by Subhash K Jha

After bringing his home-town Delhi to its collective knees at a live rock concert last year, Saif Ali Khan is all set to encore his rock-stadia act in Mumbai.

And this time he'll make sure he has enough time to rehearse.

Saif is all keyed up about displaying his skills on the strings in front of a cheering dancing lusting live audience.

"Yeah, after the Delhi concerts I' m ready to do some more concerts in other cities, Mumbai included. I'll be playing some rock music on my guitar. Mainly tracks by the band AC/DC.

It should be good fun.I had a whale of a time performing with my parent band Parikrama in Delhi. Now I' m doing four more concerts."

The first of the four concerts were held in Bangalore on 18 Jan.

All the Saif-Parikrama concerts will be held in Jan and Feb 2008. " I'll rehearse in Alibaug. We'll play in Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and Bangalore.

My shootings won't be hampered because I'll be rehearsing over the weekends. This is something I want to do. It gives me great high to be on stage playing and singing."

In his Delhi concerts Saif had not only played the guitar but also sung.He may do so again. "I can't say I'm a great singer. But I can carry a note. I never in my wildest dream thought it'd be so much fun."

Saif is very clear about what he wants to do, and be, in his rock concerts. "None of that rock-star- in- scruffy- jeans, long -hair,dragging- his- guitar on- to- stage act for me...I think my performance will be more what I want to express than what a rock concert is supposed to be."

Saif is very pleased with his band Parikrama. "They're really good. I enjoyed being on stage with them in Delhi. There and then I decided to do another concert with Parkirama in Mumbai....

The best thing about the Delhi concert was the knowledgable audience. There were no star-gazers there, only rock fans who grooved to the beats. I'm sure the audience in Mumbai and other centers will have as rock gyan."