Viral Video: Telangana Cop Trains Recruits to the Tunes of Mohammed Rafi’s ‘Dhal Gaya Din’

Mohammad Rafi, an ASI in Telangana can be seen singing 'Dhal Gaya Din' while conducting physical training for recruits of Telangana State Special Protection Force.

Hyderabad: Training for the uniform can be tough and challenging, however, an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) of police in Telangana mindful of the very fact, conducted a drill practice in the most innovative and fun way, the video of which has gone viral on social media.

Mohammad Rafi, an ASI in Telangana, made the tunes of his legendary namesake part of drill practice as he can be seen singing ‘Dhal Gaya Din’ while conducting physical training for recruits of Telangana State Special Protection Force.

The video was first shared by IPS officer Anil Kumar on his Twitter handle with the caption, ”Hats Off to this Drill Instructor.”

Hats Off to this Drill Instructor ..👍👍🙏 pic.twitter.com/Uzh5rD3Rmy

— Addl CP Traffic (@AddlCPTrHyd) June 14, 2020

The video was also shared by the IPS Association this morning, who said that Rafi adopted this unique training method to “bring recruits out of homesickness and physical duress”.

In a tweet, the Association wrote, ”ASI Md Rafi from Telangana State Special Protection Force has more in common with the legendary singer than just his name. ASI Rafi brings recruits out of homesickness & physical duress by singing songs while conducting physical drills.”

Training Tunes By Rafi

ASI Md Rafi from Telangana State Special Protection Force has more in common with the legendary singer than just his name.

ASI Rafi brings recruits out of homesickness & physical duress by singing songs while conducting physical drills.#HumansInKhaki pic.twitter.com/z9WfMCtDm6

— IPS Association (@IPS_Association) June 16, 2020

Twitterati was quite impressed with Rafi’s innovative drill practice and poured a lot of comments:

Hats off Sir You'r Simple Great.. Please Keep it Up

— Abhijit Dutta (@_abhijitdutta_) June 16, 2020

Brilliant Idea.. Very nice way to motivate. Hats off to the ASI Mohd. RAFI.. https://t.co/hquNAVTGKy

— Raghu Udupa (@raghuudupa) June 15, 2020

This is what training is all about. Make it easy to grasp…Mr Rafi is an example of a very good teacher/trainer.

— तमाशबीन (@ScribblerAbhi) June 16, 2020

Very nice. I liked the way although hilarious but of course one need to have some enjoyment while away from home.

— Kingshuk Mukherji (@KingshukMukhe13) June 16, 2020

Drill has to become a muscle memory but the practice is exhausting and Instructors like him make it easier to learn.

— MS🇮🇳 (@covertcamo) June 16, 2020

Talking to Deccan Chronicle about his methods, Rafi said, “I have noticed these shortcomings since 2007 when I began training new recruits, whose day starts at 4.30 am and goes on till 8 pm. My mechanism that also includes rendition of some patriotic numbers helps them get relief from monotony.”

The song was sung by playback singer Mohammed Rafi along with Asha Bhosle for the 1970 movie Humjoli which featured Jeetendra and Leena Chandavarkar.