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Sancharam (TV series)

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Sancharam
Created byLabour India
Presented bySanthosh George Kulangara
Country of originIndia
Originallanguage(s)Malayalam
Production
Producer(s)Rajesh George
Running time30 minutes per episode
Broadcast
Original channelAsianet
External links
Website
Sancharam (Malayalam: സഞ്ചാരം, Englishtravel), is the first telecast of a visual travelogue in Malayalam language television. It is being aired at prime time 12:30 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. (IST) on every Sunday in Asianet news television channel and re-telecasted three times in a week by Asianet’s main and subsidiary channels.[1] It is presented by Santosh George Kulangara, and is based on his travels. The program has completed over 550 episodes and has been shot in more than 75 countries during the last 15 years.
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.[2]
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.[3][4]
The editing of Sancharam is done by Labour India Publications Ltd..

Awards[edit]

Sancharam has won many awards by this time. Some of the awards includes:[5][6]
  • Best TV serial award [7]
  • Vivekananda Awards [8]
  • Limca Book of Records, added in its 2007 edition [9]
  • 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[edit]

  1. Jump up^ "Sunday at 10:30am". Asianet.
  2. Jump up^ "Internet Television Channel Sancharam inaugurated". Mathrubhumi. page 7, 2 January 2007. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. Jump up^ Tuning "Sancharm to be in space". Fine Tuning the World.
  4. Jump up^ "Santosh George to become first Indian space tourist". Chennai, India: The Hindu Online. 16 March 2007.
  5. Jump up^ "TV megaserial Awards". Chennai, India: The Hindu Online. 17 February 2004.
  6. Jump up^ "Sancharam video, awards". sancharam.com.
  7. Jump up^ "TV megaserial Awards announced". Music India Online.
  8. Jump up^ "Vivekananda Awards for Santhosh George Kulangara". New Indian Express.
  9. Jump up^ "First telecast of a visual travelogue in Malayalam"Limca Book of Records. Retrieved 2006-08-08.

External links[edit]



Sancharam is the travel experiences of a lone back packer, Santhosh George Kulangara, who traverses around the globe. He has been making solo journeys from country to country for the last 15 years. This website presents you the luscious sights he has captured with his video camera during this globetrotting. These include helicopter trips, cruiser trips, train journeys, bike tours, mono rail journeys, bus tours, tram journeys, adventure trips, mountain bike rides, underwater expeditions, submarine cruises, desert safaris, jungle safaris, scuba divings, speed boat trips, polar expeditions, cable car trips, backwater voyages, dhoni tours, dragon boat tours, gondola trips, canopy walking, rikshaw rides, tuk-tuk rides, jeepney tours, horse cart rides and even space flight. Above these exciting travel videos of places, including amusement parks, casinos, shopping malls, music venues and theatres, monuments, zoos, aquaria, museums, art galleries, religious monuments and pilgrim centres, botanical gardens, castles and fortresses, libraries, former prisons, skyscrapers, bridges, wonders of the world, national parks, forests, theme parks, historical places, educational institutions, film production facilities, carnival venues, living history museums, ethnic enclaves, beaches, industrial centres and locations of cultural extravaganza, are here for you to watch. The following are the countries Santhosh George Kulangara has visited. Nepal, Maldives, Thailand, Singapore, Qatar, Britain, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg, France, Italy, Vatican, China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Germany, Czech Republic, Poland, Belarus, Russia, Finland, Sweden, Denmark,
Sri Lanka, Austria, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Netherlands, Egypt, Turkey, Greece, Bhutan, Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, U.A.E, Spain, Portugal, Monaco, Indonesia, Kenya, South Africa, Cambodia, Vietnam, Jordan, Israel, Palestine, Australia, New Zealand, USA, Canada, Ethiopia, Uganda, Syria, Bahrain, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Honduras, Belize, Mexico, Oman, Seychelles, Mauritius, Myanmar, Barbados, Saint Lucia,
Saint Kitts and Nevis, Cyprus, Laos and Antarctica

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