# Pearle Maaney

Pearle Maaney (/maːɳi/; born 28 May 1989) is an Indian actress, lyricist, YouTuber, and television presenter who works in Malayalam shows. She is known for co-hosting three seasons of the Malayalam dance reality show D 4 Dance. Pearle emerged as the first runner-up of the Big Boss Malayalam season 1.

## Early life

Pearle Maaney was brought up in a Syro-Malabar Syrian Christian joint family based in Kochi with roots in Chowara. She did her schooling at Holy Angel's Convent Thiruvananthapuram and Rajagiri Public School, Kalamassery, and completed her graduation in media studies from Christ University, Bangalore. Her parents are based in Thrissur.

## Career

Pearle Maaney has anchored over 250 episodes of the music show Yes Jukebox on the Malayalam television channel Yes Indiavision, a subsidiary of Indiavision. She hosted Taste of Kerala, a travel-based cookery show on Amrita TV under the stage name Serah.
In October 2014, she started hosting the dance reality show GumOn D2 on Mazhavil Manorama, replacing host Jewel Mary. Her co-host was Govind Padmasoorya. She also hosted season 2 of the Kaumudy TV programme Cinema Company. In 2018, she contested in the first season of the reality show Bigg Boss on Asianet and emerged as the runner-up. She was the only female contestant to complete 100 days.

## Personal life

During season one of the Bigg Boss reality show in 2018, she got involved in a romantic relationship with her co-contestant Srinish Aravind, and both of them expressed their wish to get married. On 17 January 2019, Pearle Maaney got engaged to Srinish Aravind at a private ceremony. On 5 May 2019 the couple got married as per Christian customs and on 8 May 2019 they had a Hindu wedding ceremony as well. They have two daughters, Nila and Nitara, born on 20 March 2021 and 13 January 2024.

## Filmography
### Films

| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 2013 | Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi | Biker Girl | |
| 2014 | The Last Supper | Pearley | |
| 2014 | Njaan | Valli | |
| 2015 | Loham | Bride | |
| 2015 | Double Barrel (Iratta Kuzhal) | She | |
| 2015 | Jo and the Boy | Mithu | |
| 2016 | Kalyana Vaibhogame | Vaidehi | Telugu film |
| 2016 | Pretham | Suhannisa | |
| 2016 | Kappiri Thuruthu | Yami | |
| 2017 | Team 5 | Suresh Aleena | |
| 2017 | Pullikkaran Staraa | Angelina | |
| 2018 | Who | Dolores | English/ Malayalam Bilingual film |
| 2020 | Ludo | Sheeja Thomas | Hindi film Released on Netflix |
| 2022 | Valimai | Christina | Tamil film |
| 2023 | Queen Elizabeth | Celebrity | |

### Short films

| Year | Film | Role |
| 2015 | Punchirikku Parasparam | Biker Girl |
| 2017 | Hand of God | Herself (car girl) |
| 2023 | The delay | Neighbour |

