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Uppum Mulakum
GenreSitcom
Created byR. Unnikrishnan
Written bySuresh Babu
Directed byR. Unnikrishnan
Starring
Country of originIndia
Original languageMalayalam
No. of seasons2
No. of episodesSeason 1: 1206
Season 2: 29
Production
ProducerFlowers TV Production
CinematographyAnoop Kattakada
Midhun Muraleedharan
EditorAbhilash Elikkattoor
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time30 minutes
Original release
NetworkFlowers
Release14 December 2015 (2015-12-14) – Present
Related
Erivum Puliyum

Uppum Mulakum (transl. Salt and pepper) is an Indian Malayalam-language sitcom, that has been broadcast on Flowers since 14 December 2015.[1] Created and directed by R. Unnikrishnan, the sitcom depicts the everyday life of Balachandran Thampi, his wife Neelima, and their five children. The main cast includes Biju Sopanam, Nisha Sarang, Rishi S. Kumar, Juhi Rustagi, Al Sabith, Shivani Menon and Baby Ameya.[2] Baby Ameya joined the show as the newborn baby of the family in May 2018.

It crossed 1,000 episodes in 2019.[3] The first season of the show aired from 14 December 2015 to 15 January 2021, consisting of 1206 episodes. The second season of the show began broadcast on 13 June 2022. Juhi Rustagi, who previously had left the show in January 2020 when it reached 1013 episodes came back to the show in the second season.[4] Uppum Mulakum is one of the most popular and longest running Malayalam sitcoms that has been acclaimed throughout its run.[5][6][7] The show won the Kerala State Television Award for Best Comedy Show in 2017.[8]

Plot summary

The sitcom revolves around the family of Balu; a self-employed electronics technician, his wife Neelu, who works as an accountant in a private firm, and their five children: Vishnu who's called "Mudiyan" by his family's due to his hair, Lakshmi "Lechu", Keshav "Keshu", Shivani "Shiva" and Parvathi "Parukutty". The family is usually referred to as Paramada Veedu.

Vishnu is a new-generation, lively dancer. Earlier he was often teased by his siblings for failing in his BSc examinations. He is Neelu's eldest and favorite son. He has a dance group. His hairstyle makes him a popular character. He even took care of his baby sister when no one was at home. In episode 803, he passed his BSc, which made the family happy, and thanks to Meenu his friend, Vishnu got a job at an advertisement company with an income. He lost the job later and currently works in a private bank.

Lechu is the lazy, beauty-conscious eldest daughter of the family. She often teases her younger siblings. She loves writing poems and singing. She is always seen chatting with her friends. Later she joined for B.Com. She married a naval officer, Sidharth in episode 1011 and was last seen in season 1 during the 1013th episode (This was due to Juhi Rustagi leaving the show). She came back in season 2 and it was revealed that Lechu's husband now works abroad so that she can stay with her parents.

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 Lechu always gets threatened by them. All of them love each other even though they keep fighting all day.

They are eventually joined by Parukutty, the baby of the family. She is an adorable baby who has won the hearts of her family members. She was born in episode 604.

They are occasionally visited by Balu's brother Surendran Thambi, his parents Madhavan Thambi and Sharada, his aunt, his cousin Rema, Rema's husband Jayanthan, Rema's father (Balu's relative) Shankaran Thambi, Neelu's parents Kuttan Pillai and Bhavani Amma. Their neighbors Bhasi, Nawas, Shukoor, newspaper boy Kannan, auto-rickshaw driver Chandran, Chandran's wife Kanakam (who is the daughter of Balu's distant relative) also make appearances. Neelima's brother Sreekkuttan (played by S. P. Sreekumar) also made appearances during the early episodes of the show. Vishnu's friends Jerry, Meenakshi, and Jennah along with Lechu's friend Gayathri also make certain appearances.

