Manjil Virinja Poovu

*Manjil Virinja Poovu*
Manjil Virinja Poovu
Malayalam	മഞ്ഞിൽ വിരിഞ്ഞ പൂവ്
Genre	Soap opera
Created by	Bilal parvathy
Developed by	Sree Movies
Written by	Sanika Parnasala
Directed by	Arif Nedumkandom ; Devika prasad
Starring	Malavika Wales; Rekha Ratheesh
Opening theme	Sanand George
Country of origin	India
Original language	Malayalam
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	1525
Production
Executive producers	Rameez Kabeer ; Sreekumar Mulayara
Producer	Suresh Unnithan
Cinematography	Baiju Gopal; Joy Robinson; Amal
Editors	Ajay Prasannan ; Aneesh Unnithan
Running time	20–22 minutes
Original release
Network	Mazhavil Manorama
Release	4 March 2019 –; 21 July 2024

Manjil Virinja Poovu (transl. Flower that bloomed in snow) is an Indian Malayalam-language television drama. It aired from 4 March 2019 to 21 July 2024 on Mazhavil Manorama and streams on ManoramaMax.^[1] The show is produced by Prabha Unnithan under the banner of Sree Movies. It stars Malavika Wales in the main lead role along with Rekha Ratheesh, Yuva Krishna and Akhil Anand.^[2] It is one of the top-rated TV series in Mazhavil Manorama since its inception.^[3] It is currently the longest ran soap opera in Malayalam.

Plot

The series portrays the story of a young girl Anjana Shankaran who worked as a worker in a tea plantation who later became a District Collector and at last became The Chief Minister of Kerala. The story revolves around the sudden happenings in the life of Anjana.

Cast

Main

Malavika Wales as Chief Minister Anjana Shankaran IAS: First female Chief Minister of Kerala; Former sub-collector of Devikulam; Manu's wife.^[4]^[5]
Rekha Ratheesh as Mallika Prathap: Anjana's mother-in-law
Yuva Krishna as Manu Prathap: Anjana's husband.^[6]
Eileen Eliza / Anuvinda as Chithira : daughter of Anjana and grand daughter of Mallika
Shalu Menon as Prathibha^[7]
Saniya Rafi / Aarcha as Niranjana Vinayan, daughter of Vinayan and Lekshmi
Vineetha Devadas as Sreeja , domestic help and Mallika's assistant
Leswin as Simon , Pratibha's adopted grandson
Adhil as Hari, Mahesh's son

Recurring

Sana Sree as Raziya Fathima IPS , daughter of Azadi
Sona Nair as Sudha
Gayathri Ramesh as Anarkali
Akhina Shibu as Suja, former caretaker of Prathibhamma. Wife of Shaji.
Manish Krishna as Mahesh , auto driver ,Mallika and Chithira's caretaker
Thomas Kuriakose as Ajay Naik
Lakshmi Surendran as Daisy
Lakshmi Nair as Ragini Mahesh

Former supporting cast

Akhil Anand as Pichathi Shaji,^[8] biological son of Raghuram. Husband of Suja.
Jismy / Lekshmi Surendran /Jismy as Sona, Rajeevnath' s daughter and Vinay's Wife
Dominic Chittat as Nayik
Bimal Joy as Ananthan, Shaji's friend and assistant
Joe Varghese as Vinayan, son of Prathiba and Das. Husband of Sona. Foster son of Bhaskaran.
Akhilesh as Rajeevnath, former CEO of Corporate India and Sona's father
Geetha as Sreelekha IPS
Jolly Easow
Maneesha K. Subrahmaniam as Renuka a.k.a Captian , Chithira's step mother
Sindhu Jacob as Mariam Lucos, MLA
Daveed John as Commissioner Sethupathi IPS^[9]
Swathi Thara as Leona Alex, Head of UK spring crown consultancy who places Anjana as the Chief consultant
Vriddhi Vishal as Anumol.^[10]
Justin George Mathew as Arun, childhood friend of Anjana, Anjana's ex-lover
Anas Abbas as Anoop
Resh Lakshna as Maya, ex-lover of Manu
Pinky Kannan as Teena, Mallika's Personal assistant
Vikraman as Shankaran, Anjana's Father
Ajoobsha as Praveen
Prajusha as Sister
Vinod Nair as Manager
Givanios Pullan
Anusree (Prakrithi) as Young Mallika
Stelna as Mallika's mother
Arun Mohan as Krishnadas, husband of Prathiba
Poojappura Radhakrishnan as Madhavan, Anjana's driver
Hari Shankar as Commissioner Raghu Raj IPS
Anil K Sivaram as Indran
Rijin Raj as Girish, son of Mulamoottil Shekaran. Brother of Rejitha.
____ as Mulamoottil Shekaran. Father of Girish and Rejitha. Former driver of Raghuram. Later a businessman and a criminal. Second husband of Reghuram's widow.
RJ Kripesh as Praveen.
Neeraja Pillai as Rejitha, daughter of Mulamoottil Shekaran. Sister of Girish.
Renu as Mathiparu
____ as Pushpa
____as Kalyani, domestic help of PK NILAYAM
Jayan as Dr.Janardhanan
Syam S Namboothiri as Jayalal
Chandrabhanu Sahiti as Driver Chandran
Binil Khader as Sabu Cherian, friend and former classmate of Manu Prathap.
Rajesh Narayanan as Kanneth Krishnan, CPC member.
Pramod Mani as Bimal Krishnan. Son of Kanneth Krishnan. Friend of Moncy. One of the two young men who kidnaps Bhaskaran, shoots Bhaskaran to death, and repeatedly tries to kill Anjana. Later killed by Anjana.
Jasmir Khan as Moncy. Friend of Bimal Krishnan. One of the two young men who kidnaps Bhaskaran, shoots Bhaskaran to death, and repeatedly tries to kill Anjana. Later killed by Anjana.
Priyanka Chandran as Valli
Murugan Panavila as former police officer Joseph Samuel.
Bijikumar as Constable
Shobi Thilakan as Bhaskaran^[11]
Kiran Raj as Mohammad bin Azadi, drug mafia and underworld don.
Adarsh as Shine
- Auto driver
Athira Praveen as Leomi
Bindu Krishna as Leomi's mother
Ravikrishnan Gopalakrishnan as Sharma
Shanal Chandran as Akbar Azadi