### Television
#### As host

| Year | Show | Channel | Notes |
| 2008 | Yes Jukebox | Indiavision | |
| 2010–2012 | Taste of Kerala | Amrita TV | Credited as "Serah" |
| 2014 | D 4 Dance | Mazhavil Manorama | Replaced Jewel Mary Co-host with Govind Padmasoorya |
| 2014–2015 | D2 – D4 Dance | Mazhavil Manorama | Co-host with Govind Padmasoorya |
| 2015–2016 | Cinema Company Season 2 | Kaumudy TV | |
| 2015 | IIFA Utsavam | Sun TV Network | With Suraj Venjaramoodu |
| 2015 | Ranipadminimar | Mazhavil Manorama | |
| 2015 | Kavyakkoppam GPyum Pearleyum | Mazhavil Manorama | |
| 2016 | D3 – D 4 Dance | Mazhavil Manorama | Co-host Adil Ibriham |
| 2016 | D 4 Dance Reloaded | Mazhavil Manorama | Co-host Adil Ibriham |
| 2016–2017 | Katturumbu | Flowers | |
| 2017 | Flowers TV Awards 2017 | Flowers | Award Show |
| 2017 | 2nd IIFA Utsavam | Surya TV | With Tini Tom |
| 2017–2018 | Manya Maha Janangale | Kairali TV | Also as judge |
| 2018–present | Pearle Maaney Show | YouTube | Pearle Productions |
| 2017 | Tamaar Padaar | Flowers | Replaced by Lakshmi Nakshathra |
| 2018 | Mirchi Music Awards South | Asianet | Award show |
| 2018 | Asianet Comedy Awards | Asianet | Award show |
| 2018 | Asianet Television Awards 2018 | Asianet | Award show |
| 2018 | Midukki | Mazhavil Manorama | |
| 2018 | Amma Mazhavillu Vilambaram | Mazhavil Manorama | |
| 2018 | Nayika Nayakan | Mazhavil Manorama | replaced by Aswathy Sreekanth |
| 2019 | 8th South Indian International Movie Awards | Surya TV | Award show |
| 2019–2020 | Dance Jodi Dance 3.0 | Zee Tamizh | Tamil reality show Co-host with Deepak Dinkar |
| 2020 | Funny Nights with Pearle Maaney | Zee Keralam | Replaced by Suraj Venjaramoodu and relaunched as Funny nights |
| 2020 | Lockdown talks | YouTube | Quarantine special show |
| 2021 | 10th South Indian International Movie Awards | Surya TV | Award show with Govind Padmasoorya |
| 2022 | Cook with Comedy | Asianet | |

#### Other roles

| Year | Show | Role | Channel | Notes |
| 2011–2012 | Chumma | Serah | Amrita TV | TV series |
| 2015 | Thengakola Mangatholi | Herself with Govind Padmasoorya | Mazhavil Manorama | Music album |
| 2015 | Celebrate Happiness | Herself | Mazhavil Manorama | Music video |
| 2016 | Deshadanakili Karayarila | Herself | Mazhavil Manorama | Video album |
| 2017 | Hand of God | Herself as Car Girl | Mazhavil Manorama | Short film |
| 2017 | Minute to Win it | Participant | Game show |
| 2018 | Bigg Boss (Malayalam season 1) | Herself as a contestant | Asianet | 1st Runner-up |
| 2018–2019 | Pearlish season 1,2 | Pearle with Srinish Aravind | YouTube | Music Album / Web series |
| 2019 | Oru Kuthu Kadha | Pearle with Srinish Aravind / Shiyas Kareem | YouTube | Music Album / Web series |
| 2020 | Kitchen, Khanna & Konversation Season 3 | Chef | Hotstar | Cookery show |
| 2020 | Plastic&Elastic | Plas | YouTube | Web series |
| 2020 | Avastha | Aishwarya | YouTube | Web series |
| 2020 | Chellakuttiye | Aishwarya | YouTube | Tamil Music album |
| 2021 | Maveli | Herself | Netflix | Short film |

## Discography

| Year | Song | Film | Lyricist | Singer | Composer | Language | Notes |
| 2014 | "Belly Song" | The Last Supper | No | Yes | Gopi Sundar | Arabic | |
| 2016 | "Pal Pal" | Kalyana Vaibhogame | No | Yes | Kalyan Koduri | Telugu | Rahul Nambiar (co-singer) |
| 2018 | "Title Song" | Pearle Maaney Show (web series) | Yes | Yes | Gopi Sundar | English | |
| 2018 | "Fly with You" | Pearlish (web series) | Yes | Yes | Jecin George | Tamil | Jecin George (co-singer) |
| 2019 | "Who are You" | Who | Yes | No | Mangal Suvarnan | English | |
| 2019 | "Lonely Lake" | Who | Yes | No | Manikandan Ayyappa | English | |
| 2019 | "Munnale Ponale" | Oru Adaar Love | Yes | No | Shaan Rahman | Tamil | |
| 2020 | "Chellakuttiye" | Avastha (web series) | Yes | No | Jecin George | Tamil | |
| 2020 | Chellakannane | Music Video | Yes | Yes | Jecin George | Tamil | Jecin George (co-singer) |
| 2021 | Crazy World | Music Video | Yes | Yes | Jecin George | English | |