They visit Paramada Veedu and sometimes stay there. Some episodes are even taking place at their places called Shoolamkudi house at Neyyattinkara in Thiruvananthapuram and Padavalam Veedu at Piravom in Ernakulam. This too highlights Trivandrum vs Kochi in a comic manner as it is seen in common disputes between Balu and Neelu

Balu's brother Surendran who runs a grocery shop in Neyyattinkara is a soft person and Balu often ridicules him.

Shankaran (Shankara Annan)is a drunkard who is loved by everyone in the family. His daughter Rema is Balu's cousin and is married to Jayanthan who is a jobless politician. Both of them have silly fights which are often resolved by Balu and Neelu.

In episode number 368, the character of Autodriver Chandran was introduced. He later becomes a close friend of the Paramada family. Eventually, in episode 850, he marries Kanakam, a distant relative of Balu who hails from Tamil Nadu.

During the lockdown period due to COVID-19, the family started a YouTube channel named Padavalam vs Shoolamkudi and their first video became viral and created two more videos of which one was a story and the other one was a dance by Chittappan. Eventually, in episode 1091 a new character named Pooja Jayaram was introduced. She is a fan of Mudiyan, who loves him and she wants to marry him. In episode 1164, the character named Sreeraj who was mentioned since the beginning of the show was introduced. Sreeraj is the eldest brother of Neelu who is settled in Chennai with his family.

Cast

Main Cast

  • Biju Sopanam as Shulamkudi Veetil Balachandran "Balu" Thampi - Neelima's Husband; Vishnu, Lakshmi, Keshav, Shivani and Parvathy's Father; Madhavan Thampi and Sharada's son; Kuttan Pillai and Bhavani's son-in-law; Surendran and Rajendran's brother; Sreekuttan and Sreeraj's brother-in-law.
  • Nisha Sarang as Neelima "Neelu" Balachandran Thambi (née Neelima Pillai) - Balachandran's Wife; Vishnu, Lakshmi, Keshav, Shivani and Parvathy's Mother; Kuttan Pillai and Bhavani's daughter; Madhavan Thambi and Sharada's daughter-in-law; Sreekuttan and Sreeraj's sister; Surendran and Rajendran's sister-in-law.
  • Rishi S Kumar as Vishnu "Mudiyan" Balachandran Thambi - Balachandran and Neelima's Eldest Child; Lakshmi, Keshav, Shivani and Parvathy's Elder Brother; Kuttan Pillai, Bhavani, Madhavan Thambi and Sharada's grandson; Surendran, Rajendran, Sreekuttan and Sreeraj's nephew.
  • Juhi Rustagi as Lakshmi "Lachu" Sidharth (née Lakshmi Balachandran Thambi) - Balachandran and Neelima's second child; Vishnu, Keshav, Shivani and Parvathy's sister; Sidharth's wife; Kuttan Pillai, Bhavani, Madhavan Thambi and Sharada's grandaughter; Surendran, Rajendran, Sreekuttan and Sreeraj's niece.
  • Al Sabith as Keshav "Keshu" Balachandran Thambi - Balachandran and Neelima's Third child; Vishnu, Lakshmi, Shivani and Parvathy's brother; Kuttan Pillai, Bhavani, Madhavan Thambi and Sharada's grandson; Surendran, Rajendran, Sreekuttan and Sreeraj's nephew.
  • Shivani Menon as Shivani "Shiva" Balachandran Thambi - Balachandran and Neelima's Fourth child; Vishnu, Lakshmi, Keshavan and Parvathy's sister; Kuttan Pillai, Bhavani, Madhavan Thambi and Sharada's grandaughter; Surendran, Rajendran, Sreekuttan and Sreeraj's niece.
  • Baby Ameya as Parvathy "Paru" Balachandran Thambi - Balachandran and Neelima's Fifth child; Vishnu, Lakshmi, Keshavan and Shivani’s younger sister; Kuttan Pillai, Bhavani, Madhavan Thambi and Sharada's grandaughter; Surendran, Rajendran, Sreekuttan and Sreeraj's niece.

