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| Uppum Mulakum | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Sitcom |
| Written by | Suresh Babu Sreerag R.Nambiar Afsal Karunagapally |
| Directed by | S.J. Sinu |
| Starring | Biju Sopanam Nisha Sarang Rishi S Kumar Juhi Rustagi Al Sabith Shivani Menon Baby Ameya |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Malayalam |
| No. of episodes | 934 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Flowers TV Production |
| Cinematography | S.J. Sinu Anoop Kattakada/Biju Kattappana |
| Editors | Satheesh Kumar B. Harikrishnan P. Shijin Kuttan Praveen Prakashan |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 15 - 25 mins |
| Original release | |
| Network | Flowers (TV channel) |
| Release | 14 December 2015 – present |
Uppum Mulakum (transl. salt and chilli) is an Indian Malayalam-language sitcom broadcast on Flowers TV. The show premiered on 14 December 2015.[1] The sitcom depicts events in the life of Balachandran Thampi, his wife Neelima, and their five children. The series features Biju Sopanam, Nisha Sarang, Rishi S Kumar, Juhi Rustagi, Al Sabith, Shivani Menon and Baby Ameya in the lead roles.[2]
Adaptations
Flowers TV subsequently started a behind-the-scenes programme of Uppum Mulakum named Uppile Mulaku.[3] It is dubbed into Tamil as Uppum Karavum on Flowers Tamil YouTube channel.
Plot summary
The sitcom revolves around the family of Balachandran Thampi (Balu); a self-employed electronics technician, his wife Neelima (Neelu); who works as an accountant in a private firm, and their five children: Vishnu (Mudiyan), Lakshmi (Lechu), Keshav (Keshu), Shivani (Shiva) and Parvathy (Parukutty).
They are occasionally visited by Balu's brother Surendran Thampi, his parents, his cousin Rema, her father Shankaran, Neelima's parents Kuttan Pillai and Bhavani Amma, her brother Sreekuttan, their neighbors Bhasi, Nawas, Shukoor, newspaper boy Kannan, auto rickshaw driver Chandran along with his wife Kanakam, who is a distant relative of Balu. Vishnu's friends Jerry, Meenakshi and Jennah also visit them.Keshu's friend Aleena Francis also visit them.
Vishnu is a new-generation, lively dancer who is often teased by his siblings for failing in his B.Sc examinations. He is Neelu's eldest and favourite son. He has a dance group. His hairstyle makes him a popular character. He even takes care of his baby sister when no one is at home. In episode 803 he passed his B.Sc, which makes the family happy, and thanks to Meenu, now Vishnu works at an advertisement company with an income.
Lakshmi is the lazy, beauty-conscious eldest daughter of the family. She often teases her younger siblings. She loves poems and singing. She is always seen chatting with her friends. Recently she joined for BCom.
Keshu and Shiva are the school-going kids of the house. Keshu is a foodie while Shiva doesn't enjoy eating. Both are naughty but they share an unbreakable bond with each other. They make naughty plans together and Lachu always gets threatened by them. All of them love each other even though they keep fighting all day. Keshu's crush is Aleena Francis, Shiva's classmate and enemy. They are now studying in a government school.
They are eventually joined by Parvathy Balachandran Thambi, aka Parukutty, the baby of the family. She is an adorable baby who has won the hearts of her family members, although she was a late baby and was told by Balu and Neelu's parents to abort her. She is addicted to their family cat Kingini.
