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Cinemala is a Malayalam comedy series produced by Diana Silvester. The first episode was aired on Asianet, a Malayalam news television network, on August 20th, 1993. Cinemala was the first programme aired on Asianet and continued to broadcast thirty minute episodes every Sunday at 1:30pm (IST) until its completion in 2003. The show began as a film-based satire, and in later years, began to delve into contemporary political and social issues. It focuses on current events, often referencing figures such as politicians and media personalities in a satirical way. These public figures are played by popular mimicry artists from Malayalam television. Cinemala has been awarded a place in the Limca Book of Records for being one of the longest-running TV shows. On 7 April 2013, Cinemala broadcasted its 1000th episode.

Cinemala 1000 Function
To celebrate the broadcast of the 1000th episode of Cinemala, Asianet conducted a mega stage show titled CINEMALA 1000 at Gokulam Convention Centre, Kochi, to congratulate all the artists who were part of the show right from the beginning. Tinsel world‘s leading artists S. Dileep and Salim Kumar were honored on the occasion. Mementos were presented to all other involved artists. The show featured comedy skits by Cinemala artists as well as a variety of other performances by artists such as Suraj Venjaramoodu, Mamukkoya, Indrans, P. Jayachandran, Usha Uthup, Sithara, Shamna Kasim, Subi, and Tesni Khan.

Cast

 * Thesni Khan
 * Subi Suresh
 * Harishri Martin
 * Saju Kodiyan
 * Manoj Guinness
 * Sajan Palluruthy
 * Ramesh Pisharody
 * Dharmajan Bolgatty
 * Kottayam Nazeer
 * Kochu Preman
 * Dileep
 * Harisree Ashokan
 * Salim Kumar
 * Tini Tom
 * Guinness Pakru
 * Shinod Malayattoor
 * Unni Warrier
 * Praseetha Menon
 * Ponnamma Babu
 * Suraj
 * Thomas Thoppilkudi who also was script writer of many episodes in early 2000s
 * Devi Chandana