The 'Mom and I' contest was VIBA's (Vidya and Shoba's) effort to bring to focus the essence of the Mother-Daughter relationship in a celebration to mark International Women's Day.

The final event after the preliminary selection of mothers and daughters was held at the Music Academy. The audience consisted of the old and the young who had probably come to see what the show was all about. The show started half an hour later than the scheduled time and wound up at fifteen minutes before midnight. The set was pleasingly done in a pastel shade of green, resembling the sitting room of a house complete with floor level seating, with cushions thrown around.

The format for the show, however, was hackneyed, with nothing new to offer. The Emcees of the evening were the Miss Asia Pacific 2001, Maheswari and Neelkant whose lighter vein comments and humourous asides fell flat most of the time. The event flagged of with an audio-visual introduction of the fourteen contestants. The mother and daughter were then quizzed by the Comperes (Round 1) and were asked to exhibit their talents. The teams chose mime, dance, music and sketching in the Talent round (Round 2). A badly co-ordinated dance ensemble belonging to the Hot Shoe Dance Company with loud blaring music completely overshadowing their dance preceded the introductory session. After the first two rounds, the judges posed situational questions in the third round. Part of the show, was a brilliant fusion dance performance by Srikanth, a student of Dr. Padma Subramanyan, a fashion show by professional models (who had wooden expressions) displaying silk sarees and gold jewellery from Singapore Hanifaa's. There was a display of a designer, XXL Tina Vincent range of clothes for the bigger women. There was a solo song rendering by crooner - Sunitha Sarathy (winner of the Channel V singing contest 1999). The three-hour entertainment session finally came to a close with the announcing of the winners.

The winning team was Sushma Midha and her daughter Akanksha (A 12th standard student). Midha had sketched her daughter while she was dancing. The second team was Nasreen Mehta and daughter Nina (A 11th standard student). They did a very interesting mime about the women in a metropolis. The second runner-up team was Madhumati Achutan and Archana. It was heartening to note that this team was part of the winning teams, as Archana, despite being a victim of mild cerebral palsy, displayed exceptional confidence. The judges of the evening were leading figures from different fields such as Films, Advertising, Media, Medicine and Software.