200 ordinary Mumbai residents between the age of 4 to 60 came together one busy Sunday evening on 27th November 2011 for enjoying the dancing. The great CST railway station played the song 'Rang De Basanti' on their heavy speakers while stunned train travellers rush to see the mob.
times of india reported this as : Two hundred dancing people took travelers at Mumbai's histric CST railway station by surprise on Sunday 27th November 2011, when they broke into dance accompanied by the title track from Bollywood hit 'Rang de Basanti'.
The Mumbai Flash Mob, as it was dubbed, threatened to become a viral scenario in India by Tuesday on 29th November 2011 again, as videos of the dance floated through the social networking sites to the world, were posted on Facebook and liked on YouTube.
While the videography looks excellent, the drama was planned and directed well.
Getting over 200 men and women to take part in a choreographed dancing in the middle of Mumbai's crowded central railway station required a one full month of strategic planning, including meeting too various different sections authorities at the station for security certificate. Mr. Atul Rane, who is a senior divisional operations manager at Indian Railways, helped to coordinate with other sections to organize the instruments, lighting, and camera placements.