New Delhi: Singer-songwriter Anu Malik started trending on Twitter after Israeli gymnast Artem Dolgopyat won Israel’s second gold medal in artistic gymnastics at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Israeli national anthem, played after Dolgopyat’s victory, has gone incredibly viral on social media, especially among Indian followers.

Anu Malik is arrested on Twitter for plagiarizing the Israeli national anthem entitled Hatikva for his song Mera Mulk Mera Desh from Ajay Devgn’s 1996 movie Diljale.

It was not just 1 or 2 Twitter users, but hundreds of users agree that the 1996 song “Mera Desh, Mera Mulk’s music was the exact copy of the tune from Mera Mulk. Israeli national anthem.

Internet users have learned this after 25 years via social networks. Many Internet users criticized the composer for having “copied”, “stolen” the national anthem of another country and made fun of him.

Check out some social media reactions to the controversy:

Anu has been accused of plagiarizing music several times in the past. Songs like Dil Mera Churaya Kyun, Kaho Na Kaho, Neend Churayi Meri and Nasha Ye Pyar Ka Nasha are some of the songs which seem to be “inspired” by international songs.