Film Industry: Girls from St Xavier’s won hands down with their dance moves, while Sydenhamites rocked the ramp

Girls from St Xavier’s won hands down with their dance moves, while Sydenhamites rocked the ramp

Of rappers, rockers & rampwalkers

Girls from St Xavier’s won hands down with their dance moves, while Sydenhamites rocked the ramp at Clean & Clear Bombay Times Fresh Face 2012

ST XAVIER’S COLLEGE
    It was girl power all the way at St Xavier’s College. Their performances, at the Clean and Clear Bombay Times Fresh Face 2012, left the judges speechless. While one contestant rendered songs in seven languages, including Japanese, another excelled in three art forms — moonwalking, rapping and writing poetry. Yet another contestant showcased her skills in eight different forms of dancing. One participant chose to sing a lullaby in Bengali. Interestingly, many students had participated to overcome their stage fright. Before the contest started, Ayesha Kanga, national winner of The Times of India Fresh Face 2011, boosted the participants’ confidence. She said, “Xavier’s needs to win again. Be weird.” And weird they were. First runnerup among the boys, Tanay Mukhi, turned chai-wallah for the celebrity judge and actress Aditi Rao Hydari, pleading her to sip the tea he was pretending to serve. Winner among the boys, Karan Frese, had a tip for an eco-friendly Mumbai. “It will be nice to have a well-organised car pool system for a clean environment,” he said. Long-distance runner Namrata Sheth convinced everyone that she was a giver — she said she would like to take the ‘Runner of hope’ initiative and run for charity. First runner-up among girls, Aureen Quadros, had the audience clapping and hooting for her when she performed salsa on the famous pungi song. Aditi stunned one and all when she danced in gay abandon on Anarkali disco chali with perfect latkas and jhatkas.
— Seema Sinha SYDENHAM COLLEGE
    Sydenham students sure know what true spirit is all about. There was no dearth of applause, enthusiasm and power-packed performances — in fact, the students enthralled the judges and the audience at the Clean and Clear Bombay Times Fresh Face 2012 contest.
    Sydenham seemed to have a lot of aspiring models, with most of the participants choosing to present ramp walk. Some also left the audience in splits with their mimicry of top Bollywood stars. While Neha Thakur had the audience in rapt attention by crooning the popular number Parda-Parda, aspiring fashion designer Shweta Mehra impressed the judges with her impromptu design of of a sari. The winners of the contest, Anish Sareen and Karishma Raghav, sang and walked the ramp, respectively. Female first runner-up Aishwarya Yadav rocked the stage with her dance moves, while her male counterpart Akshay Patil sang to win hearts.
    However, the star attraction of the contest was celebrity judge, actor Sharman Joshi. He gelled with the crowd and won everyone over with his jokes. Many students dedicated their performances to Sharman. In fact, they even used his film, 3 Idiots, as a reference point during the question-answer round. The actor stole the show when he delivered a dialogue from one of his movies and even sang .— Neha Maheshwri Bhagat