Unmaad

Unmaad (pronounced as Unmād) is the annual cultural festival of Indian Institute of Management Bangalore. Conducted over a period of three days, Unmaad includes events like dramatics, music performances, dances, quizzes, debates, street plays, professional concerts and fashion show. The event has hosted performances by artists such as Shankar Ehsaan Loy,^[1] KK, Kailash Kher, Lucky Ali, Strings, Jethro Tull^[2][3] and Indian Ocean.

Etymology

Unmaad derived from Devanagari उन्माद (pronounced as Unmād) stands for lunacy, hysteria, frenzy, mania, insanity or craze. ^[4]

History ^[5]

The first edition of Unmaad Festival was held in 1996.

Unmaad '04

Unmaad 2004 was held between January 30th to February 1st, 2004 with the theme "Free your senses". The festival was preceded by series of online games - Tale Spin, Pied Piper, Bit-n-Bytes, Whats The Goddamn Word and Pre'Cursor'. The main festival saw performances by bands Euphoria and Parikrama.

Unmaad '05

2005 edition of Unmaad was held between 27th January to 30th January 2005 with the highlight concert by Jagjit Singh.

Unmaad '06^[6]

Unmaad 2006 was held during 3rd February to 5th February 2006 with the theme "Experience the madness of life". The festival saw participation from over 150 colleges across India. The highlight of the festival was the performance by Jethro Tull and Jai - Sivamani.

Unmaad '07^[7]

Unmaad 2007 was held during 2nd February to 4th February 2007 with the theme "Lose Control". Headlining performances were given by Lucky Ali, Kailash Kher, Indian Ocean and Junoon. International stunt football team from Saudi Arabia conducted workshop on their form of the sport, while leading DJs from India - DJ Leon and Jasmeet from Athena's, Jeffrey's conducted a walkthrough on the basics of DJing for the participants of the festival. The fest also had flagship fashion show event and Mr.and Ms. Unmaad, a personality contest, both of which were judged by former Miss India and Miss Earth Air 2006 - Amruta Patki.

Unmaad '08

2008 edition of Unmaad festival was held on 1st, 2nd and 3rd February 2008. The theme was "The Tenth Emotion".

Unmaad '09

Unmaad 2009 was held between 2 to 4 October with the theme "The World is Bangalore" chosen to identify the proceedings.^[8] The festival had a series of workshops specializing pottery and martial arts. A dance workshop conducted by instructors from the Shiamak Davar institute of performing arts garnered huge response.^[9] The B-School of Rock competition judged by Lounge Piranha was won by Public Issue.^[10] Pro-nite, a live performance by the trio Shankar, Ehsaan and Loy was also enacted.^[11] Four thousand people attended a concert by Wake Up Sid and Rock On!.^[12]

Unmaad '11

Unmaad '11 - Therefore I am was a celebration of the power of the individual. Unmaad '11 included performances from Indian Ocean, the popular Indian fusion band, and Thermal And A Quarter, a Bangalore based rock band. Unmaad hosted 'India Inspired', a conclave with Rajat Sharma (the head of India TV), Nisha Susan (the initiator of the Pink Chaddi movement), Viren Wilfred Rasquinha (a former national hockey player) and Bruce Lee Mani (lead of Thermal And A Quarter). Events included Mr. and Ms. Unmaad, fashion show, B-School of Rock (Rock band competition), literary and quizzing events, solo and regional dance competitions, dramatics, light music and western music band performances, rock competitions, song spoofs, collage making, face painting, clay sculpting, comics, design and tattooing contests.^[13] In addition to competitions and shows, several workshops Corning mock tail mixing, photography, movie making, dances and pottery were organized.^[14]

Unmaad '12

Unmaad 2012 was organized between January 26th to January 28th, 2012. Theme for this particular year was "Escape Yourself" :celebrating real-life heroes who stood up against all odds and made their voices heard. The festival witnessed a performance by musician Benny Prasad and a workshop by music director Shantanu Moitra of Parineeta and 3 Idiots fame. The festival also played host to notable personalities from various fields including Shibani Kashyap, Nicolas Parsons (BBC television presenter) and Fastest Feet in Rhythm from California, including Kathak maestro Pandit Chitresh Das. The star attraction of the festival was a live concert by singer Kailash Kher on January 28.

References

External links

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