4/09/2014

Kadhayil Alpam Kavyam -Memoirs of Kavya Madhavan to release on 11 April 2014.

Kadhayil Alpam Kavyam is the first book of Actress Kavya Madhavan. The Memoirs by Kavya Madhavan is going to be released on Friday, 5 PM , April 11, 2014 by Mathrubhumi Books.

The official launching of the book will be carried out in a function organised by Mathrubhumi Books at K P Keshava Menon Hall in Kozhikkodu , Kerala. Famous writer C.V.Balakrishan will  release the book by handing over a copy to Script Writter Deedi Damodaran. Kavya Madhavan will be giving a speech in the function.

Kadhayil Alpam Kavyam is the compilation of the autobiographical articles by Kavya published  in Grihalekshmi Magazine by Mathrubhumi.  Madhu K Menon helped Kavya to write this book.


Details of the Book
Kadhayil Alpam Kavyam -book by Kavya MAdhavan
Title : Kadhayil Alpam Kavyam
Author : Kavya Madhavan
Category :  Autobiography
Publisher : Mathrubhumi Books
Pages : 122
Price in April 2014  :Rs 100
Language: : Malayalam

In this book she narrates her journey as a girl from a small village Neelswaram in Kasargod district in Kerala to celebrity till today. She focuses not on the glitter and glamour, instead on her interaction with the real human beings behind the celebrity faces she met during her journey as a child artist to the top heroin of Malayalam Movies.

This is also an opportunity for the readers to know the real Kavya Madhavan. The book also offers color pictures from the life of Kavya Madhavan.

Kavya Madhavan is an established actress in Malayalam Cinema. She made her debut in malayalam movies as a child artist when she was 7 years old through the movie Pookkalam Varavayi and as a heroine through Lal Jose Movie Chadranudikkunna Dikkil. She has more than 70 movies in her credit. Kavya  is the two-time winner of  Kerala state award for best actress.

4/08/2014

Meri Awaz Suno On Doordarshan (National) | Music Reality Show

Meri Awaz Suno was an iconic Music reality and talent search show on Doorsharshan (Inaidn National Television Cahnnel). Meri Awaz Suno is the first music reality television show in India telecasted by DD National in 1996.


The national level show and music talent search contest was conducted jointly by Doordarshan, Lata Mangeshkar, and Yash Chopra's "Metavision". The judging panel included eminent Indian musicians Pandit Jasraj, Bhupen Hazarika, Manna Dey and Lata Mangeshkar.

The title songs of the show was sung by Lata Makeshkar.

Annu Kapoor was the anchor and host of the show.

Winners of Meri Awaz Suno show were Pradip Somasundaram from Thrissur Kerala Kerala and Sunidhi Chauhan from Delhi .The legendary Lata Mangeshkar, Manna Dey ,Bhupen Hazarika and Hindustani vocalist Pandit Jasraj were the judges for the grand finale of Meri Awaz  Suno.

"Lata Mangeshkar" Trophy for the best male singer was given to Pratip Somasundaram along with Sunidhi Chauhan who won in the female category.

The show was purely based on talents (not on text messages, SMS were involved) and the competition span over an year with various round to test the talent of the contestants.

 Bollywood playback singer Sunidhi Chauhan is considered the major discovery of the show Meri Awaaz Suno telecasted in October, 1996. She is now an established singer in main focus on bollywood.

Soon after 'Meri Awaz Suno' in 1996, Pradip also  got  many offers to sing in  Malayalam films. He is an engineer by profession, so he wisely stuck to his job. He is now the Principal of the IHRD College of Applied Sciences at Vadakkumchery. He is also a playback singer in other languages including Telugu.

4/06/2014

Hatim Veeragadha - Malayalam Serial on Asianet | Cast and Crew

Hatim Veeragadha is a Malayalam Television Serial on Asianet launched on 31 March 2014. The serial will be telecasted every Monday to Friday at 1030 PM on Asianet TV.

 Hatim Veeragatha is the dubbed version of Life Ok Channel thriller drama show in hindi 'The Adventures of Hatim' premiered on December 2013.

