4/22/2019

Singer Najim Arshad blessed with a baby boy

Singer Najim Arshad and wife  Thazni were blessed with a  baby boy on April 22, 2019. He shared this happy news on his social media pages

Najim Married Thazni on 13 September 2015. The wedding/ nikah was held in Punalur, Kollam District followed by a reception in Thriuvananthapuram for close family and friends (wedding photos here). A grand wedding reception was arranged on 17 September 2015 in Kochi for friends and stars from movie industry. Najim Arshad's wife, Thazni Thaha is a dentist by profession. Their wedding engagement function was held on 16 April 2014.

Najim Arshad blessed with baby boy
Najim Arshad and wife Thazni
Najim Arshad  is now established as a playback singer with more than 100 songs and many awards to his credit. He came to lime light after becoming the  winner of the most popular reality show Idea Star Singer 2007 on Asianet. His recent song "puthiya vazhi" was in malayalam movie Mr.Mrs Rowdy directed by Jeethu Joseph and Music was by Arun Vijay . He debuted as a playback singer in 2007 film Mission 90 Days by Major Ravi ("Mizhineer" )


Najim shared this happy news on his social media page

Padam Namukku Padam -Anchors, Judges and contestants | Show launched on 15th April 2019 on Mazhavil Manorama

Padam Namukku Padam is a musical reality show and competition on malayalam channel mazhavil manorama. The show was launched on 15th April 2019 at 9:30. Padam Namukku Padam is telecasted every Monday to Wednesday at 9:30 PM.

This music show features contestants from all walks of life and ages. A total 15 contestants are selected after audition rounds. The first episode featured Actor Syuresh Gopi as the celebrity guest. Singer KS Chithra, Music Director Sharreth, Singer Rimi Tomy are in the judging panel of the show. Show is hosted by Addis Antony and Rashmi. Addis Antony is familiar to Mazhavil Manorama audience through their acting reality show Nayika Nayakan . Who will be the winner of Padam Namukku Padam?

Padam Namukku Padam -Singing reality show on Mazhavil Manorama

Padam Namukku Padam on Mazhavil Manorama telecast Details
Launching Date : April 15, 2019
Time: 9:30 PM.
Telecast Days-Every Monday to WEdnesday
Channel: Mazhavil Manorama
Language : Malayalam
Genre-Music Reality  reality show


Padam Namukku Padam Cast and Crew



Anchors of Padam Namukku Padam -Addis Antony and Resmi



Anchors of Paadam Namukku Paadam

Addis Antony and Resmi

Judges of  Paadam Namukku Paadam

Singer KS Chithra, Music Director Sharreth, Singer Rimi Tomy
Judges of  Paadam Namukku Paadam
Padam Namukku Padam-Judging Panel.

Contestant of Paadam Namukku Paadam

1 Rafna Zainudheen  (Student Kozhikode)
2 Namratha Othayoth  (Student Kozhikode)
3 Minha Fathima (Student Wayand)
4 Anna Rose  (Student Alappuzha)
5 Aleena Aleena (Student Trivandrum)
6 Aishwarya Raj M (Student Kozhikode)
7 Aleesha Deepak 9Student Kottayam)
8 Vishnupriya (Student -Kozhikode)
9 Nima Thajudeen (Student- Ab Dhabi)
10 Asysha Ismail (Singer- Kasargogu)
11 Preetha Ramachandran (Announcer in Akashavani -Ernakulam)
12 Kasthoori Mohanakrishnan (Defense Aspirant -Ernakulam)
13 Ramakrishnan P (Ret. Divisional Engg BSNL- Palakkadu)
14 Satheesh Chandran (Singer- Trissur)
15 Sumesh Kumar (Auto Driver- Pathanamthitta
15 Rafna Zainudheen (Student- Kozhikode)

Contestant of Padam Namukku Padam show
Contestant of Padam Namukku Padam show with Achors and Actor Suresh Gopi in Episode 1 of the show

Where to watch the videos of Paadam Namukku Paadam
The official HD videos of the show  is available from  Mazhavil Manorama official Youtube Channel 
following its telecast . It is also available in Mazhavil Manorama official website mazhavilmanorama.com

4/17/2019

D5 Junior- Anchors, Contestants, Judges | Dance reality show on Mazhavil Manorama

D5 Junior| D5 Junior on Mazhavil Manorama | Dance Reality show for kids | D5 Junior contestant Names, Anchor, Judging panel

Malayalam Channel Mazhavil Manorama launched their brand new dance reality show 'Top Singer". Its a dancereality show where kids with age between 7 to 12 years compete for the title.

