Lakshmi Nakshathra – Wikipedia

Indian television host

Lakshmi Nakshathra
Born	Lakshmi Unnikrishnan K (1991-09-02) 2 September 1991 (age 31)
Nationality	Indian
Other names	Chinnu
Alma mater
Occupations
Years active	2007 – present
Spouse	Rimshad ​ ​ (m. , divorced)​

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 Star Magic on Flowers TV.

Early life[edit]

Lakshmi was born in Koorkenchery, Thrissur, to Unnikrishnan and Bindu. 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 specialized in Marketing and Human Resource.

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 cuisine. 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.
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List of works[edit]

Television[edit]

Year	Title	Role	Channel	Notes
2008	School Time	Host	Jeevan TV
2009-2012	Really Tasty	Host	Jeevan TV	Cookery show for South Indian cuisine
2009	Chit Chat	Host	We Channel	Celebrity talk show
2009	Dew Drops	Anchor	We Channel	Live phone-in program
2011	Campus Onakkalam	Host	Amrita TV	Onam-special 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 TV	Game show
2019–2022	Star Magic (Tamaar Padaar 2)	Host	Flowers TV	Game show
2021-2022	Super power	Host	Flowers TV	Game show
2022–present	Star Comedy Magic (Star Magic 2)	Host	Flowers TV	Game show

Stage events[edit]

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[edit]

Awards and recognition[edit]

Year	Award	Category	Result	Ref
2008	Kalathilakam		Won
	Thrissur	Best Anchor Award	Won
2017	7th Kazhcha TV Awards	Best Anchor (Super Voice)	Won
2021	Kalabhavan Mani Foundation	Best Anchor Award	Won

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