Malayalam Tv Serial Kumkumapoovu - Cast & Crew

Indira Thampi is an Indian TV actress who is well known for her acting in Malayalam serials. She is one of the eminent personalities of the Malayalam television industry. The actress played in the renowned TV series ‘Vanambadi,’ which was aired on 30th January 2017. This TV series has completed nine hundred plus episodes, and it is running till now. Indira is performing as Devakiamma, i.e., the mother of Mohan and Chandran. She had set a special position in the heart of her fans through her acting. Some of the renowned personalities with whom she has worked include Sai Karan Ram, Gouri Krishna, Priya Menon, etc.

Sona Jelina is a Mollywood child artist, known for Amrita Channel’s, “Manasamaina (Kairali TV, 2015),” Bhagyalakshmi (Surya TV, 2015),” “Amma (Asianet, 2012);” “Chadanamazha (Asianet, 2014),” Maloothy (Manorama),” “Ennu Swantham Jani (Surya TV),” etc. She received the award for ‘Best Child Artist,” in 2017, for her performance in various television series. She became a public figure at the age of four and a half.

In 2017, she appeared in an Indian musical television series “Vanambadi,” produced by M.Ranjith, under Avanthika Productions, which premiered on Asianet channel & Disney+Hotstar. Jelina gained many fans and recognized as ‘Tamburu,’ or ‘Tamburumullah of Kerala.’ She is into singing and even took up singi...

Sreeya Remesh is an Indian film and TV actress, popular amongst the regional audience for her work in movies like Paviyettante Madhura Chooral (2018), Ennum Eppozhum (2015), Aneesya (2015), Vettah (2015), etc. Mostly known for her major involvement in Malayali short films, TV shows, and Mollywood movies, Sreeya has often been admired by the spectators and critics for her exceptional on-screen confidence and expressions. Over the years, Sreeya has been a part of TV shows like Kukumapoovu, Sathyameva Jayathey, Mayamohini, Ayyappa Sarnam,etc.

Born and brought up in Mavelikara, Kerala by her parents Ramachandran Pillai and Ratnamma Ramachandran, Sreeya is currently married to Remesh Nair and has two children. After completing her primary as well as secondary education from Our Own English High School, Sharjah, Sreeya went...

Vijayakumari is a famous Malayalam theater and TV actress. She is a familiar face for TV serial audience in recent times. For many years, she was active on professional drama stage and for past 6-7 years, she is seen doing character roles in popular TV soaps.

As a theater artist, she has worked for 15 years in the famous drama troupes in Southern Kerala like, Kerala People’s Arts Club (KPAC) which is the oldest drama troupe in Kerala, N N Pillai’s Sanga Chetha drama troupe, Attingal Deshabhimani troupe, etc. Her husband was also a drama artist in many of these troupes. She acted as heroine in many of the popular dramas in these tropes like Indulekha, Kaapalika, Shaakunthalam, and Vaasavadatha. In the year 2000, she received the Best Supporting Actress award at the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Acade...

Vanitha Krishnachandran is another of Mollywood’s long running actors, having featured in over 150 films in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam. She played the lead role in several movies in the 1980’s before taking a break after her wedding. 

Born to a Malayali father, Ganeshan, and a Tamilian mother Kamala, Vanitha entered the movie industry as a 13 year old, debuting in Padai Maarinal, in which she played the role of a school girl. Her Malayalam debut was in the movie Chandrabimbam, which starred Jayabharathi, MG Soman, Prathap Pothen and Sathar in the lead roles, directed by Sankaran Nair. Her subsequent roles in the movies Eenadu, Enickum Oru Divasumand Kaikeyi made her a popular actress, featuring roles opposite Mohanlal and Mammootty, in Keezhvanum Sivackum, and Vikadaka...