Recurring

Portrayed by Character Description Ref.
Rajendran N. Padavalam Veetil Kuttan Pillai Neelima's Father
Ramesh Shoolamkudi Veetil Madhavan Thambi Balachandran's Father
Manohari Joy Sharada Madhavan Thambi Balachandran's Mother
Binoj Kulathoor Surendran Thambi Balachandran's Brother
Suresh Babu Bhasi Balu's best friend and neighbour
Varsha Abhay Rema Balu's relative
Anil Perumpalam Jayanthan Rema's husband
Muraleedharan Pangodu Shankaran Thambi aka Shankaranan Rema's father and Balachandran's relative
Jiji Kalamandir Auto Chandran Balu's close friend
S. P. Sreekumar Sreekuttan Neelu's brother
Rohini Rahul Kanakam Balu's cousin
Gowrilaxmi Biju Kanmani Surendran Thambi Surendran's daughter
Baby Riya Aleena Francis Keshu's love interest, Shivani's classmate
Shobi Thilakan Rajendran Thambi Balu's brother
Kannan Newspaper boy
Surya Noufal Shukoor Balu's friend
Jerry Francis Jerry Vishnu's friend
Nawas Nawas Balu's friend
Sminu Siju Sushama Neelu's friend

Guest

This is a list of the celebrities who have made guest appearances in the show.

Actor Character Episode no. no. of episodes
Dain Davis Sidddharth 3
Noorin Shereef Susmitha 3
Bhagath Manuel Himself 288
Nirmal Palazhi Himself 288
Niyas Backer Himself 288
Bineesh Bastin Keerikadan Sabu 558
Nandini Nair Herself 2
Rajisha Vijayan June 792
Mithun Ramesh Jimmy 994
Divya Pillai Jancy 994
Shane Nigam Akkar 1008
Tini Tom Alex 1051
Vinay Forrt Roy 1051
Srinda Susan 1051
Kalabhavan Prajod Himself Onam Episode

Production

Season 1

Nisha Sarang was offered the role of Neelima when she was doing the cookery show Kuttikkalavara on Flowers.[9] Except for Sarang, all other principal actors were beginners in television. Theatre actor Biju Sopanam had earlier acted under R. Unnikrishnan's directorial in Back Benchers, a comedy serial on Amrita TV. He was offered the role of Balachandran Thampi. Biju was keen on working with Unnikrishnan ever since he watched his directorial sitcom Marimayam on Mazhavil Manorama, he wanted to do such roles that are close to reality. Uppum Mulakum was his second television appearance and the first leading role.[10] Unnikrishnan called Rishi S. Kumar for the role of Vishnu after seeing him in the reality TV show D 4 Dance on Mazhavil Manorama, in which he was a contestant. It was Unnikrishnan's son who recommended him.[11] Al Sabith and Shivani Menon were also picked from reality TV show, they were both contestants on the show Kuttikkalavara on Flowers. Shivani is one month elder than Al Sabith, but it is the other way in the show. Juhi Rustagi was Unnikrishnan's son's friend, they first met on his son's birthday party and few days later she was offered the role of Lachu.[12]

Biju's real-life brother, Binoj, who is five years younger than him, portrays his brother Surendran Thampy on the show.[13] Biju's real-life daughter Gouri Lakshmi portrays his niece Kanmani, Surendran's daughter.[14] The show was filmed at a house named Paramada Veedu in Vazhakkala, Kochi.[15] In July 2018, R. Unnikrishnan was replaced by cinematographer S.J Sinu as the show's director. Later Pradheep Madhav was choosen as the director of the show.

