Indian Idol nine winner LV Revanth wins Rs twenty five lakh, a car, a Bollywood career: ‘My life has just begun’
An established name in Telugu and Kannada films, Hyderabad-based singer LV Revanth has bagged the title of singing reality series, Indian Idol nine after leaving behind Khuda Baksh (very first runner-up) and PVNS Rohit (2nd runner-up) in the competition. His singing credits include albums like Baahubali: The Beginning and Vatapatra Sai. “Right now I am on cloud nine. I am very blessed for winning the display. I would say that my life has just begun right now. It’s not effortless to win that title being a south Indian singer. I eyed this demonstrate as a big chance. The four-month journey in this showcase has entirely switched my life,” Revanth told IANS.
Revanth was passed over the trophy by former India’s cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar. Besides the title, Revanth won prize money of Rs twenty five lakh, Mahindra KUV100 and a music contract with Sony Music. Confirming that Bollywood is his target, Revanth told indianexpress.com, “I have big desires and I have to make it big in Bollywood. I have one eye set on Bollywood and the other on Tollywood, but I want to work on my Hindi very first.” He also said that his Hindi was mocked at in the showcase, “When I began my journey in Indian Idol, a lot of people laughed at me for not knowing Hindi very well. I did feel bad about it, primarily, but I did not let anything negative affect me and kept my willpower strong.”
Indian Idol nine judges Farah Khan, Sonu Nigam and Anu Malik with winner LV Revanth and runner-up Khuda Baksh.
While the winner was always among the favourites on the display, given his practice in playback singing and versatility, his fight with the Hindi language was at times considered a drawback. Nevertheless, his power-packed spectacles had an upper mitt and ultimately led him to win despite stiff competition from Khuda Baksh and PVNS Rohit, both of them who got consistently praised by
Revanth’s very first film song happened in 2008, Jalak Diklaja for Telugu movie Maha Yagnam. He has sung around two hundred songs for Telugu and Kannada films, and has won several awards for his tracks in films like Baahubali: The Beginning, Badrinath and Rajanna. Revanth is the 2nd Telugu singer to win Indian Idol, after Sreeram Chandra, who won the fifth season.
Ace choreographer-filmmaker Farah Khan, renowned singer Sonu Nigam and music composer Annu Malik, who kick-started the Indian Idol journey as judges in the very first two editions, returned on the panel for the ninth season of the Sony Entertainment Television display, which was hosted by Karan Wahi and Paritosh Tripathi.
Along with its winning moment, there were many other sequences on the grand finale of Indian Idol 9, which had the audience entertained. Actor-comedian Sunil Grover, who hasn’t yet returned to The Kapil Sharma Demonstrate, wore his Doctor Mashoor Gulati’s decorate for Indian Idol’s finale and had everyone in splits. He was joined on stage by his The Kapil Sharma Display co-star Sugandha Mishra, who is also not seen on the display nowadays. The finale also spotted the judges of Sabse Bada Kalakaar, Sony’s fresh reality display, Raveena Tandon, Arshad Warsi and Boman Irani. The trio interacted with the finalists and Raveena was also seen wiggling a gam with them.