India's Got Latent Season 2 Episode 7 released today, September 18, with actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui, comedian Bhuvan Bam, and casting director Mukesh Chhabra joining Samay Raina and Kaustubh Agarwal on the panel. Three acts performed — a magician, a musical duo, and a Big B-style comedy act — and the episode's biggest moment wasn't a joke at all: a contestant used his act to propose to his musical partner on stage, and won a near-perfect score for it.

Who performed, and how did each act score?

Three contestants took the stage this episode, each rated on a scale out of 10 by all four panelists:

  • Ritwik Upadhyay, a self-described "honest magician," opened with an egg trick before pivoting into a wallet trick on Samay — which ended with a condom pulled out of Samay's own wallet on stage, to the panel's visible shock. Ritwik also revealed his mother is actress Aparna Upadhyay, whom Mukesh Chhabra has cast before, and that his father, a former Air Force officer, now works as a chess coach. He scored in the high single digits, averaging around 9 out of 10.
  • Aditya and Prerna, a flute-and-violin duo who'd been making music together for three months, delivered the episode's standout moment (more on that below) and walked away with the highest score of the night, averaging close to a perfect 10.
  • Prateek Bhardwaj closed the episode with a Kaun Banega Crorepati-style comedy bit, playing multiple exaggerated characters before revealing he's actually a professional cricketer doing comedy on the side. His act leaned into playful "tall guy" humor and a running bit built around impressions, and he won Rs 1 lakh in prize money with an average score of roughly 9.5 out of 10.

What was the episode's most shareable moment?

Aditya and Prerna's act is the one likely to travel furthest as a clip. The two introduced themselves as musical partners of three months who'd landed firmly in "best friend zone" territory — each admitting, when pushed by the panel, that they liked the other without either having said so directly. Nawazuddin Siddiqui took it from there, coaching Aditya through an improvised "channel your inner truth" acting exercise that built toward an actual on-stage proposal. Prerna said yes. The panel scored the act 10, 10, 10, 10, and 9 — averaging close to a perfect 10 — and sponsor District reportedly covered a date for the new couple worth up to Rs 50,000, on top of a phone from the episode's tech sponsor.

Moments like this are exactly why India's Got Latent's format works when it lands: the self-rating and panel-reaction structure gives space for something genuinely unscripted to happen, not just a rehearsed bit. For how celebrity-heavy panels have been shaping this season's tone, see our take on Orry's seat on the judging panel.

What did the panel's chemistry actually look like?

Nawazuddin Siddiqui leaned into his reputation for playing intense, unglamorous characters — joking that he could convincingly play a rock or a tree, a bit that later paid off when he, Bhuvan Bam, and Kaustubh Agarwal acted out an improvised comedy scene built around exactly that premise. Mukesh Chhabra's presence as a working casting director gave the panel a recurring joke thread about his own process for casting roles, and Bhuvan Bam — making his first appearance on the show since a more controversial Season 1 episode — was visibly more measured this time, at one point joking that he'd "survived" his last outing on the show. Nawazuddin also shared a genuine bit of biography mid-episode: before his acting career took off, he worked as a watchman at a medical shop, a detail he mentioned matter-of-factly rather than as a punchline.

Did the episode include anything beyond comedy?

Yes — and it's a detail most coverage of this episode has skipped entirely. India's Got Latent has been running a charity segment each episode this season, and this one featured Enrich Life Foundation, an organization focused on bridging education and skill gaps for underprivileged communities. A QR code was shown on screen during the episode for viewers who wanted to contribute directly. It's a small addition to the format, but a genuine one, and it's easy to miss if you're only watching for the panel's jokes.

How did the episode land with viewers overall?

Social media reaction has actually been more mixed than the content itself might suggest — some viewers flagged the episode as slower or less consistently funny than earlier installments this season, with a few pointing out that a large share of the panel's jokes were aimed at Mukesh Chhabra specifically rather than spread evenly across all four panelists. That reaction sits a little oddly against an episode that also delivered a genuinely emotional, widely shareable proposal moment — a reminder that a single episode of this show can land very differently depending on which specific segment a viewer catches or has described to them first.

For more on this season's panel dynamics and how celebrity-heavy episodes have played out, see our coverage of Orry's seat on the judging panel and Bonus Episode 3 with Deepak Kalal.