Shankar Mahadevan is an Indian singer and composer who is part of the Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy trio that writes music for Indian films. In 2023, he was awarded a honorary doctorate by Birmingham City University.
Vidhu Prathap is an Indian playback singer. He has sung many songs in over 600 films in Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada and Telugu languages.
Jyotsna Radhakrishnan is an Indian playback singer. She predominantly works in 12 languages including Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada. She has sung more than 1000 songs. She is based in Thrissur, Kerala. Jyotsna gained wider recognition for singing popular songs such as “Karuppinazhaku” from Swapnakoodu (2003), “Themma Themma Themmadikkatte” from Rain Rain Come Again (2004) and "Raftara" from Lucifer (2019).
Star Singer is an Indian music reality-television competition, broadcast on Asianet and previously sponsored by Idea Cellular. The show, which selected contestants in the age group of 15–35 years determined the winner based on their skill in singing and entertainment. From Season 1 to 7, Text messages are sent by the shows' audience to vote for the best performing participant and a small weightage of this score is considered for a candidate to be shortlisted to next round. Season 8 onwards voting is conducted on Disney+ Hotstar, Star Network's official OTT platform. The show also features a panel of judges who are prominent personalities in the Malayalam music industry and they offer scores and evaluations of performance to the contestants in every stage of the competition. In 2009, Star singer junior was launched.
Chocolate is a Malayalam-language romantic comedy film released in 2007, directed by Shafi. Main actors are Prithviraj, Jayasurya, Roma Asrani, Samvrutha Sunil and Remya Nabeeshan. The film has been remade in Telugu as Chalaki with Aditya Babu.
Airtel Super Singer is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language reality television singing competition, that was sponsored by MRF Vapocure Paints for the ninth Season. The show is televised in India on Vijay TV, and worldwide through partner broadcasting networks. The show, together with its spin-off editions such as Airtel Super Singer Junior, are part of Vijay TV's Super Singer TV series.
Pattanathil Sundaran is a 2003 Indian Malayalam-language domestic drama film directed by Vipin Mohan and written by M. Sindhuraj, starring Dileep and Navya Nair. The music was composed by Mohan Sithara.
Beena Antony is an Indian actress appearing in Malayalam film and television. She mainly appeared in supporting roles in films and television serials in her later career, including Ommanathinkalpakshi, Mayaseetha, Ente Manasaputhri, Autograph and Thapasya.
Sithara Krishnakumar is an Indian playback singer, composer, lyricist, classical dancer and an occasional actor. She predominantly works in Malayalam cinema in addition to Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films. Sithara is a well known singer who is trained in Hindustani and Carnatic classical music traditions and is also a recognised ghazal singer. She is the recipient of several awards which includes three Kerala State Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer.
Prayaga Rose Martin is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. In 2012, she made her cinematic debut in the Malayalam film, Ustad Hotel.
Airtel Super Singer Junior – Ithu Thamizhagathin Chellakuralukkana Thedal – is a reality TV show since February 2007 hosted by Vijay TV, a popular Tamil channel of the Star Network, and sponsored by Bharti Airtel. It is a singing talent hunt for the children of age group 6–15. This is the junior version of the Airtel Super Singer show, which premiered on 28 April 2006. Auditions are held in various parts of Tamil Nadu, India. The show attracts many kids from all over the state and rigorous multi-level selection procedures are done in order to select the contestants for the competition.
Villali Veeran is a 2014 Indian Malayalam Action comedy film, produced by Super Good Films under the banner of Remya Release and directed by Sudheesh Shanker. The film stars Dileep in the lead role along with Namitha Pramod,Siddique, Mythili, Kalabhavan Shajon, Dharmajan Bolgatty, Sai Kumar, Suresh Krishna, Riyaz Khan, Babu Antony, Saju Kodiyan, Neena Kurup, Geetha Vijayan, Valsala Menon, Vinaya Prasad, Nedumudi Venu and Lalu Alex in supporting roles. The film was initially titled Bhuddhettan.
Onnum Onnum Moonu is an Indian celebrity talk show hosted by singer Rimy Tomy on Mazhavil Manorama. The first season of the show began airing on 7 the April 2013 and has completed four seasons.
D 4 Dance is an Indian dance reality series which premiered on Mazhavil Manorama and has completed five seasons of its series.
Midukki was a 2013-2013 Indian reality television series in a beauty pageant style which was aired on the Mazhavil Manorama channel.
Pokkiri Simon is a 2017 Indian Malayalam-language action comedy film directed by Jijo Antony. Sunny Wayne and Prayaga Martin play the lead roles. whereas Jacob Gregory, Appani Sarath, Nedumudi Venu, Dileesh Pothan, Saiju Kurup, Shammy Thilakan, Baiju Santhosh, Ashokan, Marshall Titto, Bitto, and Thanuja Kartik play in the supporting roles. The film was produced by Krishnan Sethukumar under the banner of Srivari films. The story, screenplay and dialogue of the film were written by Dr. K. Ampady. The cinematography is by Pappinu. The film is loosely based on the life of the Kerala fans of actor Vijay.
Top Singer is an Indian Malayalam-language reality television singing competition show broadcast on Flowers, created and directed by Sindhu Sreedhar. The show features 22 contestants, all under the age of 15. Esther Anil hosted the show for the first 49 episodes. After co-hosting the 50th episode with Baby Meenakshi, Meenakshi took over as the sole host. M. G. Sreekumar, M. Jayachandran form the permanent judging panel, with guest musicians, singers or composers. Top Band is the orchestra of the show. Flowers Top Singer season 1 successfully completed 500 episodes. Seethalakshmi Prakash from Kottayam won the title of "Top Singer" Season 1. Vaishnavy Panicker the 2nd runner up among top 8 . Rituraj and Ananya Dinesh were elected by the viewers as the most popular contestants. The second season of the show started in September 2020. Second season ended on September 9, 2022 with Sreenath Vinod winning the "Top Singer" title. Ann Benson won second, and Akshith placed third.
Sajna Najam is an Indian dance choreographer who has worked in all the regional film industries. She started her career in 2000 in television and stage events, before working in films. She won the Kerala state award for best choreographer for 2014, film Vikramadithyan directed by Lal Jose. Veteran film actor Prem Nazir is a relative.
Manam Pole Mangalyam is a Malayalam language television series airing on Zee Keralam and streams on Zee5. It stars Niyaz Musliyar, Meera Nair, Swasika, Rajendran N and Prem Jacob. It premiered on 28 December 2020. It is an official remake of Zee Marathi series Aggabai Sasubai aired from 2019 to 2021.
Super Singer Season 9 is a 2022-2023 Indian Tamil-language reality television singing competition show. The ninth season of Super Singer, which airs on Star Vijay and streams on Disney+ Hotstar, telecasts every Saturday and Sunday at 6:30 PM, which started from 19th November 2022. MRF Vapocure Paints is the main sponsor for this season.