D5Junior show was lauched on April 6th, at  Mazhavil Manorama and is telecasted every Saturday and Sunday at 8.00 P.M . This is the fifth season of the popular show D4dance. Ramzan Muhammad as the winner of its first season and Pranav Sasidharan won the second. The third season had three categories of winners -- Nasif Appu won the solo, Ann Mary and Vineesh in duet and Team Aliyans in group . Who will be the winner of D5Junior on Mazhavil Manorama

Priyamani, Neerav Bavlecha, Prasanna Sujith, Mamtha Mohandas and Anu Sithara were the judges of previous seasons. Pearle Maaney, Govind Padmasoorya,Adhil Ibrahim, Alina Padikkal and Rahul Ravi were the anchors of earlier seasons


Details on Anchors, judges, contestants and winners of D4Dance seasons are given here.
*D4-D4 Dance Season 4 
*D3-D4 Dance Season 3 
* D2-D4 Dance Season 2 
* D4Dance-Season 1

D5 Junior launch- The very first episode of the show features actress Bhavana and former anchor Govinda padmasoorya as the special guests. Every episode will feature new celebrity guests to entertain the show.

D5 Junior on Mazhavil Manorama telecast Details
Launching Date : April 6, 2019
Time: 8:00 PM.
Telecast Days-Every Saturday and Sunday
Channel: Mazhavil Manorama
Language : Malayalam
Genre-Dance reality show


D5Junior Cast and Crew

Anchors of D5Junior -Nayaika Nayakan fame Jincy and RJ Arjun Gopalakrishnan

Judges of D5Junior-

Prasanna Sujit,  Miya George, Paris Laxmi

Contestants of D5 Junior
Aswin Anand  [Kannur -Age 12]
Aryan  [Trivandrum -Age 10]
Anamika Satheesh  [Thrissur- Age 10]
Abhiram Abhi  [Alappuzha- Age 9]
Abhay Soorya  [Kozhikode -Age 10
Kasinadhan KS [Thrissur- Age 8]
Hashwata [Dubai -Age 9]
Vaishnavi Prakash [Kasargodu- Age 8]
Milandev S [Kozhikode -Age 10]
Saya Shyju  [Kannur -Age 9]
Lakshmi Shaji  [Thrissur- Age 9]
Haripriya Sreenivasan  [Saudi Arabia -Age 10]
Heiza Fathima  [Kozhikode- Age 7]
Diya Bharath  [Kannur -Age 9]
Chaitik TV  [Thrissur -Age 7]
Chaithanya Krishna S  [Calicut- Age 10]


Crew
Director-Yamuna Yami.

D5Junior-Anchors Arjun and Jincy
D5Junior-Anchors Arjun and Jincy with actress Bhavana in episode 1

D5Junior-Judges
D5Junior-Judges -Prasanna Sujit,   Paris Laxmi ,Miya George
Image:courtesy : mazhavil manorama  official facebook

Where to watch the videos of D5 Junior
The official HD videos of the show  is available from  Mazhavil Manorama official Youtube Channel 
following its telecast . It is also available in Mazhavil Manorama official website mazhavilmanorama.com

4/09/2019

42nd Kerala Film Critics Award 2019 in Malayalam- winners list

The winners of 42nd Film Critics Award 2019 in Malayalam were announced.The Kerala Film Critics Association Awards are presented annually by the Kerala Film Critics Association to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Malayalam language film industry of India

The films are selected by the members of the association for the movies released in 2018. A total of 33 films participated in this competition. The winner of the association awards for the best film will receive a cash award of Rs. 1 lakh, and the second best film, best director, best actor and best actress will be presented Rs. 25,000 each. The award is based on the decision by a jury.