Final episodes

Uppum Mulakum's rating began to drop slightly when Juhi Rustagi left the show in January 2020.[16] When the show started back its production after several months of lockdown due to COVID-19 pandemic, a new character called Pooja Jayaram was introduced. Still the show did not managed to get back the rating like that of in its earlier days. Around the same time, Flowers TV launched another sitcom called Chakkappazham in August 2020.[17] After airing the last episode on 15 January 2021, Uppum Mulakum stopped its broadcast.[18] Flowers TV managing director Sreekandan Nair later announced that the show would undergo an hiatus for an extended period of time.[19] But in February 2021, it was unofficially confirmed by the fans that the show is not on hiatus and has been cancelled.[20] Later in March 2021, Biju Sopanam and Nisha Sarangh finally revealed through social media that the show has been officially cancelled by the channel thus making the 1206th episode aired on 15 January as its final episode.[21]

Season 2

During the 1 June 2022 episode of "Flowers Oru Kodi", Nair announced that the second season of Uppum Mulakum is under development and will start broadcast on 13 June 2022.[22] They also released a teaser of the second season on the channel and social media announcing the same. The show's creator and initial director R. Unnikrishnan was bought back in the director role. Juhi Rustagi, who left the show in January 2020 also made a comeback.[23] The first episode of the second season was premiered on 13 June 2022 and it became number one trending topic on youtube.[24]

Reception

Uppum Mulakum is one of the most popular sitcoms in Malayalam.[25] The show has one of the biggest fan base for a Malayalam TV show and is acclaimed by the audience for its realistic touch.[26]

Critical response

Indian express stated; "Uppum Mulakum presents the simple things in daily life without losing its originality. Behind the show's popularity is that the audience can feel that the house and its family members may have been living somewhere else in the real life".[27]

Awards

Flowers Comedy Awards 2016
  1. Most popular serial
  2. Best onscreen pair[28]
Flowers TV Awards 2017
  1. Most popular serial
  2. Best actor – Biju Sopanam[29]
Mangalam TV Awards 2017
  1. Best comedian – Biju Sopanam
  2. Best comedian female - Nisha Sarangh[30]
  3. Best child actor - Shivani Menon, Al Sabith
Kerala State Television Awards 2017
  1. Best comedy series
  2. Best comedian – Biju Sopanam
  3. Best comedian (Special jury) - Nisha Sarangh
Adoor Bhasi Memorial Awards 2017
  1. Most popular actress - Nisha Sarangh
North American Film Awards
  1. Best actress (Television) - Nisha Sarangh
Janmabhoomi Awards 2019
  1. Best child artist - Al Sabith
Kerala State Television Awards 2020
  1. Special jury award – Shivani Menon[31]

Controversy

In July 2018, Nisha Sarangh raised allegations of sexual harassment against the serial director R. Unnikrishnan, after which the Kerala Women's Commission registered a case against him.[32][33] Later, she decided to continue in the serial after the channel assured that the director will be replaced.[34]

In February 2020, the main cast actors had some issues in the set against the scriptwriter due to which they all walked away, much to the disappointment of the fans. Sooner than later, all the issues were solved by the changing of the scriptwriter and the crew was back in action.[35]

