Saarang 2008

Saarang, the annual cultural festival of IIT Madras, without any doubt is one of the many things that defines Chennai and the 2008 edition of this fest begins tomorrow, bigger and better than before as the students of IIT M always promise.

Apart from the usual events (Lits, DumbC, dance, music, dramatics, debate etc.) this time they have introduced four new events including Solo dance and Short Film Making. Short film making was actually introduced last year, but it didn’t take off as expected and hence it has been re-introduced this year.

But what takes the cake this year is their impressive workshop line-up, from hairstyling to cookery with Sanjeev Kapoor to animation workshop with Soundarya Rajnikanth (who is right now working on the animation film ‘Sultan’ presenting Superstar as a 3-d avatar) to DJing to dance to Kalaripayattu workshop.

I am impressed with their efforts to showcase an ancient Indian martial art form, Kalaripayattu, at their cultural festival. And oh! I am not going to forget to highlight the heart of every Saarang ‘Pro Shows’. This time they are flying down Lucky Ali on Saturday night.

Now enough of writing/reading about Saarang, it is time to experience it.

17 Comments so far

  1. udayms (unregistered) on January 23rd, 2008 @ 7:25 pm

    Do we need tickets or entry pass for this?


  2. Ganesh APP (unregistered) on January 23rd, 2008 @ 7:28 pm

    @Udayms:
    For the pro-shows you need tickets, for the rest you don’t need. If you are into music, check the event decibels out.


  3. suraksha (unregistered) on January 23rd, 2008 @ 9:58 pm

    Saarang Village is also a new venture this time. It’s gonna be showcasing ethnic stuff from all over india – everything from handicrafts to cultural performances! :D


  4. Venkat (unregistered) on January 23rd, 2008 @ 10:45 pm

    Boy oh Boy….loads on the cards…i also wanted to know where the tickets will be available and also the cost of the ticket…can anyone provide me with that Info?


  5. Vijay (unregistered) on January 23rd, 2008 @ 10:46 pm

    Any idea about how much these tickets for the Pro-shows costs??Where can we get them??


  6. Vijay (unregistered) on January 23rd, 2008 @ 10:46 pm

    Any idea about how much these tickets for the Pro-shows costs??Where can we get them??


  7. Vijay (unregistered) on January 23rd, 2008 @ 10:47 pm

    Any idea about how much these tickets for the Pro-shows costs??Where can we get them??


  8. Vijay (unregistered) on January 23rd, 2008 @ 10:49 pm

    Any idea about how much these tickets for the Pro-shows costs??Where can we get them??


  9. Vijay (unregistered) on January 23rd, 2008 @ 10:49 pm

    Any idea about how much these tickets for the Pro-shows costs??Where can we get them??


  10. Vijay (unregistered) on January 23rd, 2008 @ 10:50 pm

    Any idea about how much these tickets for the Pro-shows costs??Where can we get them??


  11. Vijay (unregistered) on January 23rd, 2008 @ 10:50 pm

    Any idea about how much these tickets for the Pro-shows costs??Where can we get them??


  12. Vijay (unregistered) on January 23rd, 2008 @ 10:55 pm

    Any idea about how much these tickets for the Pro-shows costs??Where can we get them??


  13. Vijay (unregistered) on January 23rd, 2008 @ 10:56 pm

    Any idea about how much these tickets for the Pro-shows costs??
    Where can we get them??


  14. viks (unregistered) on January 24th, 2008 @ 3:59 am

    Vijay I think you posting the same question so many time is excessive. What song and dance do they have at this function? Will students of Chennai be displaying there Madras Bashai to people from other parts of India? This would be really cool we can show the rest of India how a beautiful language has been turned into trash by college students of Chennai. Or perhaps we can speak in English and Hindi to please the visitors who always complain that there is not enough people speaking Hindi in Chennai. Then we can really suprise people and show them that we are truly cosmopolitan and a bunch of idiots. It suprises me that people of Chennai say they do not understand Hindi yet the language the college students speak uses so many words from that language are you guys ignorant or what?


  15. Ganesh APP (unregistered) on January 24th, 2008 @ 10:32 am

    Those who wanted to know about pro-show tickets (cost and where to obtain them):

    “>http://www.saarang.org/08/Pro-Shows/Ticket+Information


  16. tsk tsk (unregistered) on January 24th, 2008 @ 11:06 am

    sarang is an amazing place for a college student to be. its got great shows, competitions and rock concerts. i remember euphoria performing there a couple years back which was awesome. they played a lil bit of mettalica too. its been 4 years since i graduated, would love to go back there somtime with my gang.

    Viks,

    this is a metblog. not a forum to vent your frustration on some unrelated and mundane topic.


  17. Vijay (unregistered) on January 24th, 2008 @ 10:15 pm

    It was out of this sites comment policy that my multiple comment posting took place…a sheer human error.I thought this blog was moderated preetty well and that my multiple comments would be deleted..Anyways,sorry for the dumpin of comments



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