MM TV or Manorama News Television is a 24-hour Malayalam language news channel owned and operated by the Malayala Manorama news house in the south Indian state of Kerala. The company is headquartered in Kottayam. The channel, based at Aroor near Kochi, was launched on August 17, 2006, which coincides with the Malayalam New Year.^[1] The channel was launched with the assistance of media consulting company Mediaguru Consultants Pvt. Ltd.

The thirty minute simultaneous newscast of regional news, Nattuvartha, from three regions of Kerala, viz. Malabar region, Kochi Region and Travancore region was done for the first time in the country^{[citation needed]}.

Johny Lukose is the News Director and he also anchors a programme "Nere Chove". K P Jayadeep is the Co ordinating Editor and anchors the programme, "Kazhcha". Film personality Jude Attippety heads the programme wing.

Online[link]

• MM TV is streamed live online. It is officially available on TVU here

References[link]

1. ^ http://www.hindu.com/2006/08/15/stories/2006081501660700.htm

External links[link]

• Official site
• Manorama News

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Ranjini Haridas
Born	Ranjini Haridas (1982-04-23) April 23, 1982 (age 30) Kochi, Kerala, India
Residence	Thiruvananthapuram , India
Other names	Renjini Haridas
Occupation	Television Anchor, Modelling
Years active	2000 - present

Ranjini Haridas (Malayalam: രഞ്ജനി ഹരിദാസ്‍) born on 23rd April 1982 in Kochi, Kerala, is a popular television anchor, leading model and former Miss Kerala.

Career[link]

She was the winner of the Miss Kerala 2000. She achieved prominence in Malayalam television through the program Idea Star Singer broadcast by Asianet. She found further success when she started appearing as the host of the Malayalam reality show Idea Star Singer, and has remained on the show through all its seasons from 2007 till the present.Ranjini Haridas is a television anchor, leading model and former Miss Kerala (2000). She was educated at St. Teresa's College and afterwards went to the United Kingdom for her MBA graduation. She is currently the anchor of a Malayalam reality show, Idea Star Singer. She is not only the anchor of a Malayalam reality show Idea Star Singer, but also invited abroad: she was presenting the closing ceremony at 2010 Keli international Kalamela in Switzerland.

Film career[link]

Ranjini Haridas made her film debut with a came role in China Town, were she appeared as herslf, the anchor of Idea Star singer. Currently is shooting for her first film in a lead role opposite Baburaj, playing the character of a lady police officer in the upcoming film 'Entry'. ^[1]

Filmography[link]

References[link]

Santhosh Pandit
Santhosh Pandit in 2011
Native name	സന്തോഷ് പണ്ഡിറ്റ്
Born	(1973-04-08) April 8, 1973 (age 39) Peruvannamuzhi,[1] Kozhikode, Kerala, India
Nationality	Indian
Other names	Alien star [2]
Citizenship	India
Occupation	Film actor, Producer, Director
Years active	2011–present
Parents	Appunni Pandit Sarojini[1]
Website
www.santhoshpandit.com[citation needed]

Santhosh Pandit (Malayalam: സന്തോഷ് പണ്ഡിറ്റ്) is a Malayalam film actor and director. He is known for his directorial debut film Krishnanum Radhayum in which he appeared in the lead role and handled almost all the major departments of the film. The songs and trailers of the film went viral in YouTube after it was released there before the release of the film.

As per Google Trends, he was the 10th most popular search from India on November 10, 2011.^[3] However, his website claims that he was at the 6th on Google Trends,^[4] probably due to fluctuations in ranking during the course of the day. India stood only fifth among the countries that had searched for him. NRI Malayalees gave more attention to him, as Qatar stood top of the list, followed by Bahrain, United Arab Emirates and Kuwait.^[5]

Career[link]

Santosh Pandit's first movie Krishananum Radhayum, which got released on 21 October 2011,^[6][7] became an unexpected crowd puller and saw some success in theaters. Some critics attribute the moderate success of the film to the general curiosity after the unprecedented abuses and negative comments posted on the YouTube clips related to the songs in the film.^[8][9] Santhosh is credited as an actor, director, script-writer, editor, music director, lyric writer, editor and playback singer in the film and he stands a chance for entering record books for the maximum credits for a single person in a released film.^[10][11] Currently he is engaged in the production of his second film, Jithu Bhai Enna Chocolate Bhai,^[12] where again he is handling all the major departments in production.But the film name was later changed to "Superstar Santhosh Pandit" because the name 'Jithubhai enna chocolate bai' was already registered by someone else.^[13][14] Amidst criticism, Santosh Pandit received some praise from National Award winner Salim Kumar, complimenting his effort and commented "This is indeed a big achievement considering the fact that even superstar flicks are continuously bombing at the box office these days." ^[15]

Awards[link]

For handling 8 departments of the film from direction to acting, Santhosh Pandit received the 2011 Ekalavya Karma Sreshta Award by Ekalavya Charitable Trust. The award was presented by veteran Malayalam actor Madhu^[16] in the presence of K.B. Ganesh Kumar, Minister for Forests & Environment, Sports and Cinema, Government of Kerala.

Personal life[link]

Santhosh was born in Peruvannamuzhi village^[1] and was brought up in Kozhikode city.^[1] He went to school at Chelannur AKKR High School and the Government Arts College. After his parents died, he inherited three houses, one of which he sold to raise funds for his first film.Even though he was a Hindu by birth he is living as an atheist. He is divorced and has a son.^[17]

Filmography[link]

TeleFilm[link]

1. Premaswaroopanum Koottukarum (director)
2. Kalyaniyude Kalayanam (director)

Discography[link]

References[link]

Kozhikode, Kerala, India