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Midukki
''Midukki'' was a 2013-2013 Indian cinema, Indian reality television series in a beauty pageant style which was aired on the Mazhavil Manorama channel. The first season of the show was hosted by Malayalam cinema, Mollywood actress Rima Kallingal. Sneha Unnikrishnan was declared as the winner of the show. Popular choreographer Sajna Najam did the choreography for the contestants' performances. It was replaced by ''Uggram Ujjwalam''. Mazhavil Manorama announced the new season of the show in early September 2017. It was launched in a different manner only with a mega grand finale . Plot summary The show aimed to find the smartest women of Kerala. The show consisted of four permanent judges: Ambika Pillai, Dr. Piyush, Dr. Zaileshya and Shalini. It was hosted by the Malayalam cinema, Mollywood actress Rima Kallingal. It consisted of 20 contestants across Kerala who were aged 18–25. Sneha Unnikrishnan won the first prize in Midukki. Remya Menon and Reba Monica John won 1st runne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reba Monica John
Reba Monica John (born 4 February 1994) is an Indian actress and model who works prominently in Malayalam language films. Reba was the second runner-up of the popular reality television series ''Midukki'', which premiered on Mazhavil Manorama. She has acted in successful films such as ''Jacobinte Swargarajyam'' (2016), ''Bigil'' (2019), ''Forensic (2020 film), Forensic'' (2020) and ''FIR (2022 film), FIR'' (2022). Early life and personal life Reba Monica John was born on 4 February 1994 into a Malayalee family in Bangalore. She has a Bachelor's and master's degree in chemistry from Christ University, Bangalore. She is the cousin of Indian-American Actor Anu Emmanuel. She married Joemon Joseph in 2022. Career Before essaying a guest role in the film, she was seen in a few advertisements in which Dhatri Hair Oil was one of her notable works. In 2013, she won the 2nd runner-up title of the reality series ''Midukki'', which launched on Mazhavil Manorama. In 2016, she made he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rima Kallingal
Rima Kallingal is an Indian actress and film producer who mainly appears in Malayalam films. She made her Malayalam film debut with '' Ritu'' (2009). She married to the Malayalam film director Aashiq Abu in 2013. Early Life and Career Born in Thrissur, Kerala, Rima Kallingal began practising dancing when she was three years old. A dancer by profession, she has been a part of a dance company called Nritarutya and has had performances on national and international stages. She studied in Stanes Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School, Coonoor up to Fifth grade. She completed her schooling from Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Thrissur, graduating in 2001. She holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Christ University, Bengaluru. She is also skilled in Taekwondo (Korean martial art), Chao (Manipuri martial art) and Kalari. She was a semi-finalist of the Asianet reality show ''Vodafone Thakadhimi''. She moved to Bengaluru to pursue a modelling career and later participated in the Miss Kerala beau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambika Pillai
Ambika Pillai is a hair stylist and make-up artist from Kollam, Kerala, India. Her work regularly appears in advertising campaigns, catwalk shows, fashion films, and editorials. Personal life Ambika Pillai was born to a cashew exporter Gopinath Pillai & Santha Gopinath Pillai in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. Her family then moved to her native place in Kollam, where she had a luxurious childhood, living in a bungalow by the backwaters of Kollam. After her boarding in Ooty, at the age of 7, she joined Mount Carmel Convent Anglo-Indian Girls High School in Kollam. She was married to Surenda Nath on 1980 at the age of 17 and moved to Calcutta to have a settled married life but things did not turn out the way she had desired and had to be satisfied with taking forward her life in a tiny one bed room apartment. They have one daughter, Kavitha. Later she married Rakesh (aka Rocky) in 1993 but due to his heavy drinking & gambling she left him. Her three sisters, Gopika, Renuka and Devik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mazhavil Manorama
