Satellite Rights of Malayalam Movies 2021

Satellite Rights of Malayalam Movies released in 2021 are given below. The list of malayalam entertainment channels and the movies they bought are provided. In addition to Surya TV, Asianet, Mazhavil Manorama, Amrita TV, flowers TV,  Zee Kerala are buying movies. Due to Covid issue theatres are still closed and many movies are going to be released in online (OTT) platforms

Movies name -Lead Actor- and channel /platform

Ishq-Telugu movie malayalam - starring Theja Sajja , Priya Prakash Warrier- Surya TV

Gold -Starring Prithviraj, Nayanthara - Surya TV

KGF Chapter 2 -Zee Keralam

Cold case-Prithviraj-Amazon Prime

Malik-Fahadh Fassil-Amazon Prime

Saras-Anna Ben-Mazhavil Manorama

18 hours -OTT release-Mazhavil Manorama

Kaaval-Suresh Gopi-Asianet

Aarattu- Mohanlal-

Kuruthi -Prithviraj Sukumaran-Surya TV

Nizhal-Kunchacko Boban-Asianet

Dhrishyam 2 - Mohanlal-  Amazon Prime (OTT)/ Asianet

KGF 2- Yash- Kannada-Malayalam dubbed movie

Varane Avashyamundu- Dulquar Salmana-Surya TV/ Netflix

Priest- Mammootty- Amazon Prime (April 14th)

Lalitham Sundaram- Manju warrier-

Master (Tamil)-Vijay-Surya TV

Vellam-Jayasurya- Surya TV

Joji-Fahadh Fasil-Amazon Prime

Irul-Fahadh Fassil-Amazon Prime/Asianet

Sajan Bakery - Asianet -Amazon Prime

Innu Muthal-Siju Wilson- Direct Stream on Zee Keralam

Safe- Aparna Gopinath, Anusree -Direct stream on Asianet

Kala-Tovino Thomas- Mazhavil Manorama-amazon Prime

Anugraheethan Antony- Zee Keralam

Aanum Pennum-Asianet

Flowers Top Singer Season 2 -Mark and Rank list

Flowers Top Singer 2  Winners| Top Singer 2 on Flowers TV winner | Music Reality show for kids | Flower Top Singer Season 2 contestant Names |Flowers Top Singer Season 2 Mark List| Flowers Top Singer Ranking

Flowers Top singer is one of the most successful music reality show in Malayalam Television. This show is for  kids with age between 6 to 14 compete for the title. M.G Sreekumar, Music Director Jayachandran , Aruradha Sreeram and other singers are the members of the judging panel. The show is directed by Sindhu Sreedhar

Meenakshi is the anchor of Season 2 of flowers top singer.  24 Contestants participate in this music competition.  The mark and rank list of each round are provided here. 

Flowers Top Singer -Details

Flowers Top Singer Season 2 Contestants 

Flowers Top Singer Season 2- Contestants

Round -1 -Mark/Rank list

Rank-contestant -Marks

1. Sreenand Vinod-92.55%

2. Hrithik Jaykish- 92.08%

3. Devananda- 87.14%

4. Beven Biju -86.76%

5. Hanoona Aziz-85.25%

6. Ann Benson-85%

7. Mia Essa Mehek -84.64%

8. Meghna Sumesh -84.1%

9 Devana Sreya-83.83%

10 Akshith K Ajith-83.63%

11.Sreehari NM-82.73%

12.Krishna Sree- 80.35%

13.Amrutha Varshini - 79.22%

14.Nima Thajudeen -78.86%

15. Devana C. K-77.38%

16 Vanditha Vaidyamadham-76.66%

17. Krishnajith -76.6%

18. Sreenanda J-75.41%

19. Theertha Subhash-75.29%

20. Sreedev 74.88%

21. Asna N-74.82%

22. Vaiga Lekshmi-74.44%

23. Vaiga S Nikesh-71.48%

24 . Dia Rehman-69.67%

Asianet Star Singer8-Contestants, Anchors and Judges, Telecast Details

Star Singer Season 8 | Asianet Star Singer| Star Singer 8 on Asianet TV | Music Reality show on Asianet | Star Singer 8 contestant Names, Anchor, Judging panel

Malayalam Channel Asianet launched new season of their most popular and epic music reality show 'Star Singer.  This music reality and talent search show is launched on January  3rd, 2021 with actress Jewel Mary the anchor. Actor Tovino Thomas was the chief guest during the launching ceremony. The launching event was a colorful event with many actors/dancer/musicians showcasing their talents. 

