A lot of people want their kids to learn Mallkhamb now and that's our real victory, say members of Abujhmad Mallkhambh Academy who won India's Got Talent

Abujhmad Mallkhambh Academy lifted the trophy of Inaida's Got Talent 10. The group consists of 14 people and Manoj Prasad, who is a part of the group and the coach. We spoke to him about how things have changed after winning the show. Manoj said, "Since people around our vicinity have seen us on the show, there are many people coming to our institute with their kids to learn Mallkhambh.That's our real victory. We had to temporarily stop the admissions as we were busy with IGT, so we couldn't focus there. But now we will take more admissions and train more people."

It's a great time for them, he says. "We are getting a fantastic response from across the world and that feels surreal. There are some international pole artistes who are reaching out to us and talking to us. There are some people who want to interview us. So I feel that our aim to promote Mallkhambh and show that it can be done in different styles and variations has been successful."

Talking about how they all felt seeing themselves on TV for the first time, he shares on behalf of the group, "When we first came on the show and our episode was aired, the entire Chhatisgarh watched it on TV. So many of our family members had tears in their eyes and were emotional. We have always seen big stars on TV and then to see ourselves on TV, that felt unreal. We used to watch actors on television and clap for them, but now people were watching us and applauding... we never imagined this even in our dreams."