India's Magic Star

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India's Magic Star
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Genre Reality television
Presented by Karishma Tanna
Starring
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes31
Production
ProducerWinay Mahajan
Production locations Mumbai, India
EditorUmashankar Mishra
Production companyTRP: The Right Picture
Original release
Network STAR One
Release2010 (2010)

India's Magic Star is an Indian reality show that aired on STAR One. It was hosted by Karishma Tanna. Every participant performed several magic tricks in this game show. [1]

Contents

The winner of this series was Tejas.

Concept

The show aims to uncover the latent magical talent in the country, where in several magicians slug it out to win the honour of becoming India's next magic star. Along the way, the magicians would have to prove themselves adept at various forms of magic - stage magic, street magic, illusions and others. Every week you will witness increasingly difficult, daring and dazzling magic acts. The acts themselves would be a mixture of magic, glamour and entertainment. [2]

Judges

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References

  1. "TV Review: India's Magic Star". Hindustan Times. 15 July 2010.
  2. "India's Magic Star Characters, Shows, Story, Recap, Discussion forums & more on StarOne.in - Official website". Archived from the original on 18 December 2010. Retrieved 12 January 2011.