Haryana’s Salman Ali wins ‘Indian Idol’

TIL Desk Tellywood/ Haryana’s Salman Ali was announced as the winner of the 10th edition of the singing-based reality show “Indian Idol” on Sunday. He says he wants to do a lot of things, including Bollywood projects. Salman was awarded a cheque of Rs 25 lakh from Sony Entertainment Television and a Datsun car during the grand finale.

“I would like to thank the audience and the judges for making me the winner. People from my village are very happy. I am getting lots of calls. They are distributing sweets there and bursting crackers,” Salman, who hails from Mewat, Haryana, told after his victory.

The first runner-up Ankush Bhardwaj was awarded a cheque of Rs 5 lakh. The second runner-up Neelanjana Ray also took home a cheque of Rs 5 lakh. The other finalists — Nitin Kumar and Vibhor Parashar — were handed over a cheque of Rs 3 lakh each.