''Kumkumapoovu'' () is an Indian

Malayalam-language 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 ...

soap opera that appeared on

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. It comprised 785 episodes. The first episode aired on 30 January 2011 and ended on 2 February 2014.

Asha Sharath Asha Sharath (born 19 July 1974) is an Indian actress and classical dancer, who predominantly works in Malayalam films and television shows and also has a few Tamil, Kannada and Telugu film credits. Personal life Asha is married to Sharath ...

Sajan Surya Sajan Soorya is an Indian actor who is known for his appearances in Malayalam soap operas. He has won several allocates including four ''Asianet Television Awards for Best actor. He has done over 100 television series and has established himself ...

Shelly Kishore Shelly Kishore is an Indian film and television actress. She is known for her role Shalini in '' Kumkumapoovu'' and in ''Thanga Meenkal'' and Usha in ''Minnal Murali''. She received a Kerala state television award for best actress in 2006. E ...

Shanavas Shanu Shanavas Shanu is an Indian television actor who is commonly known for playing Rudhran in '' Kumkumapoovu'' , Indran in '' Seetha''. Biography Shanu was born in Manjeri, Malappuram. He studied at NNS College Malappuram. His mother's name is Mymo ...

, Aswathy, G.K Pillai and Rindhya were the main cast of the show. The serial won several awards at Asianet television awards including the Best Serial - (2012), Best Script - (2012, 2013 and 2014), Best Actor (Sajan Surya - 2012, 2013), and Best Actress (Asha Sarath - 2012, Shelly - 2013) consecutively for two years.

Plot

Jayanthi and her illegitimate daughter Shalini were separated at Shalini's birth, with Jayanthi misled into believing her daughter had died while the girl was raised for a time by a butcher, Markose, who treated her unkindly. The two are destined to reunite. Rescued from the unkind butcher, Shalini was raised in a better home with a foster brother, Mahesh. When Mahesh marries the legitimate daughter of Jayanthi, Amala (who hates Shalini), Jayanthi realizes who Shalini is. Jayanthi must come to terms with her feelings about the daughter she believed dead. Later Shalini married Rudran, a local goon. In the climax, Rudran is murdered by an enemy, Shalini becomes a widow and finds her father and mother. But, unfortunately, she loses both of them. Jayanti dies due to an accident and Jitan (father of Shalini) dies due to the shock of her death. Shalini starts a new journey with her daughter alone.

Cast

; Main Lead roles *

Asha Sarath Asha Sharath (born 19 July 1974) is an Indian actress and classical dancer, who predominantly works in Malayalam films and television shows and also has a few Tamil, Kannada and Telugu film credits. Personal life Asha is married to Sharath ...

as Professor Jayanthi Prabhakaran *

as Shalini llegitimate daughter of Jayanthi*

as Mahesh on in law of Jayanthi*

as Rudhran halini's Husband* Aswathy Thomas as Amala Mahesh ayathi's Daughter* GK Pillai as Colonel Jagannatha Varma ayanthi's Father*

Lishoy Lishoy is an Indian actor in Kerala. He has played characters in stage, television and film. Personal life Originally from Thrissur, Lishoy gained popularity as a stage actor in professional theaters, such as Kazhimpram Theaters. Later he e ...

as Prabhakaran/Prabha ayanthi's husband* Amith as Writer Jithan halini's Father; Supporting cast *

Kalaranjini Kalaranjini is an Indian actress and classical dancer who started her career in the early 1980s. Personal life Kalaranjini was born to theatre artists Chavara V. P. Nair and Vijayalakshmi. She is divorced and has a son, Prince. Partial film ...

as Subhadramma (Athimuttathamma) * Indira Thampi as Vasantha ayanthi's mother* T.S Raju as Markose * Vijayakumari as Mariamma Markose *

Jayakrishnan Kichu Jayakrishnan (born 21 January 1987), better known as Jayakrishnan Kichu, is an Indian actor, Associate Director, and Dubbing Artist who predominantly works in the Malayalam film industry. He was introduced as an actor by director Kamal (direc ...

