Malayalam Awards Asianet Television Awards 2016 - Cast & Crew

Kanya Bharathi or popularly known as Kanya is a popular television actress in the Tamil and Malayalam Television Serial industry. She was born and brought up in Kerala but got settled in Chennai for the past 20 years. She came to the tinsel town serial industry in her early teen. Her most notable serial is “Amma,” a Malayalam serial aired on Asianet TV. 

Gowri krishnan is a Malayali TV actress. She is born in Kovalam, Thiruvanthapuram, and completed her schooling from Carmel Girls’ Higher Secondary School. Her father’s name is Prakash Krishnan, and her mother’s name is Praseela. She is known for her work in a drama “Kaanakanmani,” released in 2016 on Asianet. She won the best debut female TV star by Asianet Television awards 2016 for this drama. During her free time, she loves cooking along with her mother, who is also her inspiration.

Gayathri more popularly known as Gayathri arun, is a popular Malayalam actress who acts mainly in TV serials which are telecasted on Asianet TV. Gayathri is currently seen acting in the hit, successful and popular TV show of Asianet TV, “Parasparam” as the main female protagonist of the show and essaying the role of Deepthi.

Devi S. is a well-known Malayalam film actress and dubbing artist. She was born at Cherukodu Peyad in Thiruvananthapuram. She got married to Alwin, an Engineer by profession and they now have a daughter named Athmaja.

Sreelatha Namboothiri is a veteran South Indian actress, famous for her roles in Malayalam movies and television serials. This multi-talented artist started her career as a playback singer for amateur and professional stage plays. Sreelatha’s debut Malayalam movie was Khadeeja which was released in the year 1967. She was a sought after comedian in the Malayalam film industry and was paired with the famous comedian Adoor Bhasi in many movies. Sreelatha’s real name is Vasantha. Her parents, Balakrisnan Nair and Kamala Amma, were government servants. Sreelatha’s mother was a music teacher who passed on the talent and knowledge to her daughter. Sreelatha has given many stage concerts as well. Her connection with the world of cinema was through an aunt, Kumari Tankam. Kumari Tankam was a well know Malayalam movie artist and a close relative of the famous Travancore sisters. Sreelatha’s husband is the late Parameshwaran Namboothiri, a famous Ayurvedic physician, writer and actor.

T. R Omana is well-known actress who played mother roles in Malayalam movie industry. Even in her young age she started playing mother characters for the leading actors like Prem Nazir, Sathyan, Thikkurushi, Madhu who were elder to her. She continued playing a mother to the next generation actors like Mohanlal and Mammooty. Now she plays grandmother to the new actors and says that she is happy with the roles she has done so far. 

She was born to T.R Gopala Pillai and V.K Meenakshiyamma in 1941 January as the eldest of their 5 children in Alapuzha. She started acting in movies since 1951 as child artist. In 1965, the movie Puthradharmam was her first and last debut as the lead actress with a new comer Anil Kumar and late versatile actor Thikkurushi. She has acted in more than 150 films in her tenure doing character roles. 

She also dubbed for many actresses during that time. Her voice was rented to actress Sharada in all her movies; she also dubbed her voice to other actresses like Lilly Chakravarthi and Waheda Rahman in Malayalam. Apart from acting she is a very good Kathakali performer also. She has shared the stage with Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair, a well-known Kathakali artist in Kerala. 

She has acted in many Malayalam serials; first serial was Manasi in Doordarshan. Manasi was the first ever mega serial in Malayalam, produced by Doordharshan and directed by Madhu Mohan. She was also part of the serial Kazcha in Surya Tv. Now she plays the role of Arjun’s grandmother of the Desai family in the serial Chandanamazha and its Tamil version Deivam Thanda Veedu.  This serial is directed by Sujith Sunder and is currently the highest successfully running show in Asianet.

