Sancharam (TV series)

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Sancharam
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Sancharam logo
Created bySanthosh George Kulangara
Presented bySanthosh George Kulangara
Narrated byAnish Punnen Peter
Country of originIndia
Original languageMalayalam
No. of episodes1639 (as of January 22 2020)
Production
ProducerSanthosh George Kulangara
Running time30 minutes
Release
Original networkAsianet (2001–2013)
Safari TV (2013–)
Original release2001–present
External links
Website

Sancharam (Malayalam: സഞ്ചാരം, transl. 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. Originally aired on Asianet on Sundays, it has then been aired on Safari TV, which is owned by Santhosh George Kulangara.[1] An internet edition of Sancharam is also available free of cost. It is claimed to be the first Internet television in Kerala.[2]

As of 2019, Santhosh had travelled to more than 120 countries and his experiences and sights are telecasted through Sancharam, spanning the seven continents[3] since Santhosh George Kulangara started his solo journeys outside India in 1997.[1]

List of countries shown in Sancharam[a][]

Date Country Places
January 2018 Ethiopia Addis Ababa, Mek'ele, Danakil desert,
February 2018 Philippines Manila, Corregidor, Cebu
March 2018 Austria Vienna, Wienerwald
March 2018 Slovakia Bratislava
April 2018 United States Miami, Orlando, Key West, Miami Beach
April 2018 Bahamas Grand Bahama
May 2018 Jordan Amman, Al Karak, Petra, Wadi Rum, Aqaba, Dead Sea
June 2018 Nepal Kathmandu, Pokhara
July 2018 Ukraine Kyiv, Chernobyl, Zhytomyr, Berdychiv, Vinnytsia, Odessa
August 2018 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Batu Caves, Genting Highlands
August 2018 China Guangzhou, Lhasa
Sept. 2018 Serbia Belgrade
October 2018 Montenegro Bar, Kotor, Budva, Sveti Stefan
Nov. 2018 United States Los Angeles, San Diego, Sedona, Las Vegas, Grand Canyon, Death Valley
Dec. 2018 India (Rajasthan) Jaipur, Ajmer, Pushkar
Dec. 2018 Indonesia

(Yogyakarta)

Prambanan, Kraton Yogyakarta, Boro Budur
January 2019 Fiji Nadi, Suva, Tuvala, Yasawa
Feb. 2019 United States New York, Washington D.C.
March 2019 Djibouti Djibouti City, Lake Abbe, Lake Assal, Tadjoura
April 2019 Thailand Phuket
April 2019 Armenia Yerevan,
May 2019 Maldives Malé,
June 2019 Norway Oslo, Bergen, Fjord
July 2019 India (Rajasthan) Udaipur, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur
July 2019 Vietnam Hanoi, Ha Long Bay
August 2019 Romania, Bulgaria Bucharest, Brasov, Sighisoara, Veliko Tarnovo
October 2019 France, Belgium, Netherlands Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam
Nov. 2019 Tanzania Dar es Salaam, Lake Manyara, Arusha, Ngorongoro, Mount Kilimanjaro Zanzibar
Dec. 2019 Germany Munich, Berlin, Nuremberg
January 2020 Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan, Floating Villages
Feb. 2020 Greece Athens, Mykonos, Santorini
March 2020 Thailand Bangkok, Pattaya
April 2020 Austria, Slovenia Vienna, Ljubljana, Ptuj, Bled, Postojna Cave, Piran, Koper, Graz
May 2020 India (Ladakh) Leh, Lamayuru Monastery
June 2020 India (Punjab,Himachal Pradesh) Amritsar, Atari, Dharamshala
March 2020 Mexico Mexico City, Cancun, Isla Mujeres, Tulum
July 2020 Albania Tirana, Durres, Gjirokaster, Sarande, Apollonia, Berat,
August 2020 United States Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Niagara Falls, Buffalo
Sept. 2020 India (Gujarat) Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Dwarka, Jamnagar, Porbandar, Rann of Kutch
Nov. 2020 Jordan Amman, Al Karak, Petra, Wadi Rum, Wadi Musa, Aqaba, Dead Sea
Dec. 2020 Indonesia(Bali) Kuta, Batuan, Batur, Denpasar, Pura Taman Ayun, Tanah Lot, Uluwatu, Ubud, Pura Taman Saraswati, Garuda Wisnu Kencana Cultural Park

Awards[]

Old logo

Sancharam has received many awards. Some of the awards include:[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.[9]
  • All India RAPA Award-2004: award of 'best non-fiction television program' given away by Radio and TV Advertising Practitioners Association (RAPA)[10]
  • National Film Academy Award: program has been declared eligible for the award instituted by National Film Academy for the section 'Other than Fiction'[11]
  • Kerala Film Critics Association Award-2003[9]
  • All India Akshaya National Award-2003[11]
  • 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. ^ a b "SAFARI TV - ABOUT US". www.safaritvchannel.com. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Internet Television Channel Sancharam inaugurated". Mathrubhumi. 2 January 2007. p. 7.
  3. ^ Basheer, K. p m (10 January 2019). "He caught the travel bug, passed it on". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  4. ^ "TV megaserial Awards". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 17 February 2004. Archived from the original on 5 July 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.
  9. ^ a b "Sancharam got RAPA National Award". Madhyamam. 30 April 2005. p. 12.
  10. ^ "Sancharam got RAPA National Award". Mathrubhumi. 30 April 2005. p. 9.
  11. ^ a b "Sancharam got two National Award". Deshabhimani. 19 May 2004. p. 5.
  1. ^ since January 2018

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