PM Responds to ‘Yeh Dosti’ Greeting from Israel on Friendship Day
Modi responded with a tweet in Hebrew saying, India and Israel have proved their friendship over time.
Israel greeted India on friendship day with a Twitter message that featured popular Bollywood song "yeh dosti" from the movie Sholay, drawing an equally warm response from Prime Minister Narendra Modi who asserted that the bond between the two countries is "strong and eternal".
It had a short montage on various meetings between Modi and his counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu with the music of "yeh dosti..." song from the 1975 hit movie ‘Sholay’, starring Amitabh Bachchan, Dharmendra and Hema Malini, in the background.
The message had lyrics of the song in Hindi and emoticons conveying that Israel loves India. Modi responded with a tweet in Hebrew saying, India and Israel have proved their friendship over time.
"Thank you and wishing a Happy Friendship Day to Israel's wonderful citizens and my good friend (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu."
Netanyahu, who failed to form a coalition after the April polls, plans to visit India ahead of the repeat elections in September.
Modi visited Israel in July 2017, the first visit by an Indian prime minister in 70 years.
During the historic visit, the warmth between Modi and Netanyahu, also known as Bibi, was apparent.
(At The Quint, we are answerable only to our audience. Play an active role in shaping our journalism by becoming a member. Because the truth is worth it.)