Mazhavil Manorama is an Indian Free-to-air Malayalam general entertainment television channel operated and owned by Malayala Manorama Television (MMTV), the publisher of the widely circulated ''Malayalam Manorama'' daily, and the Malayalam women's magazine ''Vanitha''. Mazhavil Manorama is headquartered at Aroor in Kerala, India. It is available in Vi Movies and TV and Jio TV App. History The channel has been on air since 06:30 pm on 31 October 2011. The Malayala Manorama group was already into TV media through its Malayalam news channel Manorama News. Mazhavil Manorama began broadcasting in high definition on 14 August 2015 as Mazhavil Manorama HD. The channel has been airing the Vanitha Film Awards since 2012, and also launched Mazhavil Mango Music Awards in 2018 and the Mazhavil Entertainment Awards in 2019. The Malayala Manorama Group launched its video-on-demand app Manorama Max that shows entertainment content and movies from the group's general entertainment channel, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deepti Sati
Deepti Sati is an Indian actress and model who predominantly appears in Malayalam films. She has also appeared in Marathi, Kannada, Tamil and Telugu films. She made her acting debut in 2015 with ''Nee-Na''. Deepti went onto star in film including ''Jaguar'', ''Solo'', ''Luckee'' and ''Driving Licence''. She made her web debut with ''Pearlish'' in 2019 and has also been judge on television shows. Early life Deepti Sati was born in Mumbai. Her father, Divyesh Sati, hails from Nainital, Uttarakhand while her mother Madhuri Sati, is a native of Kochi, Kerala. Deepti Sati did her schooling from Canossa Convent High School, Andheri (E), Mumbai and pursued her Bachelor's degree in business administration from the St. Xavier's College, Mumbai. Beauty pageants * Impresario Miss Kerala in 2012 * Navy Queen in 2013 * Indian Princess in 2014 – First Runner-up * Femina Miss India 2014 – Miss Talented 2014 & Miss Iron Maiden 2014. Career Deepti Sati started her modelling career wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prayaga Martin
Prayaga Rose Martin (born 18 May 1995) is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. In 2012, she made her cinematic debut in the Malayalam film, Ustad Hotel. Career Director Mysskin cast Prayaga Martin for her first lead role in Pissasu. In 2016, Prayaga played her second lead role as Parvathy in the movie, Oru Murai Vanthu Parthaya, opposite Unni Mukundan. The film was well received by Malayalam moviegoers. In the same year, she replaced Madonna Sebastian in Siddhique's ''Fukri''. She also played the female lead, alongside Dileep and Radhika Sarathkumar, in the political thriller ''Ramaleela''. She made her debut in Kannada in a Ganesh starrer, Geetha. She has acted as judge of several TV shows like Midukki ''Midukki'' was a 2013-2013 Indian cinema, Indian reality television series in a beauty pageant style which was aired on the Mazhavil Manorama channel. The first season of the show was hosted by Malayalam cinema, Mollywood actress Rima Kallinga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suraj Venjaramoodu
Suraj Vasudevan (born 30 June 1976), professionally credited as Suraj Venjaramoodu, is an Indian actor, comedian, impressionist, and television presenter, who appears in Malayalam films, television and stage plays. He has acted in more than 250 films. He has won a National Film Award and three Kerala State Film Awards. Throughout the 2000s and towards mid-2010s, he played comedic roles in numerous films and won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Comedian three times (2009, 2010, 2013). In his later career, he found success in playing character and leading roles. In 2013, Suraj won the National Film Award for Best Actor for his lead role in ''Perariyathavar''. In 2019, he won Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor for ''Android Kunjappan Version 5.25'' and ''Vikruthi''. Early life Suraj is the youngest of the three children of Venjaramood K. Vasudevan Nair, a retired soldier from the Indian Army and Vilasini, a housewife. He was called "Kuttappan" by his parents and relativ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shobhana
