Anu Malik trends on Twitter after Israel wins gold at Tokyo Olympics. Here’s why

After Israel won their first-ever Olympic medal in artistic gymnastics, Anu Malik booked a spot on Twitter. The reason has something to do with Israel's national anthem.

Anu Malik booked a spot on Twitter trends list on Monday after Israel won its first gold medal at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics 2020. Why, you may ask? Well, after Israeli gymnast Artem Dolgopyat won Israel’s first-ever Olympic medal in artistic gymnastics, as is ritual, the country’s flag was raised and their national anthem Hatikvah was played. However, desi Twitter had a field day making memes and cracking hilarious jokes after it realised that the Anu Malik-composed song Mera Mulk Mera Desh from the film Diljale is actually copied from Israel’s national anthem Hatikvah. So Anu Malik didn’t spare even Israeli national anthem while copying tune for Diljale’s Mera Mulk Mera Desh in 1996Thanks to internet we now know thispic.twitter.com/LtQMyU5dp2 When Fans came to Know the Song of The Movie Diljale Mera Mulk Mera Des Composed by Anu Malik was Inspired by Israel's National Anthem,Fans to #AnuMalik pic.twitter.com/jvt4AiWNne Indians to #AnuMalik after hearing #ISR national anthem pic.twitter.com/PmDHbZCE3M #AnuMalik actually copied the Israeli National Anthem for Mera Mulk Mera Desh Song from #Diljale (1996) ??? pic.twitter.com/u3rGHlBNDF Israel won their second ever Gold at Olympics and Indians ended up remembering Anu Malik #AnuMalik pic.twitter.com/62FAK2aKRG This is hilarious !!! I was wondering why #AnuMalik was trending and realized that he didn’t even leave Israel’s national anthem copy king https://t.co/QS3z65qRwP Don’t believe us? Well, you should watch this video from Tokyo Olympics 2020. Twitter user Monica shared the video and wrote, “So Anu Malik didn’t spare even Israeli national anthem while copying tune for Diljale’s Mera Mulk Mera Desh in 1996. Thanks to internet we now know this (sic).” The video has over 426k views on Twitter.