COMMIX 2016_Volume5

Finding The Actor bitions.Rajesh P stated that “acting doesn’t involve any logic, it is in- stinctual as an actor should never feel like he is acting. The mark of a true actor is when he makes his fellow actors look great along with the rudiments of jauntiness, atti- tude, belief, focus and magnetism”.An acting workshop took place as Leaving one's shelled comfort Shringara (Erotic)a part of upcoming MEDIA MEET zones was another substantialpol- Hasya (Humorous)2016 on the 17th of July at the Sec- icy set up by Rajesh P. He formed Karuna (Pathetic)ond Block, third floor. The Fourth groups of participants to take the Raudra (Terrible)Wall Was Broken by the partici- shape of specific letters in orderpants using the valuable lessons and made them trust that every let- Veera (Heroic),from the mentor Mr.Rajesh P, who ter set could have a feeling, be it a Bhayanaka (Fearful)is a theatre trainer and film actor. happy R or a lazy D.His theatre footing started off in Bibhatsa (Odious)1993. He co-founded ‘Script Peo- Mr. Naresh challenged students in Adbhuta (Wonderous)ples Theatre’ in 1995 and has acted forming letters in groupsin and directed numerous plays Shanta (Peaceful)apart from training hundreds of Coming towards the end, no The-people in the nuances of ater workshop would ever be com- shoulder, supporting their kindredacting.“Acting is all about honesty. plete without the invocation of on-screen character and rejuvenat-If you can fake that, you have got Bharata Muni, the Lord/Guru of the ing their theater nuts and bolts.it made” this quote on acting by Navarasa required for acting.George Burns was the whole and Through his last movement of indi- With enthusiasm, spark and inten-essence of the acting workshop vidual boxes, he made the under- sity these 33 aspirant actorssuc-which went on till 5 in the evening. studies to encounter the nine rasas cessfully completed their workshopThe basics of acting were so skill- and found the actor inside throughfully joined into the psyches of Every one of the performing artists this platform given by the Mediathese understudies through a large who in the initiation, stood shafts Meet team.group of exercises which they separated from each other werecould never forget. presently standing shoulder to Kiran ThomasThey were instructed to investigatetheir space, have confidence inthemselves and let go off all inhi-

KABALI - KANTH. RETURN OF THE KINGWe live in a world filled with ex-pectations. Although there aretimes when people come togetherand have a common expectation.This is exactly when history iscreated. One such event is fastapproaching humanity. Theteaser for Rajinikanth's next filmKabali was released on Sunday,1 May, which is world labourday.The one minute six seconds DID YOU KNOW! open to working with new teams.teaser went viral across the globein merely minutes, and was Kabali will be the first His earlier films in the last decadetrending in all countries. The Ka- Indian movie to be re- had only AR Rahman as a musicbali teaser has shattered all exist- leased in Malay. It will director. Rajini plays an ageing doning You Tube records for Indian in the film, which also has Radhikafilms, by a mile. Well, we can't also be Apte playing his wife and Dhan-say we are completely surprised. released in Telugu, sika as his daughter along with Hindi and Japanese, Kishore, Kalaiarasan, Dinesh and\"Superstar Rajinikanth is the real and will get a Chinese John Vijay. The film, extensivelyking of the box office”. In 22 shot in Malaysia, is to cost aroundhours the teaser crossed 5 million release Rs 100 and will release in Tamil,views, which is phenomenal by in a couple of months. Telugu and Hindi.any yardstick,\" says the producerof Kabali, Kalaipuli S Dhanu. jinikanth is coming out of his An array of expectations, an over- comfort zone of sorts, by doing a flow of emotions and a cluster ofThe 66 seconds teaser, directed film with a newbie director like hopes is what surrounds Kabali.by Pa. Ranjith is majestic and Ranjith. In the last 15 years Ra- The ever so prolific and charmingelectrifying. Ranjith, and national jinikanth has only worked only actor that he is, Rajnikanth is near-award winning editor Praveen with top commercial directors ing the fag end of his illustriousKL, have cut it superbly, bringing like Shankar, KS Ravikumar and career.out the essence of Rajinikanth's P Vasu, who understand his kind A man who is loved by millionslarger than life image. Ranjith has of cinema. and enjoys the status of demigod inpreviously made classy commer- the Indian sub- continent is keen tocial films like Attakathi and However, Ranjith has played to deliver one of his most iconic per-Madras, and has not tinkered the superstar's strength's in the formances and do justice to thewith the superstar's image. teaser, with suave presentation, stature he once sculpted. style and punchline dialogues asIt's important to note that Ra- an action hero. The impressive Vivian Peter background score of music direc- tor Santosh Narayanan also adds to the fact that Rajinikanth is

