Cinemala
| Cinemala | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy |
| Created by | Diana Silvester |
| Directed by | Diana Silvester |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language(s) | Malayalam |
| No. of episodes | 1000+ |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Diana Silvester |
| Location(s) | Kerala |
| Running time | Approx. 20-25 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | Asianet |
| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original release | 1 January 1993 – 2013 |
Cinemala was a Malayalam comedy soap opera produced by Diana Silvester and broadcast on Asianet every Sunday at 1:30pm (IST). The show started out as a film-based satire and later began to delve into contemporary political and social issues.[1] Its topics are current events. The characters are popular mimicry artists on Malayalam television.It has landed itself in LIMCA book of records for one of the longest running TV shows.
On 7 April 2013, Cinemala completed 1000+ episodes .[2] Each programme lasts thirty minutes. An episode criticized the government of Kerala for not handling healthcare issues properly. The programme does not take a political side, but merely raises public awareness.Cinemala was the model was the other comedy shows that came later in many channels. But, none of them could stop the success of Cinemala. The show has popular comedy artists performing in it. So, the show has never decreased its viewers.
Cinemala 1000 Function
On the occasion of entering into 1000 episodes of CINEMALA, Asianet conducted a mega stage show titled CINEMALA 1000 at Gokulam Convention Centre, Kochi, to honour all the artistes who were part of the show right from the beginning episodes. Tinsel worlds leading artistes S. Dileep and Salim Kumar were honoured during the occasion. Mementoes were presented to all artistes who were part of the CINEMALA for all these years. Comedy skits by CINEMALA artistes and variety entertainments by Suraj Venjaramoodu, Mamukkoya, Indrans, P. Jayachandran, Usha Uthup, Sithara, Shamna Kasim, Subi, Tesni Khan , acrobatic Egyptian dance etc added glory to the function.
Cast
- Thesni Khan
- Subi Suresh
- Harishri Martin
- Saju Kodiyan
- Former Cast
- Dileep
- Harisree Ashokan
- Salim Kumar
- Tini Tom
- Guiness Pakru
- Manoj Guinness
- Sajan Palluruthy
- Ramesh Pisharody
- Dharmajan Bolgatty
- Shinod Malayattoor
- Unni Warrier
- Praseetha
- Suraj
- Thomas Thoppilkudi who also was script writer of many episodes in early 2000s
References
- ↑ "No laughing matter this". The Hindu. 5 August 2005. Retrieved 14 June 2010.
- ↑ "Cinemala scores 1000". 7 April 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2013.