An eclectic mix of talent at PESIT

An exuberant bunch of youngsters greeted workforce Bangalore Times and our famous person judge for the day — Kannada actress Karunya Gowda — on the OPPO Bangalore Times Fresh Face audition on the PES Institute of Technology, South Campus. Right from the phrase cross, they enthralled the judges and crowd with high-energy performances — from track (which incorporated a Kannada mash as much as Shape Of You) and dance to overcome boxing and an improbable display of Rubik's Cube solving in report time. Unfortunately for the younger ones, strict hostel curfew ensured that a lot of them may not stay back for the next round of the competition.

The swiftness of Anirudh Sureshram's palms as he solved Rubik's cube after cube in a minute, floored Karunya, as did Varshitha S' spirited performance to Pakka Local, making both of them winners at this campus. Pranav Pathak's mastery over the tabla and Ananya Das' rendition of A Thousand Years, received them the first runners-up position. Sravanthi NDP's tough voice as she sang Rolling in the Deep, were given her the second runner-up title. In the men class, it was once a toss-up between Harinder Singh's bhangra jalwa and Jerin George's beat boxing, with the judges sooner or later deciding handy over the second runners-up title to both of them.