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Mood Indigo, also known as MoodI or MI, is the annual cultural festival of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. It is an event usually held towards the end of December every year. The 2014 edition of Mood Indigo witnessed a footfall of more than 1,26,000 students from more than 1620 colleges from across the country. Started in 1973 by a group of enthusiastic IITians, Mood Indigo, now in its 45th edition, has become the largest festival of its kind in Asia. Over the years, MI has also attracted considerable media attention and numerous well-known sponsors. ==History== Mood Indigo was started back in 1973, with a budget of 5,000, contributed partly by the IIT Bombay Gymkhana and partly by advertisements. In 1973, it was set up as a student-run non-profit organization. Since then, the students of the institute have been organising the fest, making it a totally student-run festival with no outside help. A group of the first Mood Indigo enthusiastic foursome organizers - Ramesh Advani, V.V. Chari, Nandu Mugve and Basabi Mukherji (Runi Ratnam) gave the festival its name from Duke Ellington's Jazz composition 'Mood Indigo', as Jazz music was trending in the 70's in Mumbai. And it was the appeal of Indigo - the combination of the colors - Red - Energy and Vitality, Blue - Trust & Peace relating to physical and mental relaxation giving Indigo - the color of Intuition and Idealism. Mood Indigo has had a legacy of organisers that include names like Nandan Nilekani, Adil Zainulbhai, Atul Kanagat, Anand Sivakumaran, Amit Jain, Gautam Kollu and many more. In 1976, MI went bigger than before, and outperformed previous editions by a distance. The 1981 edition of MI saw the widely celebrated duo of music stalwarts Asha Bhosle and R D Burman perform at the Indian Music Night. Classical Concerts, Rock Shows, Bonfires and Jamming that went on till dawn were amongst the other highlights of MI'81. In 1991, Kumar Sanu was the star attraction of MI. By 1997, MI was considerably bigger than other college festivals of the city. From a sponsorship of around Rs. 5 lakhs in 1993, the budget was now around Rs. 24 lakhs in 1997. In 1998, Indian classical music aficionados got to listen to the likes of Pandit Shivkumar Sharma and Ustad Zakir Hussain. Amongst other major events that took place at MI'98 were a workshop by Annu Kapoor and by eminent cartoonists like Unny and Sabu and a pyrotechnics display. 2008 saw the first international night of Mood Indigo in the form of an Ensiferum concert. In 2009, the renowned band Porcupine Tree came to India for the first time to perform at MI. It also had performances by Parikrama, Alms for Shanti and concerts by the trio of Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy and Manna Dey. This edition also showcased Victor Rubilar, French band Moriarty and Swedish performer Meja. Other highlights included the sand sculptor Sudarshan Patnaik and the social drive of Khoon Chala. In 2010, MI saw India's first ever Sumo Wrestling match, between three-time world sumo champion Byambajav Ulambayar and former world champion Naranbat Gankhuyag. Swedish metal band Katatonia had its first Asian performance in MI, and Livewire went national. Apart from them, MI 2010 also witnessed performances by Asha Bhosle, Indus Creed, Amit Trivedi as well as interactive sessions with Ramchandra Guha and a Harley Davidson Bike exhibition. The International Music Festival had the Indo-German rock band Fire On Dawson, French percussionist Minino Garay, Glass harp musicians Glass Duo and the fusion band KarmetiK. Karnivool, the Australian progressive rock band performed in India for the first time at Mood Indigo 2011. The festival also witnessed concerts by Agnee, Raghu Dixit and KK while Worldfest was initiated. MI '11 also made into the Limca Book of Records for most number of international artists in a college festival. Other performances included Gamblerz and Gong Myoung from Korea. The 2012 Mood Indigo promoted tribal culture and tribal practices and included a social initiative called 'Hakuna Matata -Spread a Smile'. Simple Plan, the Canadian punk rock band headlined Mood Indigo, 2012. MI 2012 also hosted India's first international carnival and had Bollywood actors like Anushka Sharma, Imran Khan, Arjun Rampal and Chitrangada Singh. The concerts saw performances by Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Talavya, Karsh Kale collective and Salim Sulaiman, and DJ Lloyd. Mood Indigo 2013 with Oriental East as its theme saw a unique display of 3000 Korean lanterns. Mike Portnoy, regarded as the world's best drummer performed alongside Neal Morse band for the first time in Asia in MI 2013. Mood Indigo 2014 took everybody to the vintage era with its theme "A Vintage Affair". With numerous installations including a vintage car, gramophones, typewriters and cassette film art, the entire campus transformed into a 'Vintageous' carnival. Renowned EDM artist Sander Van Doorn, Dutch symphonic metal band Epica, Adnan Sami and Bollywood hearththrobs Vishal-Shekhar performed in the concerts at Mood Indigo 2014. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mood Indigo (festival)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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