In memory of Anil Biswas..check this out
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Swar_Raj let me see if I can get the songs uploaded somewhere. I hav mst of them with me.
Film biographies are often nothing but eulogies. Sharad Dutt endeavours to set this anomaly right with his work on Anil Biswas, the man whose melody forced filmmakers to leave the shores of Bombay for the plains of Delhi, writes SURESH KOHLI.
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IN THIS festival of books on films and film people, mostly apologies literally, it is heartening to come across one that excels both in research and content, "Ritu Aaye Ritu Jaaye", the life story of legendary music director, Anil Biswas in Hindi. An unconventional biography, so to say. A narrative that while relying heavily on memories seeks to relate them to both time and space; a book that while banking substantially on facts does seek to incorporate views and opinions of others and expressions that do not necessarily conform to the subject's reflections alone. And in the process what essentially starts as a journey of discovery becomes the narrative for the rediscovery of the life and times of a man who to a large extent helped shape the course of Hindi film music, in particular from 1930s to '60s. Divided into three distinct sections, the first deals with birth, growth and early influences. The influences include meetings with legends like the fiery poet Qazi Nazrul Islam, and the nationalist Rabindranath Tagore. Meetings that meant learning, and imbibing from diverse schools of thought, and temperament. The early experiments with film music in Bombay, starting with "Dharam ki Devi" in 1935, and then associating with Mehboob Khan for "Jagirdar", and continuing that association in later films like "Ali Baba", "Aurat", "Roti", and also Bombay Talkies' productions like "Basant", "Kismet", "Jwar Bhata", "Milan". Anil Biswas's recollections of the composing of the immortal patriotic "Door hato ai duniya walo" from "Kismet" make compelling reading, especially on how his and poet Pradeep's joining the orchestra at the last minute brought the eventual flavour to the song. And how a strategy was devised to fool the British censors. It is narratives like this that make history. The section also recounts at some length how Biswas introduced Talat Mahmood in "Arzoo", and resurrected the sagging career of Mukesh with "Dil jalta hai to jalne de" in "Pehli Nazar". For the author Sharad Dutt the book, that deservedly won the National Award for the Best Book on Cinema, is the culmination of a dream, a desire redeemed. As he explains: "When he did not open up in our conversations I requested him to write his autobiography or memoirs. Apart from being a leading music director Anilda had also penned some very good lyrics in Bengali, he even wrote some essays (losing the manuscript of which he vowed never to write again), and translated into Bengali the selected ghazals, from those of Amir Khusroo to the contemporaries, of 68 Urdu poets - that can even be set to music. This versatility confirmed my belief that if he wanted he could write his memoirs beautifully...But my pleas went in vein. I was repeatedly disappointed until one day he surprised me saying: 'Why don't you write the book? You have the desire, and enough knowledge of Hindi cinema.' I sought to dismiss the whole thing by saying it would be virtually impossible resurrecting his early days in Calcutta and Bombay, and for which there hardly existed any material. But I was wrong, when he volunteered: 'I will help you with that. But you will have to do the writing'."An unusual narrative that might set a new trend in redeeming interesting, valuable nostalgia from a fast fading, disappearing past with rich and varied overtones.
Age is no bar to the meeting of kindred minds. Mumbai-based music composer Tushar Bhatia recalls his poignant friendship with one of the virtuosos of Hindi film music, Anil Biswas, who passed away recently.
Swar_Raj let me see if I can get the songs uploaded somewhere. I hav mst of them with me.
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Originally posted by: apparaohoare
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Anil Biswas was one of the best composers of his time. He was the master of classical based music.
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Now let me get those songs uploaded and post them here.
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