Prince Dance Group, a dance troupe based in Berhampur, Orissa, India led by T. Krishna Mohan Reddy. It has won a reality show India's Got Talent on an Indian TV channel "Colors" Colors (India TV channel). The group is unique that the members are from a remote part of India and most of them are from disadvantaged sections of different parts of Ganjam district. Two of them, Padmanabha Sahu (24) and Telu Tarini (13) are physically challenged.[1] They have won the hearts of all Oriyas, including chief minister Naveen Patnaik, and even outsiders with their performance in the programme "India's Got Talent".
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After winning Rs 50 lakh (Rs five million) prize money and a Maruti Ritz car from the Colors channel, a pleasant surprise lay in store for them. The Orissa government announced a cash prize of Rs one crore (Rs ten million) and four acres of land for the group to build a dance academy.
Confirming the news, Krishna Mohan Reddy, the choreographer of Prince Dance Group said, “We have heard that our government has announced a prize for us. We feel honoured. I am very happy that our efforts have paid off.”
The group, which is from Berhampur, Orissa, consists of 20 members. Krishna leads the team and the rest are labourers from a construction site. It was their Krishna act which earned the group accolades from the viewers nationwide and they also became a favourite with the judges.
Commenting on their future plans, Krishna added, “I am a choreographer and want to grow in this profession. With the land provided to us by the government I want to build a dance academy and take this art forward. I would also want to perform on an international platform.”
The group made an astonishing performance which depicted Lord Krishna and his avatars. They got good comments from all the 3 judges. Shekhar Kapoor remained mesmerised by their performance. In their semi-final act, on 15 August, they depicted the Indian Flag. The act was even made special, when the group's 2 challenged students also performed. Shekhar Kapoor was brought to tears and 2 other judges were also the same. The audience became so involved in the act, that they started chanting "Bharat mata ki jay", after the performance was over.
The Prince dance group will, in all probability, represent India at the global stage in the first World's Got Talent contest, which will see them competing with the 25 winners from various Got Talent series of different countries. This would be the world's biggest reality TV talent show with a proposed prize money of £1 million and an intended airdate of 2011 with UK serving as the venue.[2]