Story line: The serial narrates the journey of a normal man who goes on to become the savior of the world. The story of Hatim Veeragatha is based on the life of Hatim Tai, who was a prince and great Arab poet and was the father of Adi bin Hatim and Safana bint Hatim who was the companions of the Prophet Muhammad. Hatim Tai lived in the sixth century CE. He also figures in The Arabian Nights.

The story is set in the Middle East around the Middle Ages . Hatim has to solve seven questions to defeat the evil sorcerer lord Dajjal aided by Najumi. The story has elements of fantasy. Watch the serial to know more exciting events in the life of Hatim.

 Cast and Crew

Produced by Nikhil Sinha
Written by Sarang Majan

Actors/ Actresses and their roles
Rajbeer Singh as Hatim Tai
Pooja Banerjee as Perizaad
Chandan Anand as General Zargam of Arzaan
Manoj Kolhatkar as Lakha the hunchback
Dolly Sohi as Queen Shaazia of Yaman
Pracheen Chauhan as Prince Hassan of Yaman
Nausheen Ali Sardar as Lady Ruda
Sachin Tyagi as Lord Hubal
Anjali Abrol as Queen Khwahish of Ashkaar
Khalid Siddique as King Naushwerwaan of Ashkaar
Kishwar Merchant as vampiress Zelna
Anang Desai as King Nomaad of Ishtiyaar
Anil Rastogi as prisoner in Forest of Death
Jay Thakkar as Rakhban
Devesh Ahuja as Prince Rustom
Kamya Panjabi as Rihana
Krishna Singh Bisht as Quasim/ Kasim Khan

Actress Varada -Malayalam Serial and Film Actress |Biography

Emi better known by her stage name Varada, is a Malayalam Film & Television Actress and Anchor.

 Career

Varada as Malayalam Film Actress

 Actress Varada made her acting debut in Malaayalam Movie Sultan (2008). She had also acted in Makante Achan(2009), Uthara Swayamvaram (2010), Valiyangadi (2010), Kaadhalikkalama ( Tamil- 2012), Ajantha (2014).
Actress Varada (facebook/Varada)


Varada as Malayalam Television  Actress and Anchor

After her debut in Malayalam Movies, she bacame popular as anchor of Kairali TV Music Reality Show  Patturumal.

Actress Varada
She made her debut as Television Actress through Surya TV Serial Snehakoodu. Later she did a role in Mazhavil Manoram Serial Hridam Sakhi . She is currently playing the title role of Amala in Mazhavil Manorama Television Serial Amala. She is also the anchor of Asianet plus show Raree Rareram Raro. Following the success of Amala, she grabbed the role of Lekshmi in Pranayam Serial

She has also acted in various Jewelry Advertisements (picture Credit: Varada Emi)
Varada plays the role of Amala in Amala Serial
Varada plays the role of Amala in Amala Serial
Actress Varada in Pranayam Serial as Lekshmi Iyer
Actress Varada in Pranayam Serial on Asianet


Personal Life
Amala is the daughter of Mohan (businessman) and Pushpa (beautician).  She has an younger brother Eric. Varada belong to tradination Chrstina Family from Thrissure Kerala. She has completed her under graduation. She married Actor Jishin Mohan in a simple ceremony on May 25, 2014. They were blessed with a baby boy JIAN on 23rd March 2017

Varada and Jishin marriage photos
Official Facebook Page of Actress Varada : https://www.facebook.com/VaradaOfficial

PriyaSakhi a Show For Women on Surya TV To Start on 6th April 2014

PriyaSakhi - Be a Woman of Substance is a new show on Surya TV exclusively for Women . This women's Magazine will be launched by Surya TV on on 6th April 2014. The telecast time is every Sunday at 1.30 Pm. So far Surya TV has not anounced any re-telecast time for this show.

The host of this show is Rosin Jolly, a participant of Malayalee House, a  popular Reality Show on Surya TV.

The segments of this show include fashion and clothing trends, remedies for beautiful body and face, tips for healthy life style and they are named it as Trendz, Veda, the hero, health fix, Shades of life etc


Similar oman's magazine-style television programme was launced by Asianet recently with a name Valkannadi.