Flowers Top Singer music reality Show will be aired every Saturyday and Sunday at 7:30 PM. The music reality and talent search show will have 40 contestants,  7 boys and 13 girls.

Singers K S Chithra, G Venugopal, Manjari, music directors Sharreth and Stephen Devassy will form the judging pannel of  Star Singer Season 8


Anchor of Star Singer Season 8 on Asianet 

Jewel Mary

Judges of Star Singer Season 8 on Asianet 

Singers K S Chithra, G Venugopal, Manjari, music directors Sarath and Stephen Devassy

Contestants of  Star Singer  8 on Asianet 

Abhay, Abhinand KR, Abigail Kannur, Abhirami, Adithya Suresh, Agnes Binoy Malappuram, Ajmal Fathima Parveen, Akhil Dev, Aleenia, Amala Chacko, Anjali Suresh, Anand Bhairav Sharma, Arjun,

Arjun Unni, Arshit Kamal, Bharath, Devika V Nair,Devanandha, Drishya Sajan, Mohammed Famis, Gayathri,Gazal, Kalyani , Jerril Shaji, Kavya, Krithika , Krishna V, Milan Joy, Moses Toby, Pranav P, Vishnumaya, Prarthana S Ratheesh, Rithu Krishna, Saniga, LR Sarangi, Sanjuktha Jayakumar,Savanna Suraj, Sreya, Swathi, Vishnuprakash

Asianet Star Singer Season 8- Details

Telecast Time -Saturday and Sunday at 7.30 PM

Genre-Music Reality show.

Launch date -January 9th, 2021

Asianet Star Singer 8 Anchor-Jewel Mary

Judging panel of Star Singer 8- Stephen Devassy, Sharreth, K S Chithra, G Venugopal and Manjari

A total of 40 contestants were selected after intense audition process. These contestants will participate in various rounds to test their music capabilities and best winner will won the title. Who that will be?

Star Singer 8-Contestants 

Star Singer Season 8 on Asianet - Music Reality show starting on January 2021

Star Singer Season 8 (Star Singer 8) on Malayalam Channel Asianet will start on January 9th, 2021 at 7.30 pm. Grand launching celemony was on 3rd January with Actor Tovino Thomas inaugurating the function by lighting a lamp. 

The season 8 epic show is back with a bang on No.1 Kerala GEC Asianet. This edition will have forty contestants from across Kerala finalized through auditions. Jewel Mary will host 8th edition of Epic show, Star singer and it will be telecast every Weekend.

The judging panel comprises of Singers K S Chithra, G Venugopal, Manjari, music directors Sarath and Stephen Devassy. Apart from the jury members, prominent personalities from the film industry will also attend the show as celebrity guests.

Asianet Star Singer Season 8- Details

Telecast Time -Saturday and Sunday at 7.30 PM

Genre-Music Reality show.

Contestants of Star Singer season8

Abhay, Abhinand KR, Abigail Kannur, Abhirami, Adithya Suresh, Agnes Binoy Malappuram, Ajmal Fathima Parveen, Akhil Dev, Aleenia, Amala Chacko, Anjali Suresh, Anand Bhairav Sharma, Arjun,

Arjun Unni, Arshit Kamal, Bharath, Devika V Nair,Devanandha, Drishya Sajan, Mohammed Famis, Gayathri,Gazal, Kalyani , Jerril Shaji, Kavya, Krithika , Krishna V, Milan Joy, Moses Toby, Pranav P, Vishnumaya, Prarthana S Ratheesh, Rithu Krishna, Saniga, LR Sarangi, Sanjuktha Jayakumar,Savanna Suraj, Sreya, Swathi, Vishnuprakash

Asianet Star Singer 8-launching event

How to watch episodes of Asianet Star Singer Season 8 online?

