Safari TV

The history of Safari TV Channel is the story of a half an hour television programme that turned into a round the clock television channel. It was the programme Sancharam that presented exploratory trips in Indian visual media for the first time.

Santhosh George Kulangara started his solo journeys outside India in 1997. He has already travelled through more than hundred countries, spanning the seven continents. The experiences and sights of his journeys were telecasted by Asianet as a half an hour visual travelogue in a week. Asianet is an Indian general entertainment channel broadcasting in Malayalam language.

The channel was launched on 1 November 2013.

Safari TV Channel has programme production facilities and shooting floors in Marangattupilly and Marine Drive Ernakulam.

The Swahili word Safari means journey, originated from the Arabic word safar. Today, these words are used for any type of journeys. The channel name Safari TV was a brainchild of its founder Santhosh George Kulangara.

The theme song, Neelakasha pookkal nullan was written by poet P K Gopi, composed and sung by Nandhu Kartha. Safari TV was officially launched on 1 November 2013 at 07.00 PM with the airing of this song.

Safari TV presents diverse programmes that provide entertainment and knowledge. It has a wide variety of genres including World travels, Indian travels, numerous other journeys, programmes based on history, geography, culture, movies, art and adventure.

Some of the programmes broadcast by Safari TV are,

• Sancharam
• Oru Sanchariyude Diarykkurippukal
• The History of Cinema
• Around the World in 30 Minutes
• Charithram Enniloode
• Hisstory
• Opera House
• Charithram Chalachithram
• Animal Kingdom
• Movies on the Road
• Aa Yathrayil
• Location Hunt
• Smirthi
• World War II
• Irupathaam Noottandu
• joothan
• freedom at midnight
• club class

Safari TV is a free to air channel having its official broadcast through (C-Band) INTELSAT- 17 satellite. Besides its large viewership base among Malayalam-speaking people in Kerala and other regions of India, Safari's global footprint currently covers, Asia, Middle East, USA, Australia and Europe.[6] It is also accessible on internet and similar platforms.