Karthika Kannan is a popular serial artist, who could do all the roles flawlessly. She is a Malayalam serial artist, who has acted in lots of serials. Most of the roles done by her are negative roles, and she is criticized positively by the viewers for her natural performance. Karthika is very much popular for her roles in Devi mahatmyam, Vadhu, Amma, Amala and much more. In the serial, Devi Mahatmyam, she has performed as the villainy sister in law of the queen, which is portrayed by Kanya Bharathi. She has also acted in a Tamil serial called Maharani, which was a remake of the Malayalam serial, Ente Manasa Puthri. In this serial, she had two different performances, as she was depicted as a negative character in the beginning, then as a good one. Karthika Kannan showed all her talents in acting through the serials. Sh...

Kalaranjini was born in 1962 at Trivandrum, but she grew up in Chennai.  She has acted in more than 75 films. She is known for her characters in movies like Sreekrishnapurathe Nakshatratilakkam, Annorikkal, Nandanam, Swapnakoodu, Kalyanaraman, Kochi rajavu, Puthiya mukham and How Old are you.  Her parents were both theatre artists. She is the elder sister of actresses Urvashi and Kalpana, who are both very famous in the film field. She began her journey as a heroine at the age of 14 in the movie Swantham Enna Padam directed by Sreekumaran Tampi.  Under his guidance, she acted in many more movies. She was a very prominent actress in the 80’s, having acted as the heroine of all famous heroes of Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu film industry like Prem Nazir and  N.T. Rama Rao. She got married a...

The multi talented Chithra is a renowned singer, actress, anchor, much sought after stare performer and an animal activist. Chitra was born in a Tamilian family the daughter of Mr. Durai and Mrs.Rohni. She was trained in various styles of music right from her childhood days. Chithra is married to Vinoth Sivram, a pilot. They are settled in Bangalore with their two beautiful daughters. Chithra is very popular among the audience as a reality show judge as well. 

Chithra has acted in a famous Malayalam serial, Kumkuma Poovu. She portrayed the role of a writer, who is a close friend of the male lead Jithan. She plays a broad minded successful writer who gives refuge to a father-daughter duo when they are in a difficult situation. The audience connected well with Chit...

Anjana Haridas in a singer turned Malayalam film and television artist who hails from Payyannur, Kannur, Kerala. She is a VJ, an RJ, and a trained dancer. She has showcased her talents and tried her luck in all the fields. Anjana got famous through the musical program “Hridayaragam” telecasted in Asianet. She did her schooling in Holy angel’s convent and her graduation from All saints college in Thiruvananthapuram. She was a Radio jockey and a Video Jockey before entering into the acting field while she was studying in her 9th grade. Her dancing skills and her presentation skills as an anchor was the reason for her entry into the Malayalam film industry. She is married to Priyaraj who works as Station head for the popular radio channel “Club FM”, and now the actress is settled in Th...

Shelly was born in the year 1983 in Trivandrum, Kerala. She is a Film Actress and a Television Artist. Her father is a civil engineer, and her mother is a homemaker in Dubai. Armed with a few degrees, she has three in her kitty including a diploma in mass media and sociology with a post-graduation in e – governance too. She has a brother and a sister as her siblings in the family. 

In her television stints, she has Kumkumapoovu aired on Asianet, which went on to completion of 785 episodes which are remarkable. Parasparam on Asianet is in its 370th episode. She has also acted in various other serials including, Thaniye, Chitrasalabham, Thingalum Tharangalum and Koottu Kudumbam to her credits. She has acted in a lot of movies too and to her fame the movies include, Kerala Café in which she...

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. 

Yamuna hails from Kollam district of Kerala. Yamuna started her acting career through an album song for Onam in Doordarshan Malayalam in the late 1990s. She had her debut in Malayalam movies through a Mega star Mammootty movie, Stalin Sivadas in 1997, in which she did as small role. Yamuna got noticed by her negative role in Vayalar Madhavan Kutty’s celebrated serial, Jwalayayi, which was produced by Megastar Mammootty and broadcasted in Doordarshan Malayalam in 2000-2002 over 500 episodes. Yamuna’s role was noticed in director Lal Jose's celebrated Dileep movie Meesa Madhavan in 2002, in which she pl...

