Conducted over a period of three days, Unmaad includes events like dramatics, music performances, dances, quizzes, debates, street plays, professional concerts and fashion show.
The event has hosted performances by artists such as Amit Trivedi, Sunidhi Chauhan, Farhan Akhtar, Raghu Dixit, Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy, Zakir Khan,[1] KK, Kailash Kher, Lucky Ali, Strings, Jethro Tull[2][3] and Indian Ocean.
Unmaad derived from Devanagari उन्माद (pronounced as Unmād) stands for lunacy, hysteria, frenzy, mania, insanity or craze.
The festival was preceded by series of online games - Tale Spin, Pied Piper, Bit-n-Bytes, Whats The Goddamn Word and Pre'Cursor'.
Unmaad hosted 'India Inspired', a conclave with Rajat Sharma (the head of India TV), Nisha Susan (the initiator of the Pink Chaddi movement), Viren Wilfred Rasquinha (a former national hockey player) and Bruce Lee Mani (lead of Thermal and a Quarter).
[12] In addition to competitions and shows, several workshops Corning mock tail mixing, photography, movie making, dances and pottery were organized.
The festival witnessed a performance by musician Benny Prasad and a workshop by music director Shantanu Moitra of Parineeta and 3 Idiots fame.
The main features of the fest were Farhan Live, Miss India regional rounds and shows by International artists like Murray Molley and Almost Trio.
The star attractions of Unmaad 2018 were the Pronite performances by Farhan Akhtar and Indian Ocean band, and Comedy Night with Varun Thakur.
The theme for Unmaad '19 was 'The Hues of Hysteria' which revolved around the idea of interplay of colours, a chaos of sensations and a reimagination of dreams.
The highlight of the three days fest was pronite performances by Amit Trivedi and group, opened by Comicstaan season 1 winner Nishant Suri.
The fest also saw Euphoria perform at IIMB after 16 long years and a trippy DJ night by Dualist Inquiry and Indi Graffiti