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Mood Indigo, popularly known as MoodI or MI, is the annual cultural festival of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay , popularly known as IIT Bombay or IITB, is a public research university located in Powai, Mumbai...

. It is a four-day long event held towards the end of December every year. It draws a footfall of about 75,000 students from more than 500 colleges from across the country. Started in 1971 by a bunch of enthusiastic IITians, Mood Indigo, now in its 41st edition, has snowballed to become the largest festival of its kind in Asia.

Introduction

Mood Indigo, the cultural festival of Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, is Asia’s largest college cultural festival. This four day long annual festival held towards the end of December every year, is a student-run non-profit organization which caters primarily to the youth. Mood Indigo has seen the participation of numerous stalwarts in the cultural arena. A number of celebrities like Shahid Kapoor

Shahid Kapoor

Shahid Kapoor is an Indian actor who appears in Bollywood films. He is also a trained dancer.Starting off his career by working in music videos and advertisements, Kapoor made his Bollywood debut as a background dancer in Subhash Ghai's Taal . Four years later, he made his acting debut in Ishq...

, Anupam Kher

Anupam Kher

Anupam Kher is an Indian actor who has appeared in nearly 400 films and 100 plays. Though mainly appearing in Bollywood films, he has had roles in some films from other nations as well...

, Asha Bhosle

Asha Bhosle

Asha Bhosle is an Indian singer. She is one of the best-known and most highly-regarded Hindi playback singers in India, although she has a wider repertoire. Bhosle's career started in 1943 and has spanned over six decades. She has done playback singing for over a thousand Bollywood movies...

, R.D. Burman, Saroj Khan

Saroj Khan

Nirmala Kishanchand Sadhu Singh Nagpal popularly known as Saroj Khan is one of the most prominent Indian dance choreographers in Hindi cinema...

, Kabir Bedi

Kabir Bedi

Kabir Bedi is an Indian television and film actor. His career has spanned three continents including India, the United States and many European countries in three mediums: film, television and theatre. He is noted for his role as Emperor Shah Jahan in Taj Mahal: An Eternal Love Story...

, Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy, Shaan

Shaan (singer)

Shaan , is an Indian playback singer, and television host. He hosted the shows Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs, Star Voice of India and "Star Voice of India 2"...

, Hema Malini

Hema Malini

Hema Malini is an Indian actress, director and producer, as well as a Bharatanatyam dancer-choreographer. Making her acting debut in Sapno Ka Saudagar , she went on to appear in numerous Bollywood films, most notably those with actor and future-husband Dharmendra. She was initially promoted as...

, Sonu Nigam

Sonu Nigam

Sonu Nigam is an Indian playback singer whose songs have been featured in numerous Hindi movies, as well as films in Assamese, Punjabi, Bengali, Marathi and Kannada language. He has also released numerous Indi-pop albums and acted in a few Hindi feature films...

, Ram Gopal Varma

Ram Gopal Varma

Ram Gopal Varma is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer...

, Rani Mukherjee, Vidya Balan

Vidya Balan

Vidya Balan is an Indian actress, who appears in Hindi films. After graduating with a degree in sociology, she started her career starring in music videos, television shows and commercials, before appearing in feature films....

, Neha Dhupia

Neha Dhupia

Neha Dhupia is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films. She is a former beauty queen and winner of Femina Miss India 2002.-Early life:...

, Silk Route, and Raageshwari

Raageshwari

Raageshwari Loomba is an Indian pop singer, actress, model, television anchor, former MTV and Chanel V VJ and a Yoga expert. She also entered in the fifth season of the reality television show Bigg Boss and was named 'Positive Raaga and the messenger of peace'-Biography:Raageshwari was born in...

have been associated with Mood Indigo. Mood Indigo has also nourished some of the country's best creative minds like Mani Ratnam

Mani Ratnam

Mani Ratnam is an Indian filmmaker, screenwriter and producer. He made his directorial debut with the Kannada film Pallavi Anu Pallavi starring Anil Kapoor in 1983...

, Nagesh Kukunoor

Nagesh Kukunoor

Nagesh Kukunoor is an Indian filmmaker and screenwriter. He is known for movies such as Hyderabad Blues , Rockford , 3 Deewarein and Iqbal .-Early life:...

, Amjad Khan

Amjad Khan

Amjad Khan was an acclaimed Indian actor and director. He worked in over 130 films in his film career spanning nearly twenty years. He enjoyed popularity for his villainous roles in Hindi films the most famous being the unforgettable Gabbar Singh in 1975 classic Sholay...

, bands like Parikrama

Parikrama

For meaning of word see Parikrama .Parikrama is a Rock and Roll band from Delhi, India. They have several live performances and original numbers to their name. The band was officially formed on June 17, 1991 in Delhi...

, Zero and Pentagram

Pentagram

A pentagram is the shape of a five-pointed star drawn with five straight strokes...

, who have participated in Mood Indigo in the previous years. It has attracted major sponsors and extensive media coverage over the years. The team of Mood Indigo consists of student volunteers who work to promote creativity and intellectualism, the foundation of this festival, as symbolized by the 'Indigo' in its name.

History

Mood Indigo started back in 1971, with a low budget of 5,000, which was contributed partly by the IIT Bombay Gymkhana and the rest by advertisements in the Mood Indigo brochure. Mood Indigo as a purely student-run non-profit organization was set up in 1973. Henceforth the organization of Mood Indigo has been in the hands of the students of the institute. Mood Indigo has had a legacy of Organisers. Amongst the leading names are Mr.Nandan Nilekani

Nandan Nilekani

Nandan Nilekani born is an Indian entrepreneur. He currently serves as the Chairman of the new Unique Identification Authority of India , after a successful career at Infosys Technologies Ltd...

, Mr. Adil Zainulbhai, Mr. Atul Kanagat, Mr. Anand Sivakumaran

Anand Sivakumaran

Anand Sivakumaran is a writer, director based in [India]. He began his life as a Chemical Engineer for I.I.T Mumbai, before a drastic career change...

and many more who have been associated with Mood Indigo in the past.

The name Mood Indigo has been considered to be inspired by Duke Ellington’s jazz composition "Mood Indigo

Mood Indigo

"Mood Indigo" is a jazz composition and song, with music by Duke Ellington and Barney Bigard with lyrics by Irving Mills.-Disputed authorship:In a 1987 interview, Mitchell Parish claimed to have written the lyrics:...

". The organizers also gave another justification to the name. “The color chosen to be representative of the Mood was Indigo — a fusion of Red and Blue. Red for the warmth and passion of an artistic adventure, blue for the originality of the rational mind, giving Indigo — the symbol of creativity and intellectualism.”

