2019 is definitely one of the most eventful years for Malayalam television. With the portrayal of powerful women as the main characters, with a low amount of melodrama in reality shows, viewers can see a changing wave in the industry. Let's take a look at some of the latest trends in Malayalam TV in 2019. In 2019, Malayalam daily soaps have seen some powerful characters as heroes. Be it Satya in 'Satya Gyan Penkutty' or Swati in 'Swati Nakshatram Choti', the main character is none other than housewife or naive. They are strong and independent. Malayalam TV is slowly coming out of the clichéd storylines of the typical mother-in-law sagas, in which an ideal daughter-in-law is abused by her cruel mother-in-law. This year, TV serials focused more on siblings' relationships as the main plot. From 'Seth Kalyanam' to 'Ilayaval Gayatri', several daily soaps portrayed brotherly relationships and selfless love. The visual beauty of Malayalam serials definitely deserves a mention. The frame capturing the serene beauty of Kuttanadu in 'Am Aliyambal' has been well-liked by the audience. Interestingly, the actor appears to be having twins with his co-stars in most of the serials to make it attractive.
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Shane Nigam's guest appearance in Uppal Mulkum was one of the most talked about cameo entries of 2019. In this year, many artists like Mareena Michael, Mithun Ramesh, Bibin George, Rajisha Vijayan appeared in the TV space. Malayalam TV has recently started this new trend to win the eyeball. One of the major episodes of the story features a major episode with a duration of 60–90 minutes. When 'Kasturiman' celebrated Shivani's wedding with a great episode, 'Sumangali Bhava' had a major twist with a special screening. This year the sitcom was seen gaining a lot of popularity among the Telly audience. 'Uppam Mulkum' is successfully completing 1000 episodes and the weekend show Mut Thatham Muttem 'is becoming a daily show, inspiring the love of multicolor audiences to sitcoms. 'Oru Bhayankara Vidu', Prasanam Gurutharam ', Just Fun Chumma 2' are some of the new sitcoms which are running successfully on TV.
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The reality show is mostly criticized for its theatrical elimination phase. The melodrama that followed the expulsion of the contestants was once celebrated in Malayalam TV. Reality shows are more entertaining thanks to 'Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Keralam' and 'Top Singer' and the elimination round is now just a casual episode. TV viewers love watching the lesser-known sides of their favorite actors. From Music Star Magic 'to' Start Music ', the celebrity game show gained the popularity of TV stars as contestants. Interestingly, 2019 saw an increase in the number of such shows. 'Start Music', which entered the top 5 in the TRP chart, shows that it also has a large number of fans.
