Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Manasi
Ghosh/Instagram
Kolkata
native
Manasi
Ghosh,
24,
won
Indian
Idol
15
on
Sunday
evening.
She
took
home
the
trophy,
a
Rs
25
lakh
prize
money
and
a
Swift
Dzire
car.
Ghosh
tells
The
Indian
Express
newspaper
that
she
plans
to
use
the
money
on
her
‘independent
music
and
the
car
I
will
use.’
The
youngster
has
also
promised
to
buy
her
parents
a
house.
She
reveals
she
has
already
recorded
her
first
Bollywood
song.
‘My
Bollywood
debut
is
a
duet
song
with
Lalit
Pandit
and
Shaan
sir.
It’s
already
recorded.
It’s
for
an
upcoming
film.
Badshah
sir
and
I
will
be
doing
something
next,’
she
informs.
Recalling
the
grand
finale,
Ghosh
recaps
her
emotions
after
the
big
win:
‘My
family
was
here
for
the
finale.
They
were
crying
and
cheering.
I
was
blank,
not
knowing
initially
how
to
react.
But
all
of
us
are
really
happy.
Life
has
changed
in
a
good
way.’
So
who
are
Ghosh’s
musical
inspirations?
She
rattles
off
names
from
Lata
Mangeshkar
and
Ustad
Zakir
Hussain
to
Michael
Jackson
and
Doja
Cat.
Subhajit
Chakraborty
and
Sneha
Shankar
were
the
runners
up.
