The Anti-Party

Welcome to Cool Chef Café,Mumbai’s Grim Riot Disco night,a hideout of the new,new party. With a 250 square feet dance floor,everyone is busy letting their hair down. The price helps. The cover charge is just Rs 250,alcohol is subsidised,the DJ spins eclectic music,the venue has an old-world charm. What’s required is an RSVP on the Grim Riot Disco (GRD) Facebook page or the website and you are invited,gender or company notwithstanding.

“A good party with great music and no ego always works anywhere,” says designer Kunal Lodhi,who with singer-actress Monica Dogra first began organising these parties. “We call it the anti-party,which comes from trying to create one for those who don’t want to go to places where they are not wanted unless they are rich. This party is for everyone,” explains Dogra.

The name is unique alright — Grime Riot Disco (Disco for the venue,Riot describing a good time and Grime depicting the place they host it at). The website is funky too. It suggests “Leave your ego and your ‘Pali Hill salon,triple essential oil shampooed hairdo’ at the door” . The flyers seem bold. They announce it as ‘Bombay’s Realest Dance Party’. But the Facebook group is modest at the moment with a membership of 386. “You will have a GRD in Delhi in 2012,” promise the organisers. A welcome change or a passing fad?

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