We are adults. But to get married, we still have a year to go,” was how Sidhu summed up Cactus’ 20th birthday at The Basement, Hotel Samilton, recently.
We are adults. But to get married, we still have a year to go,” was how Sidhu summed up Cactus’ 20th birthday at The Basement, Hotel Samilton, recently. Obviously then, the tone for the evening was set — it was banter, laughter and some high-octane music. Once the members touched upon the journey that was, the band started off with some new numbers from their forthcoming album.
“We’ve incorporated three numbers from Neel Nirjane. That’s because the audio CDs are no longer available. So far, Cactus has always sung its own numbers. But for one of the songs in this album, Dulchhe, we’ve put to tune poet Binayak Bandopadhyay’s words. That’s a first for us,” said Sidhu. Then came the songs one after another. From new tracks like Blah blah, written on the promises that politicians make before elections, to classics like Mon, Tuchchho and Holud pakhi — the gig gave fans at the venue umpteen reasons to raise a toast. Show over, it was time to let their hair down and there too, the 20-year-olds made for a pretty sight!