When she had to select her judge, she couldn’t read out the name due to nervousness. Madhavan stepped in and called reader Vaishali Rajapurkar who was sitting next to Zayed Khan. "What do you need India needs most today? Why?"

She replied, "India is full of values and humanity. What it needs is unity! " Her short, witty reply won her accolades from people present. For the final round, she said, "Movies are inspired from social issues and causes because, nowadays, people enjoy watching the truth rather than dreams and glamour."

Her soft-spoken banker father Vijay Patki and mother Neeta said, "I never expected her to come this far. We are very proud of her."