Anil Biswas

Composer. Nationality: Indian. Born: Barisal, East Bengal (now Bangladesh), 1914. Career: 1930—moved to Calcutta: actor, singer, and assistant music director, Rangmahal Theatre, 1932–34; 1934—moved to Bombay; 1935—composed background music for Dharam Ki Devi; 1936–42—composer for Sagar Movietones; 1942—joined Bombay Talkies; 1957—worked on two films in the USSR; 1963–65—director of National Orchestra for All India Radio (AIR), and chief producer of light Hindustani music from 1965; television work includes title music for popular serial Humlog. Address: K-11/12, South Extension Part-II, New Delhi 110049, India.


Films as Composer/Music Director:
1935Dharam Ki Devi

1936Pratima (Prem Murti); Prem Bandhan; Sher Ka Panja

1937Bull Dog; Dukhiyari; Gentleman Daku; Insaf; Jagirdar; Kokila; Maha Geet

1938Dynamite; Gramaphone Singer; Hum Tum aur Woh; Nirala Hindustan; Abhilasha; 300 Din Ke Baad; Vatan

1939Jeevan Sathi; Ek Hi Raasta

1940Alibaba; Aurat; Pooja

1941Aasraa; Bahen; Nai Roshani

1942Apna Paraya; Gareeb; Jawani; Roti; Vijaya

1943Hamari Baat; Basant; Kismat

1944Char Ankhen; Jwar Bhata

1945Pahli Nazar

1946Milan

1947Bhookh; Manjudhar; Nayya

1948Anokha Pyar; Gajre; Veena

1949Girls' School; Jeet; Ladali

1950Arzoo; Beqasoor; Lajawab

1951Aaraam; Badi Bahu; Do Sitare; Taran

1952Do Raha

1953Aakash; Farib; Ham Dard; Julianwale; Baag ki Jyoti; Mehmaan; Rahi

1954Maan; Mahatma Kabir Munna; Naaz; Waris

1955Farar

1956Heer; Paisa hi paisa

1957Abhiman; Jalti Nishani; Afanasi Nikitin; Pardeshi

1958Sanskar

1959Char dil Char rahen

1960Angulimaal; Mira ka Chitra; Superman ki Wapasi

1961Lucky Number; Savitri

1962Hame Khelne Do; Sautela Bhai

1964Raju aur Gangaram

1965Chhoti Chhoti Baten


Publications


On BISWAS: book—

Anil Biswas: Tribute—A Collection of Essays on the Occasion of His Fiftieth Year of Music Composition for Films, Bangalore, 1986.


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The music Anil Biswas has composed for films is a reflection of his active and eventful life. Born at a time when a wave of patriotism was sweeping the country, young Biswas became an active underground worker and a revolutionary. This patriotic militancy and stirring optimism came to be manifested in the music that he composed for Hindi films.

Biswas began composing film music in 1931, but the first film in which he was credited with composing the entire score is the 1935Dharam Ki Devi. The memorable scores that followed bore ample testimony not only to a wide variety of songs but to an element of orchestration that accompanied each composition. By then, he had formed an orchestra of 12 musicians, a number considered "extraordinary" by the industry. Orchestration had always fascinated him, particularly the adaptation of Indian ragas within a Western discipline. When Biswas began work with the Bombay film industry, music-recording was in its infancy. Once when Biswas, an accomplished singer, played the role of a blind performer, the camera, mike, and orchestra had to be moved down the road with him as he sang.

Biswas's immense popularity is due not only to the songs that he composed but also to his background scores. He paid careful attention to instrumental scores for creating mood and ambiance. He also pioneered the adaptation of folk and classical forms within modern film music. He felt that only the "temple" and the "field," symbolizing the Indian classical and folk traditions respectively, could salvage contemporary Indian music from colonial fetters. His fame also rests on his ability to create music with which ordinary Indians can identify.

—Shohini Ghosh
(source: http://www.filmreference.com/Writers-and-P...swas-Anil.html)

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SBiswas

Hindustani music from 1965; television work includes title music for popular serial Humlog. Address: K-11/12, South Extension Part-II,




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