Deepadrita Poddar of Bhilai, bagged the DHl Infrabulls Dream Singer Award at the grand finale of ‘Madhya Bharat Ki Aawaaz’, a talent hunt program launched by the leading news channel, Zee Madhya Pradesh/Chhattisgarh for aspiring singers of these States.Deepadrita is a B.Tech in Biotechnology and the daughter of Dr AK Poddar, Deputy Director, Medical and Health Services, Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) and Dr Aditi Poddar, Professor, School of Studies in lifesciences, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur.
The program ‘Madhya Bharat Ki Aawaaz’ was launched in July across various cities of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.In all, 3000 singers belonging to 78 districts of the two states competed in gruelling auditions held in Indore, Bhopal, Jabalpur, Gwalior and Raipur throughout the month.Deepadrita was the sole finalist from Chhattisgarh among the 10 finalists who qualified from the auditions and performed to a packed audience at the grand finale held on August 9, 2014 at the Samanvay Bhavan ,Bhopal.
The audience was treated to spell-binding performances not just by the contestants but also by celebrity singers like Prasanna Shrivastava. The jury comprised of renowned personalities such as Padamshree Ramanuj Sharma, Chintan Bakliwala and Sadhu Sadashivan.Nandan Dubey, Madhya Pradesh Director General of Police , was the chief guest on the occasion which was also graced by renowned Drupad maestros like the Gundecha brothers as guests of honor.The program will be telecast on August 23 and 24 from 5.00 pm onwards at Zee MP CG.