Over cups of black tea, I felt that the issue had to addressed, had to be remembered, and the best way to do it was in the form of a book," the writer recalled.įaleiro perceives this "whole idea of morality associated with bar dancers as nebulous". I followed her for many months - then the ban happened. When I told her that I wanted to write about her in some capacity, she agreed to introduce me to the world of dance - family and boyfriend Purushottam Sethi, a married man.
"She trusted me implicitly because I was not judgmental. Leela did not harbour any resentment or bitterness about her vocation, Faleiro said. I was struck by her sophisticated intellect," Faleiro said. She was different from the rest - with a powerful personality and beauty in whose presence other women did not feel diminished. He managed to procure three bar dancers with difficulty because they do not talk to the media. "I watched a television report about dance bars and called a bar owner in south Mumbai - an old source. "The idea for the book was sown in 1995," the writer said. The ban was implemented across the state starting August 2005 forcing thousands of bar dancers out of jobs.įaleiro's book is a journey into the forbidden world of Mumbai dance bars led by the protagonist Leela, a bar dancer, who stands her ground against the administration and wins. On July 22, 2005, the Maharashtra state assembly adopted a bill banning dance bars across the state. The girls just stand like ice candy," she said. "Customers come to the bars and alcohol flows. Faleiro, a former journalist, said the situation is both ridiculous and tragic at the existing dance bars in Mumbai now. Her first book was a work of fiction called "The Girl". Her second book, "Beautiful Thing: Inside the Secret World of Bombay's Dance Bars", was released this week. They are attached to brothels or they offer their services at private parties in Mumbai, Madh Island and Uttar Pradesh," she said.
"A lot of them work on their own as sex workers independent of pimps. "Unlike the protagonist of my book, Leela, who stayed on to fight the ban, most Mumbai bar dancers have either left for home or been informally absorbed into professions like circuses and 'tamasha' (traditional Indian street performing arts) that they had left behind," Faleiro told IANS in an interview.
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