Asha Sarath, famous for her role in 'Kumkumapoovu', is a Malayalam serial actress hails from Perumbavoor, Ernakulam. She was born in Perumbavoor as a daughter of famous classical dancer Smt. Kalamandalam Sumathy. At a very young age, Asha was bought into the field of classical dance by her parents. She got trained in all forms of classical dance including: Mohiniyattam, Kuchipudi and Bharatanatyam as well. In college days, Asha always used to get prizes for her performances on classical dance. In 1992, she got first prize in All India Dance Fete held in Benares. She is married to Sarath a business entrepreneur in Dubai.

Asha Sarath acted in Tele-Serial 'Nizhalum Nilavum Parayunnathu' and bagged Kerala State Television Award for second best actress. She came to fame-dome on her role with &#...

Aswathy Thomas is a versatile Malayalam serial actress from Palakkad, Kerala. She was largely brought up in Chennai and is currently living in Dubai with her husband Jerin and daughter Joana. Aswathy has a very special place in the heart of her audiences for beautifully portraying the role of the divine Alphonsa Amma in the popular serial by the name Vishuddha Alphonsa Amma. Her real name is Prescilla Jerin.

Aswathy’s career kick started with her participation in a dance show, ‘Thakadimi’ in Asianet television channel. Her performance and skills were highly appreciated. She soon bagged a role in a short serial, ‘Kanakuyil’. Aswathy got a break through the portrayal on divine Alphonsa Amma in the popular serial by the name Vishuddha Alphonsa Amma. Ashwathy is a strong fol...

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Kallayam Krishnadas is a well-known Mollywood Screenplay writer, Director, and Actor. He directed Adheena, which was released in 2002. Its main cast involves actors such as Sphadikam George and Indrans. Other movies directed by him are Swapname Ninakku Nandi which was released in 1983, Harthaal was released in 1998, and Special Squad which hit the theaters in the year 1995. Few other works of Kallayam Krishnadas as a screenplay writer and actor are Mahaaraajaavu (lyrics), Sakhavu (screenplay), Cheruppakkar Sookshikkuka, Pidikittappuli aka Kaanan Pokunna Pooram. Kallayam Krishnadas' works as a supporting actor are in the movies such as Akkaldaama, Kaamam Krodham Moham, and Hotel High Range. Kallayam Krishnadas has also been a part of Malayalam television shows such as  Kumkumapoovu and Ente Manasaputhri...

Haridas Varkala is a Malayalam television actor. He is from Kerala, India. He has worked in many Malayalam serials, including Sumangali Bhava, a thriller genre. It's a story about a married couple and how a husband's behavior distorts their married life. Haridas Varkala has been a part of other shows, including Seetha Kalyanam, Kumkumapoovu, Karthika Deepam, and Bharya. Seetha Kalyanam is a story about two people Seetha and Rajeswary, and their endless fights to pull each other down. It was released on 10th September 2018.

Kungumapoovu was another show where Haridas Varkala worked. It is about a professor and his illegitimate daughter. The show was released on 31 January 2011. Kumkumapoovu was a show about a mother and daughter love and how they got separated. The role played by Haridas Varkala in th...

Jayakumar Bhavachithra is an Indian Producer, predominantly working in the Malayalam Industry; he worked with many Serials shows, some of which are “Suryakanthi - Mazhavil Manorama,” “Parasparam,” “Neelakkuyil,” “Kumkumappoovu,” “Kallukondoru Pennu,” “Chandanamazha,” and “Aksharathettu.” Out of his above-listed works, Jayakumar’s most famous project is “Parasparam,” which aired on Television from 2013 to 2018. It is an official remake of star Plus’ serial, “Diya Aur Baati Hum.” It had around 1500 episodes, making it the longest ran soap opera of the Malayalam industry.

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.”

Usually, Soap Opera characters are stereotyped as lazy, frivolous, and timid, but Panicker chooses to be different and break the stereotype. In an Interview, He stated, “Our serial plots are driven by viewers' preference, thanks to the TAM ratings. M...

