MUMBAI: Malayalam entertainment channel Asianet will kick-off its special programming for the Christmas festival with Christmas choir Gloria on 25 December at 6.30 am.

Gloria will be followed by Christmas Sandesham at 7 am and Vellithirayile Nithyavasantham, a chat show with veteran actress Sheela, at 7.30 am.

A special programme, Happy Christmas Daa Thadiya, is at 8 am while Comedy skit Pappiyude Happy Christmas is at 8.30 am.

A special rogramme on movie Kammath & Kammath, Kammath Kudumbathile Kalyana Viseshangal, will be shown at 9 am. The broadcaster will have a chat show with megastar Mammootty and director Ranjith 5.30 pm. A Christmas special, Comedy Express, is at 10 pm.

Asianet is also all set to telecast world movie premieres such as Usthad Hotel (starring: Dulkar Salman, Thilakan, Nithya Menon) at 9.30 am, The King & The Commissioner (starring: Mammootty, Suresh Gopi, Samvritha Sunil) at 1.30pm, and Mayamohini (starring: Dilip, Biju Menon, Babu Raj , Lakshmi Rai) at 6 pm.