Web series covers 37,000km across India in 30 days

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It took Shubh Mukherjee six months to chalk out an ambitious plan - to cover 37,000km across the country in 30 days for Trip With Me, a travel web series that will explore India's lesser-known sights.

Finally, last October, the 30-year-old actor-filmmaker, who has worked in films including Shakal Pe Mat Ja and Aasma: The Sky Is The Limit, and runs a production house in Mumbai, began the journey from Kanyakumari, with a six-member crew and drone cameras. They covered every state of India, crossing a variety of places along the way including Kodinhi village in Kerala that has earned the reputation of being a twin town, with 536 pair of twins residing there, Mawlynnong in Meghalaya, known as Asia's cleanest village, and Lonar lake in Maharashtra that has been created by a meteor impact. The team chose trains, buses and cars over air travel.

Shubh Mukherjee

"Soon, we realised that our journey was getting more interesting than the destination. So, the season has shaped up more like a reality web series," informs Mukherjee.

For instance, en route Kanha National Park in Madhya Pradesh, the team witnessed a hit-and-run case where the victim lay bleeding on the ground. With nobody willing to help him, Mukherjee called the cops and an ambulance. They also drove to Kuldhara, a village in Rajasthan that has been abandoned because it is considered a ghost town. "Legend has it that 480 families disappeared overnight and since then, it is considered haunted. But a guard told us he has never seen a ghost. We've included his story."

The web series also highlights burning political issues through conversations with farmers in Gujarat and stone pelters in the Kashmir Valley. The team has launched three episodes on their YouTube channel and Facebook page. They have also launched a crowdfunding campaign to help them wrap up post-production work for the rest of the footage.

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