After 3 months, 24 cities, 470 schools and over 3 lakh students, ZeeQ hosted the National Finale of Kahaani Express 2015 in Kolkata on Dec 14, 2015.
Urmi Dasgupta from Mount Litera Zee School, Kolkata took home the first prize with Bhargavee Pratihar from Pune and Mannat Kandal from Bhopal coming in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
The National Finale was judged by renowned personalities who provided their invaluable feedback and advice to the students, motivating them to improve their performances. Donning the judges’ hats were Allen Shaw – a Germany-based artist, illustrator and storyteller, Parnab Mukherjee – a spoken word performer, an independent media analyst, curator and a performance consultant, and Shriya Ghate – the editor of Tinkle Digest, India’s most popular English language children’s magazine.
Also present on the occasion were Lalon, Vikram and Prateek, hosts of ZeeQ’s popular shows The Art Room and Engineer This!