Anand Math

Anand Math

Infobox Film
name = Anand Math


image_size =
caption = movie poster
director = Hemen Gupta
producer = Filmistan
writer = Bankim Chandra
narrator =
starring = Prithviraj Kapoor
Geeta Bali
Pradeep Kumar
Bharat Bhushan
music = Hemant Kumar
Bankim Chandra, Jayadeva (lyrics)
cinematography =
editing =
distributor =
released = 1952
runtime = 176 min
country = flagicon|India India
language = Hindi
colour = Black and white
budget =
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website =
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0215515

Anand Math was a 1952 Hindi ‘patriotic-historical’ film directed by Hemen Gupta, based on, "Anandamath", the famous Bengali novel, written by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay in 1882, which itself was based on the Sannyasi Rebellion in the late 1700s. Film’s version of Vande Mataram, became a cult success .

The film starred Bharat Bhushan, Geeta Bali and Pradeep Kumar in the lead. Pradeep Kumar was making his debut in Hindi Cinema [http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2003/jun/02dinesh.htm Pradeep Kumar] "Rediff.com".] , as was, film’s music director, Hemant Kumar, who has also already been working in Bengali Cinema for a while, and shift to Mumbai, and started their career in Hindi Cinema, with the film, Hemant Kumar even took a staff postion as a composer with S. Mukherjee's Filmistan Studios [ [http://www.hindilyrix.com/singers/singer-hemant-kumar.html Hemant Kumar] ] .

oundtrack

Music score of the film, was given by Hemant Kumar in one of early film score in Hindi Cinema, and gave the film noted numbers like "Vande Mataram", written by Bankim Chandra, himself, and which later became the National song of India [ [http://www.downmelodylane.com/hemantkumar.html Hemant Kumar Filmography] ] , and his tune for the "Vande Mataram", is still considered important version [ [http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/mataram.htm Post Independence era] Vande Mataram, A most popular and evergreen Indian song.] .

* "Jai Jagdish Hare" – Hemant Kumar and Geeta Dutt [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zm7hp9K-ing]
* "Hare Murara, Jai Jagdish Hare"
* "Vande Mataram" – Lata Mangeshkar [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xj1Iy4nRMkc]
* "Vande Mataram" - Hemant Kumar [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xj1Iy4nRMkc]

Cast

* Bharat Bhushan - "Mahendra"
* Pradeep Kumar - "Jivanand"
* Geeta Bali - "Shanti"
* Ranjana - "Kalyani"
* Ajit - "Bhavanand"
* Prithviraj Kapoor
* Murad - "Satyananda"

Further reading

* [http://www.embassyofindiajapan.org/word/p_m/patriotism_in_indian_cinema.doc Patriotism in Indian Cinema]

References

External links

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* [http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=%22Anand+Math%22+%281952%29+film&emb=0# Excepts of Songs of Anand Math]


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