Dont miss the PriyaSakhi  Show on Surya TV  every Sunday at 130 PM.
Priyasakhi , new show for women on Surya TV


4/04/2014

Keerthana is the winner of Mylanchi Season 3 Reality Show on Asianet


Keerthana is the Winner of Mylanchi Season 3, the music reality show on Asianet for mappila songs. Finoobin won the second place followed by Athira

The grand finale of Asianet Mylanchi Season 3 was held April 4, 2014, Friday at Abudhabi armed forced officers club. This time it is was a star studded event. The celebrities who graced the event include Jayaram, Sidhiq, mamukkoya, Vineeth, Bhavana, Shamna Kasim , Najim Arshad etc..

Mylanchi Season 3 Grand Finalists Athira, Keerthana, Shruthi, Sanoofa and Finoobin are the finalists of Mylanchi Season 3 on Asianet

Anchor of the show :  Naznin Abulla
 winners of  Mylanchi Season 3
Judges of Mylanchi Season 3: Afsal, Kannur Sherif and Sindu Premkumar


Winners of Mylanchi Season 3 Grand Finale 
-Detailed Results are given below


  1. Mylanchi Season 3 -Winner -First Prize - Keerthana
  2. Mylanchi Season 3- First Runner Up- Second Prize -Finoobin
  3. Mylanchi Season 3- Third Prize - Shruthi
  4. Mylanchi Season 3- Fourth Place-Athira
  5. Mylanchi Season 3- Ftfth Place-Sanoofa


Congrats to winners of Mylanchi Season 3 on Asianet.

Navas was the winner of Mylanchi Season 2 on Asianet.
Asif Kappad was the winner of season 1 of Mylanchi Show.

Tag: Mylanchi Season 3 Winner.


 

3/31/2014

Star Singer Season 7 - Anchor, Judges, Contestants Details | Launching date of the show is on 31 March 2014

The Season 7 of the most popular music reality show on Malayalam Television ' Star Singer ' is going to start on 31 March 2014 on Asianet. This is one of popular music talent search show in South India as well.

There are many surprises in store this time.

Update :Finalists of star star singer 7 | Elimination Results and Marks

Telecast time of Asianet Star Singer Season 7

The music reality show will be aired every Monday to Thursday at 800 PM.

Anchor of Star Singer Season 7

The season 7 will not have any anchor for the first time in Star Singer Seasons!  The judges themselves will be acting as host of the show.

Judges of  of Star Singer Season 7

M.G Sreekumar, Rimi Tomy and Anuradha Sreeram will be the permanent judges of this music reality show.

Apart from permanent judges, personalities from music, cinema and other fields will be brought in as celebrity judges like the earlier seasons.

Contestants of Star Singer Season 7

There is will be 17 participants aged between 16 ans 23 years. Will bring you soon more details. The audition for idea star star singer was held at various locations across Kerala on 16 and 23 February 2014.

Most of the contestants in Star Singer 7 are seasoned singer and some of them are finalist or winners of other music reality shows in malayalam television.

Participant List :
Adarsh, Vaisakhi, Janaki,Godli,Ayyappan,Keerthana,Sharath,Vaisakhi,Aslam,Malavika,Kapil, Cris, Mariya Sen,Manu Shankar, Reshma,Nandhu Bhaskar, Varsha Krishnan, Manuvardhan Deepthi Gayathri

Performance support for Star Singer Season 7

Unlike the earlier seasons where the participants were supported by supported by professional dance troups, this time malyalam television serial and cinema artists will be performing along with the contestants.

Interesting facts about Star Singer Season 7

Earlier six seasons were sponsored by Idea Cellualr limilated. This time it is Details of Delishus Star Singer Season 7 Audition sponsored by SunFeast.

Rimi Tomy was the anchor of the season 1 of the Idea Star Singer. This time she is one of the judges. Quite a proud moment indeed for her. Renjini Haridas was the anchor who hosted most of the seasons of Asianet Star Singer Music Reality Show

Read more : Idea Star Singer Music Reality show -so far - Anchors, Judges, Winners , Prizes of Seasons of Star Singer on Asianet 


Inauguration of Star Singer Season 7

The inaguartion of the Delishus Star Singer Season 7 on Asianet was done by Super Star Suresh Gopi in presence of the contestants, the judges M.G.Sreekumar, Rimi Tomy and Anuradha Sreeram.

