The Sanas hail from Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, and have settled in Bhilai, Chhattisgarh. They speak Telugu at home.
Shyam Sundar Rao Sana works at the Steel Authority of India Limited as a supervisor. He would always drop Amit to his classes on his bicycle.
"Indian Idol is the first event where I sent him alone to face the realities of life. I am happy he has learnt a lot from this event," says Shyam Sundar.
"Amit needed to do his riyaz (practice) early in the morning, and he required a tabla player for that. It was very difficult to arrange a tabla player so early in the morning and also give him a good pay," recalls his father.