Paanchvi Pass has its first crorepat(n)i

SRK's Paanchvi Pass has a winner now and this first lucky person is a 24-year-old lady Pragjyoti Samal, working with Cognizant Technologies Solutions in Kolkata. The show would be aired on June 21..

NOW PAANCHVI Pass has a winner and that too a lady, Pragjyoti Samal. She will be seen playing Paanchvi Pass with Shahrukh Khan on June 21. The 24-year-old, software engineer from Bhubaneshwar will be seen pocketing a whooping one crore in the episode, which was shot on May 5. But Star Plus has not yet revealed her identity to avoid her been hounded.

Reports revealed that Pragjyoti was working with Cognizant Technologies Solutions in Kolkata and after becoming a crorepatni, she quit her job and is back home. However the winner is on a denial spree that winning the big prize money has anything to do with her decision of leaving the company, reported a website.

Pragjyoti said that in the IT industry one has to keep moving and has to take up new challenges that come in the way.
Only her mother, Nirlipta Patnaik, who accompanied her to the show knows about her victory. She has not revealed the news to anyone else owing to the channel’s policy. She further added that her whole family will watch the episode together and there would be a big surprise waiting for them.

Millions of contestants sent SMS to the questions that flashed on the screens to gain entry in Kya Aap Paanchvi Pass Se Tez Hai. Pragjyoti, was the lucky one who appeared for a test on the phone, followed by a written test as well as a camera audition round. She has not yet decided what she will be doing with the prize money. She still hasn’t received the prize amount but believes that the cheque would be hers after the episode is aired on June 21. She took a lot of risks but all paid off. Everyone encouraged her and even the Basu unit was happy and excited for her, she quoted..

Last but not the least, Pragjyoti said that SRK provided her a lot of support, which made her feel at ease. Till the show, she knew him as King Khan the actor but after meeting him, she got to know him as a person. Through this show she got an opportunity to know the real Shahrukh Khan, revealed a leading website.