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{{Short description|Annual media festival}}
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Cutting Chai is an annual media festival hosted by [[R. D. National College]] in [[Mumbai]], [[India]]. Started in 2007 it is the biggest media [[Cultural festival (India)|festival]] in Mumbai.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 February 2019 |title=Mumbai: National College's fest Cutting Chai is back to give you a break |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-mumbai-national-college-s-fest-cutting-chai-is-back-to-give-you-a-break-2714511 |website= |publication-place=[[DNA India]]}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=26 February 2022 |title=R.D. National College hosts biggest Media Festival – Cutting Chai 2022 Actor Siddhant Chaturvedi attends |url=https://hellomumbainews.com/current-news/r-d-national-college-hosts-biggest-media-festival-cutting-chai-2022-actor-siddhant-chaturvedi-attends/#google_vignette |access-date= |website= |publication-place=Hello Mumbai News}}</ref> This is a three-day media festival where event celebrates the world of media and provides a platform for students and industry professionals to come together, share ideas, and showcase their talents.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 February 2019 |title=Cutting Chai – R.D & S.H National College, Bandra |url=https://youthincmag.com/cutting-chai-r-d-s-h-national-college-bandra |access-date= |website= |language= |publication-place=Youth Incorporated Magazine}}</ref>
{{Infobox recurring event
| name = Cutting Chai
| genre = [[Cultural]], [[Mass media|Media]]
| date = 2nd & 3rd February 2026
| frequency = Annual
| venue = [[R. D. National College]]
| location = [[Bandra]], [[Mumbai]]
| country = [[India]]
| first = 19th November 2007
| attendance = 3,000+ (2023)
| organised = BAMMC Department of [[R. D. National College]]
}}

== History ==
Cutting Chai Festival started in 2007, named after Mumbai's iconic beverage [[Masala chai|Cutting Chai]]. The events of the festival are inspired by curriculum of the media students hence it enhances the creativity and gives students an experience.

In 2020, the festival went digital, hosting events on [[Zoom (software)|Zoom]] and [[YouTube]] platforms. Due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in India|COVID-19 pandemic]], Cutting Chai adapted innovation to ensure the continuity of the festival and also opened a new approach to participation and engagement.<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 February 2021 |title=Cutting Chai fest is back with its 14th edition! |url=https://www.bandrabuzz.com/cutting-chai-fest-is-back-with-its-14th-edition/ |access-date= |website= |publisher=Bandra Buzz |language=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=13 February 2020 |title=National’s Cutting Chai, a must to taste |url=https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai-guide/things-to-do/article/nationals-cutting-chai--a-must-to-taste-22600161 |access-date= |website=Mid-day |language=}}</ref> After [[COVID-19 restrictions]] were lifted in 2021 with all the safety protocols in place, the festival resumed its physical format.

== Themes ==

* Cutting Chai 1: Bole toh, ekdum BMM!
* Cutting Chai 2: It's War
* Cutting Chai 3: SuperComic
* Cutting Chai 4: It's about Time
* Cutting Chai 5: Tried & Tasted
* Cutting Chai 6: The Chai goes Prime Time
* Cutting Chai 7: Press T to Start
* Cutting Chai 8: No Team without Tea
* Cutting Chai 9: The Epic Chaithology
* Cutting Chai X: Chai of the Mystics
* Cutting Chai XI: Once upon a Chai
* Cutting Chai XII: One Chai to Revive
* Cutting Chai XIII: Chailestial Crystal
* Cutting Chai XIV: Cosmo-Chailestial Conquest
* Cutting Chai XV: Unchaited Territory
* Cutting Chai XVI: Chaimentional Paradox
* Cutting Chai XVII: The Oceanic Chai-Tide
* Cutting Chai XVIII: The Sands of Chaioasis

=== New Beginning ===

* Cutting Chai 2.0: Chaicursion of Multeverse

== Events ==
Cutting Chai hosts a Wide range of events that give equal and fair chance to the participants to showcase their talent.

