Sancharam (TV series)

Sancharam
Created by Santhosh George Kulangara
Presented by Santhosh George Kulangara
Narrated by Aneesh Punnen Peter
Country of origin India
Original language(s) Malayalam
No. of episodes About 1000
Production
Producer(s) Labour India
Running time 30 minutes
Release
Original network Asianet (formerly)
Safari TV (since 2013)
Original release 2001
External links
Website

Sancharam (Malayalam: സഞ്ചാരം, English: travel), is the first telecast of a visual travelogue in Malayalam language television. The program has been shot, edited and directed by Santhosh George Kulangara. It is being aired on prime time 10 p.m. (IST) every weekday in Safari TV channel and re-telecasted the next day (weekdays only) two times. The program has completed over 1000 episodes and has been shot in more than 75 countries during the last 15 years. Originally aired on Asianet on Sundays, it has been then started airing on Safari TV, which is owned by Santhosh George Kulangara.

An internet edition of Sancharam is also available free of cost. In the website, viewers may choose the countries they wish to watch by using drop-down list with audio by commentator currently available in Malayalam. It claimed to be the first Internet television in Kerala.[1]

Sancharam is about to be shot in space by Santhosh George Kulangara who has been selected for the Virgin Galactic’s next space tourism programme, SpaceShipTwo. With this space journey, he is slated to be India's first space tourist.[2][3]

The editing of Sancharam is done by Labour India Publications Ltd..

Awards

Sancharam has won many awards by this time. Some of the awards includes:[4][5]

References

  1. "Internet Television Channel Sancharam inaugurated". Mathrubhumi. page 7, 2 January 2007. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. Tuning "Sancharm to be in space" Check |url= value (help). Fine Tuning the World.
  3. "Santosh George to become first Indian space tourist". Chennai, India: The Hindu Online. 16 March 2007.
  4. "TV megaserial Awards". Chennai, India: The Hindu Online. 17 February 2004.
  5. "Sancharam video, awards". sancharam.com.
  6. "TV megaserial Awards announced". Music India Online.
  7. "Vivekananda Awards for Santhosh George Kulangara". New Indian Express.
  8. "First telecast of a visual travelogue in Malayalam". Limca Book of Records. Retrieved 2006-08-08.

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