Since its launch in 1971, MoodI has grown to achieve its current status of Asia's largest college cultural festival and is currently in its 41st edition. Some historic events over the years have been -

The Ensiferum
Ensiferum
Ensiferum is a Finnish folk metal band from Helsinki. The members of the band label themselves as "heroic folk metal." Since their formation, Ensiferum has released four full-length albums, one EP, one compilation, three singles, and three demo albums and one unreleased album.-Musical...

concert in 2008 which was the first international night of Mood Indigo
English band Porcupine Tree
Porcupine Tree
Porcupine Tree is a progressive rock band formed by Steven Wilson in 1987 in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England. Their music is difficult to categorise, being associated with both psychedelic rock and progressive rock, yet having been influenced by trance, krautrock and ambient due to Steven...

’s first Indian concert in Mood Indigo 2009
Swedish metal band Katatonia
Katatonia
Katatonia is a Swedish metal band formed in Stockholm in 1991 by Jonas Renkse and Anders Nyström .-1991-1993:The early Katatonia releases, such as the EP Jhva Elohim Meth.....

’s first Asian performance in Mood Indigo 2010
The first ever Sumo Wrestling match in India in Mood Indigo 2010.

Pronites

Pronites is the department of MI that organizes the concerts or Pro-shows as they are better known. Its stage has seen national and international artists of various genres of music like rock, classical, sufi, folk and Bollywood music. It has staged international bands like Finnish band Ensiferum

Ensiferum

Ensiferum is a Finnish folk metal band from Helsinki. The members of the band label themselves as "heroic folk metal." Since their formation, Ensiferum has released four full-length albums, one EP, one compilation, three singles, and three demo albums and one unreleased album.-Musical...

in 2008, English progressive rock band and Grammy nominees Porcupine Tree

Porcupine Tree

Porcupine Tree is a progressive rock band formed by Steven Wilson in 1987 in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England. Their music is difficult to categorise, being associated with both psychedelic rock and progressive rock, yet having been influenced by trance, krautrock and ambient due to Steven...

in 2009, and Swedish metal band Katatonia

Katatonia

Katatonia is a Swedish metal band formed in Stockholm in 1991 by Jonas Renkse and Anders Nyström .-1991-1993:The early Katatonia releases, such as the EP Jhva Elohim Meth.....

in 2010 for their first concerts in India. Pronites has also hosted performers like music legend Asha Bhosle

Asha Bhosle

(once with music director R D Burman in 1981 and again in 2010), Jagjit Singh, Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy , Sonu Nigam

Sonu Nigam

, Shaan

Shaan (singer)

Shaan , is an Indian playback singer, and television host. He hosted the shows Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs, Star Voice of India and "Star Voice of India 2"...

, Amit Trivedi

Amit Trivedi

Amit Trivedi is an Indian film composer, musician, singer and lyricist, working in Bollywood. After working as a theater and jingle composer and composing for non-film albums, he debuted as a film composer in the 2008 Hindi film Aamir, and shot to fame in the Hindi film music scene with his...

, Kailash Kher, Mohit Chauhan

Mohit Chauhan

Mohit Chauhan is an Indian pop and playback singer, most known for his romantic ballads. He started his career singing Indian pop songs with the band Silk Route, which released two albums, Boondein and Pehchan. The song "Dooba Dooba" became a rave in the Indipop music scene. However, the band...

, KK

-People:* KK , an Icelandic musician* KK Null, a Japanese musician* Kenneth Kaunda, a Zambian politician* Krishnakumar Kunnath, an Indian playback singer* Kishore Kumar, an Indian playback singer* Kay Kay Menon , an Indian actor...

, Lucky Ali

Lucky Ali

Lucky Ali , born as Maqsood Mehmood Ali , is an Indian singer songwriter, composer and actor. Lucky is best known for his soulful but strikingly simple ballad-style singing and melodious voice.-Biography:...

, Amit Kumar

Amit Kumar

Amit Kumar is an Indian film playback singer, actor, director, and music director. He is the son of famous singer and actor Kishore Kumar and Bengali singer and actress Ruma Guha Thakurta. Like his father he too loved singing since childhood and used to sing in Kolkata during Durga Pooja functions...

, Kavita Seth

Kavita Seth

Sufi Singer Kavita Seth is an Indian singer, who is most known as a playback singer in Hindi cinema, as well as a performer of Ghazals and Sufi music, and has formed her musical group, Karwaan Group, a band of Sufi musicians...

, Pankaj Udhas

Pankaj Udhas

Pankaj Udhas is an Indian singer, credited in the Indian music industry, along with other musicians like Jagjit Singh and Talat Aziz, with bringing the style to the realm of popular music. Udhas rose to fame for singing in the film Naam , in which his song Chitthi Aayee Hai became an instant hit....

, Raghav Sachar

Raghav Sachar

Raghav Sachar is an Indian singer born to father, R. K. Sachar, and mother, Usha Sachar. He is the youngest of three children. He started playing his first instrument, the harmonica, at the age of four. Every year since then his parents have gifted him an instrument. Born into a family of music...

and Javed Ali

Javed Ali

Javed Ali is an Indian playback singer. He has been singing in Hindi movies from 2000 but shot to fame in 2007 when he sang the song "Ek Din Teri Raahon Mein" from the movie Naqaab and thereafter another big hit "Jashn-e-Bahaaraan" from the movie Jodhaa Akbar . He is currently one of the leading...

. Classical maestros like Pt.Hari Prasad Chaurasia, Ustad Zakir Hussain, Pt.Bhimsen Joshi

Bhimsen Joshi

Pandit Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi ; February 4, 1922 - January 24, 2011) was an Indian vocalist in the Hindustani classical tradition. A member of the Kirana Gharana , he is renowned for the khayal form of singing, as well as for his popular renditions of devotional music...

, Pt.Jasraj, Pt. Shiv Kumar Sharma, Pt. Vikku Vinayakram, Pt. Rajan and Sajan Mishra

Rajan and Sajan Mishra

Rajan and Sajan Mishra are brothers, renowned singers of the khyal style of Indian classical music. They were awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2007, Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, jointly in 1998 and the Gandharwa National Award for 1994-1995....

, sitar maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and his sons Ayaan and Amaan Ali Bangash, Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt

Vishwa Mohan Bhatt

Vishwa Mohan Bhatt also known as V. M. Bhatt is an Indian slide guitar player. Bhatt is the creator of the Mohan Veena...

, Manna Dey

Manna Dey

Prabodh Chandra Dey , better known by his nickname Manna Dey , is a playback singer in Bengali Assamese and Hindi films. Along with Mohammed Rafi, Kishore Kumar, Mukesh, he was a part of Indian film playback music from the 1950s to the 1970s. He has recorded more than 3500 songs over the course of...

and Taufiq Qureshi

Taufiq Qureshi

Taufiq Qureshi is an Indian classical musician. He is a percussionist and an composer.-Early life:Born in Mumbai, to legendary tabla player, Ustad Alla Rakha. His eldest brother is tabla player, Ustad Zakir Hussain. He received guidance from Ghatam Vidhwan, Pandit Vikku Vinayakram.-Career:Taufiq...

have performed here as well.