Guest

Shwetha Menon as herself^[12]
Arun G Raghavan as Sudev

Dubbed version

Language	Title	Original release	Network(s)	Last aired
Tamil	Vaadi Rasanthi வாடி ராசாத்தி	20 May 2024	Thanthi One	Ongoing

References

^ "Manjil Virinja Poovu Mazhavil Manorama Serial From 4th March 2019 At 7.30 P.M". keralatv.in. 28 February 2019.
^ "Manjil Virinja Poovu -New serial on Mazhavil Manorama launching on 4th March 2019". vinodadarshan.com. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
^ "Vanambadi to Uppum Mulakum: Here are the most popular Malayalam TV serials in 2019". The Times of India. 27 December 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
^ "'Manjil Virinja Poovu' to surprise fans with a new twist; Anjana to become a chief minister?". The Times of India. 25 July 2022.
^ "Sumithra to Anjana: Take inspiration from these Malayalam TV characters this Women's Day". The Times of India.
^ "From modelling to mentalism: Manjil Virinja Poovu's Manu aka Yuva Krishna unveils his lesser known side". The Times of India. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
^ "10 stunning looks of actress Shalu Menon". The Times of India. 19 December 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
^ ""I used to secretly apply for auditions when I was 10," says Manjil Virinja Poovu's Pichathi Shaji aka Akhil Anand". The Times of India. 7 July 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
^ "Daveed John on playing four characters in four TV shows simultaneously: I wish to be known as a good actor than a busy artist". The Times of India. 4 August 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
^ "Child actor Vriddhi Vishal of 'Manjil Virinja Poovu' fame recreates Manju Warrier's iconic scene from Kanmadam; watch". The Times of India. 16 August 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
^ "Manjil Virinja Poovu actor Shobi Thilakan wins the Kerala State Film Awards for the best dubbing artist". The Times of India. 17 October 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
^ "Shwetha Menon to play an extended cameo in 'Manjil Virinja Poovu'; details inside". The Times of India. 1 November 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2022.

External links

Manjil Virinja Poovu at IMDb

[1] "Manjil Virinja Poovu Mazhavil Manorama Serial From 4th March 2019 At 7.30 P.M". keralatv.in. 28 February 2019.

[2] "Manjil Virinja Poovu -New serial on Mazhavil Manorama launching on 4th March 2019". vinodadarshan.com. Retrieved 24 March 2019.

[3] "Vanambadi to Uppum Mulakum: Here are the most popular Malayalam TV serials in 2019". The Times of India. 27 December 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2022.

[4] "'Manjil Virinja Poovu' to surprise fans with a new twist; Anjana to become a chief minister?". The Times of India. 25 July 2022.

[5] "Sumithra to Anjana: Take inspiration from these Malayalam TV characters this Women's Day". The Times of India.

[6] "From modelling to mentalism: Manjil Virinja Poovu's Manu aka Yuva Krishna unveils his lesser known side". The Times of India. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2022.

[7] "10 stunning looks of actress Shalu Menon". The Times of India. 19 December 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2022.

[8] ""I used to secretly apply for auditions when I was 10," says Manjil Virinja Poovu's Pichathi Shaji aka Akhil Anand". The Times of India. 7 July 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2022.

[9] "Daveed John on playing four characters in four TV shows simultaneously: I wish to be known as a good actor than a busy artist". The Times of India. 4 August 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2022.

[10] "Child actor Vriddhi Vishal of 'Manjil Virinja Poovu' fame recreates Manju Warrier's iconic scene from Kanmadam; watch". The Times of India. 16 August 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2022.

[11] "Manjil Virinja Poovu actor Shobi Thilakan wins the Kerala State Film Awards for the best dubbing artist". The Times of India. 17 October 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2022.

[12] "Shwetha Menon to play an extended cameo in 'Manjil Virinja Poovu'; details inside". The Times of India. 1 November 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2022.

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