(From top) Vasundhara Das in performance at Beyond Barriers, organised by St Xavier’s College Calcutta Alumni Association in association with The Telegraph; Sourav Ganguly with the cheque raised by the alumni for the second campus; students have a blast on the dance floor; Kunal Ganjawala in the spotlight. Pictures by Pabitra Das

What: Beyond Barriers, organised by St Xavier’s College Calcutta Alumni Association in association with The Telegraph.

Where: St Xavier’s College campus.

When: Friday night.

The show: The star-studded bash kicked off with a performance by local talent Tritha at 6.30 pm. Then, it was the turn of another local favourite, Shayne Hyrapiet, to make the crowd dance to his tunes.

The star: The high point of the evening, of course, was the 150-minute stay of Sourav Ganguly, on selection eve. His arrival caused a near stampede with everyone trying to get close to the old boy. A Xaverian from Class I till graduation, Sourav looked quite at home on the Park Street campus. “It was so difficult to find time for sports, but thanks to my teachers I was always encouraged to play,” recounted Bengal’s sporting hero. Looking chilled out in a brown jacket and accompanied by his mother, brother and sister-in-law, Sourav unveiled plans for the college’s second campus before taking his place in the front row.

Bollywood beat: Vasundhara Das and Kunal Ganjawala were the stars on stage. The Salaam Namaste girl performed for a good 45 minutes, belting out hits like It’s the time to disco, Kajra re, My heart goes... and Salaam namaste. She bowled everyone over, including the Prince of Calcutta. “It was really a privilege to have Sourav in the house. He walked up to me and congratulated me,” smiled Vasundhara.

Kunal kicked off his performance with Janabe ali, followed by Bheege honth tere and Salaam namaste.

“Sourav’s presence, the crowd count in thousands and some great performers. The efforts of the organising committee were not wasted,” smiled Imran Zaki Siddiqui, secretary, SXC Alumni Association.