Golden Era of Bollywood: The Sangeet-Maartand ANIL BISWAS

Friday 7 July 2017

The Sangeet-Maartand ANIL BISWAS

On 103rd Birth Anniversary,here is my tribute to this great Composer of Bollywood.Anil Biswas is said to have influenced a number of singers of the day. He had the biggest influence of Mukesh, Talat Mahmood, and Lata Mangeshkar.In fact he gave break to Talat and Mukesh.He made his debute as a music director with "Dharam ki Devi" (1935). From 1934 until 1936, he was involved in 11 films. He reached the height of his career with the success of "Kismet" (1943). This film broke all records and ran in the theatres longer than any film in history.
In 1936 he moved to Sagar Movietone. During this period he worked in several capacities. Sometimes he was a composer, an assistant music director, a singer and occasionally music director. During this period he worked on a number of films. However it was the popularity of the Mehboob Khan film "Jagirdar" (1937), which proved that he could turn out hit songs. He stayed with Sagar Movietone until 1939
From 1942 to 1947 he worked for Bombay Talkies.During this period he gave many hit fils few of them were Kismet(1943),Jwar Bhatta" (1944) and "Milan" (1946).During the 1950's, he served as the music director for a number of films. Some notable films of his were "Abhimaan" (1957) and "Pardesi" (1957).The last film he did was "Chhoti Chhoti Baatein" (1965)
He was associated with All India Radio, and to a lesser extent Doordarshan (government run TV). From 1963 to 1965 he was the director of AIR's National Orchestra. In 1965 he became the Chief Producer of Sugam Sangeet. With a two year break when he was the Vice Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University, he served with AIR (Delhi) from 1963 to 1975. He did the music for Door Darshan's "Hum Log" (1984), "Baisakhi" and "Phir Wohi Talaash".He has also worked on numerous documentaries with the Films Division. He won the "Sangeet Natak Akademi Award" in 1986.
He died in Delhi on May 31, 2003.
Here is my Tribute to this Great Music Director
Seene Mein Sulagte Hai Armaan