Sanjivani is the Malayalam dubbed version of the popular Hindi language television show of the same name. The show focuses on the romance between its two main protagonists while also throwing light on the life and hardships, the medical profession carries with it.

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• Santhwanam is an upcoming Malayalam television serial in Asianet. The serial is directed by Adithyan, Story is written by J Pallasseri and Chippy Renjith. Serial stars Chippy & Rajeev Parameshwar in lead roles. The Series is produced in the banner name of Rejaputhra banner for Asianet Star communications.
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Asianet is a Malayalam language Indian general entertainmentpay television channel operated by Asianet Star Communications, under Star India unit, owned by The Walt Disney Company India.^[1] The channel is headquartered in Thiruvananthapurm, Kerala.^[2]

The channel was originally promoted by Sashi Kumar with seed capital provided by Reji Menon in the mid 1990s.^[3] In late 2006 Reji Menon partially pulled out of Asianet Communications, turning over control to Rajeev Chandrasekhar (Jupiter Entertainment Ventures).^[4] Star India bought a 51% stake in Asianet Communications and formed joint venture with JEV in November, 2008.^[5] Star India acquired 100% stake in Asianet Communications in March 2014.^[6]

History[edit]

Asianet Communications was the first entertainment television company in Malayalam. It was promoted by Sashi Kumar with seed capital provided by Reji Menon. Kumar was a former head of Press Trust of India's television division and his relative Menon was a Moscow-based businessman.

When Asianet faced a financial crunch, the real estate firm Rahejas was given 50% stake in the cable operations. The channels were still owned by Sashi Kumar (50% shares) and Reji Menon (50% shares). The Rahejas later wanted a stake in the channel operations too. While Kumar resisted overtures from the Rahejas, Menon negotiated a deal with them, and under the deal, the Rahejas got full control over the cable company. Menon used the consideration the Rahejas paid him to provide Kumar a 'golden handshake'.

Afterwards an attempt by Zee Group to acquire Asianet from Menon fell through. This was apparently because the severance agreement with the cable company prohibits the channel's takeover by a company with interest in cable operations.

Rajiv Chandrasekhar Era (2006 - 2008)[edit]

In late 2006 Reji Menon - after months long speculations - partially pulled out of Asianet turning over control to Rajeev Chandrasekhar. At the time, Asianet was the leader amongst the Malayalam channels accounting for 35% of Kerala's total advertisement market.^[7] Chandrasekhar had acquired a 51% stake in the Asianet channels (Asianet, Asianet News, and Asianet Plus) through Jupiter Entertainment Ventures (JEV) in October 2006. While there was no official word from Asianet on the size of the investment, the figure is thought to range between INR 120-150 crore. The remaining 49% stake was still held by Reji Menon and Asianet MD K. Madhavan with Zee Group holding a small 3% stake. Madhavan continued as the MD of Asianet, while Chandrasekhar took over as the Chairman of the company.^[7] Asianet Communications soon launched its foray into Kannada and Telugu television industry with Asianet Suvarna and Asianet Sitara.

Star India Acquisitions (2008 - 2014)[edit]

Asianet was restructured into four companies in June 2008 (general entertainment, news, radio and media infrastructure). This move was to allow separate investments in each company.^[6]Star India started talks with the owners of the Asianet channels in August, 2008.^[3]

Star India eventually bought a 51% stake in Asianet Communications and formed joint venture with JEV in November, 2008.^[5] The joint venture, called 'Star Jupiter', comprised all general entertainment channels of Asianet 8 October 2013 bombay 12 March Communications (Asianet, Asianet Plus, Asianet Suvarna and Asianet Sitara ^[8]) and Star Vijay. Star India had reportedly paid $235 million in cash for the 51% stake and assumed net debt of approximately $20 million.^[6][3] It's not clear how much stake Menon held in the new Star Jupiter venture. Prior to forming the JV, it was known that the original founder had held about 26% stake.^[4]

