Marmasparshi Das from Odisha wins Horlicks Main Bhi Idol 2015

Odisha girl Marmasparshi Das from Rourkela wins Horlicks Main Bhi Idol 2015 contest on the popular Indian Idol Junior show recently.

She received cash award of Rs 2 Lakh, besides accolades from the judges like Salim Merchant, Vishal Dadlani, Sonakshi Sinha and film celebrities like Anil Kapoor, John Abraham and Shruti Hasan.

The episode will be aired on 5th September 2015 on Sony TV at 8.30 pm.

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Out of one lakh contestants, Marmasparshi Das (15) was chosen among the top three finalists and was invited to Mumbai for the final competition. With her splendid performance, Marmasparshi left the two other contestants from Lucknow and Mumbai behind and won the competition.

An avid singer, Marmasparshi Das, who is training in Hindustani classical music, is also good at chess and poetry recitation.

Last year, she had emerged runners-up at iGenius all-rounder junior scholarship programme, organized by Max Life genius and won a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh.

A fan of Lata Mangeshkar and Shreya Goshal, Marmasparshi Das wishes to continue her passion in music. “My aim is to serve the society. So I want to be an IAS officer,” she said.

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