Kumkumapoovu


Kumkumapoovu is a Malayalam language soap opera that appeared on Asianet. It comprised 785 episodes. The first episode aired on January 31, 2011 and ended on February 1, 2014. It was a very successful soap and achieved high TRP ratings. Asha Sharath, Shelly Kishore, Sajan Soorya, Shanavas Shanu and Aswathy were the main cast of the show.
The serial won several awards at Asianet television awards including the Best Serial -, Best Script -, Best Actor and Best Actress consecutively for two years. The serial also proved to be Asha Sharath's big break, and she entered mainstream Malayalam cinema as an actress.
It was remade in Tamil as Aval Telugu as same title KumkumaPuvvu Kannada as Amma Marathi as Lek mazhi ladki.''

Plot

Jayanthi and her illegitimate daughter Shalini were separated at Shalini's birth, with Jayanthi misled into believing her daughter had died while in fact 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, 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 dies due to the shock of her death. Shalini starts a new journey with her daughter alone.

Cast

;Lead roles
;Supporting cast
;5th Asianet Television awards 2012
;6th Asianet Television Awards 2013
;7th Asianet Television Awards 2014
;Asiavision Television awards 2013
; Frame, the fraternity for Arts and Media Entertainment Media awards 2012