Star India increased its stake in Asianet Communications to 75% in July 2010 (for which Star India paid around $90 million in cash), and to 87%, by acquiring 12% stake for $160 million in June, 2013. The later move was by virtue of acquiring a 19% equity stake in Vijay TV from Chandrasekhar and Asianet Communications MD Madhavan. Following the June, 2013 investment, Asianet Communications was valued at $1.33 billion. Star India acquired 100% stake in Asianet Communications (buying the remaining 13% stake) in March 2014.^[6][5]

Star India was a subsidiary of 21st Century Fox. Upon The Walt Disney Company acquiring most of 21st Century Fox on March 20, 2019, Asianet Star Communications, along with all of Star India's subsidiaries, became subsidiaries of The Walt Disney Company, and restructuring put them under Disney India.

Coverage and Viewership[edit]

Asianet has a presence in over 60 countries worldwide including the Indian sub-continent, China, South East Asia, Middle East, Europe, United States and the lower half of the former Soviet Union.^[9][10]

Programming[edit]

Asianet has programming which appeals to all audiences irrespective of their age groups or demography. The channel is well accepted as the complete family entertainer.

Asianet Film Awards[edit]

Asianet has an award ceremony for films presented annually by Asianet. Asianet says that awards ceremony has been instituted to honour both artistic and technical excellence in the Malayalam language film industry.

Asianet Television Awards[edit]

Awards for the Television Serials were started with this name, every year best serials were nominated and presented awards to them.

References[edit]

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External links[edit]

• Official website

Santhwanam (transl. Console) is an Malayalam languagedrama which airs on Asianet channel and streaming on Disney+ Hotstar. The show stars Chippy Renjith and Rajeev Parameshwar in the lead roles.The show is getting extremely positive reviews from the audience.^[5][6] It is an official remake of Tamil series Pandian Stores.^[7]

Plot[edit]

Krishnan and Lakshmi have four sons. In a village, they are running a Grocery Store named Krishna Stores and are living happily. Shankaran (Lakshmi’s brother) creates a few issues due to which Krishnan faces financial issues and later commits suicide.

Balan lives happily along with his brothers Hari, Shiva, Kannan, and his caring wife Sreedevi at their residence Santhwanam. Devi is often criticized by her relatives for not having children especially Savitri and Jayanthi repeatedly, although her brothers-in-law did not let it affect her.

Shankaran's daughter Anjali desires to marry Hari. Shankaran convinces Lakshmi to accept this marriage. However, Hari didn't like this idea of marriage as he is in love with college mate Aparna(Appu). Later he conveys this to his sister-in-law Devi just after the printing of Invitation cards. Balan and Devi get on to high tension due to this. Devi asked Balan to go to Thampi's house and convince Aparna, but Balan disagrees. When Balan went to Coimbatore for business needs, Devi secretly goes to Thampi's house. Devi gets offended by Thampi's elder sister when she tries to talk about this to Appu's father Rajashekharan Thampi. Appu's father beats her up, due to this Hari decides to sacrifice his love and accepts Anjali's marriage proposal.Thampi decides to take revenge on Hari by killing him at the marriage hall.However, he planned to killed him day before marriage but the henchmen of Thampi couldn't.

The day of the wedding arrived. Aparna ran off from her house and creates a scene in the marriage hall. Hari tells the family that he cannot marry Anjali after seeing Appu. Anjali also told them that she will not marry Hari because of his affair with Aparna. The family was now in high tension due to this. Later, Devi decides to get Anjali married to Shiva, the younger brother to Hari. However, Anjali's mother argued that Shiva is illiterate and marrying Anjali to Shiva is equal to killing her. Hari marries Appu and Shiva marries Anjali. Lakshmi, Balan's mother criticized Devi that because of her, all this mishap occurred and broke their younger son's life.Anjali blames Devi for ruining her life by marrying her to Shivan. But later she gets on well with Devi. Meanwhile, Aparna often picks up a fight with Hari as she wants a lavish lifestyle. On the other hand, Devi and Balan try their best to unite Shivan and Anjali, who are at loggerheads.

