hyderabad its set to be a cold new year for hyderabadis this time and its not for the dropping temperatures alone with speculations that the srikrishna committee report scheduled to be tabled on december 30 would stir up some trouble in the city pubs and hotels have shelved their starry night plans for revellers not just international celebrities even desi artists will be missing from the party scenes this year party organisers say they have instead settled for inhouse djs to keep the spirits of party animals highbe it taj banjara that had stars like pratichee mohapatra of viva fame playing for them last year or bottles and chimney where the crowd ushered in 2010 with dj nasha mumbai none of the popular partying destinations in the city have a starpacked invite this time around we have intentionally stayed away from having a grand do to avoid any untoward incident said some pub owners while a few others confessed that they failed to get dates from stars there was an attempt made to get international djs such as daniel portman and kelly to play at the new year bash but by the time people from the city contacted them they had been booked already said ravi reddy general manager extremz sports bar industry insiders however claim that the musicians turned down the offer for security reasonsthe prevailing political situation is no longer national news it has spread beyond the boundaries of india and artistes are scared to venture anywhere closer to hyderabad at such a time explained citybred dj murthy who has managed to sign on renowned dj joel adkins after much trouble murthy says that unlike in the past he has had to specify every minute security detail of the stars trip to the city to her local associatesit is to avoid such bandobasts that star hotels and pubs have shied away from bringing in any big names to town this new year eve in fact they have even slashed their budgets this time as they feel it does not make any business sense we do not want to invest too much money when we are not sure about our returns it is best to keep it low key said jai kant shroff general manager taj banjara predictably then country club after much propaganda about showering celebrities on hyderabadis this december 31st has on its final line up nothing more than forgotten starlet nisha kotharithe city will have to settle for small names there is no other choice admitted sanjeev mehta chief executive officer bc adding even if we try to get some stars now it wont be possible because they would have been taken by now according to mehta even the police support and extension of deadline to 1 am from the usual 12 am has failed to pep up pub managements this time well looks like hyderabadis really need to brace themselves up for a chilly yearend literally