Performing Arts Festival
performing art festival abbreviated paf biggest interhostel cultural competition indian institute technology bombay located powai mumbai india term paf used refer festival also individual cultural performance constitute festival undergraduate graduate student iit bombay participate preparation organization festival typically six hostel eighteen grouped together random draw paf though technically drama paf comprises contribution several cultural art including dramatics literature music fine art debating dance since paf held open air theater oat inside student activity center sac within main campus iit bombay typically dialogue paf delivered using voice over actor mainly owing large size structure oat requires coordination actor voice actor one major task paf unique one preparation set fellow student commonly called prod prodwork abbreviation production prod consists making set using bamboo jute rope screen made layer newspaper glued together freshman senior cooperation structure strong enough hold weight several people prepared paf instance twostoreyed set made order give dramatist chance perform elevated level production set require maximum amount man hour put place building production set usually bamboo start month paf team allowed day install set perform finishing touch open air theater pafs made hindi english theme chosen usually serious drawn history science fiction social injustice biography etc caveat script expected original though seemingly random team formed way ensures fair chance pool hostel split tier based overall standing inter hostel cultural general championship gc held throughout year tier get split mixed tier either draw mutual consensus hostel becomes regular participant appeared thrice past eleven year number pafs brought five four maximum team size increase four new hostel get added hostel pool number pafs brought one three total owing burden resource budget constraint team consist six hostel largest till date pafs held due covid pandemic due gap year difficult put paf student institute seen experienced paf hence one paf held performed jointly hostel two pafs performed attempt slowly increase number paf season iit bombay last fortnight march first week april year officially culminating extracurricular activity iit bombay academic year recent pafs include tie main language used hindi unless stated otherwise observed last time team performing first paf indian institute technology iit bombay httpwwwinsightiitborgentertainment