Anil Biswas

Trivia

• He also worked as a singer, lyricist and composer, with the 'Hindustan Recording Company', where Kundan Lal Saigal and Sachin Dev Burman, before migrating to Bombay themselves.
• Anil Biswas first made name in Kolkata in the early 1930s, composing music for plays, later he joined 'Rangmahal Theatre', Kolkata, as an actor, singer, and assistant music director, 1932–34, during this period he sang and acted in several commercial stage productions.
• Anil Biswas's best-known compositions are among the most effective film adaptations of theatrical music with 12 piece orchestras and full-blooded choral effects.
• In fact Anil Biswas's contribution to film music is multi-faceted.
• Beyond all the musical masterpieces that Anilda composed, he was also responsible for being the man behind such voices as Surendranath, Parul Ghosh (his sister married to renowned flutist Pannalal Ghosh), Sitara Devi, Mukesh, Talat Mehmood besides monitoring Lata Mangeshkar's early career.
• It was Anilda who taught Lata and other singers the techniques of breath control while singing and putting emphasis on syllables that came on the beat of the song.
• It was Anilda who not only discovered Mukesh, but also encouraged him to come out of being a K.L. Saigal clone and it was he who insisted that Talat keep the tremor in his voice, which other composers saw as a flaw.
• As it was, it was this quiver in his voice that made Talat the unique singer he was. This is best illustrated in two outstanding songs among many others that he sang under Anilda's Baton - Ae dil Mujhe Aisi Jagah Le Chal (Arzoo (1950) and Seene Mein Sulagtein Hain Armaan (with Lata from Tarana (1951).
• It is also said that Anilda was responsible for the basic structure of film songs that we know today and was a pioneer in using the counter melody and the use of Raag Maala.
• After his stint with Bombay Talkies, Anilda freelanced and his work in the 1950s include Music for films by Filmistan (Heer (1956), Mahesh Kaul (Abhimaan (1957), Sautela Bhai (1962)) and KA Abbas (Rahi (1952), Munna (1954), Pardesi (1957) and Char Dil Char Rahein (1959).

Quotes

• “Since gazette notification has been issued on the 1976 Act, we have directed our workers not to write on walls anywhere anymore.”
• “Since a gazette notification has been issued on the 1976 Act, we have directed our workers not to write on walls anywhere anymore.”
• “I am writing to the EC after consulting lawyers seeking clarifications on the issue from the EC and its opinion on how the poll campaign would be conducted by the party in the light of the graffiti ban.”
• “We like the things for West Bengal, but the budget should be seen from a national perspective.”
• “Marx and Engels first discovered how the market system runs. So, it is not anti-Marxist. Rather it is direct and innovative implementation of Marxist idea of market system.”
• “The government has withdraw the provision of bonus on maturity of the scheme on any accounts opened with effect from February 13, this year which was payable at the rate of 10 per cent of the deposit.”