India, March 22 -- Orange alert, said the weather folks. Purple rain it was, Ajinkya Ranahe creating the perfect storm. Before that, the Eden was transformed into a ministry of sound.

The IPL opening ceremony in Kolkata has had Pitbull's staccato energising Salt Lake stadium so much that people were bouncing in the seats and aisles. Twelve years later, it was Karan Aujla, the rapper from Canada, who was getting Eden into the groove. If it was Deepika Padukone and Katrina Kaif asking what her name was before giving it away then, it was Disha Patani's hips that didn't lie at Eden on Saturday. Before Patani and Aujla, there was a medley from Shreya Ghosal that was a bit like the innings from Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), it promised much but...