Start Music Aaradhyam Paadum

Start Music Aaradhyam Paadum is an Indian Malayalam-language musical game show. It aired from 10 August 2019 to 2 November 2023 in Asianet and also streams digitally on Disney+ Hotstar.^[1][2][3] The show aired five seasons. It is an adaptation of Tamil reality show Start Music.

Start Music Aaradhyam Paadum
Genre	Game show
Presented by	Arya Dharmajan Bolgatty Anoop Krishnan Suchithra Nair
Country of origin	India
Original language	Malayalam
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	170
Production
Production locations	Kakkanad Kollam Trivandrum
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Original release
Network	Asianet
Release	10 August 2019 (2019-08-10) – 27 November 2023 (2023-11-27)

Overview

Start Music Aaradhyam Paadum is a game show based on music. Every week, 8 celebrities face questions and tasks about the music and win prizes. They are divided into two teams, consisting of four members in each one. There are four rounds of games in this show – "Iswaryathinte siran", "Engile Ennodupara", "Ippo sheriyakkitharam" and "Lelu Allu Lelu Allu Lelu Allu".

Season(s)

Season	No. of episodes	Originally broadcast (India)		Host(s)
		First aired	Last aired		WINNERS
1	43	10 August 2019 (2019-08-10)	4 January 2020 (2020-01-04)	Arya	-
2	24	14 November 2020 (2020-11-14)	7 February 2021 (2021-02-07)	Dharmajan Bolgatty, Arya	-
3	39	27 August 2021 (2021-08-27)	26 December 2021 (2021-12-26)	Anoop Krishnan, Suchithra Nair	Santhwanam Team wins 8lakhs
4	37	25 June 2022 (2022-06-25)	26 November 2022 (2022-11-26)	Anoop Krishnan, Arya	-
5	27	13 August 2023 (2023-08-13)	26 November 2023 (2023-11-26)	Anoop Krishnan, Arya

List of episodes

Season 1

No.	Title	Date of Broadcast	Notes	Ref.
1	Team Vanambadi vs Team Seetha Kalyanam	10 August 2019		[4]
2		11 August 2019
3		17 August 2019
4		18 August 2019
5	Team Neelakkuyil vs Team Karuthamuthu	24 August 2019		[5]
6		25 August 2019
7		31 August 2019
8		1 September 2019
9	Team Pulikkuttikal vs Team Poothumbikal	7 September 2019	Onam special episodes	[6]
10		8 September 2019
11		14 September 2019
12		15 September 2019
13	Team Swami Ayyappan vs Team Kasthooriman	21 September 2019		[7]
14		22 September 2019
15		28 September 2019
16		29 September 2019
17	Team Kasthooriman vs Team Pournamithinkal	5 October 2019		[8]
18		6 October 2019
19		12 October 2019
20		13 October 2019
21	Team Thekkekkara vs Team Vadakkekkara	19 October 2019		[6]
22		20 October 2019
23		26 October 2019
24		27 October 2019
25	Team Kidilan vs Team Vanambadi	2 November 2019	Celebrating 25 episodes mark	[9]
26		3 November 2019
27	Team Pournamithinkal vs Team Neelakkuyil	9 November 2019		[6]
28		10 November 2019
29	Team Kasthooriman vs Team Seetha Kalyanam	22 November 2019
30		23 November 2019
31	Team Neelakkuyil vs Team Vanambadi	29 November 2019
32		30 November 2019
33	Team Kudukkachi vs Team Jagajilli	6 December 2019
34		7 December 2019
35	Team Rowdy Baby vs Team Kidoos	13 December 2019
36		14 December 2019
37	Team Vanambadi vs Team Kasthooriman	20 December 2019
38		21 December 2019
39		25 December 2019	Christmas special episode
40	Team Neelakkuyil vs Team Seetha Kalyanam	27 December 2019
41		28 December 2019
42	Team Dons vs Team Gymmans	3 January 2020
43		4 January 2020

