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In its approximately 30-year history,the decrepit Hotel Samrat in the heart of Delhis Chanakyapuri has attempted coolness just once,by launching a nightclub Decibel which faded off before you could check it out. But just maybe,theyve got the cool quotient right with the week-old Lap,the club famously promoted by actor Arjun Rampal in partnership with restaurateur AD Singh. Once youve overcome the musty odours of damp carpets peculiar only to ITDC hotels,a pitch dark staircase leads down to Lap.
The executive at the entrance peers over an invitation list and if your name isnt on it,you can shell out Rs 1,000 to enter a jam packed,militantly garish space,with golden couches set around a heavy,glittering chandelier. The pulsating Buddha Bar remixes are supervised by the Adonis himself,Rampal,who looked every bit the rocker in a tight black T-shirt and cargo pants (Its unfathomable how he could see what he was mixing behind those jazzy dark glasses). Irrespective,his music or him created a frenzy of sorts,and an assortment of long-legged blonde beauties descended out of nowhere onto the dance floor.
Will it work? The orchestrated sleaze is a first for Delhi; its overdone and tacky with a synthetic,yet hedonist ambience. This Friday,industrialist Micky Punj,party stalwarts Tarun Tahiliani,Peter Punj,Nainika Karan and Kalyani Chawla added some sparkle. Filling up such a large space and filtering the crowd to avoid the inevitable bar brawl will be a challenge,and it will take more than a Rampal mixing music to keep up the tempo.
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