Actress Sheela won life time achievement award. Oru Kuprasidha Payyan won Best Picture and Shaji N Karun Best Director (for Olu). Olu won many awards in differnt categories. Mohanlal bagged the Best Actor Award (for Odiyan) while the Best Actress award was shared by Nimisha Sajayan (for Oru Kuprasidha Payyan) and Anusree (for Aadhi, Aanakallan).The detailed list of winner of Film critics awards in 2018 are given below.
42nd Kerala Film Critics Award 2019- winners list
42nd Kerala Film Critics Award 2018 -Best  Director Olu by Shaji N Karun


42nd Film Critics Award 2018: Winners List


Life Time achievement award - Sheela
Prathibha Puraskaram (Best Talents in Malayalam Films-Kaithapram Damodaran Namboodiri, P. Sreekumar,Lalu Alex, Menaka Suresh, Bhagyalekshmi,

Best Director – Shaji N Karun (Olu)
Best Film - Oru Kuprasidha Payyan
Best Actor (Male)– Mohanlal  (for Odiyan)
Best Actor (Female) – Nimisha Sajayan (for Oru Kuprasidha Payyan) and Anusree (for Aadhi, Aanakallan)
Director of best Film – Madhu Pal
Best Scriptwriter - Mubihaq (for Khalifa)
Second Best Film – Joseph
Director of Second Best Film-M. Padmakumar
42nd Kerala Film Critics Award 2019- winners list
Best picture-Oru Kuprasidha Payyan

Second Best Actor (Male)- Joju George
Second Best Actor (Female)- Iniya (for Parole, Pengalila)
Best Child actor :Master Rithun (for Appuvinte Sathyanveshanam)
Best Child actor : Baby Akshara Kishore (for Pengalila, Samaksham)
Best Cinematographer :Sabu James (Marubhoomikal, sidharthan ennanjan)
Best Editor-Sreekar Prasad( Olu)
Best Art Direction : Shebeerali (Silencer, Pengalilla)
Best sound effects/editing -Harikumar (Oru Kuprasidha pakkan)
Best Make up- Roy Pallissery (Khaleefa, Marubhoomikal)
Best Constumes -Indrans Jayan (Olu, Appuvinte sathyanweshanam)

Best debut -actor -Pranav Mohanlal(for Aadi)
Best debut-actress -Audrey Miriam (for Orma)
Best debut-director -Anil Mukhathala (for Oduppu)

Best Childrens Movie -Angu doore oru deshathu (director Joshy Mathew)
Best Environmental movie -Samaksham(by Aju K Narayanan, Anwar Abdulla)
Best Road movie -The great Indian road movie (by Sohanlal)

Best Music Director - Kailas Menon  (for Theevandi)
Best Singer (Male):Rakesh Brahmanandan (Song: Jeevitham Ennum Film: Pen Masala)
Best Singer (Female):Rashmi Satheesan (Song: ee yathra, Film: Ee mazha nilavil)
Best Lyricist :Rajeev Alunkal  (for Marubhoomikal, Aanakallan)
Best Background Music -Isaac Thomas Kottakuppally (Olu)

Special Jury Awards
Spacial Jury Award for  acting- MA Nishad (for Vaakku); Athmiya Rajan (for Joseph, Naamam); and Master Mithun (for Pacha).
Special Jury award for directing -Suresh Thiruvalla (for Orma) and Vijeesh Mani (for Puzhayamma).
Movie with social relevance -Pen Masala (by Suneesh Neendur)
Best investigative movie -Prof-Satheesh Paul for Kattu vithachaval

4/05/2019

Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Keralam -Anchors, judges, contestants | Show starts on April 6th, 2019 on Zee Keralam

Malayalam channel Zee Keralam is going to launch their new music reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Keralam on April 6th, 2019. The new show will be aired every Saturday and Sunday at 8:30 PM. This is the Malayalam version of the nationally acclaimed music show on all Zee channels.

There is no age restriction in this reality.  Total of 15 contestants are selected for the show. The show will find the best music talent among the participants.  Actress Rebecca Santhosh known for the serial Kasthooriman will host the show. The co-host of the show is Jeeva.  The permanent judging panel consists of Singe Sujatha Mohan and Music directors Shaan Rahman and Gopi Sundar

Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Keralam
Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Keralam
Similar to Super 4 in Mazhavil Manorama, the contestants are divided and each group will be guided by a judge. Three groups are formed in that way.  In addition to the main  judges, there will be a grand jury that contain musicians