Episodes

No.
overall		No. in
season		Directed byWritten by
3939R. UnnikrishnanSuresh Babu
Lachu's script gets selected for a short-film competition. She enlists the help of her family and sets out to make the film.
4040R. UnnikrishnanSuresh Babu
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.
4848R. UnnikrishnanSuresh Babu
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.
4949R. UnnikrishnanSuresh Babu
Balu introduces Rema as an orphan and makes Neelu accept her as a housemaid. Neelu grows suspicious with Balu's antics and summons Sreekuttan.
5050R. UnnikrishnanSuresh Babu
Sreekuttan comes visit and Neelu shares with him her doubts about Balu and Rema. Trouble ensues.
5656R. UnnikrishnanSuresh Babu
The cheeky Shiva and Keshu go outside to play but Shiva gets lost. Trouble ensues.
6262R. UnnikrishnanSuresh Babu
Balu surprises the family on Sreekuttan's birthday.
7373R. UnnikrishnanSuresh Babu
Balu's cousin Poornima makes a visit. Neelu becomes jealous.
8484R. UnnikrishnanSuresh Babu
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.
100100R. UnnikrishnanSuresh Babu
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.
101101R. UnnikrishnanSuresh Babu
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.
128128R. UnnikrishnanSuresh Babu
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.
134134R. UnnikrishnanSuresh Babu
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.
135135R. UnnikrishnanSuresh Babu
Mudiyan's friends give a makeover to Balu and turns him into a hipster. Balu learns some valuable lessons in the process.
146146R. UnnikrishnanSuresh Babu
Neelu refuses to cook for the day. Balu and the kids try to cope with the situation.
166166R. UnnikrishnanSuresh Babu
Family tour to Kodaikanal makes a horror-comedy episode.
191191R. UnnikrishnanSuresh Babu
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.
193193R. UnnikrishnanSuresh Babu
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.
202202R. UnnikrishnanSreerag R. Nambiar
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.
205205R. UnnikrishnanSreerag R. Nambiar
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.
210210R. UnnikrishnanSreerag R. Nambiar
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.
217217R. UnnikrishnanSuresh Babu
Lechu has to take care of her siblings in the absence of their father and mother.
219219R. UnnikrishnanSuresh Babu
Mudiyan's girlfriend nags him to change his hairstyle. Mudiyan succumbs finally with hilarious results.
231231R. UnnikrishnanSreerag R. Nambiar
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.
232232R. UnnikrishnanSreerag R. Nambiar
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.
236236R. UnnikrishnanSuresh Babu
Balu returns from Neyyattinkara in a foul mood. Neelu suspects he went to Madurai. The real reason leaves the family stunned.
237237R. UnnikrishnanSuresh Babu
Shiva is in a bad mood as Aleena Francis, Shiva's rival classmate and Keshu's crush, comes to visit the house.
256256R. UnnikrishnanSuresh Babu
Neelu has a dream that her whole family's lifestyle has changed to a more modern lifestyle and the results are endless.
296296R. UnnikrishnanSreerag R. Nambiar
Lechu becomes a tuition teacher, but fails terribly.
314314R. UnnikrishnanSuresh Babu
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 20 million views.
325325R. UnnikrishnanSuresh Babu
The family prepares to celebrate Vishu. Shankarannan and Rema come visit.
327327R. UnnikrishnanSuresh Babu
A street dog mauls Lachu. Balu sets out to exact revenge.
328328R. UnnikrishnanSuresh Babu
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.
330330R. UnnikrishnanSuresh Babu
The family organizes and celebrates Shiva's birthday.
331331R. UnnikrishnanSreerag R.Nambiar
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.
332332R. UnnikrishnanSuresh Babu
Balu tries to have some romantic lone time with Neelu; however, is constantly interrupted by the kids.
333333R. UnnikrishnanSuresh Babu
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.
334334R. UnnikrishnanSuresh Babu
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.
335335R. UnnikrishnanSuresh Babu
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.
336336R. UnnikrishnanSuresh Babu
An unlikely alliance forms between Balu and Bhavani Amma, united by their criticism of Neelu. Kids and Neelu conspire to break it up.
338338R. UnnikrishnanSuresh Babu
Balu tries to become an old fashioned marriage "broker." The attempt ends in disaster.
339339R. UnnikrishnanSuresh Babu
Balu enlists the help of a barber to give Mudiyan a haircut by hook or crook.
359359R. UnnikrishnanSreerag R. Nambiar
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.
