sreekumar- as Tanuja

Akhilesh -as Aliyan

Rahul R -as Ravi

Ashtami R Krishna- as Sheethal

Baby Krishna Thejaswini as Thumbimol

other cast -Anand Krishnan,Jose Peroorkada,Gopika Shankar

Actors and actresses in Paadatha painkili 

Padatha painkili is well received by audience. In it’s opening episodes, Paadatha painkili earned 15.9 (barc urban 15+).

Padatha painkili cast and crew 

Padatha Painkilli is an Indian Malayalam television soap opera which airs on Malayalam Entertainment Channel Asianet  is available on the digital platform Disney+Hotstar.

Kudumbavilakku Serial Cast-Asianet Serial Kudumbavilakku Actors and actress, story line

Baakiyalakshmiu is  a malayalam serial on Asianet.  The show was premiered on Asianet channel and streaming on Hotstar since 27 January 2020 from Monday to Saturday at 7:30PM IST. South Indian actress Meera Vasudevan portrays the lead role in the series. This is a remake of  Sreemoyee on star Jalsa. Other versions of this serial are Inthi Nimma Asha (Kannada), Aai Kuthe Kay Karte (Marathi), Intinti Gruhalakshmi (Telugu), Anupamaa(Hindi) and Baakiyalakshmi (Tamil)

Plot
A woman does not get a moment of rest while doing all the household chores on top of being a dutiful wife, daughter-in-law and mother. Yet, she is never acknowledged or appreciated for her work. It is a story of every woman out there who is being ignored by her family and neglected from giving her care and love.

Hero and heroine
For Malayali audience, actress Meera Vasudevan is not a new face as the actress had gained their heart through her role in Mohanlal-starrer film, Thanmathra. The south Indian actress is making her comeback on Malayalam small-screen through her new serial, Kudumbavilakku. Meera plays the role of a housewife, Sumithra who takes care of a big family including her in-laws. Kudumbavilakku marks the second Malayalam small-screen project of Meera as her debut serial Kanalpoovu had won her Kerala State Television Award for best actress in 2008.  Sreejith Vijay , actor in many malayalam serials and famous for his movie Rathi nirvedam is playing the role of the hero Anirudh Menon in the beginning episodes.

Cast and Crew

Executive producer- Sanjeev

Producer- Chitra Shenoy

Banner - Good Company Productions

Directed by Sunil Kariattukara (Episodes 1–2), Riju Nair (Episode 3–23),Manju Dharman(Episode 24–present)

Cinematography- A.V.Arun Ravan (Episode 1–89),Vipin Puthiyankam (Episode 90–Present)

Editor- Jishnu S Kuryathi

Starring Meera Vasudevan,  Sreejith Vijay

Created by KK Gangadharan (Episode 1–88),Anil Baas (Episode 89–Present)

Based on Sreemoyee Bangali serial

Malayalm script written by Sangeetha Mohan

Story by Leena Gangopadhyay

Creative director-Gurudas Shenoy

Starring Meera Vasudevan, Sreejith Vijay

Music - Shyam Dharman, Rajeev Attukal,  

Theme music composer-Shyam Dharman ,Opening theme "Udayathin Munbe nee" (Sung by Shweta Mohan)

Lyrics -Ramesh Narayan 

Actors /Actresses and characters of Kudumbavilakku serial

Meera Vasudevan as -Sumithra, Sidharth's wife; Anirudh, Pratheesh and Sheethal's mother

Sreejith Vijay /Devi Menon as Saraswathi Menon as Dr.Anirudh Menon ,Sumithra and Sidharth's eldest son; Prateesh's and Sheethal's brother; Ananya's husband, replaced by   Anand Narayanan 

Akshaya R Nair /Athira Madhav as Dr.Ananya, Anirudh Menon Wife

Noobin Johny as- Prateesh Menon, Sumithra and Sidharth's son; Anirudh and Sheethal's brother; Sanjana's lover

Parvathi Vijai / Amritha Nair as Sheethal Menon, Sumithra and Sidharth's daughter; Anirudh and Pratheesh's sister

