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. The show aired five seasons. It is an adaptation of Tamil reality show Start Music.

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 airedWINNERS 1 43 Arya - 2 24 Dharmajan Bolgatty, Arya - 3 39 Anoop Krishnan, Suchithra NairSanthwanam Team wins 8lakhs 4 37Anoop Krishnan, Arya -527Anoop Krishnan, Arya

List of episodes Season 1 No. Title Date of Broadcast Notes 1Team Vanambadi vs Team Seetha Kalyanam 10 August 2019 2 11 August 2019 3 17 August 2019 4 18 August 2019 5Team Neelakkuyil vs Team Karuthamuthu 24 August 2019 6 25 August 2019 7 31 August 2019 8 1 September 2019 9Team Pulikkuttikal vs Team Poothumbikal 7 September 2019Onam special episodes 10 8 September 2019 11 14 September 2019 12 15 September 2019 13Team Swami Ayyappan vs Team Kasthooriman 21 September 2019 14 22 September 2019 15 28 September 2019 16 29 September 2019 17Team Kasthooriman vs Team Pournamithinkal 5 October 2019 18 6 October 2019 19 12 October 2019 20 13 October 2019 21Team Thekkekkara vs Team Vadakkekkara 19 October 2019 22 20 October 2019 23 26 October 2019 24 27 October 2019 25Team Kidilan vs Team Vanambadi 2 November 2019Celebrating 25 episodes mark 26 3 November 2019 27Team Pournamithinkal vs Team Neelakkuyil 9 November 2019 28 10 November 2019 29Team 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 37Team 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 1Team Vanambadi vs Team Seetha Kalyanam 14 November 2020 2 15 November 2020 3Team Kasthooriman vs Team Pournamithinkal 21 November 2020 4 22 November 2020 5Team Paadatha Painkili vs Team Kudumbavilakku 28 November 2020 6 29 November 2020 7 5 December 2020 8 6 December 2020 9Team Rockstars vs Team Music Stars 12 December 2020Former contestants of Star Singer 10 13 December 2020 11 Team Kudumbavilakku vs Team Kasthooriman 23 December 2020 12 24 December 2020 13Team Mounaragam vs Team Seetha Kalyanam 26 December 2020 14 2 January 2021 15Team 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 23Bigg Stars and Boss Stars 6 February 2021 24 7 February 2021 Source:

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

Adaptations LanguageTitleOriginal releaseNetwork(s)No. of. SeasonsNotes Tamil Start Music Star Vijay 5 Original Telugu Start Music Star Maa 4Remake Malayalam Start Music Aaradhyam Paadum Asianet 5 Kannada Gaana Bajaana Star Suvarna 3 Bengali Start Music Star Jalsha 1

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