Mood Indigo has also hosted Indian rock and fusion bands like Indus Creed

Indus Creed

Indus Creed is a rock group from India. It was founded in 1993 by Uday Benegal , Mark Selwyn , Mahesh Tinaikar , Zubin Balaporia and Jayesh Gandhi .-History:...

, Euphoria

Euphoria

Euphoria is an emotional and mental state defined as a sense of great elation and well being.Euphoria may also refer to:* Euphoria , a genus of scarab beetles* Euphoria, a genus name previously used for the longan and other trees...

, Indian Ocean

Indian Ocean

The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by the Indian Subcontinent and Arabian Peninsula ; on the west by eastern Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and...

, Parikrama

Parikrama

, Antaragni

Antaragni

Antaragni is the annual inter-collegiate cultural festival of IIT Kanpur, held in October/November, and is one of the most popular college festivals in India. The name of the festival was changed from Culfest to Antaragni in 1993, Culfest was the first college cultural festival of its kind in India...

, Zero and Thermal and a Quarter, and renowned international bands like Canadian band QED

QED

QED may refer to:*Q.E.D., from the Latin quod erat demonstrandum, used at the end of a definitive proof*Quantum electrodynamics, a field of physics...

. Artists of the Fusion genre like Louis Banks

Louis Banks

Louis Banks is a Grammy Award nominated film composer, record producer, jazz musician-keyboardist and singer...

, Niladri Kumar

Niladri Kumar

Niladri Kumar is an Indian classical and fusion musician. He performed on the sitar from a young age and toured and released albums as an adult. He created a unique instrument, a modified sitar, which he named zitar.-Early life:...

, Sivamani

Sivamani

Anandan Sivamani , popularly known as Sivamani, is a percussionist based in India. He plays many instruments including drums, Octoban, Darbuka, Udukai, and Kanjira, as well as many more. He performed drumming during the IPL Championships in 2008 & 2010. He is affiliated to the Chennai Super Kings...

and Alms for Shanti

Shanti

Shanti, Santhi or Shanthi means peace, rest, calmness, tranquility, or bliss.The poet T.S. Eliot, in his poem The Waste Land translated it as "The Peace which passeth understanding."...

have also performed at Mood Indigo. Pronites also organises Livewire, which is India's biggest rock band competition and has been a launchpad for bands such as Parikrama

Parikrama

, Zero, Vayu

Vayu

Vāyu is a primary Hindu deity, the Lord of the winds, the father of Bhima and the spiritual father of Lord Hanuman...

and many more, who are now big names in the Indian music industry. Headliners in the past have included Motherjane

Motherjane

Motherjane is an Indian rock band from Kochi, India, formed in 1996. The band consists of Suraj Mani , John Thomas , Clyde Rozario , Deepu Sasidharan and Santosh Chandran . They have released a total of two studio albums, and three singles...

, Indus Creed

Indus Creed

Indus Creed is a rock group from India. It was founded in 1993 by Uday Benegal , Mark Selwyn , Mahesh Tinaikar , Zubin Balaporia and Jayesh Gandhi .-History:...

and Sceptre

Sceptre

A sceptre is a symbolic ornamental rod or wand borne in the hand by a ruling monarch as an item of royal or imperial insignia.-Antiquity:...

. In Mood Indigo 2010 over 200 bands from across the country participated in the competition, with eliminations being held in Mumbai

Mumbai

Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...

, Delhi

Delhi

Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...

, Bangalore

Bangalore

Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...

and Gangtok

Gangtok

Gangtok is the capital and largest town of the Indian state of Sikkim. Gangtok is located in the Shivalik Hills of the eastern Himalayan range, at an altitude of . The town, with a population of thirty thousand belonging to different ethnicities such as Nepalis, Lepchas and Bhutia, is administered...

Competitions

Competitions caters to the culturally enthusiastic people in different colleges across the country- by giving them a stage to showcase their talent. Competitions are organised in a variety of genres – music, dance, dramatics, literary arts, fine arts and speaking.

These competitions have had well known personalities associated with them over the years. Finalists of the dance competition Dancing with the Stars performed for an audience of 3500 and were judged by Shahid Kapoor

Shahid Kapoor

and Rajiv Surty. The finalists of the music event Singing with the Stars were judged by singers Kavita Seth

Kavita Seth

, Meiyang Chang and Shibani Kashyap

Shibani Kashyap

Shibani Kashyap is an India female singer, who is actively working in Bollywood film Industry, Some of her songs are very popular like Sajna Aaa Bhi Ja from movie Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II, she has anchored a Singer Hunt Show named Bathroom Singer....

. Over 50 bands perform in Mantra, the Hindi band competition, for an audience of over 8000. The Western acoustic band competition sees participation of over 50 bands from all over India. Aagaaz the street play competition saw participation in huge numbers, in its first edition in Mood Indigo 2010, with the winners getting a chance to perform at the National Center for Performing Arts.

The performing arts competition (One Act) is judged by Theatre Personalities Anupam Kher

Anupam Kher

Anupam Kher is an Indian actor who has appeared in nearly 400 films and 100 plays. Though mainly appearing in Bollywood films, he has had roles in some films from other nations as well...

, Himani Shivpuri

Himani Shivpuri

Himani Shivpuri, is Indian, film, theatre and television actress, who is most known for her role in Sooraj R. Barjatya's film Hum Aapke Hain Koun...! , and as 'Devki Bhojai' in TV serial Humrahi .- Biography :...

, Shobha Khote, Amit Behl, Piyush Mishra

Piyush Mishra

Piyush Mishra is an Indian film and theatre actor, music director, lyricist, singer, scriptwriter.-Early life and education:He spent his early life in Gwalior, where he received his education...

and Lalit Parimoo. It consists of events like Situational acting, Narrative Mime, Stand-Up comedy and Short Skit. The winners of this competition are also given a chance to perform at the National Center of Performing Arts.

For people proficient at Speaking and expressing their views, a lot of events are held giving them the opportunity to compete with the best. Niche speaking events like Jam and Extempore have participation consisting of people who are more proficient at informal speaking.

For the first time a quizzing festival, Omniscience, was held at Mood Indigo in its 2010 edition. It had big quizzing events based on Entertainment, General Awareness, Business and Sports hosted by eminent Quiz Masters such as Dr.Navin Jaykumar, Charanpreet Singh and Ramanand Janardhanan.

Fine arts at Mood Indigo sees a variety of events and workshops such as 3-D surfacing, soap carving, vegetable carving, sponge modelling, painting on a canvas, book cover designing, Rangoli art, wax carving and Charcoal drawing etc.

Horizons

Started in 1988, Horizon is a department of Mood Indigo which plans, conceptualizes and executes various unique and unconventional events, shows, exhibitions and workshops. Some of the highlights, over the past years, have been Vogue, the inter college fashion designing competition, with fashion world personalities like Wendell Rodricks

Wendell Rodricks

Wendell Rodricks is a prominent fashion designer based in the western Indian region of Goa. He has been listed among one of India's top ten designers. His work has involved a wide range of fashion—from lecturing on world costume history to fashion journalism and styling for international...

