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PANIIT Bay Area Diwali Dhamaka: October 3, Saturday

IITB has won the trophy 4 out of 7 times (and extremely close runner-up on 2 occasions)

The PANIIT Diwali Dhamaka involved cultural competition between the 7 campuses. Each campus had 15 min to perform on the theme “Credit Crunch”. The competition was extremely tough this year with great performances by all IITs. IITB team was the last to perform on stage and put up another spectacular show titled “Crunch ka Punch”. and won the competition. Great effort from the entire team (involving alumni, spouses and children).

DD 2009: IIT Bombay Performance from IIT Bombay on Vimeo.

DD 2009 Awards:

DD 2009 Awards from IIT Bombay on Vimeo.

Few comments from audience about IITB performance:

 I just loved IIT-B’s performance last night!  You guys were awesome… tight script, great humor, great acting, dances, singing, and good use of lighting, props, etc.  Transitions were seamless… separated you from the rest!  Good job! 

"How do you guys pull this off? Where do you buy your sets from?"

Congratulations for winning 4 of the 7 Diwali Dhamaka’s. It is almost getting monotonous. I think we need to introduce a Runners up trophy.

Heard from Participants:

Just wanted to say how enjoyable this whole experience has been for me. We put this show every Diwali but this Diwali Dhamaka was special because of several reasons.

This has been an awesome journey, full with fun, laughter, dance and music. It is an honor to be part of such a great and enthu IITB family. The spirit is always "team first" and "perfection", like true professionals.

Thanks to everybody for giving us a chance to perform with such a talented team. We enjoyed every minute of it. We almost had a party in the middle of every week :-)

Feels good to be part of the team that always thinks ahead :)

I feel that the relationships developed during practice sessions grow further after the practices end and the entire group becomes part of an extended family. This is the stuff memories are made of.

This is the IITB magic. The true team spirit and feeling of extended family.

The fun that I had during the practices and the performance of Diwali Dhamaka are some of my most treasured memories. Series of victories is of course a very very nice and deserved icing on the cake.

For us, like many others, participating this year was 'Fun for the whole family' with miyan, biwi, bacchon sahit in practices and on stage. IIT Bombay has the right blend of talent and enthusiasm - the winning ingredients..

Needless to say this  is an awesome group of talented and fun loving folks.

 Participants (IITB alumni, spouses, and children):

Actors:

·         Opening Voiceover Line - Vivek

·         Bank manager – Kapil

·         Kick-boxing robber - Niharika

·         Rituraj-bhai – Tiwari

·         Rahul – Rahul

·         Ekta Kapoor – Sumita

·         Aamir Khan – Hemendra

·         Akbar Darbar Voiceover – Vivek

·         Anarkali – Suramya

·         Akbar Darbaan – Basanth

·         Akbar – Sandi

·         Tansen – Saurabh

·         Birbal – Balaji

·         Ramalingam Raju – Ani

·         “BAILOUT MONEY” signboard carrier – Amit

Live karaoke singers:

·         Dhan Ta Nan (Kameenay) – Vivek, Arvind

·         Dance Pe Chance (Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi) - Ishmeet

·         Kahe Chedd Mohe (Devdas) – Anuja

·         Om Bernie Madoff Hare (Aarti) – Vivek

Dance Choreographers: Rekha, Suramya, Manish

Dance participants:

·         Dhan Ta Nan (Kameenay) – Amit, Manish, Ram, Riz, Hemant Hebbar, Priyanka, Rekha, Deepti, Himani, Ruchi

·         Dance Pe Chance (Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi) – Kids: Anika Kamath, Rujuta, Sinja, Shriya, Anika Shah, Mihir, Advait, Akshay

·         Kahe Chedd Mohe (Devdas – Kathak) – Suramya

·         Om Bernie Madoff Hare (Aarti) - Manish, Ram, Balaji, Riz, Rekha, Deepti, Priyanka

·         Chak De Phattey (Khosla ka Ghosla – pre-recorded) - Manish, Ram, Balaji, Rahul, Rekha, Deepti, Priyanka, Ruchi

 Crew:

·         Producers – Balaji, Amit, Shankar, Sandi, Saurabh

·         Executive Producers – Sandeep Pandya, Parul

·         Lighting Co-ordinators – Hiten

·         Sound/karaoke controller - Navneet

·         Music arrangers – Vivek

·         Art work, props – Shankar, Saurabh, Prashant, Bhagyashree

·         Powerpoint presentation creators – Sandi, Balaji

·         Laptop/Powerpoint projection controller – Gurjeev

·         Costume co-ordinator for dancers and actors – Rekha, Amit, Manish

·         Middle Curtain Opener/Closer – Prashant, Sandeep

·         Front Curtain Timekeeper (with stopwatch) – Prashant

·         Prop placers/clearers – Shankar, Saurabh, Bhagyashree, Hemant, Arvind, Basanth, Amit

·         Pre-show cartoon flyer’s creator – Shrikant Kabir