Video of robot dancing to this famous Dhurandhar track at IIT Bombay Techfest goes viral

In what can be called as ‘engineering meets Bollywood fever’, a robot’s dance at IIT Bombay Techfest 2025 this week has stolen the show. A humanoid robot danced to the viral track from the Ranveer Singh-starrer Dhurandhar, FA9LA. The song, composed by Bahraini rap artist Flipperachi, echoed through the arena as the robot moved in sync with the music.In the performance on the Arabic beat, which has since gone viral across social media, the humanoid robot tries to mirror the energy associated with Akshaye Khanna’s character in the film, essentially demonstrated the fusion of technology into a pop-culture. The robot demonstrated balance and fluid movements, leaving the audience of tech enthusiasts and students surprised. Robotics has captured pace with global tech giants working to develop humanoid robotics as industry pivots from pure software to the physical embodiment of AI. The first name that comes to layman’s mind is Elon Musk whose company Tesla is developing Optimus. Optimus is being positioned as a general-purpose worker capable of performing “unsafe, repetitive, or boring” tasks. This pat year, Musk has already showcased Optimus’ several abilities, such as folding clothes and dancing.Meanwhile, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has identified the next growth opportunity: robotics. Huang told company shareholders that he sees robotics as the chipmaker's largest potential market beyond AI."We have many growth opportunities across our company, with AI and robotics the two largest," Huang stated, as per CNBC."We're working towards a day where there will be billions of robots, hundreds of millions of autonomous vehicles, and hundreds of thousands of robotic factories that can be powered by Nvidia technology," Huang added.Google DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis is also focused on the ultimate prize: the ‘digital brain’. Google's AI division recently hired former Boston Dynamics executive Aaron Saunders as its vice president of hardware engineering. The latest hiring suggests a significant move into robotics.