Dathuputhri -Malyalam Serial on Mazhavil Manorama- Launching on February 2, 2015

Dathuputhri is a new malayalam television serial going to be telecasted on Mazhavil Manorama TV . The promo and announcement of the serial is already out. However, the other details of the soap opera including the telecast time,  cast and crew are not yet available. Stay tuned for more update on the serial from vinodadarshan.

The first episode of Dathuputhri malayalam serial will be aired on 2 February 2015. The malayalam serial-Dathuputhri tells the story of a village girl Kanmani, her life and people around her. The serial is directed by AM Nazeer. His earlier serial was Pattu Sari on Mazhavil Manorama

Dathuputhri mega serial will be telecasted every Monday to Friday at 9:00 PM

Dathuputhri Serial on Mazhavil Manorama

Mazhavil Manorama s currently showing the TV serials- Amala, Balamani, Aniyathi, Ente Pennu and Ennu swantham Koottukari.   The reality shows including D4 Dance Season 2 (D2), Ugram Ujwalam are also very popular among audience.

Director Deepu Karunakaran married Archana Mohan

Malayalam movie Director Deepu Karunakaran married Archana Mohan on 16 January 2015. The traditional wedding ceremony took place at RDR Auditorium Edappazhinji,Thiruvananthapuram.

Deeepu is the son of late Karunakaran Nair and Usha K Nair. He is the brother of Yesteryear Actress Suchithra. Archana is the daughter of V K Mohan and late Shyamalakumari.

The marriage funciotn of Deepu and Archana Mohan were attended by mega star Mammootty, former actresses Karthika, Kavya MAdhavan Chippy Sona Nair,actors Maniyanpillai Raju, Manu Varma, Indrans, Krishnaprasad and many others from big screen and mini screen industry

Deepu is currently shooting the Mamootty Starrer movie ' Fireman'. He has also directed movies Crazy Goplan(2008), Winter (2009) and  Tejabhai and family (2011). Earlier he worked as an assiastant director to Priyadarshan.


We wish the couple a very happy married life.

Director Deepu Karunakaran married Archana Mohan

Actress Mithra Kurian got engaged to Musician William Francis - Photos & News

Malayalam and Tamil Actress Mithra Kurian got engaged to Musician William Francis on 18 Janaury 2015. The betrothal ceremony was held at Cial convention center Cochin. The colorful and traditional engagement function was attended by family, friends and celebrities including director Siddiq, Joshy,  Actors Vineeth, Lekshmi Gopalaswamy, Kadhal Sandhya, Lekshmi Gopalaswami, Praveena, Vindhuja Menon, Sruthi Lekshmi, Sreelay, Aparna Nair to mention a few.

The wedding of Mithra Kurian and William Francis will be held on 26 January 2015

Actress Mithra Kurian met William Francis on a US trip and eventually their friendship give away to love.

Read more : Love Story of Mithra Kurian and William Francis

Mithra Kurian (Dalma Kurian) -daughter of Kurian and Baby and hails from Perumbavoor, Kerala -debuted into the film industry through Fazil movie Vismayathumbathu. She has acted in more than 20  Malayalam and Tamil movies.

William is an established keyboardist and musician . He has done many programmes for the famous music director including Ouseppachan and Gopi Sundar  in Malayalam. William Francis is the native of Thalore, Thrissur. He is the son of Francis and Mercy

Actress Mithra Kurian and William Francis during their betrothal ceremony

Actress Mithra Kurian and William Francis during their engegement function

Actress Manju Warrier is the Manorama News Maker 2014

Actress Manju Warrier is elected as the Manorama News Maker of the year 2014.  She was among the four finalists including  Actor/ M.P Innocent, Former ISRO Chairman K Radhakrishnan and Hockey Star.P.R Rajesh. Actor Nedumudi Venu declared the voting results on 11 January 2015. Manju Warrier, received the award and thanked every one who voted for her.

Manorama News Maker 2014 was organised by Manorama with Muthoot group as the sponsors. The title was to find the person who was in the news all the time and captured the attention of the people in Kerala. The winner was decided by popular votes received by the candidate in the list . The voting was held for one month with more than 5 lakh people participants through the different mediums, including SMS, GPRS and Online polls. There were ten candidates initially -Director Anjali Menon, Pilitician  M.A Baby, Actor/ M.P Innocent, Former ISRO Chairman K Radhakrishnan,  Hockey Star.P.R Rajesh, Rahul Pasupalan (Kiss of love), Manju Warrier, Politicians Pannyan Ravindran, Shasi Tharoor and V. M Sudheeran.  Among them only four received maximum votes and reached the final stage.

It should be noted that the Manorama News Maker is for finding the person in the news and not to find the person of the year. Manju Warrier, a well known actress and dancer, returned to film after  14 years of break. Right from the start of her return, every thing including her ad with Amithabh Bachan for Kalayan Jewellers, her dance programs, her movie How Old Are You, her role as brand ambassador for She Taxi, organic farming  and other socially relevant programs captured the attention of readers. Any news including her name received hits than other news makers in 2014 and became sensational, projecting her as a very popular figure in the mind of malayali audiences.

 In addition to the success of the movie How Old Are You, she won best actress award for her role as Nirupama in the movie in the 9th Asiavision Film Awards 2014 and 17th Asianet Film Awards 2015.

