Family turns Lucknow train coach into 'reel studio', passenger calls helpline

Manmohan Verma, who was travelling from Bilaspur to Lucknow, shared a video from inside the train that showed members of the family dancing and filming reels inside the coach.

A man travelling on the Garib Rath Express had a terrible experience during his journey when a family turned the coach into a loud “reel studio”, that ultimately led him to call the railway helpline to restore order.

Manmohan Verma, who was travelling from Bilaspur to Lucknow, shared a video from inside the train that showed members of the family dancing and filming reels inside the coach. In the clip, one man was seen placing a railway bedsheet over his head as he danced with others.

Describing the incident, Verma said the journey descended into chaos as the passengers played loud music, shouted and recorded videos. He wrote that “what should have been a peaceful journey turned into a live reality show,” adding that the family treated the coach like “their personal studio – loud music, shouting, making reels, constant chaos – completely ignoring that dozens of other passengers were just trying to travel in peace.”

After hours of disturbance, Verma eventually called the railway helpline for help. Officials responded swiftly and brought the situation under control.

Verma, thus, questioned the lack of civic sense among some passengers, saying that a train coach is a shared space and not “a private living room or a reel-making set.”

“Basic courtesy isn’t complicated: keep the noise down, respect fellow passengers, and remember that comfort belongs to everyone, not just the loudest group. Travel is beautiful when people cooperate. Unfortunately, today was a reminder that civic sense is still the most underbooked passenger on many trains,” he concluded in his post.