MUMBAI: Malayalam general entertainment and news channel Amrita TV is back with the new season of music reality show ?Kasavu Thattom?.

The second season of Kasavu Thattom will air Thursday to Saturday at 11 pm, starting 11 April, with repeats at 12 noon from Monday to Wednesday.

Practitioners and adherents of this centuries old folk art form known as Mappila Paattu (Mappila Song) participated in the auditions held in various centres all over the Gulf, out of which 20 Mappilappattu artistes were chosen to contest in the latest season of Kasavu Thattom.

Mappila Paattu or Mappila Song is a folklore Muslim song genre rendered to lyrics in colloquial Mappila dialect of Malayalam laced with Arabic, by the Mappilas of Malabar.

Rounds such as traditional songs, films, drama songs, your choice, Kalyanappattu and others based on varied themes have been lined up to test their versatility and repertoire in this branch of Malabar Muslim music.

Folk literature expert V.M Kutty, Malabar music exponent V.T Murali and playback singer Liji Francis will constitute the 3 member Permanent Jury panel.