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Since monday was new year, Amrita TV replaced elimination with a group song on junior superstar. There was also a piano performance by stephen devasya...

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Wish you all a very happy new year.

Enjoy this amazing video. A guy plays music on rollerskates!

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Baiju Joseph on Flickr has a set of photos from the famous press meet!

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The 11th International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) concluded on the 15th of December in Thiruvananthapuram. This was a huge success with almost all the theatres jam packed. In many cases foreign delegates was not able to get into the theatre. Film festival became more down to earth with lot of booing and jeering :)

The sarkari babus at trivandrum are unhappy that the IFFK concluded so early. They were signing at the office registers and then going to theatres to catch a movie - That is why in Kerala people say - Pothu Janam Kazhutha...

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Sangeeth has become the Amrita TV's Kerala Superstar! Sangeeth managed to get a lead of more than 20000 votes over Job in the final voting! Interestingly lot of voting happened during the last 15 minutes or so. Due to the SMS flood, Amrita TV kept on extending the closing time for voting. It was finally closed at 10PM.

Superstar final was probably the most watched live event on Kerala television. It also generated close to 200,000 SMS messages not considering the duplicate votes. Kudos to Amrita TV for managing the event so well! There were some good stage performances and bringing all the previous contestants was a good touch.

Job didn't sing too many Malayalam songs. Probably that cost him the title! In fact at one point, Job had a lead over Sangeeth.

Amrita TV knows how to capitalise on the super star hype. They will be doing a Junior super star show soon. It is going to be good fun! I just hope they change the Anchor lady :)

Discuss about Amrita TV super stars here!

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Song: Ente Khalbile
Film: Classmates
Lyricist: Vayalar Sharath chandra Varma
Music: Alex Paul
Singer: Vineeth Srinivasan

An MP3 version of this song is available for download at mp3lizard site. Use Windows Media Player for playing it. Songs are also available at musicindiaonline.

Check out this interesting parody also!

Ente khalbile vennilaavu nee
nalla paattukara
thattamittu njaan kathuvachoren
mullamottiloorum athoronnu vende
ente khalbile vennilaavu nee
nalla paattukara
thattamittu njaan kathuvachoren
mullamottiloorum athoronnu vende
atharonnu vende ente koottukaara
sulthaante chelukaara

ente kalbile vennilaavu nee
nalla paattukara
thattamittu njaan kathuvachoren
mullamottiloorum athoronnu vende
atharonnu vende ente koottukaara
sulthaante chelukaara
ente kalbile vennilaavu nee
nalla paattukara
thattamittu njaan kathuvachoren
mullamottiloorum athoronnu vende
atharonnu vende ente koottukaara
sulthaante chelukaara

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Superstar (similar to Pop Idol/American Idol) in Amrita TV is a reality TV phenomenon in Kerala. It is generating the same heat that the "Survivor" series created in US! This program alone has pushed Amrita TV ratings to all time high!

All the participants are highly talented singers. They have been well trained also and their performance is what made this program so popular.

One of the most irritating thing in this program is the anchor lady. She probably provides an element of humour to the whole proceeding by her looks and talk. For example, the way she addresses the judges - Deepakji, Alphonseji and even Menakaji!

The judges are very sympathetic and encouraging. In short they are miles away from Simon Philip Cowell in Pop Idol!

Sangeeth becomes Kerala Superstar!. Check here for details.

Discuss about Amrita TV super star here!

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