Akshara Kishore (baby Akshara) is the darling child of Malayalis. She was born in a family of working parents. His father works as an architect, and her mother is a bank employee in Kannur. She has a sister named Akhila Kishor. She is well known for her role as Balachandrika in the series Karuthamuthu on Asianet.

Archana Suseelan is a well known cine-serial artist. Archana was born and brought up in North India and she moved to Kerala during her teens. Archana married a Delhi based marketing executive, Manoj Yadav in 2014.

Archana was an extremely talented dancer and performer right from her childhood. She started her career as a video jockey in a leading Malayalam channel. Her peculiar accent became very popular with the audiences and her program was well accepted. Later she bagged pivotal roles in serials and movies.

The turning point in Archana’s acting career was the character Glory from the serial Ende Manasa Putri. Ende Manasa Putri revolved around the story of two girls from an orphanage and the unexpected twists in their lives. Glory’s character had shades of negativity and Archana’s strong screen presence and acting was one of the main reasons for the success of Ende Manasa Putri. Archana has acted in many Malayalam and Tamil serials. In the serial Amma kili she played the lead role as Gopika who is striving hard to protect her family from the villains. Leading actress Seema enacted the role of Gopika’s mother. Her cameo role with super star Dileep in the Malayalam movie Karyastan was well noticed. Her debut in the Tamil movie industry was with Tolaipeshi, which did not garner wider response. Archana has also ventured into the world of business by launching a garment shop called Gloryz in Trivandrum. Archana is also a much sought after dancer and often gives stage performances. Archana’s sister, Kalpana and sister in law Arya, are also quite popular in the industry.

Dilsha Prasnnan is an Indian actress and dancer well known for her work in Malayalam Television. She was born in a middle-class family on 25 July 1991, in Calicut, Kerala. She completed her schooling at Government Mopla Vocational Higher Secondary School, Loyilandi, Kozhikode. She has a keen interest in dancing since she was a child. She was the second of three children and the most pampered one. She used to take dance classes, and she is trained by her mother. She used to take part in many dancing competitions and have won many of them. She also took part in dancing competitions held at her school and have won them too. She completed her Air Hostess training at Frankfinn Institute, though she never gave up on dancing. Disha Prasannan is very fond of listening to songs, dancing, and watching movies.

Thara Kalyan is an exceptionally gifted Indian Classical Arts dancer, and an actor in Malayalam TV and Movies. She has also qualified professionally as a dancer in Mohiniyattam, Bharatanatyam, and Kuchipudi.

Rekha is a Popular Malayalam T.V Serial Actress. She started her career when she was16. She played in Nirakootukalm, a series directed by Sreevalsan. After this, she played in Manasu and started bagging many roles in the small screen arena. Her parents, Ratheesh and Radha Devi, were also artists, and that's how she got the acting talent. Though no longer there, her parents surely would have been happy with her acting skills. 

Rekha married Yousaf, but sadly the marriage didn’t last long. Later, she married Nirmal Prakash. But Nirmal passed away in 2010. She married Kamal Royand that too didn’t last long. Later, she married Abhilash and has a son Ayaan. Now, she lives in Thiruvananthapuram. 

After taking a break from her acting career, Rekha plunged into it through the serial "Parasparam," and her comeback won her the Best Actress Award for 2014 in the Asianet Television Awards. She portrays the role of Padmavathi in this hit show.

Meghna Vincent or more popularly known as Amritha is a Malayali television actress. She was born on 19 July to Vincent and Nimmy in Idakochi. Her father is a government staff and her mother Nimmy, is a yesteryear actress. It is because of her mother, she got her first break in the reality TV show “Nakshatradeepangal” that aired on Kairali TV. Her mother is her mentor and takes care of her between shoots and on the sets. Meghna lives with her grandmother and mother in Idakochi.

