Choondu Viral (English: The Pointer Finger) is an Indian weekly current affairs documentary program in Malayalam television channel Manorama News, operated and managed by Malayala Manorama Television.[1]

Choonduviral
The title logo of the series
GenreNews
Current affairs
Created byManorama News
Presented byAbgeoth Varghese
Country of originIndia
Original languageMalayalam
Production
Running time25 minutes
Original release
NetworkManorama News

The program is usually presented and produced by Abgeoth Varghese, a Special Correspondent of Manorama News.

In 2017, the program won three Kerala State Television Awards (chosen by Kerala Film Academy for the Kerala Ministry of Cultural Affairs).[1] The award-winning episodes discussed issues such as the rights of saleswomen in Kerala commercial retail stores and the lack of expected holidays for school children in Kerala.

Varghese, a former student leader from Mar Ivanios College, Trivandrum, generally presents program from a left-of-centre point of view.[2]

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  1. ^ a b "Manorama News wins three state television awards". OnManorama. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  2. ^ "U.S. and them". The Hindu. 24 March 2003. Archived from the original on 7 May 2003. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
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