Samar of Discontent: Party Animals

For the majority of the populace, caught up in the daily drudge of earning an honest living, partying is a luxury. However, for a certain charmed circle, revelry seems to be a full-time vocation and these hedonists are often found cavorting at varied venues across Indian cities. Here are some of the party animals one might encounter at a darkened watering hole or, indeed, on page three.

F3 (Fully Faltoo Filmi)

Several Bollywood actors and actresses are at a loose end after discovering they have lost their on-screen lustre. Craving attention, they become permanent fixtures on the party circuit and land up at every event they are invited to, even, as a young director cattily observed, to the opening of an envelope.

RSVP (Reality Show Veterans and Professionals)

This gaggle of unabashed C-listers earns their livelihood by acting outrageously in front of the media to garner publicity. They slap each other at parties, threaten to strip in public if India wins a cricket match and shamelessly debase themselves so that they receive offers to appear on reality shows. As the nation sniggers at their theatrics, these performing monkeys go laughing all the way to the bank, earning a fat fee for their exhibitionism.

SPCA (Socialites Promoting Causes Always)

Some members of the glitterati have become notorious for championing every cause and charity imaginable. Inspired by the media attention that social activists are grabbing, these bleeding hearts have become socialite activists.

PGC (Professional Gate Crashers)

There are not just wannabes, who try sneaking into parties, but few well-heeled Mumbaikars too feel it their birthright to attend high-profile events without an invite. Convinced that they are welcome everywhere they habitually saunter in and air-kiss the organisers, who know they are pesky guests not on their list.

CSI Mumbai (Cheating Spouses Inc.)

Husbands and wives who cheat on each other are a source of great entertainment to the hoi polloi who have a hard time keeping track of which promiscuous socialite is sleeping with whom. Adulterous spouses sometimes arrive at the same event as a cuckolded partner or an ex, leading to red faces, hasty exits and occasionally a public showdown. A brazen, two-timing ménage a trois has succeeded in making many an evening in Mumbai an affair to remember.

B3A (Badey Baap ki Bigdi Aulaad)

The metropolises of India are peppered with the impudent progeny of wealthy parents. Mumbai is not without its share of spoilt brats who shovel coke with a silver spoon and behave obnoxiously. Such types must be immediately administered one tight slap and sent home without supper.

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Source:: Indian Express