Trend goes viral
The reel crossed 135 million views in two days and spawned a stream of imitations.
We have asked RPF officials and station staff to be cautious about such attempts and are also appealing to passengers to discourage anyone attempting such stunt,” said a Metro spokesperson. What looks like a clever camera trick online can become dangerous when people try to copy it for real and can create a bigger trouble for fellow commuters,” said Puja Sengupta, a regular commuter. Kolkata: A reel that appears to show a passenger casually leaving his phone stuck to a moving Metro window before running in the direction of the moving train with a popular tune playing in the background is now making its way into Kolkata’s social-media ecosystem, prompting Metro authorities to caution commuters against attempting the stunt. “We urge commuters not to treat Metro trains and platforms as a film set. The concern is not only the phone: someone running along a departing train could collide with another commuter, lose balance or create a dangerous situation near the platform edge. The craze exploded nationally after Delhi-based influencer Nikhil Kochar posted a reel on the Delhi Metro’s Yellow Line. Grooving to the tune of ‘Manma Emotion Jaage’ from ‘Dilwale’, the video showed Kochar dancing on the platform before appearing to stick his phone to the train and run after it as it departed. But the apparent stunt is largely an illusion. There is no reliable evidence that Kochar’s phone remained attached to the moving train throughout the sequence. Viewers spotted reflections and differences in image quality and concluded that the final footage was shot from inside the coach and edited with the platform sequence. In the format being copied, the creators across the country have started to pose beside the train while a separate camera records from inside, creating the impression that the phone stuck to the window is filming the entire sequence. Regular commuters echoed the concern, saying a few seconds of viral footage was not worth creating a risk for others. “These days people shoot reels and videos at public places without the consent of other passengers often creating disturbance for them.