Kishore Satya, born on 20th May is better known for his stage shows and television serials. He is a recognized face in the Malayalam television and Cinema Industry. He entered the television industry in 2001 as a VJ presenting Alukkas Fairy Tale on ‘Vyaparangalude Mahotsavam,’ displaying Dubai Shopping Festival on Kairali TV. He began his journey as an actor in ‘Youth Festival’, his debut film released in 2004, in which he presented a negative role. In 2005, he acted in the mega serial Manthrakodi directed by A.M. Nazeer. The serial was telecasted on Asianet for more than a year, winning the hearts of Malayali television audience. His other popular serials include Kanalpoovu on Kairali TV, The Officer on Amrita TV, and as Ananthu in Kadhayile Rajakumari on Mazhavil Manorama. He is a well-known stage presenter, having hosted a large number of stage shows, beginning with Asianet Ujala film awards in 2006. In 2007, he compered the Amrita Film Awards. In the same year, he acted in his first telefilm Annayude lillipookal, which was telecasted on Surya TV. Then he moved on to do another show for Amrita Television by anchoring the first reality show for mothers on Amrita TV named Vanitha Rathnam (season 1& 2) in 2008. Kishore Satya became hugely popular winning the hearts of women audience. He has compered a large number of shows ever since including a Miss Kerala pageant in 2010.  He has also acted in movies like Thaskaraveeran, Rahasya Police, Keralolsavam2009, The Thriller, The City of Gods and Paisa Paisa, the popular ones being Thaskaraveeran in 2005 along with Mammootty, and City of Gods in 2011. He is married to Pooja.

Pradeep Panicker is a former theatre playwright who is currently a serial scriptwriter in the Malayalam Television industry. He was initiated into theatre by his father (a state-award winning actor late NG Panicker). Pradeep Panicker made his debut in the Television Industry in 1999, with “Ezhilambala” aired on Thiruvananthapuram Doordarshan. He wrote scripts for 7000 episodes for soaps in different channels, sort of making a record in the Industry. He is popular for his script in hit serials, including “Karuthamuthu” and “Bharya.”

Vivek Gopan is a young, talented, good-looking actor from the Mollywood film industry, who has become the favorite of the small screen family audience ever since he started playing the lead role, Suraj, in the mega serial, ‘Parasparam’, on the Asianet channel. Vivek is more popular among the youth as the star player of the Amma Kerala Strikers cricket team in the Celebrity Cricket League (CCL).

Jayakumar Parameswaran Pillai is an Indian movie actor. He has mostly done Malayalam movies. He was featured in the 1999 movie Njangal Santhushtaranu. He has been on various other projects like, Swarna Kaduva, Nakshathrakkannulla Rajkumaran Avanundoru Rajkumari, Nadan Penum Natupramaniyum and others. He has also been part of the television show Thatteem Mutteem in 2012. He was in a 2016 movie Swarnna Kaduva (Vellakkaduva), produced by Job G Oommen and director, Jose Thomas. He was in news in 2016 when he met his fan, who was his look alike.

Santhosh Kurup is a Malayalam Actor who works in the Malayalam industry. Santosh lives in Kerala, India. Santhosh works in television serials and Films. Santhosh went to BHS Karunagappally in 1977 for schooling and took his college degree from DB College, Sasthamcotta. Santhosh has been married for more than 20 years. Santhosh is known for his work in series like Black Pearl, Karrumnisarram (2014), Karutha Mathu, Bhagyalaxmi, Ival Yamuna, Geetha Govindam (2023) and many more series and films. Santhosh has received awards like Recognition for the character of Nathan in Karuthamuthu at the Asianet Television Awards in 2016 and the Best Actor in Character Role award for his series Black Pearl at the Asianet Television Awards in 2016.

Subramanian Gopalakrishnan, most popularly known as Arjun Desai or Karthick, is an Indian actor who appeared in Tamil and Malayalam television serials. He was an Interior Decorator by profession before he started his stint as an actor. Initially, he played minor supporting roles and has also worked as an Assistant Director and voice artists, before he started working in television serials. Subramanian was born and raised in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

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