Recently, social media users have gained attention for filming video reels inside Delhi Metro trains. Some influencers have been spotted attaching their mobile phones to the windows of moving trains to record their content. This trend has sparked discussions online about the use of public transportation for social media production.
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has now issued a warning against such activities.
The corporation said it has taken note of content creators filming videos by sticking their mobile phones to Metro train windows and added that necessary action would be taken against anyone found doing so.
“The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has noticed that some social media content creators are pasting their mobile phones on the Metro train windows and shooting videos with the moving train.This act can cause inconvenience or even injury to other passengers and can damage the mobile phone devices of the users. Instead, a person sitting inside the train films the protagonist to make it seem like he is running after his phone. Nikhil Kochar caught the internet’s attention by taking part in the viral trend where people stick their phones onto moving trains to film a funny dance video.
DMRC authorities are viewing this with all seriousness and if any content creator is caught indulging in such a shoot, necessary action shall be taken.Therefore, the content creators are hereby directed to not shoot such videos within the Delhi Metro premises,” DMRC’s statement on Instagram read. Recently, a Delhi influencer’s video of sticking his phone on a moving metro has brought him viral fame with 135 million Instagram views.
The recent trend involves people attaching or sticking a phone to the outside of a train, dancing in front of it, and then doing the exaggerated “running after the train” bit as it pulls away.
In most cases, the phone is actually detached safely before the train starts moving.
