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Merryland Studio is an Indianfilm studio based inThiruvananthapuram,Kerala. It was established in 1950 by former Thiruvananthapuram mayor and businessmanP. Subramaniam. He produced 70 films, 59 of them directed by himself. He was active between 1951 – 1979. The studio's home productions were made under the companyNeela Productions. Merryland Studio was famous for their professional rivalry withKunchacko'sUdaya Studio. They resumed film production under the newly christened companyMerryland Cinemas, debuting withHridayam (2022).

Subramaniam bought land atNemom,Thiruvananthapuram, and founded the studio in 1951. Their first production wasAtma Sakhi (1952). Subramaniam primarily worked as a director for the studio. The studio's list includes a string of landmark films of Malayalam cinema history.^[1]

In the 1950s, Malayalam film production were shuttling betweenMadras andUdaya Studio inAlappuzha. It was at that time Merryland Studio was set up at a five-and-a-half acres of land, easing the productions of Malayalam films. At its peak time, the studio used to employ close to 80 personnel. Many of the actors and actresses frequently appeared in Merryland films:Prem Nazir acted in at least 30 films in the first 10 years of his career,Sathyan was introduced in Merryland's debut filmAtmasakhi,Madhu who appeared in many films was also a family friend of theirs,K. V. Shanthi was also known by the name "Merryland Shanthi" for her long-term association with the studio, the trioTravancore sisters also closely associated with the studio,Sharada also worked in many of the films. Others who were introduced through Neela Productions' films areKottarakkara Sreedharan Nair,Miss Kumari,Vinodini Sasimohan,Srividya,Aranmula Ponnamma,S. P. Pillai among others. The competition between Udaya Studio and Merryland Studio was so intense that at one point when Merryland releasedBhaktha Kuchela, Udaya releasedKrishna Kuchela with the same story, after that one they decided to stop the practice. TheirKumarasambhavam won the firstKerala State Film Award for Best Film when it was established in 1969. Merryland's films revolved around either social issues or mythology, they were mostly known for mythological films which were the most successful.^[2]Bhakta Kuchela,Sree Guruvayoorappan,Swami Ayyappan, andSree Murukan were among their most successful mythological films.^[3]

Hridayathinte Nirangal was released before Subramaniam died in 1978.^{[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]} In 2021, screenwriterJohn Paul wrote in an article that "The studios set up by P. Subramaniam and Kunchacko—Merryland and Udaya—respectively, led to the development of a full-fledged Malayalam film industry".^[12]

In 2022, Merryland Studios resumed film production under the newly christened companyMerryland Cinemas, debuting withHridayam (2022)^[13]

The following serials are produced by Karthikeyan, Murugan and Saranya Subramaniam under the banner of Merryland, Sree Subramaniam Enterprises, Sree Saravana Enterprises and Sree Saran Creations.

• All TV series are in Malayalam.

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