SunstarTV Bureau: Though the duo Israeli swimmers failed to qualify for the 12 team final in artistic swimming, finishing 15th among 21 teams, but managed to secure soft corners of every Indian and outside country’s netizens on social media.
Eden Blecher and Shelly Bobritsky recently at Tokyo Olympics 2020 performed to ‘Aaja Nachle’ Bollywood song featuring actress Madhuri Dixit.
See the video here:
Thank you so much Team Israel for this!!! You have no idea how excited I was to hear and see this!! AAJA NACHLE!!! #ArtisticSwimming #Olympics #Tokyo2020 pic.twitter.com/lZ5mUq1qZP
— 𝒜𝓃𝓃𝑒 𝒟𝒶𝓃𝒶𝓂 (@AnneDanam) August 4, 2021
After the video gone viral on social media, the Indian netizens were gone crazy. Some were expressing gratitude over the performance of the Israeli swimming duo even though they failed to impress the judges.
The Israeli consulate in Mumbai also got excited and asked the actor for Madhuri Dixit’s response.
“Bollywood is taking over the @Olympics as #Israeli swimmers Eden Blecher and Shelly Bobritsky perform to Madhuri Dixit’s ‘Aaja Nachle’ at #TokyoOlympics2020. @MadhuriDixit how did you like the performance?,” tweeted Israel in Mumbai handle.
