The Lucknow Central team visits Model Jail in Lucknow

The team of '

Lucknow Central

', comprising actors Farhan Akhtar, Ravi Kishan, Deepak Dobriyal, Rajesh Sharma, Diana Penty, Ronit Roy, Gippy Grewal, Inaamul Haq and director Ranjit Tiwari visited the

Aadarsh Kaaragaar

in

Mohanlalganj

, near Lucknow and met the inmates there on Friday afternoon.

(L-R) Rajesh Sharma, Inaamul Haq, Gippy Grewal, Anjuli Varma (standing), Diana Penty and Farhan Akhtar (BCCL)

An orchestra band of the inmates called

Healing Hearts

, dressed in bright orange attire, performed a few songs for their star guests, including Sonu Nigam's hit song 'Bijuria'.
The film’s team was welcomed at the jail by RN Pandey, superintendent of the Model Jail and PN Pandey, senior superintendent of the Lucknow District Jail.
The actors later interacted with the other inmates of the jail and also gave them autographs. '

The members of Healing Hearts Band formed by the inmates of the Model Jail in Lucknow performed for the team of Lucknow Central on Friday afternoon (BCCL)

Telling us more about the visit,

Anjuli Verma

, the deputy superintendent of the Model Jail, said, "It was a very nice experience for our inmates at the jail. It's not very often that people and that too film stars, come to meet them. The band members were very excited about performing for the stars and everyone loved the interaction with the actors. A few of our inmates also took the stars' autographs. It was a very nice of these actors to have come to the jail to meet these inmates. Our band members go out, sometimes even out of Lucknow, to perform, but today was special for them since they were performing for such esteemed guests."

(L-R) Deepak Dobriyal, Ronit Roy, Rajesh Sharma, Inaamul Haq, Ranjit Tiwari, Gippy Grewal, Farhan Akhtar, RN Pandey, Diana Penty, Ravi Kishan and Anjuli Verma at the Aadarsh Kaaragaar in Lucknow with the band members

Diana Pentry and Farhan Akhtar look on as RN Pandey explains something to Ravi Kishan (BCCL)

Talking about his experience of spending time with the jail inmates Ravi Kishan said, "We had a great time there. Since the story of our film is also based on an orchestra formed by the inmates, it was even more special meeting them.They were all so happy to have us there and we reciprocated their feelings fully."