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PARTY PLACES:
• Blenders Pride Music CDs present The Telegraph Xmas Eve at The Saturday Club, starring Dooba dooba man Mohit Chauhan. Then rock the dance floor with DJ Harish and enjoy an Xmas menu. “This will be one of the best events ever at The Saturday Club,” promises club president Soumitra Ghose.
• Royal Stag Mega Music presents The Telegraph Xmas Eve at Calcutta Swimming Club, featuring composers Salim and Sulaiman Merchant, along with DJ Akash. “The Xmas Eve party is one of the biggest events of our club,” says club president Binod Kankaria. |
Club grounds on Tuesday; Take a cue from Priyanka Chopra’s Victoria Beckham midi dress and go red hot this Christmas Eve
• Ordnance Club presents The Christmas Eve Ball, in association with The Telegraph, with DJ Poison Mr 909.
• Outram Club presents Sanchita Bhattacharya & Trijoy, in association with The Telegraph.
• Festive Time @Park Plaza, partnered by t2.
• t2 presents Santa Comes to Maaya, at Swissotel, with DJ Koushik.
• The Christmas Party, in association with t2, at PC Chandra Gardens, with DJ Dippy.
• The Park presents Shades of Seduction, partnered by t2, at Tantra, with DJ Kiran Kamath and others.
• The Lake Club presents Night of Bollywood, partnered by t2, with DJ Rimi and singer Koushik.
• Christmas & New Year Celebrations at The Ffort, Raichak, in association with t2, featuring Ukrainian dancer Yuliya and DJs Rahul and Raj.
CARNIVALS:
• Hindusthan Club presents Xmas Carnival in association with t2.
• Aapno Gaon Rajasthani Mela at Salt Lake Stadium, in association with t2, featuring singers Samrat Sarkar and Siddharth Nigam and actor Parth Samthaan of Kaisi Hai Yeh Yaariyan fame.
WEATHER:
Expect a chilly Christmas Eve. On Thursday evening, the mercury is likely to hover around 18 or 19°C with a north-easterly breeze that’ll make it seem a notch or two colder. During the day, the Thursday sky will mostly be cloudy and the maximum temperature will be around 24°C.
LOOKBOOK:
Model and anchor Sonika Chauhan will be reaching out for a fancy jacket to keep the chill at bay and yet step out stylish. Nothing beats a black leather jacket. The best part? You can pair it with almost anything. Think cocktail dress, floral crop top or a colourful pencil skirt. Don’t forget boots and Christmassy stockings.
Designer Komal Sood is all for red because it’s Santa time. If a red bodycon or a shirt is OTT for you, introduce the colour of cheer in your accessories. Think a red clutch, stilettos, pocket square, beret, tie or muffler. The t2 girl gang is also eyeing midnight blue, emerald green, gold, silver...
Go light on the eyes and pout pretty in deep maroon or a dark brown. Ditch contouring (unless a make-up artist is your BFF!) and work the highlighter on the bridge of your nose and cheekbones.
MUSIC & MOVES:
Since we’re all still quite Dilwalefied after that booster dose of SRK-Kajol on Tuesday, let’s start the party with Manma emotion jaage re and Tukur tukur from the Rohit Shetty blockbuster and then move on to the peppy Matargashti from Tamasha and Gulaabo from Shandaar. And we have a request for the DJ... DJwaley babu mera gaana chala do... and he’s sure to play the Badshah song. As the dance floor gets hotter, grove to Bolly hits like Afghan jalebi from Phantom, Aaj raat ka scene from Jazbaa and Banno tera swagger from Tanu Weds Manu Returns. Don’t forget to take that party selfie while shaking a leg to Chal beta selfie le le re from Bajrangi Bhaijaan. For some international grooves, there’s How Deep Is Your Love by Calvin Harris and Justin Bieber’s What Do You Mean. Give a pelvic thrust to Major Lazer’s sensational Lean On and go romantic slow with Love Me Like You Do from Fifty Shades of Grey. What not to do? Copy Drake’s moves from Hotline Bling!
NOM NOM:
There’s no better place for Christmas cakes than Nahoum & Sons in New Market and Saldanha Bakery off Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Road. While the classic fudge-and-fruit cake is our pick from Nahoum, plum cakes from Saldanha are yum.
For a change of flavour, drop in at Salt Lake Stadium for Aapno Gaon Rajasthani Mela and feast on authentic Rajasthani delicacies prepared by chefs who’ve come all the way from the colourful desert state.
SIP TIPS:
According to Abhijit Dev, senior club manager, Myx, Long Island Iced Tea (LIIT) and Jagerbomb are the pop picks. “LIIT is popular with those who like their drinks strong, while Jagerbombs are fun drinks that people of all ages celebrate with. Another cocktail trending right now is Caipiroska, a form of caipirinha prepared with vodka instead of the usual cachaça,” he says. For Sovan Mookherjee, head of operations and marketing, UG Reincarnated, nothing spells Christmas like red wine. And, Sangria.
TIPPLE TIMING:
Normal closing time is midnight but some nightclubs and hotels will stay open till later after paying the necessary excise fees. The Park and HHI will keep revellers happy till 4am, Taj will be open till 1am and Swissotel till 2am. Waterside Cafe at Hyatt Regency will serve liquor round the clock. Party dens Myx and M Bar Kitchen will be open till 2am, while the last order at Nocturne will be at 1.45am and at TFO at 1am.
IF NOT PARTYING:
Film buffs are spoilt for choice. Last Friday’s mega releases Dilwale and Bajirao Mastani are racing towards the Rs 100crore club. Till Tuesday, Team SRK had raked in Rs 84.60cr, while Team Bhansali is playing catch up at
Rs 65cr-plus. There are also special preview shows of Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Theatre lovers can enjoy plays from Pune, Delhi and Calcutta at Academy of Fine Arts as part of Nandikar’s 32nd National Theatre Festival, from 10am.
If the couch is your party hotspot, tune into heady kitchen competition in MasterChef Australia at 9pm on STAR World, followed by your daily dose of spice with Bigg Boss Nau, 10.30pm on Colors. If you are on the lookout for mush, there’s Love N’ Dancing at 9pm on Romedy Now.
Bookworms can pick up The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins for a thrilling ride.
