Bollywood music composer Anu Malik is being brutally trolled on social media after Israel won its first gold medal at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics on Sunday.
During the felicitation ceremony, when Israeli gymanst Artem Dolgopyat was presented his medal, the country’s national anthem, Hatikvah was played, and Twitter users in India realised that the anthem sounded similar to the song ‘Mera Mulk Mera Desh’ from 1996’s film Diljale featuring Ajay Devgn, Amrish Puri, Sonali Bendre.
Watch the video from Tokyo Olympics 2020:
#AnuMalik actually copied the Israeli National Anthem for Mera Mulk Mera Desh Song from #Diljale (1996) ??? pic.twitter.com/u3rGHlBNDF
— maadalaadlahere (@maadalaadlahere) August 2, 2021
‘Mera Mulk Mera Desh’ – the patriotic song was released in 1996 and was composed by Anu Malik. The song was crooned by Kumar Sanu and Aditya Narayan.
Watch the song from Diljale here:
Many netizens slammed Anu Malik for ‘copying’, ‘stealing’ from another country’s national anthem and poked fun at him.
One user wrote: “So Anu Malik didn’t spare even Israeli national anthem while copying tune for Diljale’s Mera Mulk Mera Desh in 1996 Thanks to the internet we now know this”.
Another said: “No it is not just you. 100% true. I can’t get over it. Anu Malik actually copied the Israeli national anthem for one of his songs! Utha le re baba WDTT”.
Check out some of the tweets:
1.
Anu Malik is time traveler.
He was borne in 1870, first sang ‘Hatikvah’ in 1887 which was later adopted by Israel as national anthem in 1948.
Below first is pic of Anu Malik dated somewhere between 1870-1940 and second dated 2020. https://t.co/ulY0nPFmz6 pic.twitter.com/VsGEuTa0pQ— The Brain Doctor (@DNeurosx) August 1, 2021
2.
It took 25 years and Olympic gold 🥇 to realise That Anu Malik copy "Mera Mulk Mera Desh"😅😅😅😅😅😅 https://t.co/Nrgd3uokSM
— ₭₳฿łⱤ ₱₳₮ɆⱠ (@kabeerbackup) August 1, 2021
3.
Indians to #AnuMalik after hearing #ISR national anthem pic.twitter.com/PmDHbZCE3M
— Laluwitharana #Tokyo2020 (@laluwitharana) August 1, 2021
4.
There are total 193 countries in the world.
So Anu Malik still has chance to make another 192 songs!#AnuMalik
— Biduuu! (@Jackiebidu) August 2, 2021
5.
Even Wikipedia knows this 😂#AnuMalik pic.twitter.com/V6Oed63x1v
— Puneet Narang (@DearPunit) August 1, 2021
6.
Anu Malik had confidence Israel will never win a gold and his robbery will remain hidden 😭 https://t.co/PJQClHAJHx
— Straight Cut (@StraightCut_) August 1, 2021
7.
Hence proved: Anu Malik saab was at 1996 summer olympics pic.twitter.com/IvQlABqQM4
— Vigilante (@vigil_nte) August 1, 2021
This is not the first time Anu Malik has been called out for plagiarism. He has been in the news on several occasions for blatantly copying famous songs from other countries.
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