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Anugoonj ’23 with reverberat­es Armaan Malik’s Main Hoon Hero Tera

- Manvi Singh htcity@hindustant­imes.com

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The three-day annual cultural festival of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprast­ha University, Anugoonj 2023, ended on a rocking note as singersong­writer Armaan Malik performed on the last day. The students were left starstruck as he belted out his popular tracks.

Excited youth from all affiliated colleges turned out in huge numbers to participat­e and witness the high-octane performanc­es as the fest returned after the pandemic pause. Hemank Aggarwal, a third-year journalism student at a Delhibased college, shares, “It happened after two long years. I was waiting for it since the day I joined the college!”

ARMAANIANS COULDN’T

KEEP CALM!

Students went all out to show their love to Malik with flashlight­s, placards and loud cheers. On his part, the singer opened the night with the hit Main Hoon Hero Tera (Hero, 2015). Nishika Verma, a second-year BBA student at a Delhi-based college, who made a special poster for Malik, shares, “I put my heart and soul into making a placard, so the man of my dreams takes notice.”

The night only got better as Malik performed chartbuste­rs like Besabriyaa­n, Kaun Tujhe (both M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story, 2016), Pehla Pyaar (Kabir Singh, 2019), and singles like Tu/You (2022), among others.

STEPPING UP WITH STREET BEATS

The starry night wasn’t the only attraction of the fest. The first day had the crowd

grooving to peppy numbers by Sukh-E and DJ Ravator. The street dance competitio­n also saw some talented dance-offs. Talking about it, Dheeraj Rawal, a first-year engineerin­g student at the University School of Biotechnol­ogy, says, “The students looked like profession­al dancers. The lifts and moves were mindblowin­g.”

The extravagan­za also had competitio­ns for street play, folk dance, singing and debating.

MR & MS ANUGOONJ

After three rigorous rounds, the coveted titles Mr & Ms Anugoonj ’23 were declared. Shreya

Rana, a secondyear journalism student at a Noida-based college, was declared Ms Anugoonj, while Madhur Bajaj, a fourth-year architectu­re student at a Delhibased college, bagged the Mr Anugoonj title.

I thought never title I win the would but Anugoonj], [Ms wow! so it feels

Second-year RANA, Noida-based SHREYA at a student journalism

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