Rules for Antakshari

General Guidelines

• The decision of the judge/judges shall be final and binding on all teams.

• A team should consist of three members.

• Total time of the contest will be two hours.

• There will be four rounds of different modes.

• In case of a tie there shall be a fifth round.

Round – 1 “Shabd jaal”

 One word would be given to each team and that team would have
to sing the first two lines of songs, having the given word.
 The given word must come in the first four lines.
For example if the word is “deewana”, the team can sing the following songs‐
1. dewwana le ker aaya hai…………………………….
2. deewana mujhsa nahi………………………………
3. tere name ka deewana ……………………………
 The team would have to sing as many such songs as possible in one minute’s time. The s
ongs must be sung in their original speed not faster.
 If the first two lines are not sung completely, then no marks would be given.
 Different words would be given to each team.
 There would be two rounds for each team.

Marking‐

• One mark for each right song.

• No minus marking in this round.

Duration of the round - 20 minutes

Round ‐2 “Mein hoon Kaun”

 One participant would have to come to the dais and pick one chit from a bowl
containing chits bearing names of different Hindi films.
 Then the participant will have to act out the name of the movie, without saying a word
or lip‐syncing or writing anything in the air. The other member of the team will have
to guess the correct name of the movie with the help of the act in one minute’s time.
 After finding out the correct answer the team will have to sing a song of that movie.
 There would be two such rounds.
 Each team has to go through this one by one.

Marking –

• Ten marks for the guessing the movie’s name, right.

• Five marks for singing the right song.

• No minus marking in this round.

Duration of the round - 20 minutes

Round ‐3 “Jodi Round”

• Each team will be passed a bowl containing some chits.

• Each chit will carry the name of some Jodi.

• One team member will be asked to tell the Jodi.

• The team has to sing a duet song of that pair within 15 seconds.

• There would be two such rounds for each team.

Marking –

• Ten marks for singing the right song.

Duration of the round - 20 minutes

Round ‐4 “Mein aawaz Sunu”

• This will be an audio round, based on Hindi film songs.

• The signature tune of a song will be played on the audio player for about ten seconds.

• This will be a buzzer round.

•The participants will have to recognize the song correctly and sing the mukhda of the song
within 05 seconds after hitting the buzzer.

• The team which hits the buzzer first will get to sing the song.

• There would be 5 such clues.

Marking –

• Ten marks for the right answer.

• Minus five for wrong answer.

• Minus five for not singing the song in the specified time, after hitting the buzzer.

• Minus five for singing the incomplete or wrong words of mukhda.

Duration of the round - 20 minutes

Round ‐5 “Tie Breaker Round”

• If there is a tie among the teams, a fifth round will have to be played.
• An audio clip of a song will be played for about ten seconds.

• This would be a buzzer round.

• Participants will have to identify the song and sing the mukhda of the song within 05 seconds

after hitting the buzzer.

Marking –

• Ten marks for the right answer.

• Minus five for wrong answer.

• Minus five for not singing the song in the specified time, after hitting the buzzer.

• Minus five for singing the incomplete or wrong words of mukhda.

Duration of the round - 10 minutes