, Neeta Lulla

Neeta Lulla

Neeta Lulla is an Indian fashion stylist and costume designer. She is the winner of three National Film Awards for Best Costume Design.-Awards:*National Film Award for Best Costume Design 2009 for Jodhaa Akbar....

, Marc Robinson

Marc Robinson

Marc Robinson is an Indian actor and model.Robinson started off his career as a model. He played the male lead in Bada Din , opposite Shabana Azmi and Tara Deshpande. Since then, he has worked primarily as a model coordinator and choreographer.On 2 February 2002, he married fellow model Waluscha...

as judges and a professional fashion show put up by Wendell Rodricks

Wendell Rodricks

during Vogue 2010. The year 2010 also saw, for the first time in India, two world champions showcasing the legendary Japanese art of Sumo Wrestling at Mood Indigo.

The International Music Festival, started in 2009, has brought to MI an assortment of performers like the French group Moriarty

Moriarty

The name Moriarty is an Anglicized version of the irish name Ó Muircheartaigh which orginated in County Kerry,Ireland. Ó Muircheartaigh can be translated to mean navigator or sea worthy, as the irish word muir means sea and cheart means correct...

, Fire On Dawson

Fire On Dawson

Fire on Dawson is an Indo/German rock band from Karlsruhe, Germany, formed in 2006. The current line-up consists of founder and bassist Martin Sonntag, guitarist Markus Stricker and Indian vocalist Ankur Batra...

from Germany, Norwegian band Indian Core, Swedish performer Meja

Meja

Meja , is a Swedish composer, artist and singer. Among her best known songs are "I'm Missing You","All 'Bout the Money" and "Private Emotion"...

and the Glass Duo

Glass Duo

GLASS DUO was founded by Anna and Arkadiusz Szafraniec. They are the only glass harp music group in Poland, one of few professional ensembles worldwide....

from Poland. Other shows include the Korean break dance troupe B-boyz, circus performance by Europe’s Nofit State Circus

Nofit State Circus

NoFit State Circus is a contemporary circus company based in Cardiff, Wales.Formed in 1986, NoFit State Circus have been a mainstay of new and contemporary circus in the United Kingdom since their inception, and have toured tented and theatrical shows at home and abroad...

, Tararam

Tararam

Tararam is an Israeli music and dance group. It has performed around the world, including Germany's World Exposition in 2000, and the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens....

Israeli trash band that performed at the Athens Olympics

Athens Olympics

Athens Olympics may refer to:*1896 Summer Olympics, games of the I Olympiad*1906 Intercalated Games*2004 Summer Olympics, games of the XXVIII Olympiad- See also :* Zappas Olympics, Olympic revival games held in Athens in the 19th century...

, Adam Winrich the whip-cracker, Sabri brothers

Sabri Brothers

The Sabri Brothers are a Qawwali party from Pakistan.-Original members:The Sabri Brothers originally consisted of Ghulam Farid Sabri , Maqbool Ahmed Sabri , Kamal Sabri The Sabri Brothers (Urdu: صابری برادران) are a Qawwali party from Pakistan.-Original members:The Sabri Brothers originally...

of the Main Hoon Na

Main Hoon Na

Main Hoon Na is a Bollywood masala film written and directed by Farah Khan. It was the first film of Khan production company Red Chillies Entertainment. It was released on 30 April 2004 and went on to become a box-office success...

fame and many other renowned artists. Horizons has also hosted 4 time Guinness World Record holder Victor Rubilar

Victor Rubilar

Victor Rubilar is an Argentinian professional football performer and comedian based in Sweden. He worked as a magician for three years in Argentina before he decided to become a professional football freestyler / football juggler....

, acclaimed street magician Chris Korn, Cile the one-man-band, magic show by P C Sorcar, Sudarshan Patnaik’s sand sculptures, Hasya Kavi Sammelan, puppetry show, synchronized swimming

Synchronized swimming

Synchronized swImming is a hybrid form of swimming, dance and gymnastics, consisting of swimmers performing a synchronized routine of elaborate moves in the water, accompanied by music....

and diving, and Film Fest.

It also includes events like panel discussions with panelists like Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra

Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra

Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra is an Indian filmmaker and screenwriter. He is best known for writing and directing Rang De Basanti , for which he won Best Director awards at the 2006 Filmfare Awards and National Film Awards and received a BAFTA Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film...

, Shankar Mahadevan

Shankar Mahadevan

Shankar Mahadevan is an Indian music composer and singer. He is a part of the Shankar Ehsaan Loy trio team that composes for Indian films and a playback singer.-Early life:...

, Mahesh Bhatt

Mahesh Bhatt

Mahesh Bhatt , is a prominent Indian film director, producer and screenwriter.Bhatt's early directional career consisted of acclaimed films, such as Arth, Saaransh, Janam, Naam and Zakhm....

, Pankaj Pachauri and exhibitions of gramophones, photographs, famous newspaper archives and others. In 2010 an exhibition cum stunt show of the Harley Davidson bikes was also organised. Workshops conducted range from theatre, jazz, waltz, salsa, belly dancing, star gazing, kickboxing, latte art to eating with chopsticks.

Informals

Informals organizes fun, wacky and spontaneous events for the crowd that comes to Mood Indigo. Events range from thrilling adventure sports like Zorbing

Zorbing

Zorbing is the recreation of rolling downhill in an orb, generally made of transparent plastic. Zorbing is generally performed on a gentle slope, but can also be done on a level surface, permitting more rider control. In the absence of hills some operators have constructed inflatable, wooden or...

, Paintball

Paintball

Paintball is a sport in which players compete, in teams or individually, to eliminate opponents by tagging them with capsules containing water soluble dye and gelatin shell outside propelled from a device called a paintball marker . Paintballs have a non-toxic, biodegradable, water soluble...

, Quadbiking, Hot air ballooning

Hot air ballooning

Hot air ballooning is the activity of flying hot air balloons. Attractive aspects of ballooning include the exceptional quiet , the lack of a feeling of movement, and the bird's-eye view...

to fun events like Baraat dancing, Treasure hunts, Aqua games, Street games and Lounges .

Other highlights of Informals were "Grind", the poolside party with professional DJs like DJ Akbar and DJ Suketu

DJ Suketu

- Early life and education :Suketu started his career as a DJ over 15 years back. He has a bachelors degree, , and M. Com from University of Mumbai and is also a Post Graduate from S.P. Jain Institute in Mumbai...

, with 30000 watts of electrifying music and "She’s Got The Look" the beauty pageant organised in search of the ultimate beauty for the fashion industry involving 15000 participants. Well known faces from the entertainment industry like Gul Panag

Gul Panag

Gul Panag is an Indian actress, model, and former beauty queen who competed in the Miss Universe pageant. Her notable films include Dor, Dhoop, Manorama Six Feet Under, Hello, and Straight....