Following the telecast all episodes will be available on  Disney+Hotstar App Streaming all these malayalam serials online via mobile phone Or on hotstar.com

Asianet Star Singer Season 8 launching event 

Star Singer Season 8 launch event was aired on 3rd January only on Asianet. Youth Icon Tovino Thomas is the chief guest of the mega show in which introducing the 40 highly talented contestants and jury panel. The colorful marathon event included many programs including SPB tribute by S P Charan, Mano & Judges, Jugalbandi by Sivamani, Stephen Devassy, Mattannoor Sankaran namboothiripad and team, dance fusion ‘Sankharam’ performed by leading artistes Asha Sarath, Navya Nair, Iniya, Paris Laxmi, KrishnaPrabha, Neetha Pillai and other dancers, musical treat by Bollywood singers Benny Dayal, Nikhitha Gandi, Arya Dayal, Harishnakar and Nithya Menon, Medley dance by Durga Krishnan, Manikuttan, Saranya Anand, Maneesha & Athira, Music fusion by Ramesh Narayan and his daughters Madhusree and Madhuvanthi, skit by Hareesh Kanaran & team and various acts performed by Arya, Dharamajan & other serial artistes in the ten hours long show.

Actress Sreelaya married Robin | Photos

Malayalam Serial and film Actress Sreelaya ( Laya Jose) married Robin. The marriage and wedding reception was held in the presence of family and friends. The colorful wedding reception function (Jan 5, 2021)  was attended by many cine and television artists. 

This is Sreelaya's second marriage. Sreelaya's first marriage was with Nivil Chacko in 2017. But soon they got separated. He was an engineer in Kuwait.

Groom Robin is currently working in Beharin. Sreelaya is known to audience as Moonumani fame Kuttimani.

She made her debut as Television Actress through Surya TV Serial Kanmani. Sreelaya's debut as the heroine of serial was through the character Bhagyalekshmi in Mazhavil Manorama Television Serial Bhagyadevatha. Following this serial she appeared as Kuttimani in  Flowers TV serial Moonumani . She won best actress award at the Flowers TV Television Awards 2015

Sreelaya was the heroine of Malayalam Movies Kutteem Kolum and Manikyam.

Sreelaya with Robin

Sreelaya is the daughter of Jose and Malayalam Serial / Cine actress Lissy Jose. She is the elder sister of Malayalam Actress Shruthi Lekshmi. Sreelaya has completed BSc nursing.

Actress Sruthi Lakshmi married  Dr Avin Antoin 2015.We have shared her Wedding news and Photos here on vinodadarshan.com

Sreelaya wedding reception videos are given below

Koodevide Serial Cast | Actors and actresses of Asianet serial Koodevide

Koodevide is a new Malayalam serial on Malayalam Channel Asianet. This series will be premiered on Asinet on 4th January 2021 at 8:30 PM  and the episodes are  available on Disney+Hotstar platform. This serial is directed by SS Lal

Remake : Koodevide is the remake of  Mohor (Bengali – Star Jalsha), Sarasu (Kannada – Star Suvana TV) Guppedantha Manasu (Telugu – Star Maa), Shaurya Aur Anokhi Ki Kahani (Hindi –Star Plus) , Katrukenna Veli (Tamil – Vijay Television)

Koodevide : Hero/ Heroine and lead actors

Krishna Kumar and Bipin Jose in lead roles. Sreedhanya and Anshitha Anji plays the lead female roles. Anshita plays the role of heroine Soorya, She is known for many Short films and Ads .  Bipin appeared  in Kattappanayile Hrithik Roshan movie and Serial Seetha act as hero of this serial 

Asianet Serial Koodevide Story Line : This serial is the story of Surya (also mentioned as Soorya). She is a vibrant beautiful enthusiastic and mutlitalented young girl belong to the family lead by her father Kaimal and supported by mother Devamma, elder sister Arya and brother Nithin. Soorya’s life takes a turn when her father’s business with his partner Basavanna collapse and as a rescue plan Basavanna proposes to marry her.  Soorya adventurously escapes from her household with the help of her sister reaches to her teacher Adhithi. Realizing the situation Adhithi offers support to her student who admires her a lot and connects to her separated husband Aadi who owns educational institutions in the capital. What happens next? 

