India’s leading private radio and entertainment network, Red FM celebrated the Carrom Street Fest
Kolkata – Behala Carrom Club wins big at The Carrom Street Fest, After making it through multiple rounds of competition, Behala Carrom Club took home the grand cash prize of Rs 1 lakh at The Carrom Street Fest. The inaugural edition of the tournament that was started off with the idea of getting carrom out of closed doors and bringing it to the streets to help revive the dying game. Held on Jatin Bagchi Road near Hindustan Park in south Kolkata’s Gariahat area, the event got underway at noon on March 3.
The idea was to create a buzz about carrom and get people from all over the city involved. Preliminary rounds of the tournament were held at 32 different locations, 16 ‘paras’ and 16 colleges to get the best 16 teams to take part in Sunday’s festivities. In a knockout style tournament, where each team had two players, The Carrom Street Fest saw 64 different participants. Other performances included Hoola Hoop Dancers, Beat Boxing, Bengali Folk band Mohul, Tridhara Women’s Folk Dance and a rap group who performed the theme song of the event