Prizes waiting for the Winners of Star Singer Season 7

First Prize -Winner -50 Lakh Flat in Cochin by Confident Group
Second Prize- First Runner Up-10 Lakh Rupees by Swayamvara Silks
Third Prize-Second Runner Up-5 Lakh Rupees -by Devi Pharma

3/30/2014

Winners of Lunars Comedy Express on Asianet are Team Mamankam and Team Happy

Team Mamankam and Team Happy are the winners of Lunars Comedy Express Show on Asianet Television . The grand finale of Lunar comedy Express, the comedy reality show on Asianet, powered by ramraj cotton was held on 30 March 2014 at 730 PM. Team Mamankam and Team Happy will share the first prize equally among them.


Judges of Lunars Comedy Express, the popular comedy show on Asianet were   M.G. Sreekumar, Rachana Narayanankutty and Anoop Chandran . Shilpa Bala hosted the show. In this comdey show the teams created many humorous skits to entertain the audiences.


Lunar comedy Express Grand Finale winners and their Prizes are given below

Lunars Comedy Express winner -Team Mamankam and Team Happy -First prize -15 Lakh Rupees
Lunars Comedy  Second Runner Up-Team Big B -Third prize -4 Lakh Rupees
Lunars Comedy  Third Runner up -Team Boys  50000 Rupees

As two teams shared the first prize , there is no declared winner for second prize.

Team Happy members - Abhilash Kottarakkara, Baiju Meloor,Manu Chirayinkeezhu, Rajesh Amabalapuzha

Congrats to all winner of Lunars comedy Express on Asianet.


Nila Noushad is the Winner of Asianet Little Stars

Nila Noushad is declared as the winner of Asianet Little stars in a grand finale held on March 30, 2014. Little Stars is a Malayalam Reality Show for kids On Asianet Television for kids below 15 years with mult-talents.Finalists Of Little Stars were Navani Devanand, Nila Noushad, Theertha Roshan , Abhirami , Nayan Krishna. Judges of Asianet little Stars were Vijay Yesudas, Vineeth and Nadirshah. Actor Rajesh Hebbar hosted the show.

Nila Noushad Winner of Asianet Little Stars

 The list of Little Stars Grand Finale Winners are given below



  1. Asianet Little Stars Winner - First Prize-Nila Noushad
  2. Little Stars - First Runner Up-Second Prize - Abhirami
  3. Little Stars - Seond Runner Up-Second Prize - Navani Devanand
  4. Little Stars -Fourth Prize -Theertha Roshan
  5. Little Stars -Fifth Prize -Nayan Krishna


Congrats to all winners of Little Stars on Asianet

Actress Urvashi's Second Marriage with Sivaprasad | Marriage News

Famous malayalam Actress Urvashi married Shivan (Sivaprasad) in a private ceremony n Chennai followed by registered marriage in November 2013. She confirmed the news on second marriage in an interview to a malayalam magazine. The bridegroom Sivan is leading a construction company in Chennai. Shivan is originally from Punaloor, Kollam.

 It is an arranged marriage with the blessings of both of their families. Shivan is a close of friend of Urvashi's brother Kamal (late). After the marriage, both of them are living in Chennai.

Urvashi added that Shivan came to her life as a friend in 2009. They took 4 years to know each other and now they have entered into married life.

Urvashi with her husband Shivan ( picture credit : Vanitha Magazine)

It is the first marriage of Shivan and second marriage of Urvashi. Urvashi married Actor Manoj K Jayan on 11 October 2000. It was a love marriage. However, they got  divorced in late 2008. They have a daughter Tejalakshmi. She is now living with Manoj K Jayan. Later Manoj K. Jayan married Asha and they have son named Amrit.

Urvashi is an established actress in Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, and Telugu movies. She won Kerala State award for best actress five  times and National Award for best supporting actress one time.

We wish them a happy married life!

Urvashi with her husband Shivan
Update on August 2014

Urvashi and Shivaprasad are blessed with a baby boy. As per reports both mother and baby are doing fine. This is Urvashi's second child. She has a daughter with her first husband Manoj K Jayan, named as Thejalekshmi (Kunjatta). The news on pregnancy were confirmed by her in April 2014.

Actress Urvashi's Second Marriage with Sivaprasad

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