Looking Back at Kaleidoscope 2016.

LOOKING BACK AT KALEIDOSCOPE 2016

By Amrita Menon (Team Creative)

Kaleidoscope 2016: a week of magic, madness and all things Millennial. It took us back into our childhoods and dragged us across time celebrating our past, present and future. From Pokemon and the Powerpuff Girls to memes and viral videos online, it let us strengthen our bonds with our fellow millennials as we celebrated our shared existence and everything that makes us, us.

As we await K’scope 2017 and everything it has in store for us, let’s take a look at some of the highlights from the festival last year.

1.      As always, ‘JAM’ was a hit, drawing crowds at the finals that would put Honey Singh concerts to shame. ‘JAM Master’ Hormuz Ragina didn’t disappoint, making sure the audience were at the edge of their seats at all times, soaking up the all encompassing awesomeness of the event.

2.      ‘What Are Words Worth’, the flagship event that draws aspiring poets from colleges all around the country- was, according to popular opinion, exceptionally good last year. The atmosphere of quiet appreciation had people itching to have their poetry heard and the audience just didn’t want it to end, pushing the time limit as far as it could go.

3.      There can only be one word used to describe ‘Back to the Streets’: Electric. Another K’scope favourite where the audience is not at all afraid to express their appreciation and the performances are so intense that they leave your heart beating fast, long after the event has ended.

4.      Nikhil Chinapa, the on-screen idol to our adolescent, MTV-watching selves, came to K’scope to judge the ‘Mr and Ms K’ finals and the excitement was palpable. His signature wit and that familiar Bangalore drawl charmed the pants off everyone, and challenged participants to give it everything they had.

5.   While the rain initially- and temporarily- put a damper on things (what with our signature canopy almost collapsing over our heads), people quickly got over it and the festivities picked up once again. We learnt that day that at K’scope, it takes more than a little rain to stop us from eating and socialising.

6.      Last year’s performances from the highly anticipated ‘Das Ka Tees’ exceeded all expectations and had the audience laughing from start to finish. Most performances included brilliantly thought-out jokes which were dispatched with perfect comedic timing. Comedy has always been considered as one of the harder genres of drama and last year it was further made challenging as the rules asked performers to incorporate the weirdest and most eclectic array of characters from the Lord of the Rings’ Gandalf to Rosesh from Sarabhai vs Sarabhai.

7.      The ‘After 8’, an event meant to give the Kaleidoscope workforce an opportunity to enjoy the festival for themselves. Coke Studio with Tejas Menon and his incredible music proved to be one of the most electrifying performances of the festival and had everyone head banging, fist thumping and dancing like nobody was watching. It was the perfect end to Kaleidoscope 2016.