Runtime: | 60 mins |
Creator: | Kairali TV |
Judges: | G. S. Pradeep |
Presenter: | G. S. Pradeep |
Country: | India |
Location: | Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum) |
Network: | Kairali TV |
Num Seasons: | 4 (700+ episodes) |
Aswamedham was a reverse quiz program in Kairali TV,[1] a Malayalam channel, in the format of twenty questions. It was one of the most successful programs in Kairali. This program, anchored by "Grandmaster" G. S. Pradeep,[2] has entered the Limca Book of Records for the reaching 500 episodes.[3] [4] The second part of the program was started in November 2005 in Kairali TV.[3] At one point, the Aswamedham set featured a galloping horse on a rotating pedestal.[5]
The Tamil channel Vijay TV aired the Tamil version of the program starting June 2006 under the name Grandmaster with Pradeep and Shilpa Kavalam as the anchor.[3] Shakthi TV is also airing the Tamil version of Aswamedham with the Sinhalese subtitles and is titled as Shakthi Grandmaster. In literature, Aswamedham also refers to a drama written in the same name by Thoppil Bhasi.[6]