On Monday, Anu Malik was trolled by netizens on Twitter after he was accused of plagiarising Israel’s national anthem titled Hatikvah for his song ‘Mera Mulk Mera Desh’ from Ajay Devgn and Sonali Bendre’s 1996 film ‘Diljale’ after Artem Dolgopyat made history when he won Isreal’s first Olympics gymnastics gold and he was presented his medal, the country’s national anthem.
‘Mera Mulk Mera Desh’ song was sung by Aditya Narayan and Kumar Sanu and its music was directed by Anu Malik.
Many users took to Twitter and criticized Anu Malik for plagiarising the tune of Israel’s national anthem. “Israel won their second-ever Gold at Olympics and Indians ended up remembering Anu Malik,” a Twitter user wrote. Another user wrote, “Anu Malik copying the national anthem of a country to make a Bollywood song is so Anu Malik!”
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Well, this ain’t the first time Anu Malik has been accused of plagiarism. The music composer has been in the headlines on several occasions for copying. Earlier, his song like: ‘Dil Mera Churaya Kyun’, ‘Kaho Na Kaho’, ‘Neend Churayi Meri,’ and ‘Nasha Ye Pyar Ka Nasha’ are many other songs have been reportedly inspired by international songs.
Anu Malik has been composed music in Bollywood for over 40 years now. He is currently judging the singing reality show, ‘Indian Idol 12,’ along with Sonu Kakkar and Himesh Reshammiya.
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