Sancharam (Malayalam: സഞ്ജാരം, English: The Journey), is a visual travelogue telecast in Asianet news, a Malayalam television channel, being aired at prime time, 10:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. (IST)on every Sunday. [1] This is presented by Santosh George Kulangara, and is based on his travels. The serial has completed over 300 episodes and has been shot in more than 50 countries during the last 10 years. An internet edition of ‘Sancharam’ is also available for 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. This website claimed to be the first Internet television in Kerala. 'Sancharam' is about to be shot in space by Santhosh George Kulangara who has been selected for the Virgin Galactic’s next space travel 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.
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
- 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 Practioners 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 prestigious 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
- ^ Sunday at 10:30am. Asianet.
- ^ Tuning Sancharm to be in space. Fine Tuning the World.
- ^ Santosh George to become first Indian space tourist. The Hindu Online.
- ^ TV megaserial Awards. The Hindu Online.
- ^ Sancharam video, awards. sancharam.com.
- ^ TV megaserial Awards announced. Music India Online.
- ^ Vivekananda Awards for Santhosh George Kulangara. New Indian Express.
