Viva la Salsa!

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Everything Latin is sexy - clothes, accent and certainly their dances. Salsa, the word itslef means a spicy sauce. The dance, surely, is spicy and hot!

Salsa, which originated in Latin America has been making waves in India since 2001 for that is the year Salsa India was founded by Salsa 'Guru' Kaytee Namgyal. The best Salseros and Salseras of Salsa India will be performing at Mood Indigo 2009. With moves ranging from slightly difficult to simply un-frikkin-beliavable, you will be left with a spicy flavour in your mouth and still wanting for more.

Just for the sake of preview, here is a clip from 4th Annual India Salsa Congress, 2009


For more on Salsa India, visit www.salsa-india.com

Date: 24th December, 2009
Venue: SOM Well, IIT Bombay

Contact: Dwarkanath Prabhu | splashprabhu@gmail.com | 09819186689

The Comedy Hypnosis Show

Monday, December 14, 2009

"LOOK AT THE PENDULUM, 

KEEP STARING AT IT, 

FOCUS,

FOCUS,

WHEN I SAY 'START' YOU WILL READ THIS ARTICLE WITH FULL ENTHU !!"

"START !!"

If you thought we had you hypnotized, wait till you get here. With the wackiest of all ideas, here's one to keep you hypnotized. MOOD INDIGO '09 presents "Comedy Hypnosis" !!

For all those of you who have dreamt of controlling your friends and have them do funny stuff, this ones for you !! From goofy to outright hilarious, let our hypnotist control you through to the rib-tickling time of your life !! If you thought you had the will power to resist, think again ! The event will be conducted by world record holder Dr. Nagesh. 

Come 'n' Be HYPNOTIZED !!!

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Oh, sorry We forgot to dehypnotize you.. 'STOP!!'  :P

Date : 22nd December 2009

Venue : Convocation Hall

Contact : Pranay Surana | prraney@gmail.com | +91-9930761515

Bottles Up!

Friday, December 4, 2009

Bartending Show
"It took thousands, nay, millions of years for humankind to evolve to the point where its opposable thumbs allowed the species to finally achieve success in its tumultuous struggle to twist open a beer."

And there are few among those humans who play with beer bottles in their hands and keep the audience in a awestruck state with their exquisite bartending skills, examplary juggling performance and creating great-spirited concoctions of their own.

And one of those top bartenders is the FLAMING TRIO.

The flaming trio has literally been setting the bars in fire with their display of finesse in the art of bartending since 2001.

So this year in Mood Indigo 09 dont miss them mixing it up and bringing it on.
Venue : Night Arena

Date : 23rd December 2009

Contact: Pranay Surana | prraney@gmail.com | +91 9930761515

Victor Rubilar

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

20 white mischief, 12 black label, 15 ounces of flesh, 28 inches long..

All covered in the most immaculate leather.


None of this really matter in the heat of the moment. From around the world, we bring you the ankle-breaking, neck catching, knee stalling tricks of Victor Rubillar. With 4 Guinness World Records to his name, "he is really good", as certified by the legendary footballer Pele.


After performing throughout the world - more than 20 countries have witnessed his awesomeness - Victor Rubillar will be blazing the streets at Mood Indigo.


Remember. Be there, or be square. And Keep Rolling, y0!

Website - www.jugglingfootballs.com/

Date - 21st - 22nd December 2009

Venue - Streets of MI

Contact: Pranay Surana | prraney@gmail.com | +91 9930761515

Chris Korn

Extreme Korn, Radical Korn, and those are just a few words that people use to describe the sheer brilliance of his tricks. When Chris Korn performs, seeing is disbelieving. And that's just where the fun begins. If you were lucky enough to meet him when he last came to India a few years ago as part of the hit TV show “Mondo Magic” on AXN , you needn’t be told of his mastery of the sleight of hand or his ability to dumbfound and leave even the staunchest of disbelievers speechless.
He has brought the art of street magic to a totally different level with his brilliant and amazing tricks, he has astonished the people of over 3 continents and godknows how many more who watch him on television. If you missed him in India then, then get set for this, Chris is coming to Mood Indigo this year, that’s right he is coming to Mood Indigo to do what he does best bamboozle the audience with his magic tricks, where the only word that will come out of your mouth is “A-M-A-Z-I-N-G”. 

