''Thalsamayam Oru Penkutty'' (''A Girl On Live'') is a 2012 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 ...
satirical
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comedy drama
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film directed by
T. K. Rajeev Kumar
Thazhathupurakkal Karunakara Panicker Rajeev Kumar (born 20 September 1961) is a National Award-winning Indian director of Malayalam films, from Trivandrum. He is the winner of five Kerala State Film Awards for Best Film, Director, Story Writer ...
, starring
Nithya Menon
Nithya Menen (born 8 April 1988) is an Indian actress and singer who has acted in more than 50 feature films and in six different languages: Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, English, and Telugu.In her acting career, Nithya has won three Film ...
,
Shweta Menon
Shwetha Menon is an Indian actress, model and television anchor. She won '' Femina Miss India Asia Pacific 1994''. She has predominantly acted in Malayalam and Hindi language films, besides appearing in a number of Telugu and Tamil Language Fil ...
, and
Unni Mukundan
Unnikrishnan Mukundan (born 22 September 1987), commonly known as Unni Mukundan, is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. He has also acted in a few Telugu and Tamil films.
Unni Mukundan made his acting debut with the Ta ...
in the lead roles.
Cast
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Nithya Menon
Nithya Menen (born 8 April 1988) is an Indian actress and singer who has acted in more than 50 feature films and in six different languages: Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, English, and Telugu.In her acting career, Nithya has won three Film ...
as Manjula Ayyappan a girl on live (Voice Dubbed By Nithuna Nevil Dinesh)
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Shweta Menon
Shwetha Menon is an Indian actress, model and television anchor. She won '' Femina Miss India Asia Pacific 1994''. She has predominantly acted in Malayalam and Hindi language films, besides appearing in a number of Telugu and Tamil Language Fil ...
as Zarina Programme Head of Real Tv (Voice By Vimmi Mariam George)
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Unni Mukundan
Unnikrishnan Mukundan (born 22 September 1987), commonly known as Unni Mukundan, is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. He has also acted in a few Telugu and Tamil films.
Unni Mukundan made his acting debut with the Ta ...
as Suryan
*Sruthi Dileep as Priya
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Manianpilla Raju
Sudheer Kumar (born 20 April 1955), better known by his stage name Maniyanpilla Raju (Malayalam:മണിയൻപിള്ള രാജു), is an Indian actor and producer who works in Malayalam film industry.K. P. A. C. Lalitha as a TV viewer
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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 2 ...
as Young Business Man Shibulal
* Siddique as Real TV
CEO
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Surendra Menon
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Tini Tom
Tini Tom is an Indian actor, comedian and mimicry artist from Kerala. He works in Malayalam films and television.
Early life
Tini was born in North Paravoor, Kerala, India. His father Tomy T.D. is an engineer. He has a sister Tincy. Tom comp ...
as Govindan congress party member
*Devichandana as Sakhavu Bhavani a left sympothiser
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Hima Shankar
Hima Shankar (born 2 June 1987) known as Hima Shankar Sheematty, is an Indian actress who appears in Malayalam films and short films. She has also directed and performed in many theatrical works. She took a part in the reality show Bigg Boss M ...
as Viewer, Neethu
*Maya Moushmi as Advocate
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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 ...
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Baburaj
Mohammad Sabir Baburaj was an Indian music composer. He is often credited for the renaissance of Malayalam film music. Baburaj has rendered music to many evergreen Malayalam film songs.
Early years
Baburaj was born on 9 March 1929 in Kozhikod ...
as Thomas
*Binu Adimali as Kannan, the cameraman
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Shruthy Menon
Shruthy Menon (born 19 April 1984) is an Indian actress, television host, professional Master of ceremonies and model. She is currently the anchor for Sonu Nigam's concerts worldwide as well as the show ''Ugram Ujwalam''. In 2015, a topless photo ...
as Sandhya
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Kottayam Nazeer
Kottayam Nazeer is an Indian actor, impressionist, and an artist from Kerala. Kottayam Nazeer started his career as a stage artist . Recently he also started his career in painting.
Family
Nazeer is married to Haseena. They have two sons, Moh ...
as Himself (voice of cm)
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Kalabhavan Navas
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Neena Kurup
Neena Kurup is an Indian actress who appears in Malayalam films. She is most well known for her roles as Aswathy in '' Sreedharante Onnam Thirumurivu'' (1987) and Karishma in ''Punjabi House'' (1998). She has acted in many television serials af ...
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Harikeshan Thampi
Harikeshan Thampi, stage name Hari, is an Indian actor and dubbing artist best known for his work in Malayalam cinema. He has acted in more than 50 films and dubbed for almost 1,000 films.
Thampi made his debut in the Malayalam film ''Raja Ha ...
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Kochu Preman
K. S. Premkumar (1 June 1955 – 3 December 2022), better known by his stage name Kochu Preman, was an Indian actor who worked in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam film industry. He acted in more than 300 films, mainly in supporting comedy roles, an ...
as Ajayan, Jogging Ammavan
*Vijayalakshmi as Jogging Ammavan wife
*Susheelan as Sundaran, the auto-rickshaw driver
* Baiju as SI Sathyaneshan
*Baiju as Drunkard
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Chembil Ashokan
Chembil Ashokan is an actor in the Malayalam film industry. He is from Chembu - Vaikom. He has played many notable characters in Malayalam cinema.
Filmography
Television
*Kadamattathu Kathanar (JaiHind TV)
*Bhasi Bahadoor (Mazhavil Manorama ...
as Krishnankutty, Opposition leader
*Aziz as a man at Ayyappan's teashop
*Dinesh Panickar as Ananthapai
*Satheesh as a member of Thalsamayam Group
*Vivek Gopan as Poovalan Kannan
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K. Madhu
K. Madhu is an Indian film director and producer who works predominantly in the Malayalam film industry. He made his debut with '' Malarum Kiliyum'' and has directed over 30 feature films in various languages (Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu & Kann ...
as himself
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Subbalakshmi
Subbalakshmi is an acclaimed Carnatic musician, composer and an actress in Malayalam movies. She is one of the prominent supporting actresses currently handling grand mother roles in Malayalam movies. She is noted for her performance in '' Kal ...
*Sreekala as Minister's wife
Soundtrack
Awards
; Asianet Film Award
*2012: Best Female Playback Singer - ''Ponnodu Poovayi''