An investigative report by Tehelka SIT tells an insider’s account of the Bollywood drug parties and also reveals how easy it is to get drugs on the streets of Kolkata
“Once upon a time I used to take Cocaine for 12 hours continuously. Starting at 9 in the evening and finishing next day morning same time. It gave me energy. Why some Bollywood stars are taking cocaine? Just to get energy! Shooting for films in three shifts in a row, not going home and not taking rest exhaust them. So to get fresh energy they require cocaine. The same reason drew me to the drug too. No one working with me was willing to go home. They all used to sit around me and take the drug, so how could I stop myself from taking it. So I also got sucked into it for the sake of energy. We used to spend lakhs of rupees in one night on cocaine”. This is what a renowned Bollywood dance choreographer, a musician-turned-DJ, on the condition of not mentioning his name in the story revealed to Tehelka.
This DJ who claimed to have performed for Amitabh Bachchan in his suite in Singapore, and at the homes of Shahrukh Khan and Salman Khan in Mumbai is an Indian film singer/music director, who has worked predominantly in Bollywood. This musician has mainly composed popular music, and his three remix albums have been big hits. Considered to be one of the pioneers of DJ music in India, he is also famous for being privy to the inside stories of drug parties of some Bollywood stars. It can be safely said that he is an eyewitness to most of the Bollywood drug parties. Posing as a film maker who wants to make a film on ‘Bollywood and drugs’ subject, Tehelka reporter met this music composer in Mumbai’s five star hotel. The DJ candidly confessed to Tehelka that he himself was taking cocaine at one time.
DJ… “I used to do it once upon a time”.
Reporter…. “Aap kaun si lete they pehley” ?
DJ…. “Cocaine”.
Reporter….. “Cocaine lete they aap” ?
DJ…. “Ab koi choice hi nahin raha. Ab sab le rahe hain yahan baithkar ab kya karun?. There was a time when I used to drink also. But I do not drink now”.
[The DJ said that as he was left with no choice so he started taking cocaine. When everybody around him were taking cocaine, what alone he would do while sitting among them, he expleined]
