Is ‘Mera Mulk Mera Desh’ Song From Bollywood Movie Diljale Inspired by Israel’s National Anthem? Netizens Wonder if Anu Malik Copied the Music

Artem Dolgopyat, Israel gymnast won the second-ever gold medal for his country at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday, August 1 and it was definitely a moment to savour as the country's national anthem, "Hatikvah" was being played. But fans familiar with Bollywood were quick enough to identify that the music sounded somewhat familiar--to that to the song "Mera Mulk Mera Desh" by Anu Malik from the movie Diljale.

See the video of their national anthem, here: 

VIDEO: #ISR's national anthem, "Hatikvah," is played in Tokyo as the Israeli flag is raised in honor of gymnast Artem Dolgopyat, who just won the country's second-ever #Olympics gold medal. 🥇🇮🇱pic.twitter.com/IonEylUxlA

— Avi Mayer (@AviMayer) August 1, 2021

This Twitter user found the resemblance!

India 🇮🇳 congratultes Israel on winning the #Olympics#Gold 💐

Today, On listening to the Israeli national anthem we came to know that, Bollywood had copied Israeli national anthem Tune & used it in a movie song, way before copying tune was cool 🙄https://t.co/tj7oMDndKQ

— Rocket Singh 🚀 #Loki (@DegreeWaleBabu) August 1, 2021

This user shared the YouTube link of the song directly!

Congratulations @Israel

Now listen to this - https://t.co/CmdIMDKscS

— Bharat (@internthindu) August 1, 2021

Is it just us?!

The National anthem tune has some familiarity to the Indian song.. Mera Mulk Mera Desh?? Or is it just me? https://t.co/mwf2IzoKR0

— Maya (@Sharanyashettyy) August 1, 2021

This user came to the conclusion directly!

So Anu Malik copied this music for mera mulk mera desh

— Khushboo Mattoo (@MattLaemon) August 1, 2021

Watch Video: Israeli National Anthem - "Hatikvah"

Watch Video: Mera Mulk Mera Desh With Lyrics

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