With only three participants going on stage and none of them ‘performing’, the farting competition in Surat fizzled out on Sunday. But the organisers have not given up hope, and have promised to bring the party to Mumbai next, after the festive season.

The organisers are confident that the Mumbai leg will throw up a winner – 'pad-shah' — after which they hope to take the event to Jaipur, Delhi, Kolkatta, Bengaluru and other cities from where they had got responses. "Lot of people said they would have participated if the event was in Mumbai, and since we too haven't found a winner, we will start work some time in November," said Yatin Sangoi. "We need find a proper venue and get all permissions in place before we make an official announcement." His partner, Mul Sanghvi, added: "Farting in public has always been a taboo and we want to tell people there is nothing wrong in it through the competition."