/ Pratheesh Nandhan as Arun Prabhakaran ayanthi's son*Sona Jelina as Karthika Mahesh aughter of Mahesh and Amala* Santhosh Kurup as CI Jayapalan * Devendranath as Aadhi/Adithyan (Antagonist) * Yadhu Krishnan as Adarsh (Antagonist) * * Dharmambigai Rindhya as Karuna Arun .k.a Ammini*Amboori Jayan as Govindan * Anjana Haridas as Chithra Arun *Illekettu namboothiri as Sathyasheelan * Haridas Varkala * Rajeev Roshan as Anand * Vimal Raj as Kazhukan Shaji *

Chitra Iyer Chitra Iyer (also credited as Chitra Sivaraman) is an Indian playback singer who has worked in Indian and Italian films across five different industries primarily in Malayalam. A resident of Bangalore, Chitra worked extensively with A. R. Rahm ...

as Jithans friend *

Vanitha Krishnachandran Vanitha Krishnachandran is an Indian film and television actress. She acted during the 1980s in nearly 170 films in Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada and Telugu films along with several Malayalam and Tamil Television serials. Personal life Vanitha was ...

as Professor Rajalakshmi * Bijoy Varghese * Sreeya Remesh as Meera * Yamuna Mahesh as Advocate * Kallayam Krishadas * Karthika Kannan as Kanchana

Awards

;5th

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2012 *Best Serial - G Jayakumar Bhavachithra (Ross petal entertainment . Pvt.Ltd) *Best Director -Praveen Kadakkavoor *Best Screenplay-Pradeep Panicker *Best Actor - Sajan Surya as Mahesh *Best Actress - Asha Sarath as Pro. Jayanthi *Best Debut - Shelly as Shalini *Most Popular Actor - Shanavas as Rudhran *Best Dubbing Artist -

Bhagyalakshmi Bhagyalakshmi (born 1 November 1962) is an Indian dubbing artist, actress and activist. She works primarily in Malayalam Film Industry and has dubbed for more than 4000 films in Malayalam cinema, most notably for actresses Shobana and Urvashi. ...

for Prof. Jayanthi *Best Actor in a negative role (Female)- Ashwathy as Amala *Best Character Actor - T.S.Saju as Markose *Best Cinematographer -Hemachandran *Best Music Director- Rony Rapheal for ''Oru Thaaratin eenam Pole'' *Best lyrics - Prayaar Geethamohan *Best editor - Rohit Roshan *Special Jury - Haimambika Rindhya as Karuna *Lifetime Achievement Awards-GK Pilla ;6th Asianet Television Awards 2013 *Evergreen Hit serial - Kumkumapoovu *Best Actor -Sajan Surya as Mahesh *Best Actress -Shelly as Shalini *Best Screenplay-Pradeep Panicker *Golden star of the year- Asha Sarath as Pro. Jayanthi *Best Actor in a negative role (Female)- Ashwathy as Amala *Best Actor in a negative role (Female) Spl. Jury- Haimambika Rindhya as Karuna *Best Actor in a negative role (male)- Devendranath *Background score- Sanand George *Best Dubbing Artist Male - Shobi Thilakan for Jithan *Best Dubbing Artist Female -

Devi S. Devi S. is an Indian dubbing artist and actress who works in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam films and television serial (radio and television), serials. She became popular through the main character ''Kunjipengal'' she played in ''Oru Kudayum Ku ...

for Amala *Best editor - Rohit Roshan ;7th Asianet Television Awards 2014 *Best Screenplay-Pradeep Panicker *Best editor - Rohit Roshan ;Asiavision Television awards 2013 *2013-Best Actress (Asha) *2013-Best serial *2013-Best Negative Actress (Aswathy) Asiavision Television Awards 2014 *2014-Best Actress (Shelly) *2014-Golden star (Asha) *2014- Popular Actor (Shanavas)

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