Vakshagana: show was based on an adaptation Fr. Thomas. C. Mathew congratu- of the Mahabharata. The story lated the whole team for putting up A Visual revolves around the central fig- such a soulful show and facilitated ure 'Ekalavya' who is from a the entire cast and crew as a token Treat downtrodden family but man- of gratitude. Lastly, 'Yakshagana ages to win the heart of his 2016' was not just a successfulThe Department of Kannada suc- teacher despite all the struggle event but a visual treat for all thecessfully pulled off yet another and hardships he is forced to en- members present in the audience.spectacular event in the form of dure by the very own teacher he Long live the art form and longer'Yakshagana' on 18th July 2016. admires. live the people who make eventsThe show lasted for an hour which This tale was convincingly like this a possibility.commenced at 3pm in the majestic brought to life by the hard work-Main auditorium of Christ Univer- ing Christites who put up a fab- Jeena K Ssity. ulous show filled with coloursThis programme was initially the and really exciting costumes.brain child of the Department of The play was directed by Mr.Languages but the major contribu- Shankar Balkudru and it took thetions were by the Kannada depart- team around 20 days to learn andment. Yakshagana is a folk theatre put forth a professional act.form that combines dance, music,dialogue, costume, make-up and The team consisted of 20 Chris-stage techniques with a unique tites and 5 outsiders who werestyle and form. predominantly musicians play- ing various traditional instru-This folk theatre is mainly found in ments along with a powerfulthe coastal parts of Karnataka dis- vocalist who headed the troop.trict. For the last 12 years, the de- Students from various depart-partment has been organizing this ments as well as students fromevent in the college campus. The the Christ PU College wereprogramme kicked off with a song lucky enough to witness thisdevoted to 'Lord Dakshinamurthy'. event unfold.Titled 'Guru Dakshina', this year's The audience also included sev- Suhaas M. Portraying eral foreign exchange students Eklavaya’s Friend who were present to imbibe the Indian culture and showed gen- uine interest towards this partic- ular folk art. As the event came to a staggering end, The Vice Chancellor of Christ University Bangalore,

New Age Woman, Old School JournalismA warm welcome made mindswander about her stature. Intriguedby her confidence and love for theprofession, everyone present in theroom wanted to know more, aboutthe guest speaker. Hailing fromBengaluru, Karnataka, Miss NikitaPuri arrived with a bright smilewhich captivated the attention of allthe young minds waiting for her toshare her stories and useful insightsabout the field of Print journalism.After having completed her Mas-ters in the prestigious Christ Uni-versity, she pretty much enjoyed ahero's welcome from the Currentbatch of journalism students. Being Nikita Puri Accepting A Token Of Gratitude Miss Nikita Puri took centre stage. questions for which she had in- Like most smart presenters, she had sightful and courageous answers. prepared a bunch of Power Point The students didn't just get a peek slides to make it easier, to get of her professional experiences but through her ideas and pointers to also got a glimpse of her personal the students. stories which were nothing but in- spiring. It was a thorough presenta- Narrating her journey from being tion which benefitted both parties an intern at Time Out, a Delhi on both professional and emotional based magazine to her latest desig- levels. Miss Nikita Puri signed off nation as the Principal Feature Cor- on a high note and left the spirits respondent at Business Standard, soaring amongst the students. she had a ton of information to spill. A very interesting point that ivian Peter she made, gave rise to lot of ani-successful in her field, she rose to mosity. Her take on ethics andthe position of Principal Feature being legally bound raised lot ofCorrespondent at Business Stan- eyebrows and took the lecture to adard. Having worked for several higher dimension. With each slideleading newspapers such as The passing, one could feel her struggleNew Indian Express, The Indian and passion going hand in hand toExpress, Mail Today etc., she was reach the journalistic heights sherecently honored with the Ben- aimed at reaching. Another fasci-galuru based award Seema nating byte she had to share wasNazareth for excellence in Print her love for languages and howJournalism in 2015. This award is being well versed in various lan-issued in the memory of a young guages helps a reporter reportJournalist Seema Nazarath who unique content.died in 1999 for exceptionally good After a great session of sharing, shejournalist under 30 years of age. was open to questions. Then,After a sound introduction and a started a flurry of mind bogglingbrief overview of her career graph,

