Odisha girl Ananya Nanda lifted the trophy of the second season of singing reality show “Indian Idol Junior” on Sunday. The 14 year old defeated Nahid Afrin and Nithyashree Venkataramanan received the price money of total Rs 10 lakhs.
A self-confessed fan of Shreya Ghoshal and Arijit Singh, the little singing star considers veteran music composer Anandji of Kalyanji-Anandji duo her lucky charm.
The grand finale of the Sony show saw all the three permanent judges including Sonakshi Sinha, Vishal Dadlani and Salim Merchant boosting the morale of the top three contenders.
Sonakshi performed a dance routine on her popular numbers ‘Saree Ke Fall Sa,’ ‘Rani Tu Main Raja,’ ‘Pon Pon,’ “Tamanche Pe disco” and “Party All Night”. Sonakshi’s father actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha, also visited the children.
Kapil Sharma, who is gearing up for the release of his debut film “Kis Kisko Pyar Karu” promoted the film on Indian Idol Junior set. He joined the juniors on stage and sang some hit numbers.