Sunday, March 13, 2011

The gatekeepers of Indian indie music

Vijay Nair/Vishal Dadlani

When a drunken fan shouted out a request for ?Sheila Ki Jawaaaani? at Pune?s indie music fest, Pentagram's frontman, sweaty, growling, beefy Vishal Dadlani, called him up on stage -- and then just shoved him back into the audience.

Moral of the story? Don?t mess with the uncrowned king of indie rock.

The Pentagram boys were performing for the second time at Pune's new indie music festival, Bacardi NH7 Weekender, which Dadlani part instigated.

Much of India is more familiar with the non-growling, non-beefy, non-stomping side of the Pentagram singer -- that is Vishal of Vishal--Shekhar, leading Bollywood music directors.

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Source: http://www.cnngo.com/mumbai/life/gatekeepers-indian-indie-music-876918

Sienna Guillory Rachel Blanchard Rebecca Mader Lorri Bagley Bijou Phillips

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