Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Tuesday, Dec 30, 2003
Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Tuesday, Dec 30, 2003 |
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Industry & Economy
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Hotels Variety - Entertainment & Leisure Cabarets no longer `decadent' for Bengal Badal Sanyal
Kolkata , Dec. 29 THE Left Front Government in West Bengal and its people in the city are no longer shy to lap up the "human body" in the form of cabaret shows, although the same shows were banned by the same Government in the mid-70s considering it a part of "decadent" culture. The mindset of the Government seems to have changed with constant lobbying by captains of local hotel, bar and restaurant owners. Encouraged by the Government's support, almost all hotels and bars in the city have arranged different types of entertainment shows, including cabaret this winter, to attract new clients. The arrangements for the New Year's Eve will be crucial for local and bar owners to chart out future events for the local hotel industry which was once renowned for food-cum-music and cabaret shows. A spokesman of the Federation of Hotel & Restaurant Associations of India here said, "This is a trial year for local hotels and restaurants of bring back the city's lost glory." In spite of local talents, the star category hotels, this time, have brought dancers from abroad. If the trial is successful, more foreign dancers may come next year, and in the process, live music and cabaret dancing will regain their position in the local entertainment industry, he felt. It is reported that the Kolkata police have so far received more than 50 applications from hotels and restaurants for permission to hold cabaret shows between December 24 and 31, against 27 applications during the same period last year. Although dress code has been imposed by the police authority for cabaret dancers, the same authority confessed that it was difficult for them to do moral policing during these days of festivity.
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