Sancharam (TV series)

Sancharam (transl. Travel) is an Indian Malayalam-language travel documentary telecast on Safari TV.^[1] The program was shot, edited and directed by Santhosh George Kulangara. It airs at 09:30 pm and 10 pm (IST) every weekday and is re-telecast the next day (weekdays only) four times. It originally aired on Asianet on Sundays, and now airs on Safari TV, which is owned by Kulangara.^[2] An internet edition of Sancharam is also available free of cost. It is said to be the first internet television in Kerala.^[3]

Sancharam
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Created by	Santhosh George Kulangara
Presented by	Santhosh George Kulangara
Narrated by	Anish Punnen Peter
Country of origin	India
Original language	Malayalam
No. of episodes	2100
Production
Producer	Santhosh George Kulangara
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	Asianet
Release	2001 (2001) – 2013 (2013)
Network	Safari TV
Release	2013 (2013) – present

Awards

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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.