Artists
Mood Indigo has hosted numerous artists and famous personalities over the years with many big names and organisations being associated with it. Pronites has brought many renowned singers like Asha Bhosle, R D Burman, Jagjit Singh, Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani, Loy Mendonsa, Sonu Nigam, Shaan, Amit Trivedi, Kailash Kher, Mohit Chauhan, KK, Lucky Ali, Amit Kumar, Kavita Seth, Pankaj Udhas, Raghav Sachar, Javed Ali, Louis Banks, Niladri, Sivamani and Alms for Shanti. Notable names of the classical genre like Pt. Hari Prasad Chaurasia, Ustad Zakir Hussain, Pt.Bhimsen Joshi, Pt.Jasraj, Pt. Shiv Kumar Sharma, Pt. Vikku Vinayakram, Pt. Rajan and Sajan Mishra, sitar maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and his sons Ayaan and Amaan Ali Bangashand, Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Manna Dey and Taufiq Qureshi have also graced MI with their performances. Rock concerts and Livewire shows have staged International bands like Porcupine Tree, Ensiferum, Katatonia, QED, Thermal and a Quarter and Indian bands like Indus Creed, Euphoria, Indian Ocean, Parikrama, Antaragni, and Zero.
The events and competitions of MI have also had the presence of eminent personalities like Fashion Designers Wendell Rodricks, Neeta Lulla and Marc Robinson, Dramatics stalwarts Anupam Kher, Himani Shivpuri, Shobha Khote, Dolly Thakore and Amit Bhel, Director Subhash Ghai, Dance masters Shiamak Davar and Terrence Lewis, and singers Kavita Seth, Shibani Kashyap and Meiyang Chang. Mood Indigo has also brought a variety of artists and entertainers both international and indigenous like Sumo Wrestlers, musicians Moriarty, Fire On Dawson, band Indian Core, Meja, the Glass Duo, break dance troupe Bboyz, Nofit state circus, Tararam(trash band), Adam Winrich whip-cracker, Sabri brothers, Victor Rubilar, Chris Korn, Francesa Cassio, Moneybrother, Pandit Chitresh Das and Jadon Samples, Cile – One man band, Pedro Tochas, Muntaner Duo and Sudarshan Patnaik to Mumbai.
The Panel Discussion has had popular names like Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Shankar Mahadevan, Mahesh Bhatt and Pankaj Pachauri as panelists. This festival has also had its fair share of celebrities in attendance with some names being actors Kabir Bedi, Shahid Kapoor, Rani Mukherjee, Vidya Balan, Gul Panag, Purab Kohli, Neha Dhupia, Sanjay Suri, Shankar Mahadevan, Kavita Seth, Harsha Bhogle and Lalit Parimoo.
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“The past is interesting not only for the beauty which the artists for whom it was the present were able to extract from it, but also as past, for its historical value. The same goes for the present. The pleasure which we derive from the representation of the present is due not only to the beauty in which it may be clothed, but also from its essential quality of being present.”
—Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867)
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