Bizzare and quirky seem to have become the party crowds’ best loved words of late. And it is not just the theme parties that we are talking about. A series of parties held in the city during the recent past shed light on the trend of wild and mad parties that are fast catching up with the young, hip underground crowd.
The Mad Stupid party hosted last week was a perfect example of a whacky and wild riot. DJ Nikhil Chinappa who played at the event, feels that though these offbeat parties are far from being a phenomenon yet, they are fast picking up with people of all age groups. “People today want to be far more expressive when they go out,” he says.
Clearly, these crazy bashes are well scoring over the routine club culture and dance parties. People are seeking for relaxed fun. “You don’t need alcohol or drugs or go out in fancy cars and dress up in expensive suits and shoes just to go to a plush club and party,” says Nikhil. “All you need is your close set of friends and some good humour for the party to rock. And yeah, I don’t want to be philosophical here (sniggers).”
The party had a short theatrical performance by a ‘Joker’ from Batman, a Justin Beiber, and Spiderman — all three churning out rib tickling drama on stage.
The bootleggers party held in the city last night was again a one of its kind bash. Organised by Chondamma Cariappa, an active blogger, the party is meant to bring people together on an unusually common ground — the fetish for boots. Cariappa started her blog called ‘Sole sisters’ 11 months back and has women from all across the world contributing to it by sending in pictures of their shoes and discussing the price ranges and shops.
“I recently had a girl from Mumbai posting a photo of her boots, to which another woman reacted saying, ‘Where in Mumbai do you get to wear these pretty boots?’ And that is when I decided to arrange this party where people can flaunt their boots,” says Cariappa.
The Jungle theme party (held at Bonobo a couple of weeks back) too became quite a rage. With people dressed up as cheetahs and monkeys, this was a wild bash, literally!
source: http://www.dnaindia.com/ by Shreya Badola / Home> Lifestyle> Report / Place Mumbai, Agency DNA / Thursday Aug 25th, 2011