A student exchange program is aprogram in which students from asecondary school or universitystudy abroad at one of their partnerinstitutions.Foreign exchange pro-grams provides students with anopportunity to study in a differentcountry and environment experi-encing the history and culture ofanother country.With that having been established,the western winds blew into a typ-ical yet beautiful Bangalore morn-ing. The visiting crowd of 30 girlsand one boy from the United King-An ExchangeExtravaganzadom were in for a varietal treat. “Women in India- Perspectives event by the dean of institute ofChrist University’s student ex- and challenges”. management “Dr Suniti Phadke”change programme is back with a A grand opening on 18 th marked and the director of office of Inter-bang, only bigger and better. the beginning of this multi cultural national affairs department. TheStudent exchange is a valuable pro- college is providing a very healthygram for students as it is intended and a clean environment for theto increase the knowledge and un- students to stay and have free ac-derstanding of other cultures. cess to food in the campus.International education helps stu- This program is basically con-dents with their language and com- ducted for the students to knowmunicating skills, but also about the Indian culture and spe-encourages students to improve cially the value of women and theand broaden their language skills. various problems they face andStudents who study internationally how do they overcome it.develop a different perspective andcross cultural understanding of All the activities have been welltheir studies which will further help planned and scheduled by the de-their education and also benefit partment of international affairsthem when they have to work out and the student coordinators. Theof their comfort zones. participants showed a great deal of interest and were emotionally pre-The department of sociology and pared to be one of us for the com-institute of management have done ing two weeks. Events such asa splendid job bringing students these mark the kick starting of anfrom across the globe for 15 days era, an era of peace and knowledge.of traditional and cultural learning.The expectation on each student’sface explains the value of this mega Guest were Welcomed With Meghna Jainevent. The theme of this program is Garlands at the entrance

Genesis'16: Pursuit of ExcellenceWhen everything till moment in about this fest is that students get to 24x7 which is 24 x 7, pushing youour life was overlapping of matters, settle with enrolling only in onewe could approach and solve all event based on their interest. The into the domain of Journalism andbecause of prioritizing the matters events are Master of all Tradeone after the other. In other way, we which takes one to give a shot on Media. Noted event is fabricatingwere striving towards success in writing management articles, pol-regular intervals of time with con- icy creation, 15 minutes news. Fifth is Thetinuous interest and participation.Genesis 2016 fest being organized HR management and conducting Morse Code.by Second year Bachelors of Busi- interviews. Second is Raisina Hill,ness Administration (BBA) and RCR (House of PM) that talks It's a wrong notion if you cerebrateSecond year Masters of Business about the government game whichAdministration (MBA) students, is Politics. To look out in this event about coding. This event typicallyfrom School of Business Studies is the section where one has to en-and Social Science. visage himself/herself as a politi- deals with Marketing like Best cian and accordingly stage out.Christ University settles on the Third, The E-Factor that clearly ut- Manager Task, Preparing Businessabove concept. The gist of the fest ters, it's all aboutis fetchingly projected by the tag Economics.Fourth is the something Plans etc. Sixth being Grey Matter,line “The theory of Consecutive where the world is campaigning onCreation.” is all about Quizzing. SeventhThe fest runs on the topics like Pol-itics, Travel & Tourism, History, event named as “Prep-My-trip” isMedia, Management and Market-ing. This fest is exclusively for the a contemporary on the grounds ofUnder Graduate students. The festthat is zeroed on 9 events in 8 routineness surrounded becausestraight solid days is scheduledfrom 11 July 2016 to 19th July students have to conceive on Travel2016 where the last day for obviousreasons is grand finale. and Tourism. Coating the list withIf there is something that we all are eighth event Cornoupia, the eventinstructed to do and nobody doesn'twant to do is, preferring the best promises on absence of diversionout of the best. The analogous thing till the end. Christ University is always ac- knowledged for the continuous fests which till instant led to show- casing talent, spreading knowl- edge, sharing thoughts, gaining the capacity to approach and achieve greater heights is all set and sorted to bulge out once again with a tremendously and fully filled occa- sion. Commencing from 11th July, School of Business Studies and So- cial Sciences is all set for its turn to decorate the university with “Gen- esis 2016: The Theory of Consecu- tive Creation”. Sri HariMONSOON Massive traffic! Students rushing to reach the college on STRIKES- time! All this ends, as finally Christ University opens up the back gate Christ school) for all the SG PALYA residents. SOUTH It's been kept open from 6.15 in the morning to 8.15 in GATES the evening, and is accessible to all the students, faculty members and staff of the college with a mandatory rule to carry their Identity card along. It's been created to en- able a greater use of library especially in the evenings, create more time for peer learning with academic en- gagement, to facilitate greater time involvement in extra curricular activities and to enable better use of sports fa- cilities and discussion spaces.