Manju Warrier - Manorama Newsmaker 2014 

Former winners of Manorama News makers are Rishiraj Singh IPS (2013),E Sreedharan(2012), Kochouseph Chittilappilly(2011), Preeja Sreedharan(2010),G. Madhavan Nair(2008), Pinarayi Vijayan (2007) and V. S. Achuthanandan(2006)

Winners of Asianet Film Awards 2015- 17th Asianet Film Awards

The 17th season of Asianet Film Awards sponsored by Ujala and powered by Nirapara was held on 11 th January 2015 . The function was held at Port Trust Stadium Willington Island Kochi. This much awaited event was visual treat to the viewers with stars adding glamour and glitz along with wonderful performance on stage by celebrities.

These awards are given every year for artistic and technical excellence on  malaylam movies. Awards are presented in nearly 32 categories every year at the Asianet film awards. This year Mohanlal, Mukesh and Kaviyoor Ponnamma received special awards

Asianet Film Awards 2015 : Iyobinte Pusthakam -Best Film, Mamootty and Manju Warrier win Best Actor Awards

Winners of 17th Asianet Film Awards 2015  

1 Best Film- Iyobinte Pusthakam (by Amal Neerad)
2 Best Director- Anjali Menon (Bangalore days)
3 Best Actor- Mammootty(Varsham)
4 Best Actress - Manju Warrier ( How old are you)
5 Best Supporting Actor- Tiny Tom(Vellimoonga)
6 Best Supporting Actress- Parvathy(Bangalore Days)
7 Best Character Actor- Anoop Menon (1983)
8 Best Character Actress- Asha Sharath(Varsham)
9 Best Actor in a Villain Role- J ayasurya (Iyobinte Pusthakam)
10 Best Actor in a Comic Role- Suraj Venjarammoodu(Cousins)
11 Best Child Artist (Male/Female)- Amrita Anil(How old are you)
12 Best Script Writer- Gopan Chidambaram(Iyobinte Pusthakam)
13 Best Cinematographer
14 Best Editing-Beena Paul (Munnariyippu)
15 Best Music Director-Gopi Sundar (1983, Bangalore Days)
16 Best Lyricist-Rafeeque Ahammed
17 Best Male Playback Singer-Haricharan (Bangalore Days)
18 Best Female Playback Singer-Swetha Mohan(Otta Mandaram)
19 Best Sound Recordist
20 Best Makeup Artist
21 Best Feature Film on National Integration
22 Most Popular Film -Bangalore Days (by Anjali Menon)
23 Most Popular Actor-Biju Menon (Vellimoonga)
24 Most Popular Actress-Nazriya Nazin(Om Shanti Osana)
25 Most Popular Singer
26 Best New Face of the Year (Male)-Farhan Fazil( Steve Lopaz)
27 Best New Face of the Year (Female)-Nicky Gillrani(Vellimoonga)
28 Best Star Pair-Vineeth Sreenivasan-Namitha Pramod( Ormayundo Ee Mukham)
29 Youth Icon of the Year-Kunjacko Boban
30 Lifetime Achievement Award
31 Honour Special Jury Award--Lal (Iyobinte Pusthakam), Director Venu (Munnariyippu)
32 Special Jury awards

•  Star of the Year -Dulqhar Salman 
•  Performer of the Year-Fahad Fazil 
• Asianet Golden Star -Jayaram

Watch 17th Asianet Film Awards 2015 -Telecast Details, Date and Time

The asianet award show will be telecasted on Janury 24 and 25 at 700PM on Asianet
The videos of the show will be available from Asianet TV official Youtube Channel  following the telecast

Spandanam - New Serial Coming Soon on Surya TV

Surya TV has announced a new malayalam mega serial. The launch date and details of this television serial are not out. Malayalam, Tamil actress Nandini (also known as Kausalya) is going to play the central character of the serial. Stay tuned for more updates on telecast time, cast and crew etc

Spandanam Serial on Surya TV

Akkamma Stalinum Patros Gandhiyum Serial on Asianet -Cast and Crew | Actors and Actresses

Malayalam television Asianet launched a new comedy serial  'Akkamma Stalinum Patros Gandhiyum Serial ' on 5 January 2015. The serial will be aired every Monday to Friday at 1030 PM.

Akkamma Stalinum Patros Gandhiyum Serial on Asianet

Cast and Crew of Akkamma Stalinum Patros Gandhiyum Serial 

Director – Manu Sudhakar

Screen Play and Dialogues – Krishna Das

Produced by – Lathika Sibi

Background Music– Jayan Pisharady
Make Up – Santhosh Venpakal

Cinematography – K.Sreekumar
Costumes – Rajeev Kamukinkode
Art Direction– Manoj Thottappally
Effects-Shivaganga
Production Controller – Sreekumar Mulayara
Studio-sixth Sense
Sound Mixing – Prabhath Harippadu
 Editing – Picxal Ray
Post Production Director – Arun Nair
Assistant Directors – Sunil Manasy

Actors and Actresses and  the characters

Kalabhavan Shaju -as Pathros Gandhi
Veena Nair as Akkamma Stalin

Watch Akkamma Stalinum Patros Gandhiyum Serial Online
The videos of the serial will be available from Asianet TV official Youtube Channel  following the telecast