42 companies, 1 Delhi address: Can Luthra empire survive its own fire?

GOA/NEW DELHI: It began a decade ago in a quiet corner of Delhi’s Hudson Lane. A small, casual café called 'Mama’s Buoi' drew college students seeking cheap bites and music. It was unassuming, but for brothers Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra, it was the first step into a world they would soon dominate. They were engineers by training—Saurabh, the self-styled “gold medallist,” bold and flamboyant; Gaurav, precise, methodical, the quiet architect behind the accounts. Together, they would build a brand that lit up India’s nightlife. The turning point came with Romeo Lane. A modest success in Delhi’s Civil Lines, it became something else entirely when the brothers opened in Goa’s Vagator after the post-Covid tourism boom. Cliffs kissed by the Arabian Sea, fire performers leaping