A hunt begins tomorrow to find out the outstanding child prodigies of karnataka. Whizzkids and children with exceptional and extraordinary talent from across the state is congregating on one platform, Prachanda Puttani, a fourteen episode television show, which premiers on Novemebr 3 from 8 pm to 8.30 pm on Zee Kannada. 

A total of 24 kids out of 133 applicants have been selected considering their individual and sporting talents through auditions conducted in towns across Karnataka by a panel of Judges.

Unearth talent

The aim of the programme is to unearth amazing, rare and hidden talents of school children up to 14 years of age from all over Karnataka. The winner of the programme will be crowned the Prachanda Puttani of Karnataka.
The Judges of the programme include  noted film personality Dwarakish, Director of Karnataka Cricket Academy Irfan Sait and President of the State Mahila Congress, Rani Satish.  The show will be anchored by Chitrashree.

The elimination process of the participants in each show will be based on the judgment by the panel of judges accompanied by SMS voting. As many as 24 kids will appear till the 8th episode and the elimination will begin from the 9th episode.

Elimination rounds

In the ninth, 10th and 11th episodes, six kids each will be eliminated. While 12th episode will open exit door for 3 more little prodigies, 13th episode will start with a recap of the previous episode of all the kids who have appeared on the show and then the judges will announce the final four. The 14th episode is the Mega Final which  will witness the emergence of Prachanda Puttani of Karnataka.

Participants from Bangalore: Karun Krishna (Child magician,13 years); Nikhil Kashyap (Go-Karting champion, 14 years);  Laxmisree (painter, 10 years); Pranavdatt (Child drummer, 9 years); Shriya D (Trainee pilot, 13 years); Simran Baradi (Crafts wizard, 11 years); Okhileswari M K (National sub-junior swimmer, 11 years); Shivani Shivakumar (Yakshagana Dancer 9 years); Apoorva D Sagar (Film actress, 12 years); Hiranmayee (Singer, 9 years); Shreyas Gopal (Cricketer, 13 years); Vaibhav (Multi-language dubbing artist 13 years). From Mangalore: Tanvi Rao (Self choreography, 9 years); Mohammed Swaroop (Child Genius, 9 years).

From Mysore: Shibani Nayak (Limbo skater, 6 years); Deia S Urs (Karate kid, 6 years);  Sanjana Srinivas (Ice skater, 12 years); Raghu M (GK memory, 4 years); Neha Prasad (4-wheel driver, 7 years)
From Dharwad: Ravi Hiremath (Blind kid with computer knowledge, 9 years); Poornima Godi (Gimnastic champion 13 years).

From Devangere: Chinmayi C S (Bharathanatyam dancer, 9 years);  Chirang D K (Tabala, 11 years). Others: Nagarakshita (Painter, 13 years, Holenarasipura), Lasya K A (GK, 6 years, Kalasa);  Sunain A Palakar (Instant painting artist, 12 years, North Kanara); Benkay Vikshit (Swimming with Yoga, 7 years, Tumkur).