Cast
Main cast
- Biju Sopanam as Kulathara Shoolamkudi Veetil Balachandran Thampi (Balu)
- Nisha Sarang as Neelima Balachandran Thampi (Neelu)
- Rishi S Kumar as Vishnu Balachandran Thampi (Mudiyan)
- Juhi Rustagi as Lakshmi Balachandran Thampi (Lechu)
- Al Sabith as Keshav Balachandran Thampi (Keshu)
- Shivani Menon as Shivani Balachandran Thampi (Shiva)
- Template:'''Baby Ameya''' as Parvathy Balachandran Thampi (Parukutty)
Recurring cast
- Rajendran N. as Padavalam Veetil Kuttan Pillai, Neelu's father
- KPAC Santha as Bhavaniyamma, Neelu's mother
- Binoj Kulathoor as Surendran Thampi, Balu's younger brother
- Muraleedharan Pangodu as Shankaran Thampi, Balu's relative
- Ramesh as Shoolamkudi Veettil Madhavan Thampi, Balu's father
- S. P. Sreekumar as Sreekuttan aka Kuttu Maman, Neelu's younger brother
- Suresh Babu as Bhasi, Balu's close friend and neighbour
- Jiji Kalamandir as Chandran, aka Auto Chandran, Kankam's husband
- Anil Perumpalam as Jayanthan
- Varsha Suresh Babu as Rema, Balu's relative
- Gowrilaxmi Biju as Kanmani Surendran Thampi
- Surya Noufal as Shukoor aka Akri Shukoor
- Shaitya Santhosh as Ganga
- Jerry Francis as Jerry
- Nawas as Nawas
- Chinnu Kuruvila as Mahima aka Mahi aka Makhi
- Riya as Aleena Francis, Keshu's crush
- Rohini Rahul as Kanakam, Chandran's wife
- Anand M Puthoor as Sub Inspector
- Bipin Kurian as Police officer
Guest appearances
- Noorin Sherif as Susmitha (Susu) Appachi (episode 42)
- Bhagath Manuel as himself (episode 288)
- Nirmal Palazhi as himself (episode 288)
- Kalabhavan Niyas as himself (episode 288)
- Bineesh Bastin as Keerikkadan Sabu (episode 558)
- Nandini Nair
- Rajisha Vijayan as June (episode 792)
Episodes
| No. overall | No. in season | Directed by | Written by | |
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| 39 | 39 | R. Unnikrishnan | Suresh Babu | |
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Lachu's script gets selected for a short-film competition. She enlists the help of her family and sets out to make the film. Duty of Kishore IT has been fixed in A & B Camp. | ||||
| 40 | 40 | R. Unnikrishnan | Suresh Babu | |
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The family faces a financial crunch. Balu lies to his family that he found employment in an electronics factory and begins working surreptitiously as a manual laborer in a stone quarry. | ||||
| 48 | 48 | R. Unnikrishnan | Suresh Babu | |
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Rema, a relative of Balu, arrives at the house seeking refuge from her abusive husband. Balu tries to hide Rema's presence inside the house from Neelu and the kids. | ||||
| 49 | 49 | R. Unnikrishnan | Suresh Babu | |
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Balu introduces Rema as an orphan and makes Neelu accept her as a housemaid. Neelu grows suspicious with Balu's antics and summons Sreekuttan. | ||||
| 50 | 50 | R. Unnikrishnan | Suresh Babu | |
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Sreekuttan comes visit and Neelu shares with him her doubts about Balu and Rema. Trouble ensues. | ||||
| 56 | 56 | R. Unnikrishnan | Suresh Babu | |
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The cheeky Shiva and Keshu go outside to play but Shiva gets lost. Trouble ensues. | ||||
| 62 | 62 | R. Unnikrishnan | Suresh Babu | |
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Balu surprises the family on Sreekuttan's birthday. | ||||
| 73 | 73 | R. Unnikrishnan | Suresh Babu | |
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Balu's cousin Poornima makes a visit. Neelu becomes jealous. | ||||
| 84 | 84 | R. Unnikrishnan | Suresh Babu | |
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Keshu and Shiva score high marks in exam. Lachu falls below expectations and receives a telling off from Neelu. Lachu decides to harm herself, only to be discovered and consoled by the family. | ||||
| 100 | 100 | R. Unnikrishnan | Suresh Babu | |
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Neelu complains of stomach ache. Balu takes Neelu to the hospital. Much to their surprise, a pregnancy test returns positive. The family is overjoyed on hearing the news. | ||||
| 101 | 101 | R. Unnikrishnan | Suresh Babu | |
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Neelu's parents come to visit the family. Neelu's mother tries to convince Neelu to get an abortion. The family hears from the hospital again. | ||||
| 128 | 128 | R. Unnikrishnan | Suresh Babu | |
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Balu goes missing while travelling to Neyyattinkara by train. He returns home the next day with a story that he overslept and ended up in Madurai. Neelu is not pleased. | ||||
| 134 | 134 | R. Unnikrishnan | Suresh Babu | |
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Balu goes to the market to buy fish to cook in order to pacify the kids, but instead buys a live hen to raise. Trouble ensues. | ||||
| 135 | 135 | R. Unnikrishnan | Suresh Babu | |
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Mudiyan's friends give a makeover to Balu and turns him into a hipster. Balu learns some valuable lessons in the process. | ||||