One thing we as humans have man- treet of everyday life in a fierce andaged to understand through history captivating manner. The depart-is that visual way of communica- Smart ment expressed their gratitude totion is a very powerful means to get Christ University for giving thema message across. The very first peal to any class of audience”, says the time and space to come upforms of visual communication in- Aliya Ashok(Participant). “It is a with such flamboyant perform-cluded the idea of theatre, where great initiative by the department, ances. “Even if one individualseveral stories were brought to life inculcating street theatre as part of implements the messages whichon a stage. These stories were the syllabus which in turn helped were conveyed so colourfullypredominantly based on us realise and understand the im- through Chart papers, glue,human interest and reforma- portance of time management, sketch pens, face paint etc., Thistion. Street theatre is one of problems related to over popula- campaign can be considered a suc-the most utilised wings back in tion, population control methods, cess. Two weeks of intense and ef-time, where artists took to the resource mobilization, hard work, fective communication can end upstreets to mingle with the gen- cooperation, people are receptive to offering us two years of Holisticeral population and create you if you put it the right way, pa- development”, says Sanjanavaluable awareness amongst a tience, team work, building confi- Pawath(Resource Team). Thus, theheterogeneous audience. dence”, says Nainka conclusion is very understandable.The Department of Social Das(Participant). The students re- Live and Let Live.work has chosen this age old plat- ally enjoyed themselves and moreform to induce certain values that over expressed their underlining Kiran Thomashave been misinterpreted and in views on certain neglected aspectssome cases forgotten. The studentsof the department who were splitinto six wide spectrums addressedthe following issues such as prob-lems faced by middle class familiesdue to over population, unemploy-ment, crime, poverty, medical con-cerns due over population,necessary preventive measures tocontrol population, substanceabuse, human dignity and worth,waste management and segrega-tion, traffic, road safety and waterconservation. “These topics can ap-Christite Hits Top in GMAT in First Attempt Only one The 19 Year Old Student, Annie Vinod in a hundred Manjila, currently pursuing her final candidates score the 99th year in B Com from Christ University percentile in GMAT. However, cracked GMAT in her first attempt by the score alone is not achieving 99th Percentile. enough because some Annie has applied to Oxford Univer- B-Schools have sity, London School of Economics and additional criteria that need to be London Business School for her fur- met. But on the whole, ther studies. it is a satisfying score. Annie truly believes that the world has either come to a rat race to earn RASHMI P GOWDA money or work with the society but the GMAT TRAINER mix of both would be excellent.

COMMRAIDS 2016Medium is the message: Live for the “APP-CLAUSE”: Despicable me:The game was tested on individ- Using any music application the Participants were assigned withual's speed and the ability to cre- participants has to make a par- a famous novel / movie or TV se-atively express an idea or a ody or a lip sync of any popular ries for which they were assignedconcept to his/ her own team song. Students just had 30 sec- with an option of two characters-mates in a stipulated time. onds to showcase their creativity a villain and a subaltern, from and display their editing skills. whose perspective they had toDance Battle: write a story.It was an event dedicated for allthe dance lovers. It had three Pen- Sieve:rounds, which included -solo per- This competition had threeformance, face- off, and prop rounds, they were given a wordround, each round determined and participants had to write athe qualification of the contestant tiny tale or draw a doodle basedto the next. on it.News Hour: Commraids 2016 is the annual CEP fest, Creative bluff master:The participants were pro- which brings together the CEP family in The students were given avided with a scenario and a fun but in a very competitive way. The word or a sentence basedthey had to come up with a event was held on the 20th July, on which they had toshow of catching up the Wednesday at the Sky View 10th floor, make a story and bluff onTRP'S. the topic on spot.Quiz: Central Block from 8.30 am to 4.30 pm. Merry Magazine:It was a group task, consist- The participants had toing of three members in The chief Guest of the event was SRI create a magazine cover RAM SULLIA, the one and only RJeach team. The questions whose voice we here everyday from 5-9 on the topics assignedwere media and politics re- PM in the evening and who is also an using newspapers and EX-CHRISTITE. The event was filled magazine (provided), notlated.Debate: with 14 various competitions all-varying related to the topic.It was a team task of two in different aspects, which included Honest Trailers: The participants had topeople in each group, and group and individual performances. make a live skit of whatthe topic was “POP CUL-TURE”. they think of how a filmDefend the walls: Photo Essay: trailer should look like.It was a complete public relation The competition was a story Word Jingles:Task. The scenario was that the telling through photographs, It was an event in which thecompany is facing a PR crisis, which included a series of teams will pick up chits contain-and as a brand ambassador as to photographs revolving ing a particular word, and thehow will the participants bail around the given theme in a duo had to come up with a jinglethemselves out. progressive manner. of 30 seconds. DON’T TELL PEOPLE THE TEAM: YOUR DREAMS, Riya Agarwal, Meghna Jain, Jeena KS SHOW THEM. Vivian Peter, Kiran Thomas, K Sri Hari THE FACULTY: Suparna Naresh, Fr. Biju K Chacko FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION ONLY