Cast[edit]

• Chippy Renjith as Sreedevi Balakrishnan (a.k.a. 'Devi')
  • Balan's wife, Sethu's sister; Hari, Shiva and Kannan's sister-in-law; Lakshmi's eldest daughter-in-law. She is a sweet, talented and bold woman. She is a very lovable and sacrificial person who takes care of her in-laws.
• Rajeev Parameshwar as Balakrishnan (a.k.a. 'Balan')
  • Husband of Sreedevi. He is the eldest son of Lakshmi and Krishnan. The elder brother of Hari, Shiva, Kannan.
• Girija Preman as Lakshmi
  • Mother of Balan, Hari, Siva, and Kannan. Mother in law of Sreedevi, Aparna and Anjali. Sister of Shankaran.
• Girish Nambiar as Harikrishnan (a.k.a. 'Hari')
  • Second son of Lakshmi and Krishnan, Aparna aka Appu's husband.
• Raksha Raj as Aparna Harikrishnan (a.k.a. 'Appu')
  • Hari's wife and Rajasekharan Thampi's Daughter.
• Sajin TP as Shivaramakrishnan (a.k.a. 'Shiva').a.k.a 'kallipan shivan'
  • Third son of Lakshmi and Krishnan, Anjali's husband.
• Dr.Gopika Anil as Anjali Shivaramakrishnan (a.k.a. 'Anju')a.k.a 'kaanthari anju'
  • Daughter of Shankaran and Savitri, Shiva's wife.
• Achu Sugandh as Muralikrishnan (a.k.a. 'Kannan')
  • Youngest son of Lakshmi and Krishnan.

Recurring Cast[edit]

• Yathikumar as Shivashankaran
  • Anjali's father, Lakshmi's brother, and Savithri's husband.
• Divya Binu as Malikapurackal Savithri
  • Anjali's mother, Shiva's Mother-in-law, and Shankaran's wife. Jayanthi's maternal aunt. She hates Devi.
• Geetha Nair as Subhadra
  • Sethu and Sreedevi's mother. Jayanthi and Balan's mother-in-law.
• Bijesh Avanoor as Sethu
  • Devi's brother and Jayanthi's husband who is also Balan's close friend; Subhadra's son.
• Apsara as Jayanthi
  • Sethu's wife; Devi's sister-in-law and Subhadra's daughter-in-law; Savithri's relative. She also hates Devi.
• Kailas Nath as Narayana Pillai
  • Friend of Ananthapadmanabhan and staff of Krishna Stores.
• Rohit as Rajasekharan Thampi
  • Aparna's Father; A wealthy Businessman.
• Zeenath as Rajeshwari
  • Rajasekharan Thampi's Sister and Aparna's Aunt.
• Dr.Nita as Ambika
  • Rajasekharan Thampi's Wife,Mother of Appu and Ammu, Mother-in-Law of Hari
• Kalyani as Amritha (a.k.a 'Ammu')
  • Rajasekharan Thampi's Younger Daughter; Aparna's sister
• Sreelakshmi Sreekumar as Jancy
  • Anjali's best friend who works in Chennai.

Guest[edit]

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• M Renjith in promo episode
• J. Pallassery in promo episode
• Aadithyan in promo episode

Versions in other languages[edit]

References[edit]

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1. ^Asianet (30 January 2017). 'Vanambadi online streaming on Hotstar'. Hotstar. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
2. ^'Santhwanam: Chippy Renjith to play a doting sister-in-law in the upcoming show – Times of India'. The Times of India.
3. ^'Santhwanam TV Serial on Asianet, Cast, TRP and Latest Updates – Daily Movie Mania'.
4. ^'Asianet to telecast new serial 'Santhwanam' from today'. Indian Advertising Media & Marketing News – exchange4media. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
5. ^World, Republic. ''Santhwanam' serial cast: Know here about the leading cast of the popular Malayalam show'. Republic World.
6. ^'Santhwanam Asianet Serial Star Cast, Behind The Scene – Latest Malayalam Series'. Kerala TV. 16 September 2020.
7. ^'Pandian Stores In Malayalam – Team Vaanambadi Again For Asianet'. Kerala TV. 9 September 2020.

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