Sancharam (TV series)

Sancharam
Created by Santhosh George Kulangara
Presented by Santhosh George Kulangara
Narrated by Anish Punnen Peter
Country of origin India
Original language(s) Malayalam
No. of episodes 1,477; as on 12 October, 2018
Production
Producer(s) Labour India
Running time 30 minutes
Release
Original network Asianet (2001–2013)
Safari TV (2013–)
Original release 2001–present
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 09:30 pm and 10 pm (IST) every weekday in Safari TV channel and re-telecasted the next day (weekdays only) four times. The program has completed over 1475 episodes and has been shot in more than 100 countries during the last 21 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. 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..

The episodes which are being telecasted presently were shot in Serbia.

Places shown in Sancharam (since January 2018)

Country Places Date
Ethiopia Addis Ababa, Mek'ele, Danakil desert, January 2018
Philippines Manila, Corregidor, Cebu February 2018
Austria Vienna, Wienerwald March 2018
Slovakia Bratislava March 2018
United States (Florida) Miami, Orlando, Key West, Miami Beach April 2018
Bahamas Grand Bahama April 2018
Jordan Amman, Al Karak, Petra, Wadi Rum, Aqaba, Dead Sea May 2018
Nepal Kathmandu, Pokhara June 2018
Ukraine Kiev, Chernobyl, Zhytomyr, Berdychiv, Vinnytsia, Odessa July 2018
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Batu Caves, Genting Highlands August 2018
China Guangzhou, Lhasa August 2018
Serbia Belgrade September 2018

Awards

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

  • Best TV serial award[6]
  • Vivekananda Awards[7]
  • Limca Book of Records, added in its 2007 edition[8]
  • Kerala's Film Critics Award: for the best Television program telecasted in 2005.
  • Souparnikatheeram State Award: Television Award for the best director of a non-fictional program.
  • All India RAPA Award-2004: award of ‘best non-fiction television program’ given away by Radio and TV Advertising Practitioners Association (RAPA)
  • National Film Academy Award: program has been declared eligible for the award instituted by National Film Academy for the section 'Other than Fiction'
  • Kerala Film Critics Association Award-2003
  • All India Akshaya National Award-2003
  • National Award: This is one of the awards given at National level in the Radio-Mini screen field. This program selected for the award from the TV programs of about 20 different languages.

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. Archived from the original on 23 September 2007.
  7. ↑ "Vivekananda Awards for Santhosh George Kulangara". New Indian Express.
  8. ↑ "First telecast of a visual travelogue in Malayalam". Limca Book of Records. Archived from the original on 23 July 2008. Retrieved 8 August 2006.

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