CHEHRE's i-EXPRESS brings out IMNU's hidden actors !

Rakhi Sawant (right) accusing Vajpayee of hitting on her!

Ever wondered who would win in a fight between Sunny Deol and Sly Stallone or if ACP Pradyuman himself could get the truth about the "chara ghotala" out of Lalu Prasad Yadav? Bizarre though these situations might sound, students at IMNU brought them to life perfectly on the stage at i-EXPRESS - CHEHRE club's latest offering.

Participants were given their roles and situations on the spot and they gave the audience fits of laughter as they added their own flavors to the already funny situations. As A. B. Vajpayee convinced Rakhi Sawant to vote for him and Sonu Nigam taught Himesh Reshamiya to sing without using his nose, it became a common sight to see the participants themselves bend over laughing in the middle of their acts! Even the usually sober Chatur couldn't hide his smile when a salesman tried selling him "Phudinhara"!

The CHEHRE team with participants

The judges had the hardest task of them all - selecting the winners. The teams that managed to just edge past the others were Akash Tibrewal and Anurag Nahata for the 1st prize and Akshay Tandon and Ankit Mishra for the 2nd prize. All in all it was entertainment at its best!

Lights..Camera...ACTION!!!

How many of us have ever really given a serious thought to what all goes into the making of a movie. How much hard work goes into trying to keep the audience entertained for a couple of hours? To attempt to answer some such questions, Chehre - the Dramatics Club of IMNU organized a Movie making and Distribution Management workshop on Wednesday, the 17th of August 2011. The workshop was conducted by Mr Ritam Bhatnagar, founder and president of the Freeway Film Company.

Mr Bhatnagar adressing the rapt audience

Co-founding the International Film Festival Ahmedabad at the age of 19, Mr Bhatnagar has served as Operations-Head to the country's first private film festival. Mr Bhatnagar also worked with UTV and Taj Enlighten Film Society on several International projects, including one with Shekar Kapur and Anurag Kashyap and has also been instrumental in organizing Mumbai Film Festival and PVR's Greatest Film Festival.

The workshop was an eye-opener for anyone who thought movie making was an easy task. Mr Bhatnagar made the audience realize how much work goes into each of the three stages of movie making - Pre-Production, Production and Post-Production. He explained in detail every single task that the process includes and how the complete sequence of events come together for the final product - the movie to be complete.

And the workshop had saved the best part for the last, probably the part that all the management students were most interested in - career opportunities for an MBA in the film industry. Mr Bhatnagar identified Marketing and Distribution as the two fields in the industry that present the best and most exiting career options for a management professional. He described some of the key challenges that the industry faces and how they present an hitherto untapped potential for management students and professionals.

The CHEHRE team with Mr Bhatnagar

The Q&A session at the end of the workshop brought out some great insights and quite a few of the 50 attendee students would be seriously considering the film industry as a prospective career choice to be sure.

Events Galore at IMNU

Well it has been one awesome fortnight at IMNU with so much action taking place in the campus.

It all began, when Niche, the Marketing Club of IMNU held its first event of the year called 'Cine-Teasement'on 6th July, 2011, an introductory event to the club for the newly joined 2011-13 batch. 'Cine-Teasement' was a fine blend of Cinema and Advertisements. The participants participated in teams of three, where they were supposed to pick a movie and a product at random from a list provided by the club. The bottom line was to create a concept for an entertaining advertisement for the product chosen using the theme of the movie. The event saw around 20 teams participate in the elimination round, from where 7 teams made it into the final round where, Aakash and group were declared the winners of the event.


As the rains splattered the campus; Finesse, the Finance Club of IMNU, conducted a session on "Introduction to careers in Finance and Credit Rating" on 7th July, 2011. The speaker for the event was Mr. Mohit Moradiya, an alumni of IMNU, who is currently working with Credit Analysis & Research Ltd. (CARE). The event saw a total participation of 54 students. In the event, the speaker talked about the various certifications available for finance professionals and also touched upon the basics of Credit Rating, i.e. why is it important from the industry perspective. He also enlightened the attendees on the financial industry's structure.

After much delay due to the weather, the much awaited 'Ice Breaking Tournament' orgainzed by Sportzzz Committee finally began on 13th July, 2011. This year chess was replaced by Table Tennis while Volleyball and Throwball were the usual crowd pullers. The 4 day event stalled all other activities at IMNU as juniors as well as seniors showed up in large numbers for the electrifying matches. Volleyball finals proved to be the most watched match with a turnout of over 150 students as newbies FT-I, Sec B shocked the tournament favourites Vikings in a 3 set thriller. Throwball provided an equally enthralling final as Samurai girls came from one set down to crush the Falcons.FT-I, Sec B set a show down against Vikings once more in the tournament for the Table Tennis final. This time Vikings took the revenge of their Volleyball loss with a scintillating victory over the most promising junior section in sports. Ice Breaking Tournament once again sparked the fire for the yearlong sports mania.


Meanwhile, Chehre, the Dramatics Club conducted 'The Dumbcharades Championship' on 13th July 2011. 17 teams in teams of 3 participated in this event, having 3 rounds. In the first round, each team was given two Bollywood movies and they were given a time of 3 minutes to guess both the movies. There was intense competition between the teams which lead to a tie-breaker. After the tie-breaker, 7 teams qualified for the 2nd round. In the 2nd round the teams were given a Hollywood movie and they had to guess it in 2 minutes. 3 teams qualified for the Final round. In the Final round, teams were given a Hollywood movie and a Bollywood movie. Here, one member had to enact the movie to the 2nd member who in turn had to guess the movie and enact it to the third. They were given 4 minutes for the same. The event was a great success and the participants enjoyed it a lot.

While these events were taking place, the Clubs and Committees of IMNU held their Interviews and soon we'll be seeing fresh faces organizing some exciting events on planet IMNU.

(Content Courtesy: Niche, Finesse, Sportzzz Committee, Chehre and Nikunj Garg)

Anyone for making films?

CHEHRE - The Dramatics Club introduces a unique series of events: "The CHEHRE Workshops"

This week Chehre present to you the First Part of this series:
"A 2-Day Workshop on Film-Making" to be conducted by OMKAR JOSHI!
(With a special emphasis on Short Films)

It would held on the 24th and 25th of November, 2009 (Tuesday and Wednesday).


• The workshop would throw light upon all aspects of film-making and help the participants to understand the language of films.
• And also give them a chance to interact and discuss all ideas and clear doubts regarding the process of film-making.
• There would be group activities and individual activities to help the participants get a hands-on feel of the process.
• And screening of a few critically-acclaimed short films by directorial geniuses...

Workshop on Film making