| Actor Saif Ali Khan is pleased as punch with his performance at a rock concert in New Delhi a fortnight ago and is planning another show with the band 'Parikrama.' |
| "It was an awesome experience," Saif says but regrets his two children were not there to watch him perform with Parikrama last month. Saif also sang at the concert. He says: "I can't say I am a great singer but I manage. I hope I didn't make a fool of myself. I didn't think I did. I never in my wildest dreams thought it'd be so much fun. "It was an awesome experience. I played the guitar on stage for a good 45 minutes. None of that rock-star-in-scruffy-jeans, long hair, dragging his-guitar on-to-stage act for me," Saif told IANS. "I think my performance was more what I wanted to express than what a rock concert is supposed to be. Would you believe, I finally sang two songs on stage. |
"One was 'Roadhouse blues' by the Doors, the other was 'Johnny B. Goode' by Chuck Berry. I played 'Highway To Hell' and 'Whole Lot Of Rosie' by AC/DC and a rhythm-and-blues track by Parikrama. Yeah, I think I did well for myself."
Saif is also very pleased with Parikrama.
"They're really good. I enjoyed being on stage with them so much that I have decided to do another concert with Parkirama in Mumbai.
"The best thing about the Delhi concert was the knowledgeable audience. There were no star-gazers there, only rock fans who grooved to the beats."
Saif will also be pitching for a project called Live Aid for AIDS victims. "Why not? Doing things where your celebrity helps raise funds for the needy is a great feeling. It's not about feeling superior. It's about feeling useful.
"We don't always get a chance to do the kind of work that offers us a chance to go beyond simple entertainment. If I can entertain and serve a purpose, that's fantastic."
Just after his live performance in Delhi, he shot off to Goa to shoot for a potato-chips advertisement. Saif also has three films lined up for shooting in 2006.
"In January I go into Vishal Bhardwaj's 'Othello'. Then there's Sidhartha Anand's (of 'Salaam Namaste' fame) film.
"Finally, I have said yes to Abbas-Mastan's new thriller where Fardeen will play my brother. It's a crackling whodunit... quite the two directors' forte. I have never worked with Abbas-Mastan and I am looking forward to it."
Saif's next release is Vidhu Vinod Chopra's "Eklavya".
"In fact Vinod has brought out an awesome coffee-table book on the film. When I went visiting Mr Bachchan (Amitabh Bachchan) at the hospital we all went through the book...it's a work of art."
Saif's none too pleased with a section of the press commenting on girlfriend Rosa's clothes at the hospital. "She was dressed in a T-shirt when we visited Mr Bachchan. What's wrong with that?" he asks.
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