Kumkumapoovu

This article has multiple issues. Please help or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these template messages) This article does not cite any sources. Please help by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources:  –  ·  ·  · scholar · JSTOR (October 2015) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's notability guideline for television. Please help to demonstrate the notability of the topic by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond a mere trivial mention. If notability cannot be shown, the article is likely to be merged, redirected, or deleted. Find sources:  –  ·  ·  · scholar · JSTOR (October 2015) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

Kumkumapoovu (transl. Saffron flower) is an Indian Malayalam-language soap opera that appeared on Asianet. It comprised 785 episodes. The first episode aired on 30 January 2011 and ended on 2 February 2014. Asha Sharath, Sajan Surya, Shelly Kishore, Shanavas Shanu, , G.K Pillai and Rindhya were the main cast of the show.

The serial won several awards at Asianet television awards including the Best Serial - (2012), Best Script - (2012, 2013 and 2014), Best Actor (Sajan Surya - 2012, 2013), and Best Actress (Asha Sarath - 2012, Shelly - 2013) consecutively for two years. The serial also proved to be Asha Sharath's big break, and she entered mainstream Malayalam cinema as an actress.

Plot[]

Jayanthi and her illegitimate daughter Shalini were separated at Shalini's birth, with Jayanthi misled into believing her daughter had died while the girl was raised for a time by a butcher, Markose, who treated her unkindly. The two are destined to reunite. Rescued from the unkind butcher, Shalini was raised in a better home with a foster brother, Mahesh. When Mahesh marries the legitimate daughter of Jayanthi, Amala (who hates Shalini), Jayanthi realizes who Shalini is. Jayanthi must come to terms with her feelings about the daughter she believed dead. Later Shalini married Rudran, a local goon. In the climax, Rudran is murdered by an enemy, Shalini becomes a widow and finds her father and mother. But, unfortunately, she loses both of them. Jayanti dies due to an accident and Jitan (father of Shalini) dies due to the shock of her death. Shalini starts a new journey with her daughter alone.

Cast[]

Main Lead roles

• Asha Sarath as Professor Jayanthi Prabhakaran
• Shelly Kishore as Shalini [illegitimate daughter of Jayanthi]
• Sajan Surya as Mahesh [son in law of Jayanthi]
• Shanavas Shanu as Rudhran [Shalini's Husband]
• Aswathy Thomas as Amala Mahesh [Jayathi's Daughter]
• GK Pillai as Colonel Jagannatha Varma [Jayanthi's Father]
• Lishoy as Prabhakaran/Prabha[Jayanthi's husband]
• Amith as Writer Jithan [Shalini's Father]

Supporting cast

• Kalaranjini as Subhadramma (Athimuttathamma)
• Indira Thampi as Vasantha [Jayanthi's mother]
• T.S Raju as Markose
• Vijayakumari as Mariamma Markose
• Jayakrishnan Kichu/ Pratheesh Nandhan as Arun Prabhakaran [Jayanthi's son]
• Sona Jelina as Karthika Mahesh [Daughter of Mahesh and Amala]
• Santhosh Kurup as CI Jayapalan
• Devendranath as Aadhi/Adithyan (Antagonist)
• Yadhu Krishnan as Adarsh (Antagonist)
• Dharmambigai Rindhya as Karuna Arun [a.k.a Ammini]
• Amboori Jayan as Govindan
• Anjana Haridas as Chithra Arun
• Illekettu namboothiri as Sathyasheelan
• Haridas Varkala
• Rajeev Roshan as Anand
• Vimal Raj as Kazhukan Shaji
• Chitra Iyer as Jithans friend
• Vanitha Krishnachandran as Professor Rajalakshmi
• Bijoy Varghese
• Sreeya Remesh as Meera
• Yamuna Mahesh as Advocate
• Kallayam Krishadas
• Karthika Kannan as Kanchana

Awards[]

5th Asianet Television awards 2012

• Best Serial - G Jayakumar Bhavachithra (Ross petal entertainment . Pvt.Ltd)
• Best Director -Praveen Kadakkavoor
• Best Screenplay-Pradeep Panicker
• Best Actor - Sajan Surya as Mahesh
• Best Actress - Asha Sarath as Pro. Jayanthi
• Best Debut - Shelly as Shalini
• Most Popular Actor - Shanavas as Rudhran
• Best Dubbing Artist - Bhagyalakshmi for Prof. Jayanthi
• Best Actor in a negative role (Female)- Ashwathy as Amala
• Best Character Actor - T.S.Saju as Markose
• Best Cinematographer -Hemachandran
• Best Music Director- Rony Rapheal for Oru Thaaratin eenam Pole
• Best lyrics - Prayaar Geethamohan
• Best editor - Rohit Roshan
• Special Jury - Haimambika Rindhya as Karuna
• Lifetime Achievement Awards-GK Pilla

6th Asianet Television Awards 2013

• Evergreen Hit serial - Kumkumapoovu
• Best Actor -Sajan Surya as Mahesh
• Best Actress -Shelly as Shalini
• Best Screenplay-Pradeep Panicker
• Golden star of the year- Asha Sarath as Pro. Jayanthi
• Best Actor in a negative role (Female)- Ashwathy as Amala
• Best Actor in a negative role (Female) Spl. Jury- Haimambika Rindhya as Karuna
• Best Actor in a negative role (male)- Devendranath
• Background score- Sanand George
• Best Dubbing Artist Male - Shobi Thilakan for Jithan
• Best Dubbing Artist Female - Devi S. for Amala
• Best editor - Rohit Roshan

7th Asianet Television Awards 2014

• Best Screenplay-Pradeep Panicker
• Best editor - Rohit Roshan

Asiavision Television awards 2013

• 2013-Best Actress (Asha)
• 2013-Best serial
• 2013-Best Negative Actress (Aswathy)
• Asiavision Television Awards 2014
• 2014-Best Actress (Shelly)
• 2014-Golden star (Asha)
• 2014- Popular Actor (Shanavas)

Frame, the fraternity for Arts and Media Entertainment Media awards 2012

• Best Serial
• Best Actress (Asha Sarath)

Adaptations[]

References[]