♦ Jinke ghar sheeshe ke hotein hain woh doosron ke gharon par patthar nahin phenka kartein (Waqt)
♦ You see sir, I can talk English, I can walk English, I can laugh English, I can run English, because English is such a funny language (Namak Halaal)
♦ Main ek nanha sa, pyara sa, chhota sa bachcha hoon (Chaalbaaz)
♦ Dosti ki hai, nibhaani toh padegi (Maine Pyar Kiya)
You’d expect the conductor of an antakshari to be singing antaras and mukhras. So why was Rajat Baid spouting filmi dialogues at Vidya Mandir on September 3? The answer lies in the name of the event — Funtakshari!
Organised by the Birla High School Alumni, and powered by t2, the third edition of Funtakshari was held at Vidya Mandir. And the dialogues were for a super-fun buzzer round where participants had to identify the movie from the dialogue and sing a song from that movie.
The evening saw 17 alumni associations taking part in this battle of music and lyrics. St. Xavier’s Collegiate School, The Park English School, Birla High School, Sushila Birla Girls’ School and Albany Hall Public School made it to the finals after two preliminary rounds.
WINNERS: Sushila Birla Girls’ School Alumni, represented by Rachana Mohata (left), batch of 1998, and Nisha Chamaria, batch of 2002, sang their way to victory. “It felt very special to represent our school and win the competition too. This is the first time that our school participated in Funtakshari, which makes this win even more special. The musical round, where we managed to guess the song at the last moment, was perhaps the most tense as well as interesting part of this day,” said Nisha. The duo took home the trophy, a cash prize of Rs 15,000 and a gift hamper.
RUNNERS-UP: Kolkata Parkers, the alumni association of The Park English School, came second. “The best part for me was seeing all our friends jump up and dance when we were declared the runner-up. My partner and I were in the same class right from nursery to Class X and our bond helped us get the answers really quickly,” said Raj Bagri (right) of the 1990 batch, who teamed up with batchmate Nalin Bhansali.
Text: Rupsha Bhadra
Pictures: Koushik Saha