Events that took place are:-

# Dance
# Drama
# Band
# Fashion Show
# Main Film
# Radio
# Editing
# Advertisement
# Solo Mic
# Photography
# Parody Marketing

=== Signature events ===
What sets Cutting Chai apart are its signature events that were originally built and organised by the team behind Cutting Chai:

# Investigative Journalism
# Damage Control
# TelePrompter
# Human Chess
# Media Mosaic

== Celebrities ==
Famous artists who visited Cutting Chai and a part of it are [[A. R. Rahman]], [[Kareena Kapoor Khan]], [[Amrita Rao]], [[Imran Khan (film actor)|Imran Khan]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 February 2012 |title=Imran, Kareena and A R Rahman at National College’s Cutting Chai 2012 Festival |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/parties-and-events/imran-kareena-and-a-r-rahman-at-national-colleges-cutting-chai-2012-festival/ |access-date= |publisher=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |language=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=7 February 2012 |title=Imran, Kareena at a college in Mumbai |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/mumbai/imran-kareena-at-a-college-in-mumbai/articleshow/11778260.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst |access-date= |work=[[The Times of India]] |issn=}}</ref> [[Prachi Desai]], [[Elli AvrRam]], [[Manali Jagtap]], [[Divya Khosla Kumar]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 February 2014 |title=Prachi Desai, Elli Avram enjoy some cutting chai |url=https://indianexpress.com/photos/entertainment-gallery/prachi-desai-elli-avram-enjoy-some-cutting-chai/ |access-date= |website= |publisher=[[The Indian Express]] |language=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=4 February 2014 |title=Manali Jagtap, Babita Malkani and Elli Avram at Cutting Chai festival, held at National College, in Mumbai. |url=https://photogallery.indiatimes.com/events/mumbai/elli-prachi-college-fest/articleshow/29847362.cms |access-date= |website= |publisher=The Times of India}}</ref> [[Shankar Mahadevan]], [[Chitrangada Singh|Chitrangda Singh]], [[Goldie Behl]], [[Zoya Akhtar]], [[Siddharth Mahadevan]], [[Cyrus Broacha|Cryus Broacha]], [[Salim Merchant]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 February 2013 |title=Chitrangda & Prachi at National College’s festival ‘Cutting Chai’ {{!}} Shankar Mahadevan, Chitrangda Singh, Prachi Desai, Goldie Behl, Kapil Sharma |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/parties-and-events/chitrangda-prachi-at-national-colleges-festival-cutting-chai/chitrangda-prachi-at-national-colleges-festival-cutting-chai-2/ |access-date= |publisher=Bollywood Hungama |language=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=21 February 2013 |title=Chitrangada Singh, Prachi Desai at National College's Cutting Chai colleges fest in Mumbai on 21st Feb 2013 |url=https://hamaraphotos.com/photo_-874200.html |work=Hamara Photos}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1 March 2013 |title=Cutting Chai 2013 ends on a high note |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/cutting-chai-2013-ends-on-a-high-note/articleshow/18744440.cms |access-date= |work=The Times of India |issn=}}</ref> [[Saroj Khan]],<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=Y3R0E4vbtrdsN62T&v=rXWcj_Ksn-Y&feature=youtu.be |title=Saroj Khan at Cutting Chai Festival |date=10 February 2014 |last= |publisher=[[Zoom (Indian TV channel)|Zoom]] |access-date= |via=YouTube}}</ref> [[Tanmay Bhat]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 February 2017 |title=Tanmay Bhat: Get your finger inked just for the photo |url=https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/tanmay-bhat-voting-vote-mumbai-news-mumbai-bmc-polls-bmc-elections-17979189 |access-date= |website= |publisher=[[Mid-Day]] |language=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=8 February 2018 |title=Cutting Chai Will Always Be BAE for JHC BMM! |url=https://jhcbmmrelived.wordpress.com/2018/02/08/cutting-chai-nationals-bmm/ |access-date= |website= |publisher=JHC BMM Relived |language=}}</ref> [[Amrita Puri]], [[Rohit Varma]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 2013 |title=Amrita Puri at National College’s ‘Cutting Chai’ fest |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/parties-and-events/amrita-puri-at-national-colleges-cutting-chai-fest/amrita-puri-at-national-colleges-cutting-chai-fest-6/ |access-date= |publisher=Bollywood Hungama |language=}}</ref> [[Varun Dhawan]], [[Yami Gautam]], [[Divyenndu]], [[Mandira