Oriya dance group emerges winner in TV reality show

Mumbai, Aug 23(ANI): The Prince Dance Group from Orissa won the grand finale of a TV reality show "India's Got Talent" that was staged in Mumbai on Saturday night.

The group won a cash prize of Rs five million and a Maruti Suzuki Ritz car.

The group, comprising 26 artistes held the audience and the judges engrossed with their act from the mythological Mahabharata.

"I always had faith on these children. They are very hard working. I wanted to make a group by teaching these kids but I cant believe that we could reach at this level. We are here today all because of God's grace and our hard work," said Krishna, lead dancer of the group.

While, renowned filmmaker Shekhar Kapur, actors Sonali Bendre and Kirron Kher judged the show, Bollywood stars Shahid Kapoor and Rani Mukherjee, also made their presence felt on the occasion and promoted their forthcoming movie 'Dil Bole Hadippa'.

"Whenever you come and watch such unique performances, you actually get a lot to learn and take back something new. Be it their art or their story it definitely touches you. So we actually took back," said Sonali Bendre. (ANI)