Koodevide details

Channel- Asianet, Asianet HD

Show Name- Koodevide 

Launch Date- Monday, 4th January at 8:30 P.M

Language-Malayalam

Genre-Drama

Asianet Serial Koodevide

Koodevide  Serial Cast and Crew

Director-SS Lal

Producer- Krishnasethu Kumar

Star Cast: Sreedhanya , Krishnakumar, Sundara Pandian, Bipin Jose, Dr Shaju, Santhosh Sanjay, Devendra Nath, Sudarsanan , Anshita, Chilanka, Sindhu Varma, Sruthy, Midhun, Ratish Sundar, Archana

Actors, actresses and characters of Koodevide serial

Sreedhanya as Adhithi

Krishnakumar as Aadithan (Aadi)

Sundara Pandian as  Basavanna

Bipin Jose as  Rishikesh

Dr Shaju as Komban

Santhosh Sanjay as  Roshan

Devendra Nath as Commissioner

Sudarsanan as Kaimal

Anshita as  Soorya

Chilanka as  Arya 

Sindhu Varma as Devamma

Sruthy as Mitra

Midhun  as Nithin

Ratish Sundar as Karippety Sabu

Archana as Aami

Koodevide serial on Asianet

Actor Rahul Ravi married Lekshmi S Nair | photos

Actor Rahul Ravi married Lekshmi S Nair  in a Hindu traditional wedding on Sunday (December 27) in Perumbavoor, Ernamkulam, Kerala. Rahul looked handsome in a traditional Mundu and Shirt while Lekshmi was seen draped in a red designer Kasavu saree. The marriage took place in Perumbavoor Seema Auditorium in the presence of close family and friends

Actor Rahul Ravi and wife Lekshmi S Nair

Following wedding, Rahul told media that its a 'love marriage and they will move to Chennai to start their new life"

The pictures from the Sangeeth function and pictures of photoshoots were making rounds in the media declaring his love for his lady love. He declared that its love come arranged marriage. He has written in his instagram post that "It was just another normal day when I met her first, Then I felt it better...Each day after that was better and special for me. Then onwards it was not my day but my life was getting better..with her beautiful smile and talks..then I realised that the girl who is in my life is not just a girl..” she is my life”... thank you @lakshmi.s.nair._ for brightening up my life and being my life...Love u loads...waiting for our big day," he wrote.

Rahul Ravi-Biography & photos : here

Rahul Ravi is an Indian film/serial actor and model. Rahul debuted as a television actor through Malayalam superhit serial Ponnambili directed by Gireesh Konni. He is now best known for his role as Haripadmanabhan in Ponnambili, a serial broadcasts on Mazhavil Manorama. He is known to all south Indian TV audience through the Sun TV serial Nandini. The serial is aired in all south Indian languages- Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada. He entered Malayalam Movie entertainment industry through Dolls (2013) directed by  Shalil Kallur.  Later he acted in  Oru Indian Pranayakadha (2014)  and Kattumakkan (2016) to site a few.  

 Rahul Ravi is the son of  Ravi and Khema Ravi from Triprayar, Thrissur. He has an younger sister named Varsha. Rahul completed his B.Tech graduation in IT from Matha College of Technology, North Paravoor, Ernakulam and MBA from ICFAI University. Even though he started working in an IT firm, he soon changed his attention to modelling and acting. He is also interested in body building and stage performances. He is the winner of Hairomax Beautiful Hair Contest 2011. 

Lekshmi S Nair is from Perumbavoor. She is the daughter of Sunil Kumar and Deepa from Perumbavoor. She has completed her education (MBA) from Marthoma College. 

