Tokyo Olympics: Madhuri Dixit’s ‘Aaja Nachle’ takes centre stage as Israeli swimmers perform to it

Team Udayavani, Aug 4, 2021, 5:18 PM IST

Israeli swimmers’ performance during the ongoing Tokyo Olympics to actor Madhuri Dixit Nene’s hit song ‘Aaja Nachle’ from the movie of the same name has astounded the world with how crazy foreigners are about Bollywood.

A video of their performance of Eden Blecher and Shelly Bobritsky, Team Israel competing in the Artistic Swimming Duet Free Routine Preliminary, performing to ‘Aaja Nachle’ has been doing the rounds on the internet.

Indian fans are all praises for the Israeli duo for adding an element of Bollywood to the Olympics. “Thank you so much Team Israel for this!!! You have no idea how excited I was to hear and see this!! AAJA NACHLE,” a social media user tweeted.

“Entry of Bollywood in #TokyoOlympics and as usual there’s some different level of energy in our Indian songs,” another netizen wrote on Twitter. Israel’s duo of Eden Blecher and Shelly Bobritsky were fighting it out to seek qualification for the final of the women’s duet technical routine event at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. However, they were not able to qualify for the summit clash.

The artistic swimming event in the Olympics consists of a free routine, and it lasts upto 3-4 minutes. A technical routine involves five designated movements and they last a maximum of 2.50 minutes. As per the official Olympics website, the participants are scored on the basis of synchronization, difficulty, technique, and choreography.

(Written with inputs from ANI.)