Tuesday 23 October 2012

Shifting Dunes

Holy last minute miracles, Batman!

They're changing the venue.

They've got less than a month in hand. They've got everything set up for work to begin on ground. Architectural layouts have been prepared for the entire festival so there'd be no confusion when production starts. They've been marking out plots on the site already.

When Grand Meister suggested they should take a look at this other site, that's all it was. Just a look. Batman had been to this site last year anyway when he was scouting for locations. It was surrounded by farm-lands then.

So we jumped in for a short ride to the dunes. We got back only today.

No question about it. They're changing the venue.

So much of the layout will have to be redesigned. Plans will need to get pimped and polished, estimates broken down and rebuilt.

"And some of it will have to be done on the fly," says Kaptaan.

They have barely three weeks to go.

Not a frown an any face, though. Gajender Singh is beaming. He will have to shift the entire campsite village a few kilometers to the east if they do this. Away from his current setup where he has electricity and plumbing already figured out.

But they're going to make it happen.

"Hona hai toh hona hai. Karna hai toh karna hai," says Sheriff. "Khalaas!"

Why? Because this is an offer you can't refuse.

Because the new venue looks like this.


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