A few years ago, by his own admission, Rishabh Seen found himself to be a "second-class citizen". The sitar player was studying in a Delhi college. And as a fourth-generation musician, his world had been engulfed by Indian classical till then. In college, though, he made friends with fellow students who introduced him to rock and fusion music.

Some of them even enlisted his services in different bands they played in. But Seen realised that he'd inevitably be relegated to the back on stage, sitting alone in a corner with his sitar on his lap. His instrument wasn't getting its due credit, he felt. So, he decided to take matters into his own hands. How? By covering heavy metal classics, a genre he had recently taken to. People sat up and noticed. Seen realised that he was on to something. So he thought, "Why not form a full-fledged band that's fronted by a sitar player?" And that's why he put together the three-member outfit that will play a gig this weekend, giving it the simple title of Sitar Metal.