The Prince Dance Group of Ambapua, Brahmapur, that won accolades from millions by emerging the topper in reality show “India’s Got Talent” on Colours channel five years back under choreographer T Krishna Mohan Reddy is now embroiled in a controversy.
Reddy has now fallen out with some of the performers of the troupe. This was strongly felt while the group was performing in a show on Sunday at Kendrapada.
According to police sources, Reddy filed a complaint at Kendrapara Town police station alleging that Ranjan Kumar Bhuiyan and Sandip Kumar Behera allegedly came along with some of his dance group members to perform a stage show in the name of Prince Dance Group without his knowledge.
Even, Bhuiyan, a performer, allegedly introduced himself as Reddy, he said.
The troupe was performing at Ratha Danda of Ichhapur on Sunday night. Reddy said that only seven artists belong to the Prince Dance Group whereas others were outsiders.
He complained that the artists were performing the show by taking his name and his troupe’s name. Several stage shows were organized in similar fashion in last one and a half years by Bhuiyan and Behera, Reddy told.
Acting on the complaint, Kendrapara Town police station IIC Pramod Kumar lenka detained all the artists.
However, on Monday morning, the locals and mediapersons of Kendrapara intervened into the dispute and amicably settled the matter. later, police released the detainees.