370370R. UnnikrishnanSuresh Babu
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.
409409R. UnnikrishnanAfsal Karunagapally
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.
471471R. UnnikrishnanAfsal Karunagappally
Balu returns from the lorry trip as Balu Singh.
472472R. UnnikrishnanAfsal Karunagappally
Balu tries to buy a mini lorry.
473473R. UnnikrishnanAfsal Karunagappally
Balu tries to find information about an unidentified electronics part.
474474R. UnnikrishnanSreerag R. Nambiar
Shivani gets low mark in class test. So Keshu teaches Shivani to get higher marks.
475475R. UnnikrishnanSuresh Babu
Bhavinayamma is angry at everybody.
476476R. UnnikrishnanSuresh Babu
Bhavaniyamma cooks for Balu.
477477R. UnnikrishnanSuresh Babu
Balu loses eyesight.
478478R. UnnikrishnanAfsal Karunagappally
Balu and family starts to save money in a money pot.
479479R. UnnikrishnanAfsal Karunagappally
Shivani gets rashes on her skin so Balu tries to clean the house and bathe Mudiyan.
480480R. UnnikrishnanSuresh Babu
Balu and Neelu gets in a serious fight and that leads to several other fights.
481481R. UnnikrishnanSuresh Babu
Balu's mother comes home and everybody starts telling about Balu's bad behaviour and habits.
482482R. UnnikrishnanSuresh Babu
Balu asks his mother to cook something special for him. Balu arranges fish and kappa for that.
483483R. UnnikrishnanSuresh Babu
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.
484484R. UnnikrishnanAfsal Karunagappally
Because of the lack of dance programs for Vishnu, Balu teaches him electronics repair.
485485R. UnnikrishnanAfsal Karunagappally
Shivani gets a high fever.
486486R. UnnikrishnanSreerag R. Nambiar
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. Lechu then makes some flowers and earrings with old things. Everybody discourages her doing her work.But finally she completes her work and give it to Neelu,who takes it to her office.When she returns she brings several materials for Lachu do the creative work again because all her friends bought the things that Lachu made and got Rs 250.
500500R. UnnikrishnanAfsal Karunagapally
The whole family reunites to celebrate Neelu's birthday.
504504R. UnnikrishnanAfsal Karunagapally
Lechu got a temporary job as an Anganwadi teacher. This brings changes to Lachu's behaviour.
510510R. UnnikrishnanAfsal Karunagapally
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.
519519R. UnnikrishnanAfsal Karunagapally
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.
590590R. UnnikrishnanAfsal Karunagapally
Kuttanpillai comes to see pregnant Neelu with an air conditioner as a gift.
591591R. UnnikrishnanAswin KS
Balu wins a lottery, but dumps the ticket.
604604R. UnnikrishnanAfsal Karunagapally
A baby girl is born to Balu and Neelu.
645645S.J SinuAfsal Karunagapally
Sreekuttan returns from the Gulf and comes to Paramada Veedu.
662662S.J SinuAfsal Karunagapally
Paru Kutty's choroonu. Balu gets a scary surprise at night.
750750S.J SinuAfsal Karunagapally
Keshu is angered by Shiva's behavior as she does not listen to him. Keshu wants Shiva to cut her hair but she refuses and this makes Keshu sad.At the climax Shiva cuts her hair and Keshu and Shiva walks away happily to play.
888888S.J SinuAfsal Karunagapally
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.
891891S.J SinuSuresh Babu
The children are surprised by Neelu's peculiar behavior.
895895S.J SinuSuresh Babu
Neelu narrates her self boosting story but Balu destroys it.
896896S.J SinuAswin KS
Neelu declines new job offer due to commitment towards her old work.
897897S.J SinuAfsal Karunagapally
Balu takes up kitchen charge in the absence of Neelu.
898898S.J SinuSuresh Babu
Keshu is angered by Bhasi's behavior. The family solves it together.
906906S.J SinuAfsal Karunagapally
Keshu constantly exercises. Why he exercises forms the crux of the plot.

Adaptations

Flowers TV subsequently started a behind-the-scenes programme of Uppum Mulakum named Uppile Mulaku, which was hosted by Nandini Nair.[36] Uppum Mulakum is dubbed into Tamil as Uppum Karavum on Flowers Tamil YouTube channel. They also put up special episodes during festivals like Onam.

Reboot

Main article: Erivum Puliyum

In October 2021, Zee Keralam started developing a new spiritual reboot of the sitcom, with the idea of reimagining the original series. The show titled Erivum Puliyum featuring the actors of the Uppum Mulakum playing new characters started airing from 17 January 2022[37] However the show went off-air on 13 May 2022 due to low TRP Ratings and negative reviews from the fans.

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References

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