We enter a new gastropub in Juhu and are immediately put off by the loud and incongruent Bollywood music. It looks like the kind of place someone like Raj Kamal (played by Jackie Shroff in the '90s blockbuster Rangeela) would take his bae to. We waste no time and decide to head to Hoot, another new bar not far from where we are.

When we enter we realise this is exactly where A Bar Called Life used to be a while ago. The space is divided into two halves — a quieter, dimly-lit zone closer to the entrance with teak-coloured floors and plush chairs; and a large open floor with a mezzanine level sporting a neo-vintage look. Mason jars glistening with fairy lights and chalk white dummy cages hang from replica trees. This is no place for Raj Kamal. This is where Sid would hang out before he woke up.