{"id":1061280,"date":"2022-04-18T10:45:09","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T10:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/04\/18\/joyous-sunday-streets-mumbai-police-band-performs-on-empty-city-roads-entertains-residents\/"},"modified":"2022-04-18T10:45:09","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T10:45:09","slug":"joyous-sunday-streets-mumbai-police-band-performs-on-empty-city-roads-entertains-residents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/04\/18\/joyous-sunday-streets-mumbai-police-band-performs-on-empty-city-roads-entertains-residents\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Joyous Sunday Streets\u2019: Mumbai Police band performs on empty city roads, entertains residents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>Mumbai Police took to Twitter to share an edited clip showing glimpses of its \u2018Sunday Streets\u2019 initiative. The clip shows cops getting out of the police van, armed with musical instruments. With \u2018<em>Bella Ciao<\/em>\u2018, an Italian resistance song, as the background score, the clip shows Khaki Studio\u2019s performance as people around them can be seen practising yoga and jogging, while children played in the streets which were without any traffic.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cA melodious #MusicalMonday tribute to the joyous #SundayStreets by #KhakiStudio,\u201d read the caption of the tweet.<\/p>\n<p>The Twitter handle also shared clips showing an elderly man playing music. Another clip shows two youths grooving on the beach. <strong>Khaki Studio\u2019s performance<\/strong> is also featured in a video shared by the law enforcement agency\u2019s Twitter handle.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the video here:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A melodious <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MusicalMonday?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#MusicalMonday<\/a> tribute to the joyous <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SundayStreets?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#SundayStreets<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KhakiStudio?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#KhakiStudio<\/a><\/p>\n<p>VC \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SankheVipin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@SankheVipin<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GToKtAwaY8\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/GToKtAwaY8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mumbai Police (@MumbaiPolice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MumbaiPolice\/status\/1515918852747833344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SundayStreets?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#SundayStreets<\/a> is an open streets program initiated by the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MumbaiPolice?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@MumbaiPolice<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sanjayp_1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@sanjayp_1<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Sundaystreets?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#Sundaystreets<\/a> specialized<br \/>With <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MumbaiPolice?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@MumbaiPolice<\/a><br \/>get <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Mickeymized?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#Mickeymized<\/a>!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CycleChalaCityB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@CycleChalaCityB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cycfiroza?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@cycfiroza<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EqualStreets?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@EqualStreets<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndheriLOCA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@AndheriLOCA<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TacticalMumbai?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@TacticalMumbai<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/savesoil?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@savesoil<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SadhguruJV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@SadhguruJV<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bssfoundation_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@bssfoundation_<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SaveSoil?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#SaveSoil<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hdh4UhldnJ\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/hdh4UhldnJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dr. Mickey Mehta (@Mickeymehta) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mickeymehta\/status\/1515577958303510536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">La la la la! We love how you fill the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SundayStrests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#SundayStrests<\/a> with melody! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SundayFunday?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#SundayFunday<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nNANI790Y2\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/nNANI790Y2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mumbai Police (@MumbaiPolice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MumbaiPolice\/status\/1515702643079135233?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We \u2018sea\u2019 you grooving, we loving! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SundayStreets?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#SundayStreets<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9MTTpHfPdf\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/9MTTpHfPdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mumbai Police (@MumbaiPolice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MumbaiPolice\/status\/1515697637718368264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>See reactions:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Love the name <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/khakistudio?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#khakistudio<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 vrinda walavalkar (@Vrinda_W) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Vrinda_W\/status\/1515919559638896644?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Wow! Only in mumbai!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Monika kaul (@KaulMkaul) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KaulMkaul\/status\/1515920908270985216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u2018Sunday Streets\u2019 is an initiative by Mumbai Police Commissioner Sanjay Pandey to allow the public to enjoy recreational activities such as yoga, skating, cycling and other sports on the roads. Since March 27, some of the roads in Mumbai have been completely or partially shut for vehicular traffic for four hours every Sunday morning between 6 am and 10 am.<\/p>\n<p>The Khaki Studio, Mumbai Police\u2019s band has grabbed attention online with their performances. From <strong>Kishore Kumar\u2019s \u2018<em>Mere Sapno Ki Rani<\/em> \u2018<\/strong> to patriotic songs like <em>\u2018Aye Watan Tere Liye\u2019<\/em> or <strong><em>Srivalli from Pushpa: The Rise<\/em><\/strong>, the band\u2019s performances have struck a chord among netizens.<\/p>\n<p>The band, named after Coke Studio, gained popularity first in August 2021 with their rendition of theme music for the James Bond films, honouring Monty Norman, a prominent English singer-composer.<\/p>\n<p>The beginning of the Bombay Police Band dates back to 1936 during the British rule. After years, Khaki Studio emerged as the subset of this band.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\nif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\nn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '444470064056909');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mumbai Police took to Twitter to share an edited clip showing glimpses of its \u2018Sunday Streets\u2019 initiative. The clip shows cops getting out of the police van, armed with musical instruments. With \u2018Bella Ciao\u2018, an Italian resistance song, as the background score, the clip shows Khaki Studio\u2019s performance as people around them can be seen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1061281,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7814],"tags":[3860,1761,4167,8048,8049,8050,3277,1650,406,3495,8051,5155],"class_list":["post-1061280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-social-media","tag-band","tag-city","tag-empty","tag-entertains","tag-joyous","tag-mumbai","tag-performs","tag-police","tag-residents","tag-roads","tag-streets","tag-sunday"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1061280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1061280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1061280\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1061280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1061280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1061280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}