| 146 | 146 | R. Unnikrishnan | Suresh Babu | |
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Neelu refuses to cook for the day. Balu and the kids try to cope with the situation. | ||||
| 166 | 166 | R. Unnikrishnan | Suresh Babu | |
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Family tour to Kodaikanal makes a horror-comedy episode. | ||||
| 191 | 191 | R. Unnikrishnan | Suresh Babu | |
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Neelu shares the tragic story of her niece Makki and how she survived it and lives her life for the happiness of others. Moved by it, the usually lazy Lachu decides to act responsibly in the house, to the surprise of others. When exceeding the limit, the family brings her back to her innate nature in a funny way. | ||||
| 193 | 193 | R. Unnikrishnan | Suresh Babu | |
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Neelu informs the family that there are high chances for her to be promoted as the manager of her company. Neelu gets more serious in the family. Balu gets jealous. Finally the family makes fun of her when her promotion got postponed. | ||||
| 202 | 202 | R. Unnikrishnan | Sreerag R. Nambiar | |
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Balu is trying to turn the clock by revisiting his old days where he used to write for dramas, but this time for a film as compelled by his childhood friend, but when the friend compels him to be the producer, he moves to Neelu and in the awry of situation Mudiyan turns everything upside down. | ||||
| 205 | 205 | R. Unnikrishnan | Sreerag R. Nambiar | |
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Shivani cries for a mobile as her classmate Aleena has bought a phone from her house and even Shivani says that she also wants to take a phone with her, later Balu and Neelu succeed in making Shivani understand that there is no need for mobile at her age. | ||||
| 210 | 210 | R. Unnikrishnan | Sreerag R. Nambiar | |
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The usually lazy Lachu suddenly starts studying much to the family's surprise, how all of them react to it and why she studies so hard turns out to be the crux of the story. | ||||
| 217 | 217 | R. Unnikrishnan | Suresh Babu | |
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Lechu has to take care of her siblings in the absence of their father and mother. | ||||
| 219 | 219 | R. Unnikrishnan | Suresh Babu | |
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Mudiyan's girlfriend nags him to change his hairstyle. Mudiyan succumbs finally with hilarious results. | ||||
| 231 | 231 | R. Unnikrishnan | Sreerag R. Nambiar | |
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Neelu finds out that money has been missing from her bag regularly, Balu finding out who is it forms the crux of the rest of the plot. | ||||
| 232 | 232 | R. Unnikrishnan | Sreerag R. Nambiar | |
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Mudiyan and Friends move out to participate in a new dance reality show, Mudiyan is confident of making it into the main rounds of dance reality show, his overconfidence proves to be bit high, How Balu helps him out forms the crux of the plot. | ||||
| 236 | 236 | R. Unnikrishnan | Suresh Babu | |
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Balu returns from Neyyattinkara in a foul mood. Neelu suspects he went to Madurai. The real reason leaves the family stunned. | ||||
| 237 | 237 | R. Unnikrishnan | Suresh Babu | |
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Shiva is in a bad mood as Aleena Francis, Shiva's rival classmate and Keshu's crush, comes to visit the house. | ||||
| 256 | 256 | R. Unnikrishnan | Suresh Babu | |
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Neelu has a dream that her whole family's lifestyle has changed to a more modern lifestyle and the results are endless. | ||||
| 296 | 296 | R. Unnikrishnan | Sreerag R. Nambiar | |
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Lechu becomes a tuition teacher, but fails terribly. | ||||
| 314 | 314 | R. Unnikrishnan | Suresh Babu | |
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Everyone except Lachu knows how to ride a bicycle. Lachu tries to ride the bicycle. This is the most viewed episode on YouTube with over 19 million views. | ||||
| 325 | 325 | R. Unnikrishnan | Suresh Babu | |
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The family prepares to celebrate Vishu. Shankarannan and Rema come visit. | ||||
| 327 | 327 | R. Unnikrishnan | Suresh Babu | |
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A street dog mauls Lachu. Balu sets out to exact revenge. | ||||
| 328 | 328 | R. Unnikrishnan | Suresh Babu | |
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Neelu arranges for Keshu and Shivani to go to a summer camp. Balu and the kids feel strongly against this. They enlist the help of Kuttan Pillai and Bhavani Amma to wriggle out of it. | ||||
| 330 | 330 | R. Unnikrishnan | Suresh Babu | |
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The family organizes and celebrates Shiva's birthday. | ||||
| 331 | 331 | R. Unnikrishnan | Sreerag R.Nambiar | |
