The Litt-Fest 2007 began with the usual gusto as the students as well as the teachers came dressed in the color of the day-orange. The Fest was formally inaugurated by Principal Dr. Ejaz Khan, who also announced a cash prize of Rs. 1000: Rs 500 for the Second Year B.A. students who not only came third in an inter-collegiate play reading contest at Symbiosis College last month; but one of the students, Ms. Sadia Al-Hadad, also won the Best Speaker award at the same event. Rs. 500 were announced for this year’s Litt-Whiz.
A brief review of the day’s events:
1. Methodical Madness: Mad-Ads
Six teams competed to create absolutely bizarre yet creative one minute ads. The theme was to market a product that would have no practical application whatsoever! Students had to invent a product concept that was totally useless and try to sell it innovatively through catchy slogans, role plays and posters.
2. Dramatrix: Play Enactments:
This year had four play enactments from the Commerce and Arts students. Last year’s winning team of First Year B.Com students made a powerful impact even this year. The now Second Year students performed an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s ‘Taming of the shrew’ with power house performances by the entire team. Special mention needs to be made of Ms. Shaila Bhat and Ms. Deepa Gaikwad who were perfectly cast as Katherine the Shrew and Petruccio, respectively.
The Third Year B.A. students also generated interest with their adaptation of Anton Chekov’s one act play, ‘The Proposal’. Ms. Anjum Shaikh delivered an impressive performance as Ivan Vassilivich Lomov.
The Second Year B.A. students performed on a humorous fairy tale play ‘Beauty is a Beast’ while the First Year B.Com students played ‘The crock, the cock and the candlestick’, a humorous whodunnit.
