Bollywood films and music have a big fan base across the world. From UK troops to the US Navy, from reality shows to viral Instagram Reels, Bollywood music has made its mark on the international stage – and now it has reached the Olympics as nicely. Israeli swimming duo Eden Blecher and Shelly Bobritsky wowed Bollywood fans when they performed to AajaNachle at the Tokyo Olympics 2020 earlier this week. They had been competing to qualify for the final of the women’s duet technical routine occasion.
MyGovIndia, the citizen engagement platform of government, shared a video of their routine on Twitter yesterday. It shows Eden Blecher and Shelly Bobritsky performing to the 2007 song from the film of the similar name.
“Bollywood took over Olympics as Israeli swimmers Eden Blecher and Shelly Bobritsky performed on Madhuri Dixit’s Aaja Nachle at Tokyo 2020,” the MyGovIndia tweeted, praising it as a must-watch functionality.
A Must Watch! ????✨#Bollywood took more than the #Olympics as #Israeli ???????? swimmers Eden Blecher and Shelly Bobritsky performed on @MadhuriDixit‘s ‘Aaja Nachle’ at #Tokyo2020! ????????
What a functionality! ???? @PMOIndia@PIB_India@MIB_India@Media_SAI@ianuragthakurpic.twitter.com/HVNF8zny6V
— MyGovIndia (@mygovindia) August 5, 2021
Since getting shared a day ago, the video has been viewed thousands of instances on the microblogging platform. Take a look at some of the reactions it has garnered:
Thank you so significantly Team Israel for this!!! You have no notion how excited I was to hear and see this!! AAJA NACHLE!!! #ArtisticSwimming#Olympics#Tokyo2020pic.twitter.com/lZ5mUq1qZP
— ???????????????? ???????????????????? (@AnneDanam) August 4, 2021
What a mixed bag of surprises with Bollywood in Olympics ????Just loved it ! Really , Amazing gener exactly where Art has no boundaries !!
— Renu Sharma ???????? (@RenuSha36631550) August 5, 2021
Divided by nations, united by Bollywood ❤️
— sikruti_parija (@SikrutiP) August 4, 2021
Bollywood films are pretty well-known in Israel. During his 2018 go to to India, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attended the ‘Shalom Bollywood’ occasion that attracted a galaxy of top actors, directors and producers like Amitabh Bachchan. “I looked at other stars as well and I realised that you guys are a big thing. And the reason for that is that the world loves Bollywood, Israel loves Bollywood and I love Bollywood,” he stated.