Anu Malik, the man of many controversies, has landed it in yet another row. This time, the popular Bollywood music composer has been accused of plagiarising Israel’s national anthem. The netizens just recently spotted similarities between the national anthem of Israel and Malik's song Mera Mulk Mera Desh from the film Diljale. The similarity came to light after Artem Dolgopyat made history, winning Isreal's first Olympics gymnastics gold. The country's national anthem - Hatikvah - was played while he was being awarded.
After the netizens heard Israel’s national anthem at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics, many Twitter users thought that it sounded similar to Diljale's song Mera Mulk Mera Desh. Within no time, tweets accusing Malik of plagiarism flooded social media.
As for Mera Mulk Mera Desh, the patriotic song, released in 1996, was composed by Malik and sung by Kumar Sanu and Aditya Narayan. The video featured Ajay Devgn.
Twitter is currently flooding with memes and comments accusing Malik of plagiarism. This, however, isn’t the first time that Malik has been accused of lifting tunes from other industries. Here are a few instances when Malik was accused of plagiarism, or simply creating songs that were inspired by international songs.
His song Dil Mera Churaya Kyun from Akele Hum Akele Tum (1995) is plagiarised from Last Christmas by Wham! The song is picturised on Aamir Khan and Manisha Koirala.
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Another plagiarism row of Malik surrounds Raja ko Rani Se Pyar from the film Akele Hum Akele Tum. The song seems inspired by the theme song of Godfather (1972).
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In a viral thread years ago, a Twitter user had also said that Malik had 'copied' the song Yaariyan of Junaid Jamshed.
In the same thread, Malik's song Aaja Maahiya from Fiza also turned out to be a copy. "Anu Malik ne tou Shazia Manzoor ko bhi nai Baksha..." read the tweet.