Nagaland Police's drill video with Bollywood touch goes viral

Morung Express News 
Dimapur | July 11

A hit song from 1970 Bollywood film “Humjoli” sung by Asha Bhonsle and Mohd Rafi, has found a new lease of life in an unfamiliar territory as well as setting; courtesy of a delightful ‘drill’ by Nagaland Police, that went viral on July 11.  

The song composed by Laxmikant-Pyarelal and lyrics penned by Anand Bakshi was picturised on Jeetendra and Leena Chandavarkar.

While the video of the Nagaland Police was shared on WhatsApp, it got more buzz after the video was shared by Indian ‘army veteran’ Major Gaurav Arya on Twitter who wrote, “Cannot verify video but I am told this is Nagaland Police...”

For locals, it was apparent that they were from the state as the start of the video is in Nagamese, the lingua franca of the state. However, it was the Minister of State (Independent Charge) Youth Affairs & Sports and Minister of State for Minority Affairs, Kiren Rijjiu, who  confirmed the same by sharing the video on Twitter informing, “They are from Nagaland Police.”  

The Chief Minister of Nagaland, Neiphu Rio also retweeted Rijjiu’s video on his official account.  

The Times of India online while sharing the video on its various social media platforms commented that, “Bollywood seems to be a pervasive force as a video shared on social media shows the Nagaland police force practising drills to the tune of old Hindi song ‘Dhal Gaya Din’. The recruits march perfectly in sync with the song, even singing along to the beats.”  

The choice of particular song is curious and seems to be out of sync with the activity they are doing as the loose translation of the lyrics goes, 'The day has ended and the evening is here. Let me go as I have to go. The day has ended and the evening is here. Let me go as I have to go.’

However, it does not matter much as the police personnel marched perfectly as their move syncing seamlessly with the song. 

At one point, when the instructor peppered the lyrics a bit and asked, ‘What would you do after leaving, turn back.’ 

‘One, Two, Three, Four...’ replied the recruits as they reverse the march in perfect synchronisation.

Some social media users considered the video as a wonderful antidote to brighten up the mood in India, as many were cheerless after India lost the Cricket World Cup Semi-final match to New Zealand on July 10. The location and the unit of the police could not be ascertained till the filing of this report