Bedi]],<ref>{{Cite news |date=17 February 2015 |title=Varun Dhawan At National College's Cutting Chai Festival |url=https://www.boldsky.com/photos/varun-dhawan-national-college-s-cutting-chai-festival-43116.html |work=BoldSky}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Divyenndu at Cutting Chai Festival 2015 |url=https://santabanta.com/gallery/events/cutting-chai-festival-2015/image/297016/ |access-date= |website= |publisher=SantaBanta.Com |language=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Mandira Bedi at Cutting Chai Festival 2015 |url=https://santabanta.com/gallery/events/cutting-chai-festival-2015/mandira-bedi/297019/ |access-date= |website= |publisher=SantaBanta.Com |language=}}</ref> [[Arjun Kanungo]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 February 2016 |title=Deja vu college moment for Arjun Kanungo |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/music/deja-vu-college-moment-for-arjun-kanungo/ |access-date= |website=The Indian Express |language=}}</ref> [[Sonam Kapoor|Sonam Kappor]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 June 2016 |title=Sonam Kapoor promotes 'Neerja' at the 'Cutting Chai' fest in National College |url=https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sonam_Kapoor_promotes_'Neerja'_at_the_'Cutting_Chai'_fest_in_National_College.jpg |access-date= |website= |publisher=[[Wikimedia Commons]] |language=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sonam Kapoor promotes ‘Neerja’ at the ‘Cutting Chai’ fest in National College |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/parties-and-events/sonam-kapoor-promotes-neerja-at-the-cutting-chai-fest-in-national-college/sonam-kapoor-promotes-neerja-at-the-cutting-chai-fest-in-national-college-5/ |access-date= |publisher=Bollywood Hungama}}</ref> [[Shraddha Das]], [[Madhur Bhandarkar]], [[Shazahn Padamsee]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 February 2011 |title=Shraddha Das, Madhur Bhandarkar and Shazahn Padamsee at 'Ek Cutting Chai' college film festival at National College, Bandra |url=https://photogallery.indiatimes.com/yearendershow/7423685.cms |access-date= |website= |publisher=The Times of India}}</ref> [[Diandra Soares]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diandra Soares judges a fashion show at ‘Cutting Chai’ festival |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/parties-and-events/diandra-soares-judges-a-fashion-show-at-cutting-chai-festival/diandra-soares-judges-a-fashion-show-at-cutting-chai-festival-3/ |access-date= |publisher=Bollywood Hungama |language=}}</ref> [[R. Madhavan]], [[Zayed Khan]], [[Purab Kohli]],<ref>{{Cite news |date=7 February 2011 |title=Maddy, Purab enjoyed at a College fest |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/mumbai/maddy-purab-enjoyed-at-a-college-fest/articleshow/7436709.cms |access-date= |work=The Times of India |issn=}}</ref> [[Tamannaah Bhatia]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 July 2023 |title=Tamannaah Bhatia Shakes Her Leg To Dhol Beats, Visits Her College To Promote Jee Karda |url=https://zeenews.india.com/people/tamannaah-bhatia-shakes-her-leg-to-dhol-beats-visits-her-college-to-promote-jee-karda-2635427.html |access-date= |website= |publisher=[[Zee News]] |language=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=14 July 2023 |title=Tamannaah Bhatia Dances To Dhol Beats As She Visits Her College To Promote 'Jee Karda' |url=https://www.news18.com/movies/tamannaah-bhatia-dances-to-dhol-beats-as-she-visits-her-college-to-promote-jee-karda-photos-8333917.html |access-date= |website= |publisher=[[News18]] |language=}}</ref> [[Siddhant Chaturvedi]],<ref name=":0" />

== R.T.R ==
[[File:Royal Tea Ride.jpg|thumb|212x212px|Cutting Chai XI Royal Tea Ride]]

=== Royal Tea Ride ===
Royal Tea Ride marks the grand kick-off of Cutting Chai. Members of the cutting chai team extend an exclusive invitation to Bachelor of Mass Media departments of other colleges to join in on the fun. This ride is filled with stimulating conversations, engaging activities and of course plenty of streaming cups of cutting chai.

== References ==
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== External links ==

* [https://www.instagram.com/cuttingchaifest Instagram]
* [https://www.facebook.com/cuttingchaifest Facebook]
* [https://www.youtube.com/@cuttingchaifest YouTube]
* [https://www.linkedin.com/company/cutting-chai-fest LinkedIn]

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3muhammed4 at 01:15, 22 March 2026