Zohran Mamdani clinched an unbelievable victory at the New York City mayoral elections on November 4. Becoming the Big Apple’s first-ever Indian-American mayor, the Uganda-born assemblyman scripted history on multiple levels. However, what particularly added to his new brand identity as an “icon for Gen Z” was how he walked off stage following his winning speech with the Bollywood song “Dhoom Machale” playing in the background.

The eye-widening moment was hailed a big win for “desi millennials,” who, in turn, lauded him for tapping the original 2004 film’s title track sung by Sunidhi Chauhan, instead of its sequel’s signature theme. For the unversed, the 2004 blockbuster action thriller Dhoom , starring Abhishek Bachchan, John Abraham, Uday Chopra, Esha Deol and Rimi Sen, was backed

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