Sreekandan Nair aka SKN is a media personality, television anchor, veteran journalist and Managing Director of

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and 24 News. He has hosted several

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TV shows, including ''Oru Nimisham'', ''Nammal Thammil'', and ''Samadooram''. He was formerly a presenter on

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, the content head and senior Vice President of

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in the

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sector of India, and a consultant to the entertainment television operations of

Mazhavil Manorama Mazhavil Manorama is an Indian Malayalam language general entertainment Free-to-air television channel owned by Malayala Manorama. The channel’s headquarters is at Aroor, Alappuzha in Kerala, India. History The channel has been on air sin ...

. He has hosted a talk show called the 'Sreekandan Nair Show' on

in which he achieved

Guinness World Records ''Guinness World Records'', known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as ''The Guinness Book of Records'' and in previous United States editions as ''The Guinness Book of World Records'', is a British reference book published annually, list ...

along with

for hosting a TV talk-show for 6 hours and asked 674 questions on 18 March 2018 .

Career

In 1984, Sreekandan Nair started his career as a programme executive at

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. There, he penned and staged over 1500 satirical radio plays, radio dramas, and documentaries. He also anchored the program ''Oru Nimisham'' on

. He wrote a screenplay for Malayalam movie Raajathanthram. He later joined

as the head of its TV content division in Kerala. While working there, he launched the Malayalam television talk show ''Nammal Thammil'', which spanned 750 episodes over 17 years. He eventually became the Show Director of the event management division of Asianet. In 2003, he became the senior vice president of Asianet. He simultaneously worked for

as a consultant and founded the company Magic Media Infotainment Private Limited. Under its banner, he produced and anchored the talk show ''Samadooram'' and the television serial Kathayile Rajakumari, which was broadcast on Mazhavil Manorama. On 4 January 2016, he launched a talk show called the ''Sreekandan Nair Show'' on

, of which he is the managing director. He later launched another talk show called '''Oru Nimisham on the same channel. Sreekandan Nair launched a show called Flowers Oru Kodi, which allows participants to win 1 crore through a quiz session. The show is live since 2022.

Films

• Kalimannu Tv Anchor • Arjunan Sakshi Tv Anchor * Raajathanthram (1997) (Story, Screenplay, dialogue) *

Njangal Santhushtaranu ''Njangal Santhushtaranu'' () is a 1999 Indian Malayalam-language domestic drama film directed by Rajasenan and starring Jayaram and Abhirami in lead roles. Plot Sanjeevan is a dedicated and honest police commissioner who lives with his widowed ...

as Sreekandan Nair

References

External links

Sreekantan Nair to Break Guinness World Record - TOI

Sreekantan Nair achieves Guinness World Record - Times of India
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nair, Sreekandan Living people Businesspeople from Kollam Indian television presenters Year of birth missing (living people)