Mood Indigo (festival)

Mood Indigo
Organisation type	Student Run, Non-Profit Organization
Genre	Cultural
Founded	1971
Place	Mumbai, India
Institute	Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Website	www.moodi.org

Mood Indigo, popularly known as MoodI or MI, is the annual cultural festival of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. It is a four-day long event held towards the end of December every year. It draws a footfall of about 75,000 students^[1] from more than 500 colleges from across the country. Started in 1971 by a bunch of enthusiastic IITians, Mood Indigo,^[2] now in its 41st edition, has snowballed to become the largest festival of its kind in Asia.^[3][4]

Introduction

Asha Bhosle and R D Burman at Mood Indigo 1981

Mood Indigo, the cultural festival of Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, is Asia’s largest college cultural festival.^[5][6] 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,^[7] Anupam Kher, Asha Bhosle, R.D. Burman, Saroj Khan, Kabir Bedi, Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy, Shaan, Hema Malini, Sonu Nigam, Ram Gopal Varma, Rani Mukherjee, Vidya Balan,^[8] Neha Dhupia, Silk Route, and Raageshwari have been associated with Mood Indigo. Mood Indigo has also nourished some of the country's best creative minds like Mani Ratnam, Nagesh Kukunoor, Amjad Khan, bands like Parikrama, Zero and Pentagram, 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,^[9] Mr. Adil Zainulbhai, Mr. Atul Kanagat, Mr. Anand Sivakumaran 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". 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 concert in 2008 which was the first international night of Mood Indigo
• English band Porcupine Tree’s^[10] first Indian concert in Mood Indigo 2009
• Swedish metal band Katatonia’s^[11] first Asian performance in Mood Indigo 2010
• The first ever Sumo Wrestling^[12] match in India in Mood Indigo 2010.

Events

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 in 2008, English progressive rock band and Grammy nominees Porcupine Tree^[13] in 2009, and Swedish metal band Katatonia^[14] in 2010 for their first concerts in India. Pronites has also hosted performers like music legend Asha Bhosle^[15] (once with music director R D Burman in 1981 and again in 2010), Jagjit Singh, Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy , Sonu Nigam, Shaan, Amit Trivedi , Kailash Kher, Mohit Chauhan, KK, Lucky Ali, Amit Kumar, Kavita Seth, Pankaj Udhas, Raghav Sachar and Javed Ali. Classical maestros like Pt.Hari Prasad Chaurasia, Ustad Zakir Hussain, Pt.Bhimsen Joshi, Pt.Jasraj, Pt. Shiv Kumar Sharma, Pt. Vikku Vinayakram, Pt. Rajan and Sajan Mishra, sitar maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and his sons Ayaan and Amaan Ali Bangash, Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Manna Dey and Taufiq Qureshi have performed here as well.

Mood Indigo has also hosted Indian rock and fusion bands like Indus Creed,^[16] Euphoria, Indian Ocean, Parikrama, Antaragni, Zero and Thermal and a Quarter, and renowned international bands like Canadian band QED. Artists of the Fusion genre like Louis Banks, Niladri Kumar, Sivamani and Alms for Shanti have also performed at Mood Indigo. Pronites also organises Livewire,^[17] which is India's biggest rock band competition^[18] and has been a launchpad for bands such as Parikrama, Zero, Vayu and many more, who are now big names in the Indian music industry. Headliners in the past have included Motherjane, Indus Creed and Sceptre. In Mood Indigo 2010 over 200 bands from across the country participated in the competition, with eliminations being held in Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore and Gangtok.

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^[19] and Rajiv Surty. The finalists of the music event Singing with the Stars were judged by singers Kavita Seth, Meiyang Chang and Shibani Kashyap. 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.^[20]

The performing arts competition (One Act) is judged by Theatre Personalities Anupam Kher, Himani Shivpuri, Shobha Khote, Amit Behl, Piyush Mishra 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, Neeta Lulla, Marc Robinson as judges and a professional fashion show put up by 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^[21][22] at Mood Indigo.

The International Music Festival,^[23] started in 2009, has brought to MI an assortment of performers like the French group Moriarty, Fire On Dawson from Germany, Norwegian band Indian Core,^[24] Swedish performer Meja^[25] and the Glass Duo from Poland. Other shows include the Korean break dance troupe B-boyz,^[26] circus performance by Europe’s Nofit State Circus, Tararam^[27] Israeli trash band that performed at the Athens Olympics, Adam Winrich the whip-cracker, Sabri brothers^[28] of the Main Hoon Na fame and many other renowned artists. Horizons has also hosted 4 time Guinness World Record holder Victor Rubilar, acclaimed street magician Chris Korn,^[29] Cile the one-man-band, magic show by P C Sorcar, Sudarshan Patnaik’s sand sculptures, Hasya Kavi Sammelan, puppetry show, synchronized swimming and diving,^[30] and Film Fest.

