May 7, 2015

2015: Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan releasing first ever musical video with inmates as singers & performers: Tinka Tinka Tihar

Location: Parliament House, Delhi 
Year: 2015

“Tinka Tinka Tihar”, – a the musical video song that was born amidst the gray, lifeless imprisonments of inmates who were ignited with creativity and the spark of hope – was produced by Lok Sabha TV, and released in the Parliament House Chamber by Sumitra Mahajan, Hon’ble speaker, Lok Sabha in May 2015. 

The musical video found its way to be shot inside jail number 2 of Tihar, conceptualised, scripted and directed by Vartika Nanda, a prison reformer and journalist. The video song broke records of being first ever of its kind to have been shot in a prison - and that too, in the largest prison in South Asia. A song that resonated with many hearts and souls. A song that was called “Tinka Tinka Tihar”.