From Bhool Bhulaiyaa to Dil Toh Paagal Hai, Bollywood comes to CWG gym floor | Sports News
5 min readJul 23, 2026 09:34 PM IST Sri Lankan-American UCLA artistic gymnast Tiana Sumanasekara went viral earlier this summer at the NCAA Regionals, linking the ballad ‘Tujhe Dekha Toh’ with the upbeat ‘Sheila Ki Jawani’ before moving into the dramatic ‘Dola Re Dola’, earning a career-high score of 9.95. Bollywood hits have always carried the rhythm that elevates a competitive floor exercise routine, pepping it up as flying gymnasts go in search of perfection. At the Glasgow Commonwealth Games over the coming weekend, India’s own Protistha Samanta and Eshita Rewale will again lean on Bollywood hits as they compete in the All Around and Team qualifications, hoping to advance to the individual apparatus finals. While Protistha has chosen the lilting ‘Dil Toh Pagal Hai’ Dance of Envy, composed by Uttam Singh, Eshita was keen on Indian classical instrumentation and picked ‘Mere Dholna’ (Ami Je Tomar, Version 1) by music composer Pritam, the song to which Monjulika dances in Bhool Bhulaiyaa, for her 90-second routine. India’s finest gymnast on the floor, Nishka Agarwal of Hyderabad, …