Shobana Chandrakumar Pillai (born 21 March 1970) is an Indian actress and Bharatanatyam dancer. She acts predominantly in Malayalam films along with Telugu and Tamil films with few Hindi, Kannada and English films. She has won two National Film Awards, one Kerala State Film Awards, two Filmfare Awards South, with 14 Nominations for Best Actress Category in three different south Indian languages, Tamil Nadu State's Kalaimamani Award in 2011 and numerous other awards. She won the National Film Award for Best Actress twice, for her performances in the Malayalam film ''Manichitrathazhu'' (1993) and the English film ''Mitr, My Friend'' (2001). Subsequent to the year 1999, Shobana turned extremely selective about her films. Shobana was trained under the Bharata Natyam dancers Chitra Visweswaran and Padma Subrahmanyam. She emerged as an independent performer and choreographer in her twenties and currently runs a dance school, ''Kalarpana'', in Chennai. In 2006, the Government of In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathukkutty
Arun Mathew (born 27 February 1985), better known by his stage name Mathukkutty, is an Indian radio jockey, television host, actor and director. He is known for his association with the Malayalam television shows on One TV, Mazhavil Manorama, Flowers, Zee Keralam , Surya TV and for his role in the Malayalam film ''Ithihasa'', Campus Diary, Kamuki and Hridayam. His debut film as director was '' Kunjeldho''. Early life Arun Mathew (Mathukutty) was born on 27 February 1985. He was raised in West Vengola, Perumbavoor, Ernakulam to Mathukutty and Sosamma. He completed his bachelor's degree in Malayalam from the Union Christian College, Aluva in 2006. He joined Kerala Press academy in Kakkanad for a Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism. He started his career as editor trainee at Malayalam newspaper Veekshanam. He came to radio as a hobby and ended up as a radio host. Career Radio RJ Mathukkutty started his career as a radio jockey on Red FM in 2007. He was working in Red FM, Triv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reality Show
Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring unfamiliar people rather than professional actors. Reality television emerged as a distinct genre in the early 1990s with shows such as ''The Real World (TV series), The Real World'', then achieved prominence in the early 2000s with the success of the series ''Survivor (franchise), Survivor'', ''Idols (franchise), Idols'', and ''Big Brother (franchise), Big Brother'', all of which became global Franchising, franchises. Reality television shows tend to be interspersed with "confessionals", short interview segments in which cast members reflect on or provide context for the events being depicted on-screen; this is most commonly seen in American reality television. Competition-based reality shows typically feature gradual elimination of participants, either by a panel of judges, by the viewership of the show, or by the contestants themselves. Documentar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malayalam-language Television Shows
Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was designated a "Classical Language of India" in 2013. Malayalam has official language status in Kerala, and Puducherry ( Mahé), and is also the primary spoken language of Lakshadweep, and is spoken by 34 million people in India. Malayalam is also spoken by linguistic minorities in the neighbouring states; with significant number of speakers in the Kodagu and Dakshina Kannada districts of Karnataka, and Kanyakumari, district of Tamil Nadu. It is also spoken by the Malayali Diaspora worldwide, especially in the Persian Gulf countries, due to large populations of Malayali expatriates there. There are significant population in each cities in India including Mumbai, Bengaluru, Delhi, Kolkata, Pune etc. The origin of Malayalam remains a matter of d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerala
Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South Canara, and Thiruvithamkoor. Spread over , Kerala is the 21st largest Indian state by area. It is bordered by Karnataka to the north and northeast, Tamil Nadu to the east and south, and the Lakshadweep Sea to the west. With 33 million inhabitants as per the 2011 census, Kerala is the 13th-largest Indian state by population. It is divided into 14 districts with the capital being Thiruvananthapuram. Malayalam is the most widely spoken language and is also the official language of the state. The Chera dynasty was the first prominent kingdom based in Kerala. The Ay kingdom in the deep south and the Ezhimala kingdom in the north formed the other kingdoms in the early years of the Common Era (CE). The region had been a prominent spic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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