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Balu attempts to give Mudiyan some life advice; however, Mudiyan ridicules Balu and dubbes him a failed man. After Neelu's rebuke, a tearful Mudiyan apologizes to Balu. | ||||
| 332 | 332 | R. Unnikrishnan | Suresh Babu | |
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Balu tries to have some romantic lone time with Neelu; however, is constantly interrupted by the kids. | ||||
| 333 | 333 | R. Unnikrishnan | Suresh Babu | |
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The kids try all tricks to make Balu and Neelu organize and take them on a family trip. Balu and Neelu conspire and outsmart the kids. | ||||
| 334 | 334 | R. Unnikrishnan | Suresh Babu | |
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Bhavani Amma visits the family. Balu and Mudiyan get into an argument. Mudiyan leaves the house and returns with a girl, apparently his wife. The family is shocked. | ||||
| 335 | 335 | R. Unnikrishnan | Suresh Babu | |
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Mudiyan's wife turns out to be a tough cookie. After a confrontation, she threatens the family with a machete, only for Bhavani Amma to wake up and realize all of this was a dream. | ||||
| 336 | 336 | R. Unnikrishnan | Suresh Babu | |
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An unlikely alliance forms between Balu and Bhavani Amma, united by their criticism of Neelu. Kids and Neelu conspire to break it up. | ||||
| 338 | 338 | R. Unnikrishnan | Suresh Babu | |
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Balu tries to become an old fashioned marriage "broker." The attempt ends in disaster. | ||||
| 339 | 339 | R. Unnikrishnan | Suresh Babu | |
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Balu enlists the help of a barber to give Mudiyan a haircut by hook or crook. | ||||
| 359 | 359 | R. Unnikrishnan | Sreerag R. Nambiar | |
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Mudiyan has gone to Bangalore for a dance show, he has been constantly tried over by Neelu and Balu over the phone much to their disappointment they do not get him in the line. Later he comes back and shouts at Neelu in an argument, which makes Neelu, Balu and even Mudiyan sad. How Balu solves this situation forms the plot. | ||||
| 370 | 370 | R. Unnikrishnan | Suresh Babu | |
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Neelu informs Balu that her father has undergone dental prosthesis out of gold. Curious Balu tries several means to see it, but fails in each attempt. Jayanthan, Rema, Rema's father Sankaran Thampi, Kuttan Pillai and Bhavani Amma visit the house. Everyone advises Jayanthan to be more responsible in life. | ||||
| 409 | 409 | R. Unnikrishnan | Afsal Karunagapally | |
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Everyone, especially Lachu, teases Shiva, saying she has a dark skin tone but the whole idea backfires on Lachu when she finds black ink on her face. | ||||
| 471 | 471 | R. Unnikrishnan | Afsal Karunagappally | |
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Balu returns from the lorry trip as Balu Singh. | ||||
| 472 | 472 | R. Unnikrishnan | Afsal Karunagappally | |
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Balu tries to buy a mini lorry. | ||||
| 473 | 473 | R. Unnikrishnan | Afsal Karunagappally | |
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Balu tries to find information about an unidentified electronics part. | ||||
| 474 | 474 | R. Unnikrishnan | Sreerag R. Nambiar | |
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Shivani gets low mark in class test. So Keshu teaches Shivani to get higher marks. | ||||
| 475 | 475 | R. Unnikrishnan | Suresh Babu | |
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Bhavinayamma is angry at everybody. | ||||
| 476 | 476 | R. Unnikrishnan | Suresh Babu | |
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Bhavaniyamma cooks for Balu. | ||||
| 477 | 477 | R. Unnikrishnan | Suresh Babu | |
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Balu loses eyesight. | ||||
| 478 | 478 | R. Unnikrishnan | Afsal Karunagappally | |
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Balu and family starts to save money in a money pot. | ||||
| 479 | 479 | R. Unnikrishnan | Afsal Karunagappally | |
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Shivani gets rashes on her skin so Balu tries to clean the house and bathe Mudiyan. | ||||
| 480 | 480 | R. Unnikrishnan | Suresh Babu | |
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Balu and Neelu gets in a serious fight and that leads to several other fights. | ||||
| 481 | 481 | R. Unnikrishnan | Suresh Babu | |
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Balu's mother comes home and everybody starts telling about Balu's bad behaviour and habits. | ||||
| 482 | 482 | R. Unnikrishnan | Suresh Babu | |
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Balu asks his mother to cook something special for him. Balu arranges fish and kappa for that. | ||||
| 483 | 483 | R. Unnikrishnan | Suresh Babu | |