, Purab Kohli

Purab Kohli

Purab Kohli is an Indian model, VJ and actor.He started his career as an actor with the popular tv show Hip Hip Hurray and earned recognition through video jockeying on Channel V....

, Pallavi Joshi

Pallavi Joshi

Pallavi Joshi is an Indian film/television/model actress. She is a one time National Film Award winning actress. She is the sister of child actor Master Alankar ....

, Sandeepa Dhar

Sandeepa Dhar

Sandeepa Dhar is an Indian actress. Sandeepa made her acting debut in the 2010 Hindi film Isi Life Mein. For her performance in the film, she was nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut, Star Screen Award for Most Promising Newcomer and Stardust Award for Superstar of Tomorrow.-...

, Tanisha Mukherji have also been a part of the jury for personality hunts like “Mood Indigo’s Most Wackiest” and “aM I Talented? “.

Artists

Mood Indigo has hosted numerous artists and famous personalities over the years with many big names and organisations being associated with it. Pronites has brought many renowned singers like Asha Bhosle

Asha Bhosle

, R D Burman, Jagjit Singh, Shankar Mahadevan

Shankar Mahadevan

Shankar Mahadevan is an Indian music composer and singer. He is a part of the Shankar Ehsaan Loy trio team that composes for Indian films and a playback singer.-Early life:...

, Ehsaan Noorani

Ehsaan Noorani

Ehsaan Noorani is the Ehsaan of the Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy trio which consist of Shankar Mahadevan, Loy Mendonsa and himself. He is a famous music composer and a guitarist. He was the guitarist for many music directors before he started composing music. Ehsaan has also studied music with Mr...

, Loy Mendonsa

Loy Mendonsa

Loy Mendonsa is part of the Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy trio which consist of himself, Shankar Mahadevan and Ehsaan Noorani. Before becoming a music composer, he was a keyboard musician for famous music composers such as A. R. Rahman and Nadeem-Shravan...

, Sonu Nigam

Sonu Nigam

, Shaan

Shaan (singer)

Shaan , is an Indian playback singer, and television host. He hosted the shows Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs, Star Voice of India and "Star Voice of India 2"...

, Amit Trivedi

Amit Trivedi

, Kailash Kher, Mohit Chauhan

Mohit Chauhan

, KK

, Lucky Ali

Lucky Ali

, Amit Kumar

Amit Kumar

, Kavita Seth

Kavita Seth

, Pankaj Udhas

Pankaj Udhas

, Raghav Sachar

Raghav Sachar

, Javed Ali

Javed Ali

, Louis Banks

Louis Banks

Louis Banks is a Grammy Award nominated film composer, record producer, jazz musician-keyboardist and singer...

, Niladri, Sivamani

Sivamani

and Alms for Shanti. Notable names of the classical genre like Pt. Hari Prasad Chaurasia, Ustad Zakir Hussain, Pt.Bhimsen Joshi

Bhimsen Joshi

, Pt.Jasraj, Pt. Shiv Kumar Sharma, Pt. Vikku Vinayakram, Pt. Rajan and Sajan Mishra

Rajan and Sajan Mishra

, sitar maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and his sons Ayaan and Amaan Ali Bangashand, Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt

Vishwa Mohan Bhatt

Vishwa Mohan Bhatt also known as V. M. Bhatt is an Indian slide guitar player. Bhatt is the creator of the Mohan Veena...

, Manna Dey

Manna Dey

and Taufiq Qureshi

Taufiq Qureshi

have also graced MI with their performances. Rock concerts and Livewire shows have staged International bands like Porcupine Tree

Porcupine Tree

, Ensiferum

Ensiferum

, Katatonia

Katatonia

Katatonia is a Swedish metal band formed in Stockholm in 1991 by Jonas Renkse and Anders Nyström .-1991-1993:The early Katatonia releases, such as the EP Jhva Elohim Meth.....

, QED

QED

QED may refer to:*Q.E.D., from the Latin quod erat demonstrandum, used at the end of a definitive proof*Quantum electrodynamics, a field of physics...

, Thermal and a Quarter and Indian bands like Indus Creed

Indus Creed

Indus Creed is a rock group from India. It was founded in 1993 by Uday Benegal , Mark Selwyn , Mahesh Tinaikar , Zubin Balaporia and Jayesh Gandhi .-History:...

, Euphoria

Euphoria

, Indian Ocean

Indian Ocean

, Parikrama

Parikrama

, Antaragni

Antaragni

, and Zero.

The events and competitions of MI have also had the presence of eminent personalities like Fashion Designers Wendell Rodricks

Wendell Rodricks

, Neeta Lulla

Neeta Lulla

and Marc Robinson

Marc Robinson

, Dramatics stalwarts Anupam Kher

Anupam Kher

Anupam Kher is an Indian actor who has appeared in nearly 400 films and 100 plays. Though mainly appearing in Bollywood films, he has had roles in some films from other nations as well...

, Himani Shivpuri

Himani Shivpuri

, Shobha Khote, Dolly Thakore

Dolly Thakore

-Career:Most of her career has been spent on the stage but she appeared in the 2005 film Page 3.Thakore was the casting director for the Academy Award winning film Gandhi back in 1982 where she was also responsible for recruiting the Indian actors in the film and for some of the PR work on the...

and Amit Bhel, Director Subhash Ghai

Subhash Ghai

Subhash Ghai is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter. His most notable films include Kalicharan ,Karz , Hero , Meri Jung , Karma ,Ram Lakhan ,Saudagar , Khalnayak , Pardes and Taal...

, Dance masters Shiamak Davar

Shiamak Davar

DIL CHAHE-External links:* * * http://www.google.co.in/music/album?n=Dil-Chahe-Shiamak&id=20100520190954_2d1d03si4m47m* http://www.google.co.in/music/album?n=Mohabbat-Kar-Le-Shiamak&id=20100520134546_lj2mmwol474i...

and Terrence Lewis

Terrence Lewis

Terence Lewis is an Indian choreographer. He was born and raised in Mumbai to a Catholic family.Born to Xavier Lewis and Teresa Lewis, he is the youngest of eight siblings. He is internationally trained and specialises in Indian folk, contemporary and neo-classical dance forms...

, and singers Kavita Seth

Kavita Seth

, Shibani Kashyap

Shibani Kashyap

and Meiyang Chang. Mood Indigo has also brought a variety of artists and entertainers both international and indigenous like Sumo Wrestlers, musicians Moriarty

Moriarty

, Fire On Dawson

Fire On Dawson

, band Indian Core, Meja

Meja

Meja , is a Swedish composer, artist and singer. Among her best known songs are "I'm Missing You","All 'Bout the Money" and "Private Emotion"...

, the Glass Duo

Glass Duo

GLASS DUO was founded by Anna and Arkadiusz Szafraniec. They are the only glass harp music group in Poland, one of few professional ensembles worldwide....

, break dance troupe Bboyz, Nofit state circus

Nofit State Circus

, Tararam

Tararam

Tararam is an Israeli music and dance group. It has performed around the world, including Germany's World Exposition in 2000, and the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens....