Devendranath Sankaranarayanan is an actor, director and designer. He is head of the department at the Mindscreen Film Institute. He is a performance researcher, /theatre practitioner and acting coach. He is a course Director BASIC ACTING WORKSHOPS FOR CHILDREN for SKIFT at Film and Television Institute of India, Pune.

He was born on 31 August in Pulpally, India. He has studied B.Sc. Physics at the University of Calicut. He studied Theatre at school of drama, Thrissur. He has also studied the school of drama at the University of Calicut, MPA at the University of Hyderabad, International Performance Research at the University of Helsinki, and International Performance Research at Universiteit van Amsterdam. He has done Master of Arts in International Performance Research from the University of Warwick.

He did his Master o...

Pratish Nandan is a Malayalam film industry actor. He has worked on TV shows also. He is from the Kottayam district of Kerala, India. He is currently living in Kochi. He has worked as Video Jockey too. He has done his graduation from The Kuriakose Gregorios College, Pampady. He is married and his wife’s name is Devaja Pratish. His wife is a nurse by profession.

He entered the industry as an anchor for Kairali TV. He hosted the TV show ‘Students Only'. From this show, he got a chance to interview many celebrities. Now he has connections in the industry and that’s how he got to fit in there. He won state award for Best Anchor for the show ‘Students Only’. He then worked in many TV shows. He did his debut from the movie ‘College Kumaran' in 2008.

This comedy-drama was directed by...

Aliyar is an actor and a voiceover artist in the industry. He has a glorious career of hundreds of achievements and awards in the field of voiceovers. He hailed from Trivendrum, Kerala and made his debut in 1979. He worked in a plethora of movies in different genres. He acted in the film Mithilukai in 1990, Vidheyan in the year 1994 and Chenkoi in 1993. He was part of the movie Salt N Pepper in 2011 and Iyobinte Pusthakam in 2014. He gave his voice for a number of documentaries, films, and advertisements. He got the national award for the documentary ‘Arangile Nityavismayam’.

It was the story of the Kathakali dancer Chemancheny Kunjraman Nair. It wasn’t the only award; he also got the state awards for more than three times which is a great achievement for anyone. Aliyar lent his voice for the literary stalwart...

Dr.Jayan is a performing artist who is dynamic in Malayalam TV and silver screen. He was active in sports, mimicry, and drama while in school. With Volleyball and Basketball being his most loved things, Jayan was the school champion for a long time.

Dr.Jayan has a Homeo Specialty Clinic at Haripad in Kerala. He married Dr.Deepthi, who was an Assistant Professor of Homeo Medical College in Thiruvananthapuram. The couple has with a child; GauthamJayan who is studying in Architecture Engineering.

Dr.Jayan debuted in Malayalam movie industry with the crime-thriller film 'IrupathamNoottandu' coordinated by K Madhu starring Suresh Gopi, Mohanlal, and Ambika in 1987. He is best referred to for his character part as Adv. Ramesh in the investigative thriller movie 'Jagratha' by K. Madhu featuring Mammootty and Ja...

T S Raju is the Malayalam actor who is popular for his villainy and character roles in serials and films. Though he was popular in his serials, his villain role in the serial DeviMahatmyam was discussed by the people. This is the serial about the evils that try to destroy the Goddess. Raju acted as villainy foster. The serial was cast by Praveena, as the mother goddess. Sona Nair, Dr. Sharmila, K.R. Vijaya and many other popular people were in the cast. The eyes of T S Raju express the extreme of cruelty and that makes people feel him as a real villain. He has also acted in Harichandanam, Kumkumapoovu, Vadhu and many more serials. In Vadhu, he tries to marry a young girl, who is at the age of his granddaughter. He has tried almost all the villainy roles and got a place in the heart of the Malayalam audience. Basically,...

Sajan Surya is a very popular Malayalam serial actor, often  referred to as the Superstar in Malayalam serials.  He has won the Best Actor Award  in the Asianet Television  Awards consecutively two years in 2012 and 2013. His team “Kumkumapovu” are the winners of Munch stars by Asianet in 2013.

