Bollywood’s first film to earn Rs 1 crore, released 82 years ago, became an all-time blockbuster due to…, film is…

Today, entry of any film in 100-200 crore club is not a big deal. Now good movies easily earn 500 to 1000 crore rupees. But do you know that when the country was not even independent, a film made history by earning more than 1 crore at the box office, whose name is ‘Kismat’. This movie released in the year 1943 had stars like Ashok Kumar, Mumtaz, Shah Nawaz in lead roles. The credit for the success of ‘Kismat’ was given to music composer Anil Vishwas.

This musician became a director

He was born on this day, 7 July 1914, in Barisal, East Bengal (now Bangladesh). The music composed by Anil Biswas for this film touched people’s hearts directly. Songs like ‘Aaj Himalaya Ki Choti Se, Phir Humne Lalkara Hai’ filled people with patriotic feelings, and sweet tunes like ‘Dheere Dheere Aa Re Baadal’ touched every heart.

Was interested in music since childhood

Anil Vishwas was interested in music since childhood. He also participated in the freedom movement in his teens, due to which he also went to jail. He came to Mumbai to work and started working in theatre and after this he slowly entered the film world.

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Initially, he composed music for some Calcutta films, but he got real recognition from ‘Bombay Talkies’. He not only gave good songs in films, but also changed the direction of film music. After ‘Kismat’, Anil Biswas became one of the biggest composers of the Hindi film industry. He gave the first break to singers like Mukesh, Talat Mahmood, Lata Mangeshkar, Meena Kapoor and Sudha Malhotra and got them recognition.

The magic of music spread throughout the country

He also gave place to semi-classical music like Ghazal, Thumri, Dadra, Kajri and Chaiti in films. Anil Biswas’ music was popular in the entire country in the 1940s and 50s. At a time when most songs were simple, Anil da added depth and new layers to them. His compositions sound new even today. His music in films like ‘Anokha Pyar’, ‘Aarzoo’, ‘Tarana’, ‘Akash’, ‘Hamdard’ was one better than the other. He also created a Ragamala, which combined four different ragas in one song. No one had done this experiment in that era.

Had retired from films

As a music composer, he worked for ‘Chhoti Chhoti Baatein’ released in 1965. So, the stories of many stars also started ending with him. The songs of this film ‘Zindagi Khwab Hai…’ and ‘Kuchh Aur Jamana Kehta Hai…’ are examples of his artistic thinking. The story of the film did not make much of a mark among the people, but its music is still on people’s lips. After retiring from films, Anil Vishwas came to Delhi and started studying music. He worked with institutions like Akashvani and Sangeet Natak Academy.

Initially, he composed music for some Calcutta films, but he got real recognition from ‘Bombay Talkies’. He not only gave good songs in films, but also changed the direction of film music. After ‘Kismat’, Anil Biswas became one of the biggest composers of the Hindi film industry. He gave the first break to singers like Mukesh, Talat Mahmood, Lata Mangeshkar, Meena Kapoor and Sudha Malhotra and got them recognition,

The magic of music spread throughout the country
He also gave place to semi-classical music like Ghazal, Thumri, Dadra, Kajri and Chaiti in films. Anil Biswas’ music was popular in the entire country in the 1940s and 50s. At a time when most songs were simple, Anil da added depth and new layers to them. His compositions sound new even today. His music in films like ‘Anokha Pyar’, ‘Aarzoo’, ‘Tarana’, ‘Akash’, ‘Hamdard’ was one better than the other. He also created a Ragamala, which combined four different ragas in one song. No one had done this experiment in that era.

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