(trash band), Adam Winrich whip-cracker, Sabri brothers

Sabri Brothers

, Victor Rubilar

Victor Rubilar

, Chris Korn, Francesa Cassio, Moneybrother, Pandit Chitresh Das and Jadon Samples, Cile – One man band, Pedro Tochas, Muntaner Duo and Sudarshan Patnaik to Mumbai.

The Panel Discussion has had popular names like Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra

Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra

, Shankar Mahadevan

Shankar Mahadevan

Shankar Mahadevan is an Indian music composer and singer. He is a part of the Shankar Ehsaan Loy trio team that composes for Indian films and a playback singer.-Early life:...

, Mahesh Bhatt

Mahesh Bhatt

Mahesh Bhatt , is a prominent Indian film director, producer and screenwriter.Bhatt's early directional career consisted of acclaimed films, such as Arth, Saaransh, Janam, Naam and Zakhm....

and Pankaj Pachauri as panelists. This festival has also had its fair share of celebrities in attendance with some names being actors Kabir Bedi

Kabir Bedi

, Shahid Kapoor

Shahid Kapoor

, Rani Mukherjee, Vidya Balan

Vidya Balan

, Gul Panag

Gul Panag

Gul Panag is an Indian actress, model, and former beauty queen who competed in the Miss Universe pageant. Her notable films include Dor, Dhoop, Manorama Six Feet Under, Hello, and Straight....

, Purab Kohli

Purab Kohli

Purab Kohli is an Indian model, VJ and actor.He started his career as an actor with the popular tv show Hip Hip Hurray and earned recognition through video jockeying on Channel V....

, Neha Dhupia

Neha Dhupia

Neha Dhupia is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films. She is a former beauty queen and winner of Femina Miss India 2002.-Early life:...

, Sanjay Suri

Sanjay Suri

Sanjay Suri is an Indian actor who appears in Bollywood films.He made his debut in 1999 with Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi. He went on to star in many supporting roles but finally got his big break with Jhankaar Beats in 2003, where audiences started to recognize him as a seasoned actor...

, Shankar Mahadevan

Shankar Mahadevan

Shankar Mahadevan is an Indian music composer and singer. He is a part of the Shankar Ehsaan Loy trio team that composes for Indian films and a playback singer.-Early life:...

, Kavita Seth

Kavita Seth

, Harsha Bhogle

Harsha Bhogle

Harsha Bhogle is an Indian cricket commentator and journalist. He was born in a Marathi speaking family in Hyderabad.-Early life:...

and Lalit Parimoo.

Live Your Passion

Live Your Passion or LYP are competitions of Mood Indigo that provide an opportunity to the young enthusiastic participants to live their passion and make their dream come true.
Some major opportunities of LYP have been VOGUE- The War of the Fashionistas where the Best designer gets an internship under fashion designers like Wendell Rodricks

Wendell Rodricks

, Neeta Lulla

Neeta Lulla

or Marc Robinson

Marc Robinson

and the best Male and Female models got a representation contract
by Launchpad Media Services and also got their portfolios done by Shari Academy and SHE’S GOT THE LOOK - the online face hunt which had the top 3 winning entries get a direct entry into the top 80 of the Pantaloons Femina Miss India Pageant.

For the music enthusiasts, LYP has competitions like LIVEWIRE the English rock band competition with the winning band got a chance to record an EP at Four Zone Music and the best guitarist got a Kramer guitar and MANTRA the Hindi band competition in which the
winning band got a chance to record and launch its original composition on Radio Mirchi

Radio Mirchi

Radio Mirchi is a nationwide network of private FM radio stations in India. It is owned by the Entertainment Network India Ltd , which is one of the subsidiaries of The Times Group....

and an opportunity to feature in a music video in a Pritish Nandy Communications Ltd movie. In SITAARON KE SANG- the Hindi vocals competition the top 5 finalists got an opportunity to be mentored by and perform a duet along with an internationally acclaimed Pop band.

The Dramatics genre had events like AAGAAZ -The street play competition in which the top 2 street plays got a chance to perform at the prestigious National Centre for Performing Arts, STAGECRAFT the One act play competition and THIRD BELL-The stage play
competition which had the top 2 winning plays get a chance to perform at the prestigious National Festival of Performing Arts and the best 2 actors getting a free course at Anupam Kher

Anupam Kher

Anupam Kher is an Indian actor who has appeared in nearly 400 films and 100 plays. Though mainly appearing in Bollywood films, he has had roles in some films from other nations as well...

’s acting school and NUKKAD NATAK the Street Play competition with the top 2 actors of the event getting a free course at the Kishore Namit Kapoor Acting Institute and the Top 2 winning entries getting the opportunity to perform at the prestigious National Centre for Performing Arts.

The dance enthusiasts had events like PUMP IT UP-The Hip Hop Challenge where the best dancers got “Gift of Dance” scholarships for a free course at Shiamak Davar

Shiamak Davar

’s Institute of Performing Arts, DANCING WITH THE STARS-Solo Dance Competition had the Top 3 dancers getting a free course each at the Terence Lewis

Terence Lewis

Terence Lewis, known as Terry Lewis, is a politician in the United Kingdom. He was educated at Mount Carmel School, Salford and did his National Service in the Royal Army Medical Corps before becoming a Personnel Officer. He was elected Labour Member of Parliament for Worsley, Greater Manchester...

Dance Foundation Scholarship Trust and JAISA FILMO MEIN HOTA HAI- Story telling through dance with the best 3 dancers getting a free course at The Danceworx Academy. UPASANA-Classical dance competition had the
best 2 performers get the opportunity of participating in a production of the Abhinava Dance Company and GLASS SLIPPERS- the Ballroom dance competition awarded the Top 3 pairs get a free course in advanced ballroom dancing each at the Salsa India Dance Company.

Other events have included DIRECTOR’S CUT- the Short movie making competition with the Director of the winning movie getting a free course in Digital Video Production at Whistling Woods International, WHY SO SERIOUS ?- the stand-up comedy competition in which the top 3 acts got a chance to perform at The Comedy Store, THE COVER STORY- Book Cover designing competition had the winning entry being used as a cover for an upcoming book by HarperCollins India, MAGNUM OPUS- painting using a wet medium had the Top 3 winners get to work with artists associated with Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai.

Khoon Chala (Mood Indigo 2008 and 2009)

Blood Donation drive, which is the first of its kind and enormity ever to be taken up by a college. This initiative is focused at the lack of blood in blood banks and hence the silent deaths of those who are not provided well enough. The name of this campaign, to go with the
collegiate spirit, has been aptly put as 'Khoon Chala '. The mission was to create awareness amongst the students about blood donation. The 'Khoon Chala' initiative started before the festival. Mood Indigo spread the message amongst the youth that they should donate blood thru street plays in 30 colleges and 7 cineplexes in Mumbai and screened a short film on the same to create awareness. Due to the seriousness of the initiative and also to the overwhelming response it was continued in Mood Indigo 09. Mood Indigo became the first ever college festival in the country to conduct largest and successful blood donation camp by students by collecting more than 3500 units of blood in the span of two years.

