Lakshmi Nakshathra

Lakshmi Nakshathra
Lakshmi Nakshathra
Born	Lakshmi Unnikrishnan K; 2 September 1991 (age 32); Koorkenchery, Thrissur, Kerala, India
Nationality	Indian
Other names	Lakshmi Nakshathra; Chinnu
Alma mater	Christ College, Irinjalakuda; Elijah Institute of Management Studies, Thrissur;
Occupations	Television presenter; Radio jockey; Singer;
Years active	2007 – present
Parents	Unnikrishnan K; Bindu Unnikrishnan;

Lakshmi Unnikrishnan K (born 2 September 1991), better known by her stage name Lakshmi Nakshathra, is an Indian television presenter and radio jockey who works in Malayalam television and stage shows. She is best known for hosting the game shows Tamaar Padaar and Star Magic on Flowers.

Family and education

Lakshmi was born in Koorkenchery, Thrissur, to Unnikrishnan and Bindu Unnikrishnan. She began learning classical music from age seven and has won prizes in acting, monoact, and music competitions in Kerala School Kalolsavam. She completed her schooling from St.Paul's convent school, Kuriachira and I.E.S Public School, Thrissur. In 2009, she joined Christ College, Irinjalakuda for taking Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Functional English, and later joined Elijah Institute of Management Studies (ELIMS), Thrissur for her Master of Business Administration (MBA) post-graduation specialised in Marketing and Human Resource.

Career

She started her career as a Radio Jockey in Red FM in 2007. Lakshmi started her career as a VJ from a cable channel in Thrissur and later selected to host programmes in Jeevan TV (2008) School time which was a programme for school children to showcase their talents and Its "Really Tasty" which was a cookery show specialised in south Indian cruisin. Lakshmi also hosted Onam special programme in Amrita TV which was named as "Campus Onakkalam", "Chit chat" in WE channel where she interviewed leading actors and actresses of south India, "Dew drops (2009)" in WE channel, which was a popular Malayalam television, Live phone-in-programme which laid a milestone in her career as an anchor.^[2]^[3]

List of works

Television

Year	Title	Role	Channel	Notes
2008	School Time	Host	Jeevan TV
	Really Tasty	Host	Jeevan TV	Cookery show for South Indian cuisine
	Campus Onakkalam	Host	Amrita TV	Onam-special program
	Chit Chat	Host	We	Celebrity talk show
2009	Dew Drops	Anchor	We	Live phone-in program
2012	Tharolsavam	Host	Kairali TV
2012	Patturumal – Music, Dance & Fusion	Host	Kairali TV
2013	Kuttipatturumal	Host	Kairali TV
2014	Mylanchi	Host	Asianet	Musical reality show
2016	Mylanchy Little Champion	Host	Asianet Plus
2017	Asianet Super Voice	Host	Asianet Plus	Musical reality show
2017–2019	Tamaar Padaar	Host	Flowers	Game show
2019–present	Star Magic	Host	Flowers	Game show

Stage events

She has hosted stage shows in South India, Abu Dhabi, and Doha.

Year	Event	Role	Venue	Notes
2013	X-mas Gala 2013	Anchor	Thiruvalla	Kairali TV's Christmas event
2014	17th Asianet Film Awards	Interviewer		Interviewed South Indian celebrities
		Host	Angamaly Carnival	Musical stage show with Naresh Iyer
		Anchor	Coimbatore Carnival
	Mega Show	Anchor		Kairali TV musical event
	Vayalar Ramavarma Memorial Foundation Society Award Night	Anchor
2016	Asianet Television Awards	Host
2016	Red FM Malayalam Music Awards	Host
2017	Red FM Malayalam Music Awards	Host
2017	Yuva Awards	Host
2018	Red FM Malayalam Music Awards	Host

Films

2018: Ival Ano (Short film)
2019: Marconi Mathai (Role: Angel)
2019: A Cyanide Story (Web series)

Awards and recognition

2007: Crowned as Miss Thrissur^{[citation needed]}
2008: Won Kalathilakam^{[citation needed]}
2008: Best Anchor Award (Thrissur)^{[citation needed]}
2017: 7th Kazhcha TV Awards – Best Anchor (super voice)

References

^ "Tamar Padar | ടമാർ പടാർ | Flowers | EP#29". Flowers. 7 March 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2019 – via YouTube.
^ Nair, Radhika (31 December 2018). "2018 made me the 'Chinnu Kutty' of Malayalam TV says Tamar Padaar anchor Lakshmi". The Times of India. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
^ Jayaram, Deepika (9 April 2018). "I am glad I am able to maintain the standard of the show: Lakshmi Menon". The Times of India. Retrieved 29 August 2019.

External links

[1] "Tamar Padar | ടമാർ പടാർ | Flowers | EP#29". Flowers. 7 March 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2019 – via YouTube.

[2] Nair, Radhika (31 December 2018). "2018 made me the 'Chinnu Kutty' of Malayalam TV says Tamar Padaar anchor Lakshmi". The Times of India. Retrieved 29 August 2019.

[3] Jayaram, Deepika (9 April 2018). "I am glad I am able to maintain the standard of the show: Lakshmi Menon". The Times of India. Retrieved 29 August 2019.

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