Pawandeep Rajan was declared the winner of this season LIVE midnight, along with Arunita Kanjilal and Sayli Kamble ending up as the runner-ups.

Even after multiple criticisms over the last few weeks of this season, the show delivered its mettle by impressing the audiences in their grand finale episode.

Being hosted by Jay Bhanushali and Aditya Narayan, the episode had its current judges Anu Malik, Himesh Reshammiya, and Sonu Kakkar seen performing too.

In the guest appearances, Siddharth Malhotra and Kiara Advani were seen promoting their recent release ‘Shershaah’ whereas Disha Parmar and Nakul Mehta came to grace the show with their most awaited ‘Bade Acche Lagte Hai 2’.

Cheering the contestants, on the list were too, accomplished singers like Javed Ali, Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik, and Sukhvinder Singh.

As expressed by the makers, Indian Idol Season 12 could have easily stretched for few more months as the ratings proved that people were still hooked to this season after multiple extensions.

While already marking an era with this season that the other reality shows will look up to, it would be thrilling to watch what the upcoming Indian Idol season will have to offer.

Until the next time, Stay tuned to this space for more such updates on what’s making the buzz.

Kiara shared her excitement and said, “It’s one of the best birthday presents I have gotten so far. I am excited as well as nervous to work with renowned and experienced names of our film fraternity. I am eagerly waiting to begin the shoot and hoping that this incredible opportunity is translated wonderfully on screen!”

The film will be directed by Shankar and the film will also be released in 3 languages – Telugu, Tamil, Hindi.
Kiara will soon be seen on “Shreshah” alongside her rumoured boyfriend Sidharth Malhotra. The duo recently launched the trailer for the film in Kargil. The film is based on the Kargil martyr Captain Vikram Batra. He was martyred while fighting for the country during the 1999 Kargil War with the Pakistani Army at the age of 24. He was awarded the Param Vir Chakra posthumously for his valour.

The director of the movie Vishnuvardhan “Shershah” earlier told PTI, “Everything is transparent. I don’t think it will hurt anyone’s sentiment as the intention was, to be honest. The support from the family and the Indian Army was immense. Besides, we have NOCs (no objection certificate) from them and we had two army personnel present on the sets.”