He’s a true master of his trade and when you meet him be prepared for one of the most incredible, dumbfounding experiences of your lifetime. You might try to figure out how he does it, you’ll think but never get it but don’t worry this is how he has left everyone who has met him.

Where will you find him in those 4 days of Mood Indigo? Anywhere, he’ll catch you when you are least expecting it, so we suggest be prepared, but do come and experience the magic.

Website - http://www.easystreetmagic.com/
Date - 21st - 24th December 2009
Venue - Streets of MI

Contact : Shrayank Gupta | shrayank@gmail.com | +91-9969759291

Cue Up

Pool Tricks Session
The pool tricks session has lined up a fantabulous array of tricks that you will simply love to witness rolled up their sleeve !!

A trickshot ( also trickshot or trick-shot ) is a shot played on a billiards (most often a pool table, though snooker tables are also used), which does something with the balls (and often various props) that would seem unlikely or impossible. 

As an organized cue sports discipline, trick shot competition is known as artistic pool. We have some very talented personalities in this field who have the ability to simply bowl you over by the magnanimity and sleekness of their dexterous movements with the cue.  

Date - 22nd December 2009

Venue - Night Lounge

Contact : Mirik Gogri | mirik2195@gmail.com | +91-9819149049

Stompbox

Saturday, November 28, 2009

ATS (Abhimanyu Tony Sound) is a recently formed Mumbai-based Group. Now, I'm confused whether to call them a music group or a dance group because they do it all!

Abhimanyu and Tony are experienced and well-established choreographers in their own right, but their act is refreshingly new to India. Stomping and Beatboxing individually require immense talent and to do it together is unimagineable. ATS Group will showcase their performance at Mood Indigo 2009. The versatility on display will leave you spellbound.
Watch their performance on Entertainment Ke Liye Aur Bhi Kuch Karega on Sony Entertainment Television. Just listen to what the judges say.

Contact: Dwarkanath Prabhu | splashprabhu@gmail.com | 09819186689

Legilimency

"The mind is not a book to be opened at will and examined at leisure." - Severus Snape.

But this is exactly what Mr. Chaitanya Tamhane (inset pic) does.
Mind Reading or Mentalism is no magic trick. It's a beautiful science which Chaitanya has mastered with years of study and practice. He will be performing this year at our very own Mood Indigo.

Apart from this, Chaitanya has also directed the play Grey Elephants in Denmark and has co-directed Medha and Zoombish 2 with Ramu Ramanathan.

The performance will make you go.. "How did he guess that?" and "OMG I hope he doesn't know what I'm thinking about this girl sitting next to me"

If you think you can hide your thoughts, think again... perhaps he would have seen your re-thought too!


Date: 21st December 2009
Venue: IRCC Auditorium, IIT Bombay

Contact: Dwarkanath Prabhu | splashprabhu@gmail.com | 09819186689

The Lantern Festival

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Ever wondered how do we communicate with the halls of the heavens?? not really? How about doing that at MI’09!

When the day dawns to an ecstatic end, the glimmer of pure saffron lights appears over the night sky with its enchanting majesty over the fun-filled streets of IIT B. The beautiful lights over the perfect night sky well describes the essence of “MOOD” INDIGO. The heavenly warmth brought about by the Skylanterns in the spine chilling cold of a winter night rejuvenates one’s mind with the sweetness of life , reminding about all the good things in this world of ours.

Mesmerising lights shining in deep depths of the black star studded night sky gives a special feeling of happiness and glorifies the sheer enthusiasm brought to you by the biggest, the most happening college fest .

Get ready to experience the visual treat as we cast a magical spell with hundreds of messengers of the god himself, lighting up your lives, the wonderful Skylanterns.

