MUMBAI: As the sun climbs to its zenith, an eye submit inside of Taloja Central Prison in Navi Mumbai is a beehive of activity. At the stroke of 12, Kishore Kumar’s seventies hit ‘Zindagi Ek Safar Hai Suhana’ starts enjoying from loudspeakers in every barrack. A deep voice informs listeners that the theme for the day is ‘zindagi (life)’. “We will have hit a rough patch in life nowadays but this isn’t permanent. Soon, there will probably be higher days,” says the speaker, philosophically.
That is radio jockey Sadiq of the Taloja Central Prison Radio or the TLCP run by means of inmates for fellow inmates—a primary in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.
“Music reaches the soul and acts as a tension buster for prisoners,” says prison superintendent Kaustubh Kurlekar. “We were toying with the idea of having inmates run a radio station, but needed technical assist. An NGO from Navi Mumbai stepped in with apparatus similar to mixers, laptops and a microphone. They also roped in a valid engineer to coach a crew of inmates.”
A 3-member crew comprising the radio jockey, a scriptwriter and a methods operator runs a one-hour show from 12 to one pm on a daily basis. “The content material is pre-recorded and must be screened by means of us before it may well go reside,” says a jail officer.
“The three inmates chosen to run the radio station are fast novices and training took not up to two weeks. There is a database of 70,000 previous Hindi film songs to make a choice from. A theme is chosen, similar to life, love, happiness, etc., and the author develops a script on it for the RJ,” says sound engineer Rajesh Anand, who was once hired by means of NGO Prison Ministry of India for the challenge.
Among the inspirations for the Taloja prison radio station was once the radio station at Pune’s Yerawada prison, where actor Sanjay Dutt served as RJ all the way through his incarceration in a case related to the 1993 Mumbai blasts.
The watch submit on the Taloja prison premises has been converted into a radio station. Watched by means of guards, the crew spends four hours an afternoon at this position to broaden content material for subsequent shows.
The prison in Kharghar properties 3,152 male inmates, most of them undertrials. “The most well liked part of the show is ‘aap ki farmaish’ (your requests). Inmates can choose film songs they need to pay attention to and drop chits soliciting for them in a box. For two days every week, songs asked by means of inmates are performed throughout the show,” says a jail officer. The identify of the inmate who has asked the song is also announced. Faces illuminate when their names are announced, he provides. Some of the inmates request ‘shayaris’ as a substitute of film songs.
The prison authorities sought after to be sure that every aspect of the radio station was once handled by means of inmates. The TLCP brand and banners for the radio station had been designed by means of an inmate, Pillai, who is very good with artwork. RJ Sadiq, an hands accused, has already made a name among inmates. A trial run for the show began from January 2 this 12 months and a complete release happened on January 15. “The crew thinks on its toes. On days when they're low on content material, they follow the beginning anniversary of a well-liked actor or singer of yesteryears and play songs in his reminiscence,” says an officer.
That is radio jockey Sadiq of the Taloja Central Prison Radio or the TLCP run by means of inmates for fellow inmates—a primary in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.
“Music reaches the soul and acts as a tension buster for prisoners,” says prison superintendent Kaustubh Kurlekar. “We were toying with the idea of having inmates run a radio station, but needed technical assist. An NGO from Navi Mumbai stepped in with apparatus similar to mixers, laptops and a microphone. They also roped in a valid engineer to coach a crew of inmates.”
A 3-member crew comprising the radio jockey, a scriptwriter and a methods operator runs a one-hour show from 12 to one pm on a daily basis. “The content material is pre-recorded and must be screened by means of us before it may well go reside,” says a jail officer.
“The three inmates chosen to run the radio station are fast novices and training took not up to two weeks. There is a database of 70,000 previous Hindi film songs to make a choice from. A theme is chosen, similar to life, love, happiness, etc., and the author develops a script on it for the RJ,” says sound engineer Rajesh Anand, who was once hired by means of NGO Prison Ministry of India for the challenge.
Among the inspirations for the Taloja prison radio station was once the radio station at Pune’s Yerawada prison, where actor Sanjay Dutt served as RJ all the way through his incarceration in a case related to the 1993 Mumbai blasts.
The watch submit on the Taloja prison premises has been converted into a radio station. Watched by means of guards, the crew spends four hours an afternoon at this position to broaden content material for subsequent shows.
The prison in Kharghar properties 3,152 male inmates, most of them undertrials. “The most well liked part of the show is ‘aap ki farmaish’ (your requests). Inmates can choose film songs they need to pay attention to and drop chits soliciting for them in a box. For two days every week, songs asked by means of inmates are performed throughout the show,” says a jail officer. The identify of the inmate who has asked the song is also announced. Faces illuminate when their names are announced, he provides. Some of the inmates request ‘shayaris’ as a substitute of film songs.
The prison authorities sought after to be sure that every aspect of the radio station was once handled by means of inmates. The TLCP brand and banners for the radio station had been designed by means of an inmate, Pillai, who is very good with artwork. RJ Sadiq, an hands accused, has already made a name among inmates. A trial run for the show began from January 2 this 12 months and a complete release happened on January 15. “The crew thinks on its toes. On days when they're low on content material, they follow the beginning anniversary of a well-liked actor or singer of yesteryears and play songs in his reminiscence,” says an officer.
Jailhouse rock rolls at Taloja prison
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Reviewed by Kailash
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February 10, 2019
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