Bhubaneshwar’s Ananya Sritam Nanda, 14, on Sunday night, pipped two other girls to win the “Indian Idol Junior” title after 15 weeks of gruelling auditions and gala rounds.
A splendid finale ceremony for the second season of the Sony Entertainment Television show saw the finalists which also included V. Nityashree, 15 and Naheed Afreen, 13 compete against each other.
As the winner, Ananya, who was eliminated in the first round of theatres last year, has taken home a trophy and a contract worth Rs.1 million from the channel.
Ananya, who wants to become a scientist, won hearts of all the judges and the audiences with her dedication and sincerity towards her passion of singing. Her mother is a housewife and father works as a director in a government industrial department.