Aagaaz (Mood indigo 2010)

With Aagaaz(meaning a beginning), the Countrywide Social Awareness Campaign , Mood indigo aimed to address not one but a series of problems from the declining status of women in the society to the increasing frustration in the country’s teen population, from the oppressed child
workers to the much promoted corruptionists. Street play, besides being a regular feature of competitions at MI, had the potential to be the medium to raise a strong voice among the youth. Street Play has its own unique and spectacular way of putting forward social issues. The
exchange is close, direct and intimate and, to be more effective, usually loud and larger than life. The multi-city competition which happened in Ahemdabad, Delhi and Mumbai saw participations in hundreds and audience in thousands. The best plays from the 3 cities were featured at Mood Indigo 2010. The best 3 critically acclaimed plays had mentoring session by the famous street play organization Naujawan-e-Hind.

Sponsors & Past Associates

Mood Indigo has attracted sponsorships from various corporations due to huge participation of students from all over India. Many prominent names have been associated with many events in Mood Indigo including Tata Photon, State Bank of India

State Bank of India

The State Bank of India is the largest Indian banking and financial services company with its headquarters in Mumbai, India. It is state-owned. The bank traces its ancestry to British India, through the Imperial Bank of India, to the founding in 1806 of the Bank of Calcutta, making it the oldest...

, Canara Bank

Canara Bank

Canara Bank is a state-owned financial services company in India. It was established in 1906, making it one of the oldest banks in the country. As on 2009 November, the bank had a network of 3057 branches, spread across India...

, Pepsi

Pepsi

Pepsi is a carbonated soft drink that is produced and manufactured by PepsiCo...

, Coca-Cola

Coca-Cola

Coca-Cola is a carbonated soft drink sold in stores, restaurants, and vending machines in more than 200 countries. It is produced by The Coca-Cola Company of Atlanta, Georgia, and is often referred to simply as Coke...

, PVR

PVR

PVR may refer to:*Peak Vehicle Requirement, the number of public transport vehicles required to operate the highest frequency service on a route*Penn Virginia Resources, a mining company* Personal video recorder, also known as a digital video recorder...

, Levi's, BlackBerry

BlackBerry

BlackBerry is a line of mobile email and smartphone devices developed and designed by Canadian company Research In Motion since 1999.BlackBerry devices are smartphones, designed to function as personal digital assistants, portable media players, internet browsers, gaming devices, and much more...

, Cisco

Cisco

Cisco may refer to:Companies:*Cisco Systems, a computer networking company* Certis CISCO, corporatised entity of the former Commercial and Industrial Security Corporation in Singapore...

, Pantaloons Femina, Maybelline

Maybelline

Maybelline is an American makeup brand sold worldwide and owned by L'Oréal. Their motto is Maybe she's born with it. Maybe it's Maybelline.-History:...

, McDonald's

McDonald's

McDonald's Corporation is the world's largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants, serving around 64 million customers daily in 119 countries. Headquartered in the United States, the company began in 1940 as a barbecue restaurant operated by the eponymous Richard and Maurice McDonald; in 1948...

, Domino's Pizza

Domino's Pizza

Domino's Pizza, Inc. is an international pizza delivery corporation headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America. Founded in 1960, Domino's is the second-largest pizza chain in the United States and has over 9,000 corporate and franchised stores in 60 countries and all 50 U.S....

, Subway (restaurant)

Subway (restaurant)

Subway is an American restaurant franchise that primarily sells submarine sandwiches and salads. It is owned and operated by Doctor's Associates, Inc. . Subway is one of the fastest growing franchises in the world with 35,519 restaurants in 98 countries and territories as of October 25th, 2011...

, Gatsby

Gatsby

Gatsby may refer to:* The Great Gatsby, a 1925 novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald and many adaptations thereof, and its central character Jay Gatsby* Gatsby Charitable Foundation, a grant-making trust based in London...

, Limca Book of Records

Limca Book of Records

Limca Book of Records is a record book of Indian origin. First published in 1990, when the Limca Brand was owned by Parle Group. The book continued to be published by Coca-Cola, when they bought the Limca Brand. The 20th edition of this book was released by Amitabh Bachchan in March 2009...

, Go-Jiyo, Braingain Magizine.

The media sector has seen several names like Hindustan Times

Hindustan Times

Hindustan Times is an Indian English-language daily newspaper founded in 1924 with roots in the Indian independence movement of the period ....

, Times of India, Bombay Times

Bombay Times

The Bombay Times is a free supplement of The Times of India, in the Mumbai region.It covers celebrity news, news features, international and national music news, international and national fashion news, lifestyle and feature articles pegged on news events both national and international that have...

, MTV

MTV

MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....

, UTV

UTV

UTV is a television channel based in the UK region of Northern Ireland. The channel is the Channel 3 or Independent Television licensee for Northern Ireland and is operated by UTV Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of UTV Media.- Terrestrial :* Analogue: Normally tuned to 3 * Freeview : 3...

, Channel V

Channel V

Channel [V] is the brand name for multiple international music television networks owned by STAR TV and Fox International Channels, fully owned subsidiaries of News Corporation.-Channel [V] International:...

, Radio Mirchi

Radio Mirchi

Radio Mirchi is a nationwide network of private FM radio stations in India. It is owned by the Entertainment Network India Ltd , which is one of the subsidiaries of The Times Group....

, DSN media, DNA

DNA

Deoxyribonucleic acid is a nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms . The DNA segments that carry this genetic information are called genes, but other DNA sequences have structural purposes, or are involved in...

. Also Mood Indigo has had associations with Wendell Rodricks

Wendell Rodricks

, Shiamak Davar

Shiamak Davar

Dance Academy, NCPA

NCPA

The NCPA is an acronym for several institutions:* National Centre for the Performing Arts, Beijing* National Center for Policy Analysis, Dallas, TX* National Community Pharmacist Association, Alexandria, VA...

, Whistling Woods, USA Sumo Association, The Israeli Embassy, Embassy of Polandand and The Swedish Institute . With a heavy footfall of over 75,000 in 4-days, association with Mood Indigo is a matter of prestige and is reflected in the range of sponsorships it attracts.

Media and Publicity

Mood Indigo is one of the most widely publicised and covered college festival in India, receiving extensive coverage by all sectors of media. In print media leading newspapers like The Times of India

The Times of India

The Times of India is an Indian English-language daily newspaper. TOI has the largest circulation among all English-language newspaper in the world, across all formats . It is owned and managed by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd...

, Hindustan Times

Hindustan Times

Hindustan Times is an Indian English-language daily newspaper founded in 1924 with roots in the Indian independence movement of the period ....

