| Hungama TV COO Purnendu Bose said, "We are pleasantly
surprised that we have more than a lakh kids wanting to run our channel,
we wish we would accommodate all of them. The response for the hunt
only goes to show how the kids have been wanting to run their own
channel, after all Hungama TV is for the Indian Kids, by the Indian
Kids."
The hunt was kicked off on 28 June and till 27 July, had received
an overwhelming response of 1,05,571 entries across 25 cities making
the hunt the largest in terms of numbers of entries received for
any talent hunt in India, informed an official release.
Mumbai leads the pack with a total of 25,825 entries followed quite
closely by Delhi with 24,550. Pune 12,546, Ahmedabad 8,215, Bangalore
7,800 are the other high response cities. Entries have also been
flowing in from other cities like Ludhiana, Chandigarh, Allahabad,
Indore etc. through mail. The city level auditions in Mumbai, Bangalore
will be held on Saturday, 31 July followed by Indore, Pune, Ahmedabad
on Sunday, 1 August. The second leg of the auditions will be held
on Saturday 7 August in Delhi, Lucknow, Kolkata and concluding on
Sunday 8 August in Jaipur and Ludhiana, added the release.
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