F.J Tharakan as -Shivadas Menon

Manju Vijeesh as- Mallika

Krishnakumar Menon- as Sidharth Menon a.k.a Siddu

Shwetha Venkat / Ameya Nair / Saranya Anand as Vedika Sampath

Devi Menon -as Saraswathi Menon

Sindhu Varma/ Manju Satheesh- as Sharanya Menon

Manu Nair / Sumesh Surendran- as Shreekumar

Bindhu Pankaj -as Nileena Bhaskar

Sunitha -as Savithri

Hari -as Pradeep aka Dipu

Akhil -as Jishnu

Parvathy Raveendran- as Chitra

Krishna- as Prema

Reshma Nandu- as Sanjana

Alif Muhammed- as Maneesh

Sheelasree -as Maneesh's mother

KPAC Saji -as Sanjana's Father

Master Sreerang Shine- as Neerav

Saju Kodiyan- as Rev.Fr.Francis Mupliyanthadathil

Sarath Sreehari -as Pianist

Guest Appearance

Innocent as Chief guest on Mother's Day Competition at Sheetal's school (Episode 5,6)

Ashwin Subalal-Actor in Malayalam Serials | Flowers TV serial Nandanam actor

Ashwin Subalal is a Malayalam actor working mostly in Malayalam Television serials. He is now known for his role as Krishna in  Nandanam serial 

Career

Aswin is an artist interested in acting, painting etc. His tiktok videos are also popular. He got a break to Malayalam Television industry in lead role as Krishnan (also known as unni kannan or Kishan) in Nandanam serial on Malayalam Entertainment channel Flowers TV

Ashwin Subalal

Nandanam is a serial produced by Rakhunath and directed by Dileep  Thavanoor. This serial is an extension of the malayalam movie Nandanam by Renjith starring Prithviraj and Navya Nair in lead roles.  The plot of the serial revolves round the childhood days of Balamani, the central character of Nandanam movie. This serial is based on the true devotion of Lord Krishna and temple of Guruvayoor.  Balamani is a devotee of Guruvayoorappan. Her strong believe in Lord Krishna and saves from struggles.

Personal Life 

Ashwin hails from Kozhikode in Kerala. He has completed his studies from College of Applied science (IHRD) in Calicut

Flowers Top Singer Season 2 Contestants

Flowers Top Singer Season 2 | Flowers Top Singer 2 contestants.

The season 2 of the popular music reality show on Flowers has been launched on 21 September 2020. The audition rounds for flowers were on air since September 14, 2020. The contestants with age from 6 to 14 years with music talents were shortlisted after many audition rounds. In the final audition was help in the presence of the judges Music director Deepak Dev, Singers M. G. Sreekumar and Madhu Balakrishnan. The final 19 contestants are from the selected list and rest are from the top priority list of flowers top singer 2. 

Flowers Top Singer Season 2 contestants during the launching ceremony.

Flowers Top Singer Season 2 Contestants 

1. Sreedev -8yrs -from Malappuram

2. Meghna Sumesh -6yr-Bangalore/Malappuram

3. Hanoona Aziz-Kannur

4. Beven Biju -Kottayam

5.Krishna Sree- Kozhikode

6. Sreenanda J -Thiruvanthapuram 

7.Nima Thajudeen -Thrissure

8. Vaiga S Nikesh-Kannur (online)

9. Devananda- Kozhikkode

10. Theertha Subhash-Palakkadu

11. Vaiga Lekshmi-Alappuzha

12. Devana C. K-Kannur

13. Amrutha varshini - Kozhikode

14. Sreenand Vinod-Kozhikode

15. Ann Benson-Thiruvananthapuram

16. Hrithik- Chennai/Kannur

17. Mia Essa Mehek -Ernakulam

18. Dia Rehman-Kollam

19.Sreehari Palakkadu

20. Krishna Jith -Kasargod

21. Asna-Kollam

22 Devana Sreya

23 Akshith K Ajith

24 Vanditha Vaidyamadham

Anna Kareena Serial on Flowers TV Cast and Crew| Actors and Actresses

Malayalam entertainment channel Flowers TV is coming up with new romantic serial 'Anna Kareena' from September 21 2020 onwards. The new serial will be aired every Monday to Friday at 7 PM.  This serial is launched after the success of Chakkapazham and Uppum Mulakum comedy serial. Recent tele series Nandanam also gained much popularity.  

This telecinema is directed by KK Rajeev.  Anna Kareena serial cast includes Catherine Reji, Parvathy, Shilpa Martin, David John, Thomaskutty Abraham, Jaise Jose etc.  The much-anticipated show will mark the acting debut of social media star Parvathy, who is reportedly the granddaughter of late actor Sankaradi. KK Rajeev serial 'Thonyaksharangal' received much attention in recent Kerala State Television Awards 2019

Music : This romantic drama labelled as KK Rajeev Cinema has gained much attention before its premier due to its title song. The song titled as 'Sharon Nilavalinja' is composed by musician and Star Singer fame Ranjin Raj and written by popular lyricist Rafeeq Ahamed. It also due credits to the melodious rendition of singer Nithya Mammen.

