Indian Idol (Hindi TV series)

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Indian Idol
Genre	Reality television
Created by	Simon Fuller
Based on	Pop Idol
Directed by	Vandy Monisha Jaising Vaid Partha Thakur Vishal Mull Niret Alva Nikhil J Alva Nivedith T Alva Bhavna Israni Indrajit Ray Satish Datt Ujjwal Anand
Presented by	Mini Mathur Hussain Kuwajerwala Aman Verma Meiyang Chang Abhijeet Sawant Prajakta Shukre Asha Negi Karan Wahi Paritosh Tripathi Manish Paul Jay Bhanushali Aditya Narayan Bharti Singh Haarsh Limbachiyaa Rithvik Dhanjani
Judges	Shreya Ghoshal Anu Malik Salim Merchant Asha Bhosle Farah Khan Sonu Nigam Alisha Chinai Udit Narayan Javed Akhtar Sonali Bendre Kailash Kher Sonakshi Sinha Shalmali Kholgade Sunidhi Chauhan Shekhar Ravjiani Vishal Dadlani Neha Kakkar Javed Ali Himesh Reshammiya Manoj Muntashir Sonu Kakkar Kumar Sanu
Theme music composer	Julian Gingell Barry Stone Cathy Dennis
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	14
No. of episodes	317
Production
Executive producers	Anupama Mandloi (2010–present) Niret Alva (2005–2009) Nikhil J Alva (2005–2009)
Producers	Namit Sharma (2010–present) Ashok (2008–09)
Cinematography	Surindra Rao
Editor	Kumar Priyadarshi (2007, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015)
Camera setup	Nitesh Choudhary
Production companies	ARSenic's Business Empire (2010–present) Fremantle Media India Miditech Pvt. Ltd. (2005–2009) Optimystix Entertainment (2004–2005)
Original release
Network	Sony Entertainment Television
Release	30 October 2004 (2004-10-30) – present
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Indian Idol is an Indian Hindi-language singing reality show of Sony TV. It is an Indian version of the British show Pop Idol and is part of the Indian Idol series. It has aired on Sony Entertainment Television since 2004.^[1] Originally produced by Miditech Studios and its iconic producer-brothers, Niret Alva, Nikhil J Alva and Nivedith Alva, the series was an instant success. The brothers produced the first 5 seasons of the series and were instrumental in laying the foundation for its future success.^[2]

Indian Idol's production and taping take place in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It broadcasts on Saturdays and Sundays and digitally airs on SonyLIV application.

Season 14 was the most recent edition of the show, with Kumar Sanu, Shreya Goshal and Vishal Dadlani being the judges, while one or two guest judges related to Hindi films appeared every week. The season was won by Vaibhav Gupta of Kanpur.