Till a few years ago, it was impossible to string a sentence with the words Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC), shopping and art. All that there was were tall, swanky office buildings. But now, the space has reinvented itself. We wander past the Jio World Drive in BKC, where we see large scale art installations spread across the floors, restaurants such as Cou Cou, Someplace Else and The Nutcracker, and high-end brands such as Calvin Klein, Emporio Armani, Kama Ayurveda, Onitsuka Tiger, Muji and more.
Just over a decade ago, BKC was not seen as anything more than a business hub. There was the occasional visit to Yauatcha, the Chinese dim sum teahouse for its delectable truffle edamame dumplings or to Sofitel Mumbai for its five-star setting. Today, it is possible to spend an entire day here — one can catch up on a dose of art and culture at the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre, shop for high-end clothing, accessories and beauty brands at Jio World Drive and watch a movie at its rooftop drive-in theatre, drop by for a cup of coffee at the country’s first Pret-E-Manger (UK-based coffee and sandwich chain) and wind up with dinner and drinks at any of the numerous upscale bars and restaurants that have cropped up with in the premises, which is spread over 370 hectares..