Season 2

No.	Title	Date of Broadcast	Notes
1	Team Vanambadi vs Team Seetha Kalyanam	14 November 2020
2		15 November 2020
3	Team Kasthooriman vs Team Pournamithinkal	21 November 2020
4		22 November 2020
5	Team Paadatha Painkili vs Team Kudumbavilakku	28 November 2020
6		29 November 2020
7		5 December 2020
8		6 December 2020
9	Team Rockstars vs Team Music Stars	12 December 2020	Former contestants of Star Singer[10]
10		13 December 2020
11	Team Kudumbavilakku vs Team Kasthooriman	23 December 2020
12		24 December 2020
13	Team Mounaragam vs Team Seetha Kalyanam	26 December 2020
14		2 January 2021
15	Team Paadatha Painkili vs Team Ammayariyathe	9 January 2021
16		10 January 2021
17		16 January 2021
18		17 January 2021
19	Team Kasthooriman vs Team Mounaragam	23 January 2021
20		24 January 2021
21		30 January 2021
22		31 January 2021
23	Bigg Stars and Boss Stars	6 February 2021
24		7 February 2021
Source:[11]

Season 3

No.	Title	Date of Broadcast	Notes	Ref.
1	Team Koodevide vs Team Kudumbavilakku	27 August 2021	Guest appearance from Prayaga Martin	[12]
2		28 August 2021
3		29 August 2021
4	Team Mounaragam vs Team Seetha Kalyanam	4 September 2021		[13]
5	5 September 2021
6	Team Bigg Stars vs Team Boss Stars	11 September 2021	Contestants of Bigg Boss (Malayalam season 3)	[14]
7		12 September 2021
8	Team Paadatha Painkili vs Team Ammayariyathe	18 September 2021		[13]
9		19 September 2021
10		25 September 2021
11		26 September 2021
12	Team Balahanuman vs Team Koodevide	2 October 2021
13		3 October 2021
14	Team Thoovalsparsham vs Team Sasneham	9 October 2021
15		10 October 2021
16	Team Mounaragam vs Team Kudumbavilakku	16 October 2021
17		17 October 2021
18	Team Paadatha Painkili vs Team Balahanuman	23 October 2021		[15]
19		24 October 2021
20	Team Bigg Boss vs Team Bigg Boss	30 October 2021	Contestants of Bigg Boss (Malayalam season 3)	[16]
21		31 October 2021
22	Team Santhwanam Stars vs Team Santhwanam Gems	6 November 2021		[17]
23		7 November 2021
24	Team VIP vs Team Black and White	13 November 2021	Winners of Comedy Stars	[13]
25		14 November 2021
26	Team Gents Stars vs Team Lady Stars	20 November 2021	Actors of Koodevide and Ammayariyathe	[18]
27		21 November 2021
28	Team Ammayariyathe vs Team Santhwanam	27 November 2021		[19]
29		28 November 2021
30	Team Thoovalsparsham vs Team Kudumbavilakku	4 December 2021		[13]
31		5 December 2021
32	Team Padatha Painkili vs Team Mounaragam	11 December 2021		[20]
33		12 December 2021
34	Team Koodevide vs Team Sasneham	18 December 2021		[13]
35		19 December 2021
36	Team Jingle Bells and Team Twinkle Stars	25 December 2021	Actors of Koodevide and Ammayariyathe Christmas special episode
37	Grand-finale	26 December 2021	Teams Santhwanam, Koodevide, Thoovalsparsham, and Padatha Painkili	[21]
38		26 December 2021
39		26 December 2021		[22]

Adaptations

Language	Title	Original release	Network(s)	No. of. Seasons	Notes
Tamil	Start Music	26 May 2019 (2019-05-26)	Star Vijay	5	Original
Telugu	Start Music[23]	5 August 2019 (2019-08-05)	Star Maa	4	Remake
Malayalam	Start Music Aaradhyam Paadum[24]	10 August 2019 (2019-08-10)	Asianet	5
Kannada	Gaana Bajaana	9 November 2019 (2019-11-09)	Star Suvarna	3
Bengali	Start Music[25]	24 November 2019 (2019-11-24)	Star Jalsha	1