Flowers TV is an Indian

Malayalam 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 des ...

language

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channel owned by Insight Media City. The channel was launched on 12 April 2015.

Establishment

The channel was originally promoted by

Sreekandan Nair R. Sreekandan Nair is a media personality, television anchor, veteran journalist and Managing Director of Flowers (TV channel), Flowers TV and 24 News. He has hosted several Malayalam TV shows, including ''Oru Nimisham'', ''Nammal Thammil'', and ...

who is also the managing director of Flowers TV. Gokulam Gopalan is the chairman and Dr. Vidhya Vinod is the vice Chairman of Flowers TV.

History

Flowers TV is broadcasting from

Kochi Kochi (), also known as Cochin ( ) ( the official name until 1996) is a major port city on the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea, which is a part of the Arabian Sea. It is part of the district of Ernakulam in the state of K ...

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As per the statistical analysis of BARC data for the first eight weeks of 2017, Flowers is ranked in the top 5 lists. Flowers TV is available in USA through

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and also other Asian regions. Flowers once broadcast ''

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'' matches with Malayalam Commentary. On 12 April 2017, Flowers TV, Rays3D,

Mulakuppadam Films Mulakuppadam Films is an Indian film production and distribution company founded by businessman Tomichan Mulakuppadam. Formed in 2007, head office of Mulakuppadam Films is situated in Kochi, Kerala. History Mulakuppadam Films debuted in film ...

and

Mohanlal Mohanlal Viswanathan (born 21 May 1960), known mononymously as Mohanlal, is an Indian actor, film producer, playback singer, film distributor, and director who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema besides also having sporadically appeare ...

set a

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for the largest attendance at a

3D film 3D films are motion pictures made to give an illusion of three-dimensional solidity, usually with the help of special glasses worn by viewers. They have existed in some form since 1915, but had been largely relegated to a niche in the motion pict ...

screening, 12,526 spectators watched the screening of the Malayalam film ''

Pulimurugan ''Pulimurugan'' is a 2016 Indian Malayalam-language action thriller film directed by Vysakh and starring Mohanlal in the title role. It was produced by Tomichan Mulakuppadam through Mulakuppadam Films and was written by Udayakrishna—half of ...

'' at Adlux International Convention Centre in

Angamaly Angamaly (''Aṅkamāli''), , Malayalam : അങ്കമാലി Situated about north of the city centre, the town lies at the intersection of Main Central Road (MC Road) and National Highway 544. MC Road, which starts from Thiruvanantha ...

, Kerala.Guinness record for the largest attendance for a 3D fim screening
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Channels

Current programming

Soap operas/Sitcom

Reality shows

Former broadcasts

Award functions

Flowers television holds the broadcast rights to the following award nights: * Flowers TV awards * Flowers Music Awards * Flowers Comedy Awards * Flowers Indian Film Awards *

Kerala State Film Award The Kerala State Film Awards are the film awards for a motion picture made in Kerala. The awards started in 1969 by the Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala and since 1998 the awards have been bestowed by Kerala State Cha ...

Kerala Film Critics Association Awards 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 awards were instit ...

* Flowers Gulf Film Awards

References

External links

* {{Malayalam journalism 2015 establishments in Kerala Malayalam-language television channels Television stations in Kochi Television channels and stations established in 2015 Lists of television shows