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Lechu goes to a register office without her family's knowledge for a friend's marriage registration. Trouble ensues as they mistook it for her marriage registration. | ||||
| 484 | 484 | R. Unnikrishnan | Afsal Karunagappally | |
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Because of the lack of dance programs for Vishnu, Balu teaches him electronics repair. | ||||
| 485 | 485 | R. Unnikrishnan | Afsal Karunagappally | |
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Shivani gets a high fever. | ||||
| 486 | 486 | R. Unnikrishnan | Sreerag R. Nambiar | |
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Lechu collects some old things in order to reuse and recycle. And orders Keshu to collect some more things from outside and from the shop. Lechu's idea is to create some things and post the video on Facebook and YouTube. Lechu then makes some flowers and earrings with old things. Everybody discourages her doing her work. | ||||
| 500 | 500 | R. Unnikrishnan | Afsal Karunagapally | |
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The whole family reunites to celebrate Neelu's birthday. | ||||
| 504 | 504 | R. Unnikrishnan | Afsal Karunagapally | |
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Lechu got a temporary job as an Anganwadi teacher. This brings changes to Lachu's behaviour. | ||||
| 510 | 510 | R. Unnikrishnan | Afsal Karunagapally | |
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Neelu's behaviour is weird and unacceptable; the whole family has seen changes. Balu finds out that the reason for Neelu's behaviour is that she is pregnant, this time for real. | ||||
| 519 | 519 | R. Unnikrishnan | Afsal Karunagapally | |
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Neelu and Bhavani Amma are not sure if they should abort the baby, the children find out about the pregnancy towards the end of the episode. | ||||
| 590 | 590 | R. Unnikrishnan | Mukesh | |
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Kuttanpillai comes to see pregnant Neelu with an air conditioner as a gift. | ||||
| 591 | 591 | R. Unnikrishnan | Aswin KS | |
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Balu wins a lottery, but dumps the ticket. | ||||
| 604 | 604 | R. Unnikrishnan | Afsal Karunagapally | |
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A baby girl is born to Balu and Neelu. | ||||
| 645 | 645 | S.J Sinu | Afsal Karunagapally | |
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Sreekuttan returns from the Gulf and comes to Paramada Veedu. | ||||
| 662 | 662 | S.J Sinu | Afsal Karunagapally | |
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Paru Kutty's choroonu. Balu gets a scary surprise at night. | ||||
| 750 | 750 | S.J Sinu | Afsal Karunagapally | |
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Keshu is angered by Shiva's behavior as she does not listen to him. | ||||
| 888 | 888 | S.J Sinu | Afsal Karunagapally | |
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Keshu is angered by shiva , who is always poking in his privacy. This leads to a fight , how they reconcile forms the crux of the plot. | ||||
| 891 | 891 | S.J Sinu | Suresh Babu | |
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The children are surprised by Neelu's peculiar behavior. | ||||
| 895 | 895 | S.J Sinu | Suresh Babu | |
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Neelu narrates her self boosting story but Balu destroys it. | ||||
| 896 | 896 | S.J Sinu | Aswin KS | |
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Neelu declines new job offer due to commitment towards her old work. | ||||
| 897 | 897 | S.J Sinu | Afsal Karunagapally | |
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Balu takes up kitchen charge in the absence of Neelu. | ||||
| 898 | 898 | S.J Sinu | Suresh Babu | |
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Keshu is angered by Bhasi's behavior. The family solves it together. | ||||
| 906 | 906 | S.J Sinu | Afsal Karunagapally | |
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Keshu constantly exercises. Why he exercises forms the crux of the plot | ||||
Awards
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- Flowers Comedy Awards 2016
- Most popular serial
- Best onscreen pair
- Flowers TV Awards 2017
- Most popular serial
- Best actor – Biju Sopanam
- Mangalam TV Awards 2017
- Best comedian – Biju Sopanam
- Best comedian female - Nisha Sarangh
- Best child actor - Shivani, Al Sabith
- Kerala State Television Awards 2017
- Best comedy series
- Best comedian – Biju Sopanam
- Best comedian (Special jury) - Nisha Sarangh
- Adoor Bhasi Memorial Awards 2017
- Most popular actress - Nisha Sarangh
- North American Film Awards
- Best actress (Television) - Nisha Sarangh
- Janmabhoomi Awards 2019
- Best child artist - Al Sabith
References
- ^ "New serial on Flowers TV". timesofindia.com. 12 December 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
- ^ "Uppum Mulakum completes 800 episodes - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
- ^ "Little Salt, Little Spice". newindianexpress.com. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2018.