When was the last time Indian pop culture crashed the gates of American politics? November 4, 2025, will be remembered as that night — when New York’s mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani  walked off the stage to the thunderous beats of “Dhoom Machale” , and the world suddenly felt like it was watching a Bollywood climax unfold in real life. The son of filmmaker Mira Nair  and scholar Mahmood Mamdani , Zohran made history as New York City’s first Muslim and Indian-American mayor , defe