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| name = Malhar
| native_name = मल्हार
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| location = [[St. Xavier's College, Mumbai|St. Xavier's College]], [[Mumbai]], [[India]]
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| first = 1979<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.malharfest.org/|title=Malhar Quartet|publisher=malharfest.org|accessdate=15 August 2011}}</ref>
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| website = [http://www.malharfest.org/ www.malharfest.org]
| footnotes = This is a College festival.
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'''Malhar''' is hosted annually by the students of [[St. Xavier's College, Mumbai|St. Xavier's College]], [[Mumbai]], [[India]]. The Mascot for Malhar is a frog which is called Puddles.

Malhar began in 1979. The festival includes events cultural contests in [[literary]], [[performing art]]s and [[fine art]]s categories, along with a number of workshops on different themes.

The festival is completely managed, organized and run by the workforce which consists of 1200 volunteers and 130 people in the organizing committee.

== Theme ==
Each year, the festival follows a specific theme. The theme for the year 2011 was "Labyrinth". The theme for the year 2012 was "Malhar Local", which is a play on the city of Mumbai's backbone - the railways. The theme for Malhar 2013 was "Zara Hatke", which is a popular phrase that encourages people to think outside the box and try something new or in a different way. For 2014 the theme was "A Renaissance", the era of revival in the new age. In 2015, the theme of the festival is 'Malhar: A Chronicle', with an aim to serve as a perfect platform for thousands of people to voice their untold stories. In 2016, 'Malhar: The Junction' was the theme of the festival, signifying the common point where ideas, cultures and talent meet. The Theme for Malhar 2017 was "Upside Down - Ek Atrangi Andaaz". The theme for Malhar 2018 is "A Time Turner". The theme for Malhar 2019 is "The Multiverse: A Nexus of Possibilities"



== Attractions ==


=== Conclave ===
Since 2009 the first day of Malhar has traditionally been the day of Conclave, a forum for interaction between eminent personalities and students. Conclave hosts a number of plenary sessions, as well as an annual Keynote address. It has hosted people such as [[APJ Abdul Kalam]], [[The 14th Dalai Lama]], [[Binayak Sen]], [[P Sainath]], [[Ramachandra Guha]], [[Gregory David Roberts]], [[Mani Shankar Aiyar]], [[Siddharth Varadarajan]], [[Lord Meghnad Desai, Baron Desai|Meghnad Desai]], [[Vinod K. Jose]], [[Devdutt Pattanaik]], [[Aruna Roy]] and many others.

<ref>{{cite web |url=http://malharfest.org/archive/2013/conclave/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2014-08-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819091010/http://malharfest.org/archive/2013/conclave/ |archivedate=2014-08-19 }}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web |url=http://malharfest.org/conclave |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2014-08-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819134250/http://malharfest.org/conclave/ |archivedate=2014-08-19 }}</ref>

=== Band Event ===
Bands from different colleges compete to play different kinds of [[musical genre|genres]].<ref>{{Citation|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-08-15/mumbai/29888912_1_malhar-college-festivals-rock-bands|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106040353/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-08-15/mumbai/29888912_1_malhar-college-festivals-rock-bands|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 November 2012|title=The fusion instrumental performance was as big a hit as the amateur band performances|date=15 August 2011|work=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=15 August 2011}}</ref>

=== Social Cause ===
In addition to being a college festival that aims to entertain, Malhar is also a [[social consciousness|socially conscious]] festival. From cleanliness drives to tree plantations, using the Malhar platform and its numerical strength of over a thousand, the workforce tackles and promotes awareness about [[social issues]].

=== M.O.W. ===
Malhar On Wheels is a new [[publicity stunt|publicity campaign]] that began in 2011. Two weeks prior to Malhar, students belonging to the [[Public relations|P.R.]] department go to several colleges and perform publicity gimmicks and teaser campaigns to generate interest pre-Malhar.

==References==
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[[Category:College festivals in India]]
[[Category:Festivals in Mumbai]]
[[Category:Festivals established in 1979]]
[[Category:1979 establishments in India]]

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<ref>{{cite web |url=http://malharfest.org/press/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2014-08-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819090814/http://malharfest.org/press/ |archivedate=2014-08-19 }}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web |url=http://malharfest.org/archive/2013/press |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2014-08-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819091253/http://malharfest.org/archive/2013/press |archivedate=2014-08-19 }}</ref>

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->Felida97 at 21:59, 2 November 2021