Story: Anna Kareena narrates the story about the love life of Anna Paul and Sachidhanandhan. The duo from being different backgrounds face several challenges. Its the road to love and issues they face which makes love stronger.

Hero and Heroine : Catherine Reji is giving life to Anna Paul Appachan, the heroine and Thomas Kutty as the hero Sachidhanandan Kaleshan.Catherine is a popular model and was part of Miss Kerala 2018. This is her debut serial in lead role. 

Anna Kareena Serial on Flowers TV

Anna Kareena Serial -Cast and Crew 

Story, Script and Direction - KK Rajeev

Director- R. Unnikrishnan

Starring Catherine Reji, Parvathy, Shilpa Martin, David John, Thomaskutty Abraham, Jaise Jose etc

Producer(s)- Sandhya Rajendran and Divyadarshan

Camera -Joy Robinson

Associate director-Praveen Prakash

Art-Glaton Peter

Stills-Sajin Sree

Production controller-Vijay Mukhathala

Music - Renjan Raj

Banner-Kalidasa

Actors , Actress actual name and characters

Thomas Kutty -as  Sachidhanandan Kaleshan

Catherin Reji -as  Anna Paul Appachan

Shilpa Martin -as Reba Cherian

David John - as Bobby John 

E A Rajendran -as Varghese Challissery

Jaise Jose -as Kaleshan

Parvathy Rajan Shankarady -as Manikutty

Merlin Reena -As Teresa Paul Appachan

 

Actor and Actresses of Anna Kareena Serial

 Full episodes of Anna Kareena are avaialable in Flowers TV youtube channel after its telecast

Kerala State Television awards 2019-Winners list

The winners of the 28th Kerala State Television Awards 2019 were announced by Minister for Cultural Affairs A K Balan  at PR Chamber on 19th September  2020.  The award were decided by Kerala Chalachitra Academy by a Jury in feature and non-feature category. For the year 2017, Director-cum-actor Madhupal was the chairman of the fiction segment. Directors Saji Surendran and M A Nishad, writer Santhosh Echikkanam and actress Anumol wee the other members of the jury. Critic and documentary director O K Johny was head of the jury panel for the non-fiction segment. Senior journalist N K Raveendran, documentary director Shiny Jacob Benjamin, director Pradeep Nair, and cinematographer Manesh Madhavan comprise the non-fiction jury.  Journalist and writer A Sahadevan was the head for the jury for the writing segment which also consists of writers S Saradakutty and T K Santhoshkumar. 

Side Effects directed by Sujith Sahadev was selected as the best telefilm (above 20 minutes duration) in the State Television Awards for the year 2019. Savannayile Mazhapakshikal directed by Noushad for KITE Victers was chosen as the best telefilm (below 20 minutes duration

Kavitha Nair was awarded as the best actress of the year for the realistic acting in the KK Rajeev directorial, 'Thonyaksharangal',  The best actor title was won by Madhu Vibhakar for the teleserial 'Kunjiraman'. Maya Suresh won the award for the second best actor (female) and Muraleedharakurup won the second best actor (male) award for the same teleserial. Comedian Nazeer Sankranthi was chosen as the best actor (comedy) for Thatteem Mutteem.  Lesvin Ullas won the best child actor award and Comedy Masters. Uppum Mulakum fame Shivani Menon has also received a special mention in the child actor category.

Famous wildlife conservationist and snake expert, Vava Suresh was declared as the best TV host for his show, 'Snake Master'. Ramesh Pisharady hosted show Big Salute on Mazhavil Manorama  was chosen as the best TV show (entertainment). Maniramayam directed by C. Mithun for Mazhavil Manorama won the award for best comedy programme. 

Njanaanu Sthree in Amritha TV and Parayathe Vayya in Manorama TV shared the best TV show (current affairs) award. Ananthapuriyude Thirusheshippukal directed by Beena Kalam for KITE Victers won the award for best children’s programme. Iniyum Vaayichu Theerathe directed by Deepu Thamban for Kerala Vision won special mention for documentary (biography).