It also includes events like panel discussions with panelists like Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Shankar Mahadevan, Mahesh Bhatt, 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, Paintball, Quadbiking, Hot air ballooning 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, 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, Purab Kohli, Pallavi Joshi, Sandeepa Dhar, 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, R D Burman, Jagjit Singh, Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani, Loy Mendonsa, Sonu Nigam, Shaan, Amit Trivedi , Kailash Kher, Mohit Chauhan, KK, Lucky Ali, Amit Kumar, Kavita Seth, Pankaj Udhas, Raghav Sachar, Javed Ali, Louis Banks, Niladri, Sivamani and Alms for Shanti. Notable names of the classical genre like Pt. Hari Prasad Chaurasia, Ustad Zakir Hussain, Pt.Bhimsen Joshi, Pt.Jasraj, Pt. Shiv Kumar Sharma, Pt. Vikku Vinayakram, Pt. Rajan and Sajan Mishra, sitar maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and his sons Ayaan and Amaan Ali Bangashand, Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Manna Dey and Taufiq Qureshi have also graced MI with their performances. Rock concerts and Livewire shows have staged International bands like Porcupine Tree, Ensiferum, Katatonia,^[31] QED, Thermal and a Quarter and Indian bands like Indus Creed, Euphoria, Indian Ocean, Parikrama, Antaragni, and Zero.

Panel discussion Team for Mood Indigo 2010

The events and competitions of MI have also had the presence of eminent personalities like Fashion Designers Wendell Rodricks, Neeta Lulla and Marc Robinson, Dramatics stalwarts Anupam Kher, Himani Shivpuri, Shobha Khote, Dolly Thakore and Amit Bhel, Director Subhash Ghai, Dance masters Shiamak Davar and Terrence Lewis, and singers Kavita Seth, 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, Fire On Dawson, band Indian Core, Meja, the Glass Duo, break dance troupe Bboyz, Nofit state circus, Tararam(trash band), Adam Winrich whip-cracker,^[32] Sabri brothers, 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, Shankar Mahadevan, Mahesh Bhatt and Pankaj Pachauri as panelists. This festival has also had its fair share of celebrities in attendance with some names being actors Kabir Bedi, Shahid Kapoor, Rani Mukherjee, Vidya Balan, Gul Panag,^[33] Purab Kohli, Neha Dhupia, Sanjay Suri, Shankar Mahadevan, Kavita Seth, Harsha Bhogle and Lalit Parimoo.

Live Your Passion

Vogue, Fashion Show @ Mood Indigo 2009

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, Neeta Lulla or 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.

Upasana,Classical Dance Competition MOod Indigo 2010

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 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’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’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 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.

Social Cause

Khoon Chala (Mood Indigo 2008 and 2009)

Blood Donation drive,^[34] 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^[35] '. 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.^[36] 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^[37] by students by collecting more than 3500 units of blood in the span of two years.

Aagaaz (Mood indigo 2010)

Aagaaz, Street Plays at Mood Indigo 2010

With Aagaaz^[38](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^[39] 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, Canara Bank, Pepsi, Coca-Cola, PVR, Levi's, BlackBerry, Cisco, Pantaloons Femina, Maybelline, McDonald's, Domino's Pizza, Subway (restaurant), Gatsby, Limca Book of Records, Go-Jiyo, Braingain Magizine.^[40]

The media sector has seen several names like Hindustan Times, Times of India, Bombay Times, MTV, UTV, Channel V, Radio Mirchi, DSN media, DNA. Also Mood Indigo has had associations with Wendell Rodricks, Shiamak Davar Dance Academy, NCPA, 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, Hindustan Times, Indian Express, DNA, The Economic Times and also several local dailies have done write up on it.In electronic media, Mood Indigo was aired by Radio Mirchi and also has been covered in several youth centric shows like MTV Wassup!,^[41] UTV Campus Attack.^[42] It also receives extensive coverage by all major news channels. Some of the popular events covered on television were Sumo Wrestling On ESPN^[43] and Sahara, Livewire by ZEE Music and Shahid Kapoor by NDTV. Through DSN media Mood Indigo's advertisements were shown throughout the country. In 2010 Amit Trivedi’s concert^[44] in that year’s edition of MI was part of the official Udaan (2010 film) DVD.^[45]

Organisation

Core Team of Mood Indigo 2010

Mood Indigo^[46] as an entirely student run non-profit organisation was established in 1973. 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.^[47]

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.Mr. Adil Zainulbhai, Mr. Atul Kanagat, Mr. Anand Sivakumaran and many more who have been associated with Mood Indigo in the past.

MI Over The Years

Mood Indigo 1973 Symbol and Logo

• 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 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.
  

  Pirate Ship from Mood Indigo 2009

• 2009- The 2009^[48] 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^[49]: featuring three-time world sumo champion Byambajav Ulambayar and former world champion Naranbat Gankhuyag. MI 2010^[50] also had Asha Bhosle for the classical nite. For the first time, Livewire^[51] went national. Mood Indigo 2010 witnessed the likes of Katatonia^[52] 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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