Skylanterns courtesy : Komal Fashions, Mumbai.
Web link : http://www.kfashions.in

Contact : Pranay Surana | prraney@gmail.com |+91 9930761515

SHOWS

Saturday, November 7, 2009

Wanna party down your way to the vibrant and exuberant performances of renowed artists , from across the globe? Well then, the shows at Mood Indigo ‘09 are for you!!

Mood Indigo’09 presents a wide spectrum of the most colourful, ecstatic and electrifying performances, only here to keep you enthralled and grapple your memories to remain with you long after you’ve exited the gates of IITB. Thou shalt freak out here!!! Pampering a mammoth of 4000 large audiences, these are the biggest, the grandest events at MI over the years. Distinguishing from rest all the college fests, these are an identity to the wideness of the array, the medley of events at MI, all for the sake of cultural exhilaration !Don’t mistake to expect this anywhere else.

The list of exemplary, unimaginable performances , is too large to suffice. Notably the ‘No fit State Circus’ marching their way from United Kingdom to the crammed convocation hall at IIT bombay. The 'Indian Jazz Suite', a collaboration between India’s foremost Kathak dancer and Emmy award winning tap dancers making the audience tap their feet to the pure, virgin bliss of dance! Or celebrating the evergreen music of R D Burman, you’ve witnessed jaw-dropping artists at your helm at MI. Not to forget the ‘Korean BreakOut Boyz’ hip-hopping and bouncing o’er the cars. And finally our very own Surendra Sharma, Kumar Vishwas and Sampat Saral who’ve made the audience roll of on their stomachs with laughter.

So Ladies and Gentlemen, get ready to be captivated by the finest , stunning performers, which we have brought from every corner of the world, specially for you! They are here to get the cold blood pumping through your veins.

Don’t loose on this. As the BIGGER gets BETTER this year !!!

The What Definition

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

60,000 students, 500 colleges, over 150 events, 4 days, 4 nights, 100 hours of Mayhem!! This is what describes Mood Indigo 2009 (MI'09 - the annual cultural festival of the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B).
For most of the students, the festival provides an unparalleled platform to display their talent. No college in the country has a festival of this impressive style.Each year the sprawling campus of IIT Bombay hosts a plethora of competitions, workshops, live performances and wacky fun events. Mood Indigo exemplifies the spirit of camaraderie and competition, of people coming together with one common goal and creating something spectacular.
Mood Indigo sets a stage for the best in the country to showcase their talents in the finest competitions witnessed by thousands of spectators and renowned judges, to bag the biggest prizes ever seen.
Spanning genres from Dance, Music and Dramatics, to Literary Arts, Fine Arts and Speaking, competitions at Mood Indigo have it all.

Besides that, Mood Indigo also gives its participants an opportunity to acquire some of the most interesting skills by conducting various workshops like martial arts, 3D photography, hot air ballooning, ballroom dance, hypnotism and even chocolate making.
'Horizons' brings you not just this but also 'Vogue' - the war of the fashionistas, exhibitions and demos like bike stunts and sand sculptures and 'Afternites' - proshows from all over the world.
For the fun loving kind, 'Informals' has its own set of wild events like MI's Most Wanted, Aquagames, Adventure zone, Couple games, One-minute games, the Maze and more. For you to relax or kill any rare free time, Mood Indigo presents 'Grind' - the poolside party, 'Ka Ching' - the Casino and the Lounge.
'Pronites' at Mood Indigo have seen renowned artists like Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, Ustad Zakir Hussain, Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasiya, Jagjit Singh, Pankaj Udhaas, Asha Bhosale, Shaan, KK, Shankar Ehsaan Loy, Kailash Kher, Indian Ocean, Euphoria and Parikrama mesmerize a 15,000 strong crowd in Open Air Theatre.
The presumed turnout of people and celebrities is also expected to reach its peak in the Mood-I history.
The grandeur of the event can be envisioned through the fact that the preparations began almost 9 months before the actual event. No stone has been left unturned to ensure a memorable outing for visitors and the esteemed personalities who visit Mood-I.