Events

Scene& Heard

Marcellus Baptista

Bar Hop

The cheer continues in Mumbai with the birth of two bars and eateries. The Sports Bar raced into Colaba while Purple Haze splashed its colours in Bandra. Cheer leading girls, blondes at the bar, soft rock and retro music set the mood at opening night at The Sports Bar, along with spirits and finger foods. Galaxy Entertainment Corporation Limited, a joint venture between the Chatterjee Group and the Ruias of Phoenix Mills, presented the Sports Bar, at Regal cinema building. With several televisions, plasma screens and wall-embedded television monitors it seems the ideal place to catch all the sporting action. A long bar, pool table, basketball hoops, dartboards and punching bags are part of the delightful decor that has a racetrack from beginning to end.

Purple Haze, on the other hand, is positioned as a world grill restaurant and lounge bar, split over two levels. Pride of place is the stairway shaped like the strings of a harp, joining the dining area on the upper level to the lounge below. Shades of violet, magenta, lavender and mauve greet you while the floor to ceiling mirrors make the place look bigger as well as offers a view of the diners and the dance floor.

Glow Flow

Looking good is Health & Glow, a chain of health and beauty stores in Mumbai. The flagship store is in Colaba, others are located in InOrbit Mall, Malad and Nirmal Lifestyle, Mulund. This is a venture of RPG Enterprises, a tie-up with Guardian Ltd, Singapore of the Dairy Farm International retail chain, a Jardine Matheson Group (Fortune 500) company. The company started operations in Chennai in February 1997 and has evolved from a drugstore to a complete beauty and health player operating from Bangalore (13 stores) Chennai (seven stores) and Hyderabad (five stores). It offers consumers a world-class selection of health and beauty products, no-questions asked returns policy, high level of advice on usage of the products. There is a full service pharmacy with all major drugs and antibiotics. Globally, the format followed by Heath & Glow is a favourite shopping destination for millions as seen from the popularity of their international partner stores in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Indonesia and Taiwan.

Winter Haute

The city got a whiff of what is in store this winter with the launch of the Fall/Winter 2004 collection by designers Kavita Bhartia, Rohit Gandhi and Rahul Khanna of Cue and H2O and Ranna Gill, all at the store 7 BEST Marg, Colaba. Filmstar Mumtaz, designer Pallavi Jaikishan, models Upen Pael and Niketan Madhok were some of the guests on preview evening. Kavita Bhartia’s collection aims at simpler silhouettes with an asymmetrical treatment of the embroidery placement, textures and choice of fabrics with different textures and treatments that lend an extra element to an otherwise simple ensemble. Rohit Gandhi and Rahul Khanna focussed on an unconventional amalgamation of fabrics keeping in mind style, quality, wearability and finish with look that can be best described as retro chic. Ranna Gill’s collection lies at the crossroads of the Moroccan, Egyptian and Mediterranean worlds, a melting pot of different civilizations.