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Kumkumapoovu
GenreSoap opera
Created byG.Jayakumar
Developed byG. Jayakumar
Written byPradeep Panicker
Directed by
  • Dileep Kumar S.
  • Praveen Kadakkavoor
Creative directors
  • Aju S. Shivan
  • Santhosh Krishna
Starring
Theme music composerRonnie Raphael
Opening theme
  • "ഒരു താരാട്ടിനിണo പോലെ"
  • "Orutharattineenam Pole"
Ending theme
  • "രാക്കിളി പാട്ടിന് കൂടൊഴിഞ്ഞു"
  • "Rakkilipaattin Koodozhinju"
ComposerSaanadh George
Country of originIndia
Original languageMalayalam
No. of episodes785
Production
Producers
  • G. Jayakumar
  • S. Vinod
Editors
  • Rohith Roshan
  • Sujith N. S.
  • Sujeesh
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time22 minutes
Production companies
  • Bhavachithra
  • Ross Petals Entertainment Pvt Ltd
Original release
NetworkAsianet
Release31 January 2011 (2011-01-31) –
1 February 2014 (2014-02-01)
Related

Kumkumapoovu (transl.Saffron crocus) is an Indian Malayalam-language soap opera that aired on Asianet from 2011 to 2014. It ran for 785 episodes. The cast included Asha Sharath, Sajan Surya, Shelly Kishore, Shanavas Shanu, Aswathy, G.K Pillai and Rindhya.[1]

The serial won several awards at the Asianet Television Awards including Best Serial 2012, Best Script for 2012,2013 and 2014, Best Actor for Sajan Surya in 2012 and 2013, Best Actress for Asha Sarath and Shelly in 2012 and 2013 respectively.[2][3][4][5]

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. Rescued from the unkind butcher, Shalini was raised in a home with a foster brother, Mahesh. When Mahesh marries the legitimate daughter of Jayanthi, Amala, Jayanthi realizes who Shalini is. Jayanthi must come to terms with her feelings about the daughter she believed dead.

Cast

Awards

5th Asianet Television awards 2012
6th Asianet Television Awards 2013
7th Asianet Television Awards 2014
Asiavision Television awards 2013

Asiavision Television Awards 2014

Adaptations

Language Title Original release Network(s) Last aired Notes
Malayalam Kumkumapoovu
കുങ്കുമപ്പൂവ്
31 January 2011 Asianet 1 February 2014 Original
Tamil Aval
அவல்
7 November 2011 Star Vijay 16 March 2013 Remake
Kannada Amma
ಅಮ್ಮಾ
1 February 2016 Star Suvarna 4 February 2017
Marathi Lek Majhi Ladki
लेक माझी लाडकी
2 May 2016 Star Pravah 22 October 2018
Telugu Kumkuma Puvvu
కుంకుమ పువ్వు
18 July 2016 Star Maa 26 April 2024

References

  1. ^ "11 years of 'Kumkumapoovu': From Shelly to Shanavas Shanu, here's what the actors are doing now". The Times of India. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  2. ^ "'Asianet Television Awards 2013' on Asianet Channel". afaqs!. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  3. ^ "'Asianet Television Awards 2011' on Asianet". afaqs!. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Malayalam OTT Releases, Television Serials And Shows Online - Kerala TV". Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  5. ^ "'Asianet Television Awards 2012'". afaqs!. Retrieved 7 January 2023.