Rahul Ravi and Lekshmi

Rahul Ravi and Lekshmi during their wedding functions

The official wedding photos are done by squad pictures

Rahul Ravi with Lekshmi

Actress Mridula Vijay to marry actor Yuva Krishna | photos

Actors Mridula Vijay and Yuva Krishna are all set to tie the knot in 2021. Their wedding engagement function was held on 23, December 2020 in the presence of close family and friends. They will enter wed lock in 2021. According to them its an arranged marriage, the marriage proposal was considered by the duo's parents through a common friend

Mridula -Yuva wedding photos

Actors Yuva Krishna and Mridula Vijay

Yuva Krishna is known mainly for his role as Manu s Manu Pratap in Manjil Virinja Poovu. He was also part of  several other TV series. His father is a Kathakali artist. His mohter Krishnaveni is a dance-music teacher. He has two sisters named Nandini and Nadhitha

Yuva Krishna and Mridula Vijay during engagement funtion

Mridula shot to fame through her debut Malayalm Serial Kalyana Sougandikam on Asianet. She is best known for her roles in Bharya, Krishna Thulasi., Kalyanasougandhikam and Pookkalam Varavayi. She has also been a part of movies including Tamil films Nooram Naal, Jennifer Karuppayya and Malayalam films like Infinity and Next Token Number Please etc. She is the daughter of Vijai Kumar and Rani from Thiruvananthapuram.  Mridula is also a trained classical dancer. She has sister named Parvathi.

Mridula Vijay and Yuva Krisha with their family during engagement function

Photogenic Weddings are official photographers of engagement function. They shared more more photos in their social media page. 

Actress Yamuna married Devan Ayyankeri | photos

Malayalam serial and movie actress Yamuna  has found love for the second time in her life. The actress has tied the knot with Devan Ayyankeril  at Kollur Mookambika Temple on Monday (December 7).The traditional Hindu wedding was attended by her daughters and close family/friends.

Yamuna said to a malayalam daily that  "Devan Ayyankeril is my husband's name. He had been living in USA working as a psychotherapist. I strongly believe that Sree Padhmanabha Swamy heard my prayer for a good human being as my husband and it materialized on December 7 th at Kollur Mookambika Temple,"  She also added that  "My 10-year-old daughter Aashmi and 15-year-old Aami jokingly told me they are not at marriageable age yet as someone suggested online. I hope you will all support me as you always have and thank you all. Your Yamuna". 

Devan hails from Mavelikkara and has been residing in USA for the last 30 years. It is also second marriage for Devan. He has a daughter(Fiona) from first marriage who is currently in college. 

In a recent interview she said even though her friends and family were constantly asking her to rethink about marriage as it was more than 5 years after divorce, she never felt the need to do so as  she was busy with her daughters and career. "But, when the lockdown started, my kids were at their father's place and for months together, I was stuck within the four walls of my flat. Words can't describe the mental pressure I was going through of not having anyone near me. That's when I realized I needed companionship and decided to get married," she said.

Actress Yamuna with her husband Devan

Yamuna debuted into the malayalam television through an album song for Onam in Doordarshan Malayalam. It is followed by a telefilm Punarjani. She later acted in many serials like Jwalayayi mainly in negative roles.  She now acting in Amma , Amala and Chandana Mazha. Her role as  positive character Madhumati, mother in law of the character Varsha,  in Asianet serial Chandanamazha is different from the usual villain characters she played in many serials and made her popular.Yamuna has acted in many movies in Malayalam language, mostly in character roles. Some of her movies include Meesa Madhavan, Stalin Sivadas, Meerayude Dukham Muthivinte Swapnam, War and love, Pattanathil Bhootham, Oru Korean Padam etc

Actress Yamuna during her wedding

Yamuna's  recent photo with her husband Devan is given below.

Yamuna-wedding Album -go here

Yamuna <-go here for the biography  

Yamuna is originally from Kollam in Kerala. She was married to Malayalam Film director S.B Mahash ( Changathipoocha, MM big father Abhiyum Njanum ). But they seperated and divorced five years back.  They have two daughters named Aami and Ashmi. 

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

Economics

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2020 was awarded jointly to Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson "for improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats."