Malayalam Tv Serial Jwalayayi - Cast & Crew

Yamuna is a Malayalam serial and film actress, known for her supporting character roles. Yamuna is more popular among the family audience for her negative roles in the teleserials. 

Kanakalatha is a very popular teleserial actress known for her character Narayani in a hit serial telecasted on Doordarshan in the late 80's.  She was born on 24 August 1960. She hails from Kollam, Kerala. She studied in St. Joseph’s Girls High School, Kollam. She began her acting career after her school education. She began her film journey in the 70’s in the movie Chillu directed by Lenin Rajendran. She associated herself with Kalidasa Kala Kendra and a few other drama troupes in Kollam to have a steady income. She went on acting in films along with theater plays. In the late 80’s she became the most sought after Tele serial actress in Doordarshan. Her first serial was Oru Poo Viriyunnu. She has acted in more than 400 serials till date in Malayalam and Tamil. Her Popular movies are Rajavinte Makan, Kattukuthira, Appu, Kireedam, Vakkalathu Narayanankutty, and Harikrishnans to name a few. Her tele serials like Amma, Harichandanam, Velankanni Mathavu, and Alavudeente Athbhutavilaku were all big hits. In the serial Amma, she played a character with a negative touch in the role of Mandakini. This serial lasted for three years (from 2011-2014).

Bindu Ramakrishnan, with an acting career spanning over 53 years in all genres – plays, serials, movies, telefilms – Bindu Ramakrishnan has proved her versatility by portraying characters with various shades, including humorous and villainous roles. She started as a drama artist at the age of 8 and played a major role as a heroine at 13 with the drama troupe Cochin Anupama. Her maiden entry to filmdom was through 'Shapamoksham' (1974), which, incidentally, was also the first movie starring Jayan. At 18, she married Ramakrishnan, the brother of Cochin Anupama troupe owner P R Sivan. She won the award for best drama artists in 1986 for her performance in 'Swayamvaram'. Soon, offers poured in from mini-screen, she signed to play a negative character in the serial 'Sararanthal'. As Bindu began to scale heights of her career, Ramakrishnan quit his job as a journalist to accompany her and support her. She became a well-known face by portraying various memorable characters in movies, notably 'Nerariyan CBI', 'Jeevan Mashai',' 'Pranayavarnangal', 'Kammath&Kammath', 'Thuruppugulan', etc. Her husband passed away in 2010, following which she took a break from acting. However, she made a comeback after the immense support from her sons Jeevan, Vinod, and their family and is now into acting with super-hit serials, including 'Amala' and 'Aardram'.

Vinduja Menon is a former Malayalam cine actress and dancer from Kerala. She was active in Malayalam movies during 1985-1999. She is now more active in teaching and performing classical dance.

Anila Sreekumar is a Malayalam actress and serial artist who was born in Calicut, Kerala and now settled in Thiruvananthapuram. She was born on Feb 11, 1970, and completed her schooling from Presentation high school, Calicut. She did her graduated from Govt. Arts and science college, Calicut. 

Sreekala Sasidharan now known as Sreekala Vipin, born on May 31, 1984 is an Indian actress who is mostly seen in Malayalam TV serials. She has also won Kalathilakam and is a trained classical dancer. After winning Kalathilakam, she got noticed by the media and she got a chance to anchor a music show in a local channel.

Beena is a Malayalam Tele and Film Actress. Born in the year 1972 in Thrissur, Kerala, she is the youngest daughter in the family. Her parents are Antony and Soshamma.  She started her acting career first in the year 1991 with Godfather. She has mainly appeared in supporting roles in the movies.

Sangeeta Mohan  is popular Indian Malayalam TV and movie actress. She started her acting career since her school days. She started off with an advertisement for Kilimark umbrellas, which was popular in those days. While she was in her 9th grade in school, she acted in a social awareness video on Epilepsy for C-DIT Kerala. That was the real breakthrough in her acting career. Early in her career, she has acted in many album songs like Karivalakal and devotional albums songs like Kanjanam and Chottanikkarayile Sivaranjini. 

Chandra Lakshman is a famous television serial and movie actress from Kerala. Born in 1983, Chandra is the only daughter of Mr. Lakshman and Mrs. Malathi. Chandra was brought up in Chennai, and she has a degree in Hotel Management. Chandra’s entry into the entertainment industry was quite unexpected. She was a strongly focusing on her career in hotel management when an acquaintance introduced her to the show business. Chandra is a well trained dancer and a veteran of several stage shows and competitions. Chandra debuted in a Tamil movie “Mamas Elam” and later acted in Malayalam movies like “Stop Violence,” “Balram vs. Tharadas,” “Pauma Pula,” “Chakram” and “Kalyana Kurimanam.”

Keezhoote Balakrishna Pillai Ganesh Kumar (known as K B Ganesh Kumar) is an actor, TV host and even a politician. He is the son of the veteran politician, R. Balakrishna Pillai. Like his father, the actor too had a long innings in his political career having won three times from his constituency in the election. The actor first made his foray into films during 1985.

Kollam Tulasi whose real name is K.K. Tulasidharan Nair was born on May 29, 1949. Kerala Film Critics presented him the best supporting actor award for the movie Lelam in 2006, and he was given the Best Serial Actor award in 2008 for the serial Kadamattathu Kathanar. Kollam Tulasi has played excellent characters in both Cinema and Serial Industry. He began acting in stage plays while in school itself. In college, he won the best actor award several times. Later, he went on to become a Government Servant but did not stop acting. His first film was Aambalpoovu, directed by Harikumar in 1979. He has played the roles of Minister and M.L.A in almost 85 movies and has mostly portrayed villainous characters in cinema and serials. His popular movies would include Oru CBI Diary Kurippu, The King, Commissioner, Lelam, Godfather, etc. He did many programmes (more than 300 radio dramas) for All India Radio, acted in more than 200 films, and almost same number of tele serials. The actor is also a writer and a poet having published several of his works. He is also a renowned social worker and is the regional Chairman of Health Oriented Programmes Establishment based in Kannur, Kerala. He is married to Vijaya Devi and has a daughter Gayathri.

Vishnuprakash is an Indian Actor, who works in the Malayalam Film industry. He started his career in a Romantic movie Namukku Parkkan Munthiri Thoppukal under the direction of P. Padmaranjan. After that, he worked in movies like Geetam in 1986 and played the role of a bus conductor. Besides these movies, he also worked in Kathakku Pinnil in 1987, Jagratha in 1989, Oral Mathram in 1997, Note Out in 2011 and Take off in 2017. In 2018, he appeared in a TV Series Bhagya Jathakam and also he worked in the film Kayamkulam Kochunni.

Kochu Preman is a noted, popular and famous actor who acts in the Malayalam films and is mostly seen playing comical characters. Kochu Preman is the actor’s screen name or the stage name and is real recordial name is K.S. Premkumar. Kochu Preman was born on June 1st 1955 to parents Kamaramathil Shivaraman Shastri and T.S Kamalam in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. Kochu Preman completed his education from M.G.College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. From his college days, he became interested in acting and gradually became passionate about the same. After completing his college education, Kochu Preman was associated with a theatre group for 18 long years named Kalidasa Kala Kendram. In the year 1995, he got an offer for acting in films and made his debut as an actor in the Malayalam movie Dilliwala Rajkumaran. Preman’s performances in a character with a comic touch were well liked and appreciated by both the audiences, directors and producers. K.S.Premkumar then took the screen name Kochu Preman and went to star in over 100 Malayalam films till date. In the year 1984, Kochu Preman married another famous Malayalam TV serial actress Girija and together they have a son named Hari Krishnan. Some of the notable Malayalam film of Kochu Preman are- Zachariyayude Garbhinikal, Udayon, Thenkasipattanam, etc.
 

Ravi Vallathol is a film cum serial actor born in 1952 at Malappuram district of Kerala and is the nephew of famous Mahakavi Vallathol Narayana Menon. His father T.N Gopinathan Nair was a famous writer and written scripts for many dramas. From the school time itself Ravi started acting in dramas etc. Jagathy Sreekumar, the famous Malayalam actor was his schoolmate and both did drams together in school time.

Ibrahim Kutty is a famous actor from Kerala, and he is the brother of Mammootty, the mega star of Malayalam cinema. Ibrahim’s son, Makbul Rahman, is also stepping into Mollywood, following his uncle, cousin, and father. Makbul’s first movie was, “Asura Vittu”, and Ibrahim also has a daughter named Asha. Ibrahim decided to follow the successful path of his elder brother. He started his career in serials and later moved on to movies. He played a very critical role in the serial, “Paethu Ozhiyate” as Jayabharathi’s son-in-law. In the super hit serial, “Amma”, he plays the role of a retired judge, Govintha Menon.

Muhammed Kutty Ismail Paniparambil is the original name of Mammootty, the Malayalam superstar. Having working in more than 300 movies he is still a star to reckon with, in Malayalam film industry. Apart from acting, he was also a lawyer. Currently he is busy with philanthropic works too.

Mukundan Menon is a Malayali actor. He has worked in various films and television programs. He has also performed in numerous stage plays. The actor was born and raised in Kerala, India. Mukundan had a deep fascination for acting from his childhood. He joined the Thrissur school of drama which is located in Kerala to make his passion into a profession.

M. R. Gopakumar is an actor, who acts in Malayalam films and is mainly seen playing the roles of supporting characters. M. R. Gopakumar also works in Malayalam daily soap operas and has acted in over 50 films in Malayalam language. M. R. Gopakumar was also the first Indian actor to work with Hollywood’s ace director Steven Spielberg in his film A Lost World. Other than pursuing acting as a passion Gopakumar collaborated with the Postal-Accounts department of the Government of Kerala in Thiruvananthapuram, India. 

Dr. Shaju Sham is popular among the Malayalee audience through his break-up role in 'Jwalayayi', a mega TV Serial, which was aired on Doordarshan. 'Jwalayayi' which was produced by film actor Mammootty, and directed by Vayalar Madhavankutty, is the first breakthrough for Dr. Shaju in the cine field. 'Minnukettu,' from Surya TV, gave Dr. Shaju one of his best role in serials, that always gets remembered. Shaju was popular among his college friends by doing amateur dramas and mimics during college fests.

Venu Arvind, or commonly known as Venu Aravind, is a Tamil TV and film actor, stage artist, dubbing artist and director. He was born on November 9, 1965, and studied B.Sc Physics with Masters in Management at DG Vaishnav College located at Chennai, Tamil Nadu. However, he rather chose media as his interest. He comes from a conservative family, but his parents gave their blessings and even encouraged him to do his best. He was married to Shobha.

Nedumudi Venu was born on 22nd May 1948. He is commonly known as Kesavan Venu Gopal. His parents are PK Kesavan Nair and Kunjikkuttiyamma in Nedumudi Alappuzha in Kerala. He had four siblings, all brothers. His father was a schoolmaster. Nedumudi completed his primary education at NSS Higher Secondary School and St Mary's Higher Secondary School, Champakulam. During school days, he was interested in music and arts.