India's Citizen Squad[1] is a military reality show telecasted by Discovery Channel (Indian TV channel)[2] and uploaded to Veer by Discovery YouTube channel.[3] It features 12 Indian citizens[4] to go under training with camp commander Col. Manish Sarin,[5] a veteran from the Gorkha Rifles along with five ex-special forces soldiers[6] from the MARCOS, NSG and the Para SF.[7][8][9][10][11]
| India's Citizen Squad | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Genre | Reality-TV |
| Based on | Military Reality Show |
| Written by | Richa Pant |
| Directed by | Kunal Kocchar |
| Country of origin | India |
| Production | |
| Producer | Noopur Kaul |
| Editor | Bhuwan Chandra |
| Original release | |
| Network | Discovery Channel |
| Release | 30 November 2018 |
List of contestants
edit1. Nilay Sharma from Bengaluru
2. Muntazir Ahmad from Srinagar
3. Ashish Tamang from Darjeeling
4. Sonu Kumar from Muzaffarnagar
5. Sunil Singh from Mumbai
6. Rohit Singh Bhandari from Haldwani
7. Tanushree Chakrabarti from Delhi
8. Himanshu Bishnoi from Hisar
9. Pallavi Vengurlekar from Delhi
10. Sunny Sehrawat from Delhi
11. Rishab Singh from Delhi
Awards
editThe show won the following awards at the 15th edition of the Indian Telly Awards
1. Best Reality Show (won)
2. Best Indian Original Format (Non Fiction/Reality) (won) [14][15]
References
edit- ^ India's Citizen Squad (Reality-TV), Muntazir Ahmad, Rohit Singh Bhandari, Himanshu Bishnoi, Tanushree Chakrabarti, 30 November 2018, retrieved 30 April 2021
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- ^ "Discovery Channel aims to start a movement with 'India's Citizen Squad'". ANI News. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
- ^ "Discovery to launch a military based show 'India's Citizen Squad'". Mumbai Live. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
- ^ "Discovery Channel to present 'India's Citizen Squad' on November 30". www.bestmediaifo.com. 27 November 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
- ^ "Coming Soon: Military based show India's Citizen Squad". The Indian Express. 3 August 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
- ^ "Discovery to launch atypical military based show India's citizen squad". United News of India.
- ^ "Military-based show India's Citizen Squad on TV soon". Telangana Today. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
- ^ "Discovery Channel Scouts for Citizen Heroes". www.scrabbl.com. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
- ^ "Discovery channel aims to start a movement with 'India's Citizen Squad'". MediaNews4U. 26 November 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
- ^ "Testing the limits". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
- ^ "Discovery Channel aims to start a movement with 'India's Citizen Squad'". Business Standard India. 30 November 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
- ^ India's Citizen Squad (TV Series 2018) - IMDb, retrieved 1 May 2021
- ^ "Here are the winners of The Indian Telly Awards!". Indian Television Dot Com. 21 March 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
- ^ "Exclusive updates Winners of Indian Telly Awards name revealed (Upcoming Twist)". www.serialxpress.com. 22 March 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
External links
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- India's Citizen Squad on Amazon Prime Video
- India's Citizen Squad on Discovery Plus
- India's Citizen Squad at IMDb
