Malayalam Tv Show Yuvatharam

Yuvatharam is a youth reality show in the Malayalam language that aired on the channel, Jaihind TV. Jaihind TV is a Malayalam based channel that is operated by Bharat Broadcasting Network Limited. The channel is promoted by the Congress party in collaboration with some NRIs. Yuvatharam was launched in the year 2013 to 2014. The show had one successful season and was aired once a week, on Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. The runtime of each episode is one hour. Yuvatharam is a reality-based youth show. The show is not like any other reality show. The show comes with its own unique concept.

Yuvatharam tests the qualities that a youth of today should be made of. The show starts with a set of contestants who go through a set of rounds fighting against each other. They are scored after each round and every week, one with the least convincing performance leaves the show. The one contestant, who can outrun all by the end of this competition, is given the title of ‘Yuvatharam” and a cash prize. The rounds that the show has are the interesting and unique part of the show. The show judges the contestants on three rounds. In the Performance round, their singing talent in tested. They perform a song in front of the judges and the judges score them as per their performance.

In the Citizen Journalism round, the contestants have to cover a story that portrays the issues and troubles faced by common and poor people in the state of Kerala. Each contestant takes one such issue like water-clogging, bad roads, water issues, or difficulty in access to basic amenities, etc. Any type of issue that the citizens face has to be covered by every contestant just like a journalist does in news footage and present it as a video in front of the judges. The judges evaluate the video based on the powerfulness of the topic, the attention to details, etc and score the contestants.

In the Tasks round, the contestants have to go out in the city and contribute their help to a cause or the needful. For, e.g., helping a poor man earn his daily wage by helping him in his job, working for an orphanage by teaching the kids, taking cleaning initiatives for hospitals, helping handicapped people, etc. Any kind of social service that would help a needful is to be done by the contestant and shown to the judges as a video, which judges will score as per different parameters. Usually, any reality shows tests only the talents of its contestants. But Yuvatharam has given a social and much deeper angle to it.

The show is hosted by Priya. The judges of the show are a mix of actors and social workers to make a balanced panel for the show. The show is judged by Commissioner K V Mohankumar IAS, veteran Malayalam actor-director, Madhupal and popular Malayalam film actress, Sarayu. The show saw many celebrity judges in its due course like actress Praveena, Lakshmi Priya, etc. Some of the contestants who took part in the show are Vinod Mohan, Syama, Vighnu, Cyriac, Shihabbuddeen CP, Anuraj, Githanjali, Ansia, Aswathy Chandini, Shanroop, Dinu, Lekshmisree, Nesty, etc. Vinod Mohan, Nesty, Shihabbuddeen CP and Aswathy Chandini were the top four of the season. The grand finale episode was telecasted on March 10th, 2013, where Shihabbuddeen won the show and won the title of ‘Yuvatharam’ and a cash prize of three lac rupees and two lac worth of gift vouchers.