Israel gymnast Artem Dolgopyat today won the country’s second ever gold medal at the Olympics in Tokyo. The video of Israel’s national anthem being played in the background as he got his medal went viral on social media.
https://twitter.com/AviMayer/status/1421764981293518849?ref_src=twsrc%5EtfwExcept, Indians, who were also glued on to their television and mobile screens cheering for India were in for a surprise. As soon as the video went viral, many netizens had an ‘oh’ moment as they realised that the Israeli national anthem has a very familiar tune.
https://twitter.com/AvnishR30/status/1421873120768512000?ref_src=twsrc%5EtfwTurns out, the tune was used by Annu Malik for the 1996 film Diljale starring Ajay Devgn and Sonali Bendre.
The 90s kids on social media had a flurry of emotions as the realisation dawned upon them that a music composer perhaps drew an inspiration for a patriotic song from national anthem of another country.
https://twitter.com/sarav_saini/status/1421877355291754496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/Shivmishra_27/status/1421876697733877764?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Sigh, no, not just you. https://twitter.com/Sharanyashettyy/status/1421836588443586562?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/alisha_sai9/status/1421868541033160704?ref_src=twsrc%5EtfwAs one can see, we Indians were quite proud.