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MUMBAI: The wait is over! POGO announced today the seven talented and victorious winners of India‘s prestigious kids‘ television awards - POGO Amazing Kids Awards. A POGO original production, the awards uphold POGO‘s seven year-long tradition of discovering and recognising young talent across a multitude of categories that include Music, Singing, Sports, Academia, Entertainment, Art and Dancing. To experience and encourage the talent of these prodigious kids log on to http://www.pogo.tv/win/paka2010
Announcing the winners, Monica Tata, Vice President and Deputy Manager - Entertainment Networks, South Asia, Turner International India Private Limited (TIIPL) said, "A signature POGO initiative, the awards align with POGO‘s vision to encourage kids to Dream Bigger, Think Louder, Play Smarter and Bounce Higher. We are delighted that the award continues to attract some of the most talented kids in India. Our ‘POGO Amazing Kids Awards‘ winners are supremely gifted and POGO is very proud to honour them."
POGO Amazing Kids Awards winners:
Dishaddra Poddar (13 yrs) from Delhi has bagged the title of POGO Amazing Kids‘ Awards 2010 in the Artist category. Dishaddra has won over 160 awards in the National and State level participations. He was also awarded the Hindustan Times Pace Awards and given the 1st prize by Rotary club 2010 amongst his other achievements.
Vishnu Ramprasad (14 yrs) from Chennai has bagged the coveted title of POGO Amazing Kids‘ Awards 2010 in the Musician category. Vishnu plays Blues and Classical Flamenco and is currently a member of two rock bands in Chennai. He has performed in several live shows across Chennai and Bangalore and has plans to release his own music album.
S. Mahadevan (12 yrs) from Trivandrum has won the award of POGO Amazing Kids‘ Awards 2010 in the Singer category. He has won many awards in the past for his performances and has also participated in IDEA JALSA national talent hunt team where he was selected for the semi final round held in Mumbai.
Tanay Chheda (14 yrs) from Mumbai has won the title of POGO Amazing Kids‘ Awards 2010 in the Entertainer category. Tanay‘s most recent performance was in My Name is Khan. He is best known for his performances in critically acclaimed films Taare Zameen Par and Slumdog Millionaire, with the latter earning him the Screen Actors Guild Award.
