National Film Award-winning director Prakash Jha on Saturday announced that he has produced the song Ek Muthi Asman to spread awareness about the National Legal Services Authority (Nalsa).
“When I took up this and started shooting for it, the idea was to create a song for awareness. It was to tell people who have lost faith that you can get justice,” Jha said.
The song, created by Prakash Jha Productions, has been shot in more than 20 states across India, including Kashmir, Sikkim, Rajasthan, Kerala, Gujarat, Karnataka, West Bengal and Jharkhand. The song will release on October 7.
Jha credits the Chief Justice of India T.S. Thakur for coming up with the idea for the song.
“I didn’t know that such a provision exists where a poor or underprivileged person can approach not only the taluka [an administrative division of a city], but district taluka, High Court and Supreme Court,” Jha said.
With lyrics by Manoj Muntashir and music by Salim-Sulaiman, the song is for the people in the heartland of India — the working class, the women, the children and labourers, read a statement.
Sung by Sonu Nigam, the song’s video will be followed by 15 real-life short stories and a 30-minute documentary, showing how Nalsa has played a role in providing justice to impoverished sections of society. It will be launched on November 9.
Nalsa has been constituted under the Legal Services Authorities Act in 1987 to provide free legal services.
Jha, the director of Jai Gangaajal, added that the song will make its way to theatres across India after its release, and will go live on the internet.
