New Delhi:
Singer-composer Anu Malik is being called out on Twitter for plagiarising Israel’s national anthem titled Hatikvah for his song Mera Mulk Mera Desh from Ajay Devgn’s 1996 film Diljale. The 60-year-old music director is being trolled on Twitter for “copying” the exact same tune of Israel’s national anthem that was played at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics on Sunday after Israeli gymnast Artem Dolgopyat won Israel’s second gold medal in the Olympics. The clip of Israel’s national anthem at the Tokyo Olympics went viral instantly as many viewers brought the matter to the Internet’s attention that Anu Malik, who has been trolled for plagiarising music in the past, has once again repeated history by “stealing” Israel’s national anthem. Hatikvah, which was composed in the 19th century, was adopted as the national anthem of Israel in 1948.
“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,” tweeted a user while another wrote: “The National anthem tune has some familiarity to the Indian song… Mera Mulk Mera Desh? Or is it just me?”
