Some key aspects of Mulund Fine Arts Society include:

• 1. Cultural preservation and promotion

• 2. Artist development and mentorship

• 3. Community engagement through events and workshops

• 4. Fostering appreciation for Indian classical arts

The society's contributions to the cultural landscape of Mumbai are significant, making it a beloved institution among art lovers.

The Humble Beginnings:

MFAS find its pace long back in 1969 when few music minded people of Mulund viz. Mr. K.K. Moorthy, Mr. P. M. Sundaram, Mr. K. Raman, Mr. R. L. Narasimhan and few others laid the foundation. The Mulund suburbs got its own first organisation for entertaining them with Carnatic Music, Tamil Dramas and Bharatnatyam, as no such organisation prevailed in Mulund at that time.The very first Managing Committee was formed with the aforesaid members.

The initial funding was done by all the Committee Members becoming Life Members by paying Rs. 250/- plus Re. 1/- as Entrance fee. Application was also filed with the Charity Commissioner, Mumbai for registration.

Monthly programmes:
For arranging monthly programmes and for drafting rules and regulations of the Society, the help and guidance of Shri T. V. Ramanujam and Shri. S. R. Kasturi who were connected with Sri Shanmukhananda Fine Arts & Sangeetha Sabha and were veterans in the cultural field. With their advice the first few programmes were fixed and Committee gained knowledge about various artistes, their standards and remuneration payable to them.

The inaugural programme was a grand Nadaswaram recital by the then Senior Vidwan Shri Namagiripettai Krishnan & Party held in April 1969 in the shamiana erected in an open ground lying vacant between Hill View CHS and Jeevanlakshmi CHS. Although we had, by then, enrolled some Life Members and Ordinary Members, the inaugural programme was kept open to the public so as to attract more people to join as members. The second programme at the same venue by the late Smt. M. L. Vasanthakumari & Party was a big draw. By that time, the name of the institution had done the rounds in Mulund in a big way. Within a matter of 6 months, the membership strength went up to 700. The other artistes who were invited in the first year for monthly programmes were T. K. Rangachari, B. Rajam Iyer, A. K. C. Natarjan, Ramnad Krishnan, Madurai N. Krishnan, Soolamangalam Sisters, Maharajapuram Santhanam, T. V. Sankaranarayanan, Trichur V. Ramachandran, S. Kalyanaraman, Mani Krishaswamy and Shri T. N. Krishnan.

Annual Festival:
The First Annual Festival held in April 1970 is still a memorable one and there has never been any future Annual Festival as equal to the first one. That festival was held in a beautifully erected Shamiana in Morarji Compound adjoining Valji Ladha Road.

The festival was inaugurated with a Grand Music Concert by late Vidwan Shri. Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar, who was a doyen of Music at that time. It was followed by a Veena Recital by late Vidwan Shri. S. Balachandar. The third Music concert was by late Vidushi Smt. M. S. Subbulakshmi, whose performance was top notch. The fourth day's Programme was a fantastic Dance drama by the famous Travancore Sisters - Lalitha, Padmini & Ragini. On the concluding day, a Musical Drama titled "Saint Thyagaraja" was staged by Shri. S. R. Kasturi's Matunga Dramatic Society.

Subsequent Annual Festival Programmes saw great Musicians such as Shri. Yesudas, Shri. Balamuralikrishna, Shri. Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, Smt. K. B. Sundaramahal, Shri. D. K. Pattammal, Shri. Neduneri Krishnamurthy and Radha Jayalakshmi. In instrumental Music, there were performances by Shri Lalgudi Jayaraman and Shri. M. S. Gopalakrishnan for Violin, Shri. R. R. Mahalingam, Shri. K. S. Gopalakrishnan, Shri. B. N. Suresh and Shri. Dindigul Natarajan for Flute. The programmes also saw several Nadaswaram and Thavil Vidwans such as Shri. Sheikh Chinnamoulana Saheb, Shri. Thiruvidaimaruthoor Veerasami, Semmanarkoil Brothers, Shri. Karaikurichi Arunachalam, Shri. Valangaiman Shanmughasunderam, Thiruppambaram Brothers and Ambalapuzha Brothers. On the Drama arena, there were performances by the famous T.K.S. Brothers, Shri. R. S. Manohar, Shri. S. V. Sahasranaman, Shri. Cho Ramaswamy, Shri. Poornam Viswanathan and Major Shri. Sundararajan. On the Bharata Natyam side, there were performances by the famous Smt. Kamala, Smt. Venniradai Nirmala, Smt. Padma Subramaniam, Smt. Chitra Visweswaran and Smt. Srividhya.

Several leading Light Music parties from the South such as Shri. A. V. Ramanan, Shri. K. Veeramani, Shri. T. M. Soundararajan, Smt. S. Janaki, Shri. Malaysia Vasu & Others have also performed under the MFAS Banner.

Genesis of the Music & Dance School:
In 1985 on Vijayadashami Day, a small start was made with 4 students to learn Vocal Music with one Teacher Smt. Rajee Srinivasan in the Garage in Srinivas Building on R.H.B. Road, Mulund West. Next year more number of students was enrolled on Dassera day and hence one more teacher Smt. Sridevi Ram was also appointed to teach Vocal Music. Hence 2 batches were separately functioning in the Garage for one more year. In 1987, Violin classes were started and by that time due to lack of space, the Managing Committee of South Indians' Organisation was approached to give permission to conduct our Music classes in their premises. The permission was granted. Smt. Shanta Balasubramaniam was the first Teacher for Violin classes. Year by year more students got enrolled and our classes started gaining popularity in Mulund. The strength of Faculty also started increasing. To look after the administration and policy matters a principal was appointed. Smt. Vasantha Rajgopal was appointed as Hon. Principal assisted by Smt. Seetha Jayaraman as Hon. Vice Principal.

Mridangam Classes were started in November 1989 with Shri. Karaikkudi Chandramouli as the first teacher. Many boys enrolled themselves. After a few years, Shri. Chandramouli shifted to Chennai and Shri. Erode Gururajan was the teacher for Mridangam for about 2 years. In 1995, Shri. K. V. K. Warrier, fondly known as Maniappan Sir in Mumbai, took charge of the Mridangam Class. Shri. Maniappan's teaching was appreciated which brought 3 students at competition level and they gave stage performances at different places, subsequently becoming accompanying artists for local and graded artists.

A remarkable feature of Music school is that our students have participated in various other institutions in the country and gained prestigious awards. Credit to all of this goes to our sincere and dedicated teachers who have brought up the students in a systematic manner. Three students (2 from Vocal Music and 1 from Mridangam Class) have received National Talent Scholarship Award from The Centre for Cultural Resources and Training, Delhi.

Bharatanatyam Classes were started in 1990 under the banner and guidance of Sri Rajarajeshwari Bharata Natya Kala Mandir, which is the foremost Institution in Bombay for training students in Bharata Natyam. The number of students is increasing. Two of our senior students learning were given special training for their Arangetram to be performed in Kalidas Hall, Mulund West in 2002 which was the first Arangetram of our Bharathanatyam class. Apart from this our students have staged Dance Ballets in various locations across India. The students' performances have been highly appreciated.

In 2005 on Vijayadashami Day we started Keyboard classes for which we have received overwhelming response.