[2] Malayalee House is a reality show based on the original Dutch Big Brother format developed by John de Mol.

The Malayalee House was built exclusively for the show at a film studio in Hyderabad owned by actor Nagarjuna.

Residents must evict the least liked participant, from the option given to them by the Anchor, based on the rule set (with consideration of the ratings and the response from TV viewers).

The main television coverage took the form of a highlights programme aired on Surya TV at 8:00 PM (Mon-Fri).

The extra video footage that is not part of the daily episode are aired at 10:30 PM on the same day which is called Malayalee House -Kaanakazhchakal.

[3] However, the view count hit below 0.2 million from approximately days 40-50 (eviction week of Chitra Iyer).

From approximately days 70-80 (eviction week of Santhosh Pandit and the disqualification of Sneha Nambiar) the viewership again fell below 0.2 million.

The episode shows G S Pradeep and his wife use a secret code language to communicate with each other about the outside world and the viewers' opinions.

Rahul and Sneha won a contest and were allowed to go out of MH to a mall to view a movie.

The hosts of the show decided to invite a public poll for the eviction of housemates from the 5th week onwards.

[5] The makers of the show surprised the audience and housemates by bring back Pandit as a wildcard entry to the house at the end of the 5th week in a dramatic way.

During the nomination of Dalu, a Facebook poll in Surya TV channel showed the maximum votes of eviction to Neena Kurup and Thingal Bhal.

The commission has asked for an explanation from Surya TV and discussed the matter in a meeting at Thiruvananthapuram.

Endemol filed a suit in Bombay High Court against Sun TV Network Ltd. and four others, seeking an injunction to restrain them from exploiting, telecasting, publicizing or continuing to telecast the reality show Malayalee House which had allegedly infringing the Group's copyright in the production format of Bigg Boss.