Amritsar, December 16 Parmeet Singh of Dehradun walked away with the coveted title of Frankfinn Mr Singh International at the glittering final which saw as many as 29 contestants strutting their stuff for the mega crown. The event was held at Khalsa College grounds here on Saturday night. Danandeep Singh of Pathankot and Tejinder Singh from Baroda were adjudged first and second runners-up, respectively.

The programme started one-and-a-half hour late and the results were declared at 11.45 pm. The organisers and the police had a tough time in controlling the huge crowd which had gathered in huge numbers. Despite biting cold, the stands were jam packed. Harpreet Singh was declared Mr Singh Sparkling Smile, while Gurdev Singh from Jammu got the Mr Singh ‘Catchy Eyes award’.

The best artistic performance title was given to Gurjinder Singh from Chennai, while Manpreet Singh of Faridabad won the photogenic face award. Best attitude award was bagged by Balwinder Singh of Bangalore, while Princejit Singh of Kapurthala got the ‘Gurmat’ awareness award. Rocking physique title was won by Mandeep Singh, whereas Nanak Singh won the impressive turban award. The best costume award and general awareness awards were won by Prabhjot Singh from Nasik and Gurneet Singh of Patiala, respectively. Selected from 2,000 participants, the 29 finalists had toiled hard during their three-month long training session where they learned skills of ‘gatka,’ ‘theatre performance’ and table manners before the grand finale. In spite of the fact that organisers failed to provide background music to the Bollywood singer turned actor Himesh Reshamiya, the latter enthralled the audience with his famous numbers ‘Ashiq banaya apne’ and ‘Jhalak dikhlaja’. Even the performance by the star voice of India winner Ishmeet Singh made audience.dance to his tunes. Among other present were Bollywood actors Randhir Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor and Raj Babbar. Earlier, addressing the gathering, Randhir Kapoor said, “The Sikh youth should feel pride in turban and such events should be organised regularly.” A documentary on Maharaja Ranjit Singh produced by Raj Babbar was also screened during the event. Speaking on the occasion, Punjab minister for information Bikram Singh Majithia and agriculture minister Gulzar Singh Ranike jointly announced a grant of Rs 5 lakh on behalf of the state government for the organisers Akal Purakh Ki Fauj (APKF). Virsa Singh Valtoha, DC Kahan Singh Pannu were also present on the occasion.