Sajan showed his interest in acting since childhood. During his college days Sajan and his close friends started a drama troupe . The troupe had performed on many stages for four years, but were forced to close it due to financial crisis. Then he entered in to mini screen in 2000. Now he has acted  in more than 40 TV serials. Some of his popular serials are Sthree (Asianet),  Innale (Surya TV), Amala (Mazhavil Manorama) etc. Sajan become very popular among Malayali audience...

Rajeev Roshan, is a popular ‘Malayalam Television’ and ‘film actor’ who hailed from a business family. His father ‘Thomas’, is a businessman and his mother ‘Sisily’ is a home maker.Rajiv was partnering his father in his business. He is married ‘Beena’ and the couple is blessed with two children, ‘Kevin Roshan’ and ‘Anna Maria Roshan’.

Rajeev’s debut as an actor, happened through the Doordarshan serial, ‘Kadha Parayum Kannukal’. This serial was directed by the popular serial director, ‘Manoj Babu’. He came to the limelight, through the serial ‘Secret Eye’, produced by ‘Manorama Vision’. He doesn’t commit just for the leads but for negative roles as well....

Lishoy hails from Thrissur, Kerala. He is known as Prabhettan, the name of his character in the teleserial Kumkumapoovu, a super hit mega serial, telecasted on Asianet. The name Lishoy might not ring bells to many, but the audience would surely remember Professor Jayanthi’s husband Prabhettan (Prabhakar Menon). The serial that went to air in 2011 ended in 2014 with 783 episodes; such was its popularity. He is also part of a popular serial on Mazhavil Manorama named Balamani. Lishoy had acted in many movies before he entered the serial world. He acted as Joseph Alukka, father of Kunchako Boban in the movie Kasthooriman directed by Lohithadas. He has also acted as Manichan in Karutha pakshikal in 2006. Lishoy has worked in Muscat, Oman in the early 80’s before he made his entry into the serial and cinema worl...

G. Keshava Pillai known as G K Pillai is a celebrated actor who has been in the industry for close to 60 years. G K Pillai was born in the year 1924 at Trivandrum to Govindapillai and Saraswathi Amma. He served the Indian army since the age of sixteen before joining the entertainment industry. He has been a part of many wars. His entry into the filmdom was through the 1954 movie Snehaseema. He debuted as a 60-year-old villain even before he turned thirty. He performed consistently for six decades and has been felicitated with many awards. He was married to late Ulpalakshiyamma and has six children. 

His unique body language and amazing voice were his unique traits which helped him to conquer many highlights. Currently, he is focusing on television serials. His role as Verma is...

Amit Amee is a famous Malayalam film actor who is well known for his villain characters in Malayalam movies. His character “Jopan” in the film “Kuttisrang” was a clear indication of his talent. He also played a brother character in the Malayalam film “Kadha ithuvare” which was directed by the famous director Satyan Anthikaad. 

Amit debuted in a Malayalam movie “Avanazhi” by the director I.V Shashi who is well known in both Malayalam and Tamil film industry. He played the brother role of heroine. He acted in another movie called “Pranamam” which showed his acting skills and caliber.

Amit is popularly known after the name of his character “Jithan” in the TV serial “ Kumkumapoovu”. It was a popular Malayalam ...

Yadhu Krishnan is an actor in Malayalam cinema industry and tele serial industry. He was born and brought up in Trivandrum. He debuted his acting career as a child artist in a film Vivahithare Ithile directed by Balachandra Menon in 1986. Then he acted in many films like Nilakurinhi Poothappol (1986), Unnikale Oru Kadha Parayam (1987), , Sreedharante Onnam Thirumurivu (1987). He is remembered for his role of Monukuttan in Sanmanassulavarkku Samadhanam (1987) and  Rameshan ,  Mohanlal’s little brother, in Kireedam (1989) as a child artist. He was also part of Chenkol (1993), the sequel of Kireedam. He also played the character role of Sethurama Iyyer, brother-in-law of Kavya Madahavan, in director Kamal’s Perumazhakkalam (2004) and a small role in Shafi’s Thommanum Makkalum (2005). He ...

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