 ‘Mahaguru’ teleserial of Kaumudi TV won five awards. S Lavel (cinematographer), Lesvin Ullas Lesvin Ullas (child artist), Shibu Kumar (art direction), Shankar Lal and Rohini A Pillai (dubbing artist) bagged awards

In Thunder Lightning and Rain directed by Rajesh James for Kerala Vision was chosen as the best documentary (general category). Oru Thuruthinte Katha directed by Nishanth M.V. for Asianet News and Cherudhanyangalude Gramam directed by G.S. Unnikrishnan Nair for Kairali TV shared the best documentary (science and environment) award. Venalil Peytha Chattumazha directed by R.S. Pradeep and Ritwik Baiju Chandran’s Jeevanulla Swapnangal shared the best documentary (biography) award.

Sankar Lal won the award for the best dubbing artiste (male) for Mahaguru in Kaumudi TV, while Rohini A. Pillai won the best dubbing artiste (female) for the same teleserial. Lesvin Ullas won the best child actor award, Lavel S. won the best cinematographer award and Shibukumar the best art direction award for the same teleserial. Prakash Alex won the best music director award and Thomas Kurian the award for the best sound for Side Effects.

Jibin Jose won the award for the best news cameraperson for In Thunder Lightning and Rain in Kerala Vision. Arya P. of Mathrubhumi News and Anuja of 24 News shared the award for best news presenter.  K. Arun and K.R. Gopikrishnan shared the award for the best anchor/interviewer (current affairs) for Janakeeya Kodathi and 360 in 24 News. Saji Devi S. won the best commentator award for Njan Gouri in DD Malayalam. K.P. Rasheed of Asianet News won the best investigative journalist for the report Karimanal Republic.

Winners of Kerala State Television awards

Kerala State Television Awards 2019 Winners List

Best Telefilm (short )-Savannayile Mazhapakshikal directed by Noushad
Best Telefilm -Side Effects directed by Sujith Sahadev

Best Director, editor, writer - Sujith Sahadev - Side effect

Best television show – Big Salute (Mazazhavil Manorama)(entertainment)
Best Comedy program -Marimayam

Best Actor-Madhu Vibhakar (Kunjiraman - Amma Vision) 

Best Actress- Kavitha Nair Nandan (Thonniyaksharangal - Amrita TV)

Second best actor: Muraleedharakurup (Thonniyaksharangal - Amrita TV) 

Second best actress: Maya Suresh (Thonniyaksharangal - Amrita TV)...

Best Comedian – Nazeer Sankranthi  for Thatteem Mutteem

Best Dubbing artist female – Rohini A Pillai (Mahaguru)

Documentary (general) - In Thunder Lightning and Rain (Kerala Vision) 

Documentary (science, environment) - Oru Thuruthinte Athmakatha (Asianet News); Cherudhanyangalude Gramam (Kairali News)

Documentary (biography): Venalil Peytha Chattumazha, Jeevanulla Swapnangal

Documentary (children, women): Attappadiyile Ammamar (Media One)

Director (documentary): Sajeed Naduthodi (Andhathayekurichu Diarykurippukkal - Swayamprabha)

Best short film for children-Points-Shalom TV  ( written and directed by Subin Josh)

Best Camera man – S Lavel (Mahaguru)
Best Music Director – Prakash Alex (Side effect)
Best art director- Shibu Kumar (Mahaguru)

Best sound recordist- Thomas Kurian

Children's programme: Ananthapuriyude Thirusheshippukkal (KITE Victers) 

Education programme: Panjimuttayi (Njangal Inganaanu Bhai)

News presenter: P Arya (Mathrubhumi News); Anooja (24 News)

News cameraman: Jibin Jose (In Thunder Lightning and Rain - Kerala Vision)

Anchor (non-news programme) - Vava Suresh (Snake Master - Kaumudi TV)

Anchor (educational programme): V S Rajesh (Kaumudi TV) and Biju Muthathi (Kairali News)

Anchor (current affairs): Dr K Arun Kumar (Janakeeya Kodathi - 24 News) & K R Gopikrishnan  (360 - 24 news)

Investigative journalist: K P Rasheed (Karimanal Republic - Asianet News)...

Commentator: S Saji Devi (Njan Gouri - Doordarshan)

Special jury mention 

Actress: Aishwarya Anil Kumar (Kunjiraman - Amma Vision)

Comedy artist: Reshmi Anil (Comedy Masters - Amrita TV)

Child artist: Shivani (Uppum Mulakkum - Flowers TV)

Documentary (biography) - Inniyum Vayichu Theerathe (Kerala Vision)

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