The Winner of Indian Idiol-4 was also Rajbanshi

Registration for season 4 began on April 1, 2008 . The fourth season saw Anu Malik and Javed Akhtar on the hot seats as they took judges' chair once again for the show. New to this season were singer Kailash Kher and Indian actress Sonali Bendre.

Like the previous season, the first four finalists to be eliminated were female, and the judges believed that some of these girls were better singers than some of the remaining boys. All the previous years' top 3 finalists have also been male, leading to speculation of sexism against women among the Indian voting public.

For the first time in Indian Idol history there were two girls in the top 3 after Rajdeep Chaterjee was eliminated on February 14. Sourabhee Debbarma won the title of the Indian Idol and became the first female contestant to do so.By doing so she won a contract of Rs. 1 crore with Sony Entertainment Television and a TATA Winger. Kapil Thapa finished second and Torsha Sarkar finished third.

Sourbhee Debbarma was born to a couple of Twipra (indigenous people of Tripura known as Rajbanshi living there since from the decade ruled by some Rajbanshi king) descent. Even though Sourabhee’s parents are government employees and disconnected from the world of music, they have been supportive of her decision and encouraged her.
Links:: Sourabhee's Indian Idol Page , Other References