Performing Arts Festival

The Performing Arts Festival, abbreviated as PAF, is the biggest inter-hostel cultural competition in the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay located at Powai in Mumbai (India). The term PAF is used to refer not only to the festival itself, but also to the individual cultural performances that constitute the festival.

Both Undergraduate and Graduate students at IIT Bombay participate enthusiastically in the preparation and organization of the festival. Typically three or four hostels (out of fourteen) are grouped together by random draw for each PAF. Though technically a drama, each PAF comprises contributions from several of the cultural arts including dramatics, literature, music, fine arts, debating and dance. Since 1999, the PAF has been held at the Open Air Theater (OAT) inside the Students' Activity Center (SAC), within the main campus of IIT Bombay. Typically, all dialogues at PAF are delivered using voice overs and not by the actors themselves, mainly owing to the huge size and structure of the OAT. This requires a great deal of co-ordination between the actors and the voice actors. 

PAF Review Videos and Articles
http://www.insightiitb.org/2012/maun-hostels-29-and-10/
http://www.insightiitb.org/2012/aawhan-a-review/
http://www.insightiitb.org/2012/anthbahaar-by-hostels-131113/
http://www.insightiitb.org/2012/prime-minister-by-hostels-5-7-8-tansa-a-review/

Winning PAF Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lmqkx95kALQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5_KO96TCk4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKu9Pb5Sfjs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQy_Dfuw718
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-PtKKhaUEY

Event Photographs
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150640456817297.383829.625977296
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.3166137440826.2162977.1487103869
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150715650429630.422706.674524629