Curtain comes down on Mallhar

MUMBAI: Malhar, the three-day festival of St Xavier’s College, ended on a high note on Sunday when the Bollywood dance event turned out to be the biggest crowd-puller. Considered one of the most popular inter-college events, the fest recorded a footfall of more than 22,000 over three days.
Illuminati dance—its theme was For Malhar-local— and ultraviolet light performance also hogged the limelight of the cultural do, which ended with the crowning of Mr and Miss Malhar, won by Darius Pandey of HR College and Srishti Shrivastava of Sophia College.“The queue to enter the campus over the weekend was crazy. Students had to wait for more than three to four hours before they could step in. Events like street dancing and Bollywood dancing, held in the evening, attracted most of the crowd,” said Karan Nagwekar, one of the organizers. “We also had a live-band that regaled the crowd.” According to an organizer, the fest was not restricted to mere “entertainment”. Those interested could also attend forensics and graphic novel designing workshops. HR College walked away with the winner’s tag of the festival, while the second and third positions were bagged by St Xavier’s and NM College. “Over 60 events, workforce of 12,000 and three days, it’s a festival that everyone wants to be part of. We successfully organized it, which itself was a celebration,” said Utsha Mitra, an organizer.
As the curtains fell on Malhar, NM College’s fest, Umang, kick-started. “The War of the DJs saw participation from more than 30 colleges,” said Sohil Bhansali, public relations head of Umang. “A robotics workshop was also held.”
As a prelude to the fest, the Vile Parle college organized a cyclothon last Sunday. “We covered some of the slums where they spread awareness about the importance of sending every child to school,” said Bhansali.