Adding up to great fun

Laaga Chunari Mein Daag was the song that the Garware College students used to sell their product 8211; anti-stain clothes. The Tolani Maritime Institute students wore bright orange overalls, and no, they were not selling religion but something called the animalator 8211; a pair of nanchakus that could make animal talk understandable to humans. With this, knowing your doggie8217;s problems would be easy, claimed the animalator people. Brightly-coloured faces and readily available props were used by the competitors.

The cow and buffalo diaper-sellers, the AISSMS Polytechnic students, used a plastic chair and tied it to two bamboo rods. This was the carrier that carried their cow. The Ness Wadia College of Commerce students painted white flecks on their faces to prove the efficacy of their dandruff-inducing shampoo.

After an hour of campaigning, the contestants had to make their presentations before the judges 8211; Aziz Poonawala of Plus Three Advertising, Sahib Lalwani of Impex and Diwekar Shiledar of Move Advertising. The presentations included their entire act.

After this, they had to perform once again, but the performance could not exceed three minutes and had to include a jingle. All the jingles were from Hindi movies, except one that was a nursery rhyme.

For the finals today, only 20 out of the 114 teams will be selected. In the meantime, everyone, including the audience, is having a whale of a time.