, Indian Express, DNA

DNA

, The Economic Times

The Economic Times

The Economic Times is an English-language Indian daily newspaper published by the Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.. The Economic Times was started in 1961. It is the most popular and widely read financial daily in India, read by more than 8 lakh people...

and also several local dailies have done write up on it.In electronic media, Mood Indigo was aired by Radio Mirchi

Radio Mirchi

Radio Mirchi is a nationwide network of private FM radio stations in India. It is owned by the Entertainment Network India Ltd , which is one of the subsidiaries of The Times Group....

and also has been covered in several youth centric shows like MTV

MTV

Wassup!, UTV

UTV

Campus Attack. It also receives extensive coverage by all major news channels. Some of the popular events covered on television were Sumo Wrestling On ESPN

ESPN

Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....

and Sahara, Livewire by ZEE Music and Shahid Kapoor

Shahid Kapoor

by NDTV

NDTV

NDTV is an Indian commercial broadcasting television network founded in 1988. It was founded by Prannoy Roy, an eminent journalist and current chairman and director of NDTV Group. NDTV currently has more than 1,000 employees producing news from over twenty locations in India...

. Through DSN media Mood Indigo's advertisements were shown throughout the country. In 2010 Amit Trivedi

Amit Trivedi

’s concert in that year’s edition of MI was part of the official Udaan (2010 film)

Udaan (2010 film)

Udaan is a 2010 Hindi film produced by Sanjay Singh, Anurag Kashyap, and Ronnie Screwvala; and directed by Vikramaditya Motwane. The film was officially selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard category at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.- Plot :17-year-old Rohan is expelled from the reputed...

DVD.

Organisation

Mood Indigo as an entirely student run non-profit organisation was established in 1971. Its team consists of students with the hierarchy order as Overall Coordinators, Core Group Members, Coordinators and Organisers. The Mood Indigo team is headed by 2 Overall Coordinators working in collaboration with the twenty two Core Group members who head the various departments Pronites, Horizons, Competitions, Creatives, Informals, Marketing, Media , Publicity, Services, Hospitality and Food and Beverages. The Coordinators are incharge of the various events and are assisted by the Organisers in their endeavours. This core team is constituted early in the year and works over a period of about nine months in preparation of the 4 day carnival that is Mood Indigo.With an approximate strength of 700, this team works on conceptualisation to successful execution every year and creates Asia’s largest college cultural festival.

The Mood Indigo team is composed of students of all years of the institute shouldering the entire responsibility of the festival with no assistance from any event management company or professionals. Mood Indigo has had a legacy of Organisers, Amongst the leading names are Mr.Nandan Nilekani

Nandan Nilekani

Nandan Nilekani born is an Indian entrepreneur. He currently serves as the Chairman of the new Unique Identification Authority of India , after a successful career at Infosys Technologies Ltd...

.Mr. Adil Zainulbhai, Mr. Atul Kanagat, Mr. Anand Sivakumaran

Anand Sivakumaran

Anand Sivakumaran is a writer, director based in [India]. He began his life as a Chemical Engineer for I.I.T Mumbai, before a drastic career change...

and many more who have been associated with Mood Indigo in the past.

MI Over The Years

1971 - It saw the beginning of Mood Indigo with a low budget of 5,000, which was contributed partly by the IIT Bombay Gymkhana and the rest by advertisements in the Mood Indigo brochure.

1973 - Mood Indigo as a purely student-run non-profit organization was set up in this year. Since this year, the organization of Mood Indigo has been in the hands of the students of the institute.

1976 - The first “huge” MI which has led to the misconception that MI started in 1976. It was due to the efforts put in by Adil Zainulbhai (presently McKinsey India Managing Director) and Atul Kanagat (a senior member in McKinsey India) that MI'76 outperformed previous editions of MI by a distance; despite the National Emergency prevailing at the time.

1981 - MI'81 saw the widely celebrated duo of Asha Bhosle
Asha Bhosle
Asha Bhosle is an Indian singer. She is one of the best-known and most highly-regarded Hindi playback singers in India, although she has a wider repertoire. Bhosle's career started in 1943 and has spanned over six decades. She has done playback singing for over a thousand Bollywood movies...

and R D Burman perform at the Indian Music Night. Classical Concerts, Rock Shows, Bonfires and Jamming that went on till dawn were amongst the major highlights of MI'81.

1992 - After an amazing series of unfortunate events as the Ayodhya incident and the Bombay riots, MI'92 took place in March - just a week after the Bombay bomb blasts. A quote from Mr. Anand Sivakumaran, then Overall Coordinator of MI, says “It was supposed to happen in December, but Ayodhya happened instead - so we postponed it to January. Then the Bombay riots took place - scores of people wanted to cancel it - so we postponed it even further. Finally we had it in March, believe it or not, just one week after the Bombay bomb blasts took place. Half the Core Group members weren’t there. The entire team must have consisted of thirty people (Wow !). Live Wire went on till 5am. I shall never forget those five days - there were ego problems and fights before MI. But those 5 days we just worked and worked. Thirty people didthe work of three hundred.” Amongst some very famous stories about MI'92 are - "Close Up and Colgate were the main sponsors. That’s like Coke and Pepsi sponsoring an event together. Mind blowing!"

1997 – It was in this period when MI started becoming huge with big amounts of cash pouring in. From a humble sum of around 5 lac in 1993, the budget exploded to around 24 lac in 1997. MI‘97 was bigger by far than any other Bombay fest.

1998 - The theme for MI '98 was "bombayed". The classical music aficionados got to listen to the likes of Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma and Ustad Zakir Hussain. Amongst other major events that took place at MI'98 were a workshop by Annu Kapoor and by eminent cartoonists like Unny and Sabu and a spectacular display of pyrotechnics (courtesy Wizcraft). Ever since this, Mood Indigo, the Cultural Festival has grown in stature and popularity, attracting visitors and participants from other parts of the country.

2009- The 2009 edition of MI was decked with the theme “Pirates” and brought to India for the first time, the renowned band Porcupine Tree. It also had performances by Parikrama, Alms for Shanti and concerts by the trio of Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy and Manna Dey. This edition also showcased 4 time Guinness World Record holder Victor Rubilar, French band Moriarty and Swedish performer Meja. Famous sand sculptor Sudarshan Patnaik also exhibited his skills.The social drive of Khoon Chala was also continued this year.

2010 – Desi Tadka-Mood Indigo went really big in 2010: featuring three-time world sumo champion Byambajav Ulambayar and former world champion Naranbat Gankhuyag. MI 2010 also had Asha Bhosle for the classical nite. For the first time, Livewire went national. Mood Indigo 2010 witnessed the likes of Katatonia the Swedish dark-metal band, Indus Creed – contemporary Indian-rock, and Amit Trivedi. The International Music Festival this year shined with the Indo/German rock band Fire on Dawson, Minino Garay, glass harp musicians – the Glass Duo and the fusion band KarmetiK. Also there was an interactive session with Ramchandra Guha. And an enthralling Harley Davidson Bike exhibition.

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