Malayalam Tv Show Kungumapoo - 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...

Aswathi Menon is a film actress of Indian origin who has starred in multiple Malayalam and Tamil films. She was born in Kerela to her parents, Jaygopal Menon and Vinitha Rao. She studied in Dubai’s Varkey Group of Schools where she took to the stage for the first time and later completed her higher education in Kerela with a master’s degree in English Literature. Aswathi Menon has also done a diploma course in Film Acting at New York Film Academy, Abu Dhabi. Gradually, she started acting in Malayalam and Tamil movies. She made her debut in Satyam Shivam Sundaram, a 2000 Malayalam film directed by Meccartin, starring opposite Kunchacko Boban.

The next films that she featured in were Shambho Mahadeva, Savithriyude Aranjam , Onnoman. She made her Tamil debut via Thenkasi Pattanam. She also restarted he...

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...

Chitra Iyer is a singer and actress who works predominately in the Malayalam film and television industry. Born in Kochi, Kerala; she is the daughter of Mr. Raja Desai and Mrs. Rohini Iyer. Chitra married former Airforce pilot Vinod Srivarman on 12th July 1989 and has two daughters named Aditi and Anjali.

Chitra discovered her interest and passion for music at a very early age and began learning Carnatic music. Later she received training from Sri Mukund Kshirsagar of Gwalior Gharana in Hindustani music.

She recorded her first album for music director Chandru in the year 1984. The album consisted of Mookambika bhajans. She composed the songs for the first time in 1993 with her another devotional album on Udipi Krishna. Chitra started her career as a playback singer in 1997. Next, along with Balabhaskar, she composed var...

Anjana Menon is an Indian movie actress who predominantly works on the Tamil and Malayalam films. She was born on October 19, 1988, in Angamaly, Kerala in India. She is now a resident of Bangalore, Karnataka, India. She graduated high school at the Air Force School and later took Bachelor of Arts and a Masters Degree in Human Resources at the Christ University in Bangalore. Anjana is the daughter of Nirmala, a dancer and artist who became part of Dan Baron’s Hollywood film, Basmati Blues. Initially, she worked for a short period as an HR Associate in the Times of India while working in several modeling campaigns. It was never her plan to pursue a career in acting until she received a call from director Rajesh Pillai, who directed her debut film, Traffic; a Malayalam thriller film, whi...

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.

Devi started out as a child artist in Vijayakrishnan’s television serial, Kadhasangamam. Subsequently, she acted in Doordarshan’s Oru Kudayum Kunju Pengalum, where she bagged the Best Child Artist award at the State Awards in 1993. Her voice was used for children in many films and television serials such as Minnaram, Swam, Swaroopam, Thalolam, My Dear Kuttichathan, Sammohanam, Johnny and a lot more. At 13, she lent her voice to the heroine of the film, Salute, which was directed by cinematographer, Azhagappan. Devi also lent her...

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...

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 &#...

Bhagyalakshmi is a popular artiste who has worked in around 18 Malayalam films and has worked as a dubbing artiste in more than 2000 Malayalam Movies. Bhagyalakshmi is mostly known as a dubbing artiste who has mostly dubbed for another famous and noted Malayalam movie actress Shobhana. She is also known as Bhagyam. Bhagyalakshmi was born on November 1, 1962 to her parents Kumaran Nair and Bhargavi Amma who hails from Powaat Tharavadu Calicut and Kurupath Tharavad, Shoranur respectively in Kerala, India. She is the youngest of three siblings. She has an elder sister named Indira Nair and brother Unni Nair. Bhagyalakshmi completed her PUC degree (Pre-University Course) from Calicut before venturing into the glittering world of Malayalam movies. Bhagyalakshmi lost her parents in early childhood. Bhagyalakshmi started her ...

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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...

Rony Raphel is an Indian film Music director and a composer who hails from Trivandrum, Kerala, and is a graduate of Mar Ivanios College. He has worked in the Tamil and Malayalam film industry as a Music Director. He has worked in movies like ‘Marakkar Arabikadalinte Simham,’ ‘Simhasanam,’ ‘V1’, ‘Aalorukkam,’ and ‘Neerali.' He has also composed three album songs titled ‘Indrajith Birthday Special songs,’ ‘3G’, and ‘College Days.’

He is from a family with a musical background; his father, Raphel, is a musician who has composed many songs in Malayalam and is the director who introduced the famous singer Chithra in the film Neelambari’. Rony’s first movie as a musi...

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...

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,...

Shobi Thilakan is an Indian actor who has primarily worked in the Malayalam cinema industry. Shobi has appeared in films such as Life, Put Your Hope in God, and Pendulum. In the year 2022, Shobi's film, Life Put Your Hope In God, was released in theaters. He is the son of famed actor Thilakan and one of the industry's most well-known dubbing artists. He provides the on-screen voice for a number of actors in films and television shows.

He is currently seen in the show 'ManjilVirinjaPoovu', in which he plays a hefty part. Shobi was recently seen in a cameo in 'Ammayariyathe.' The award for best dubbing artist went to Shobi Thilakan. He received the prize for his performance in the film Bhoomiyile Manohara Swargayajyam.