The first 1 crore film came before independence, composer made blockbuster

First Blockbuster Movie: Today, he gets the title of the blockbuster film, which beats 100 crores, not one or two. Time has really changed! The tag of a millionaire film was also a big achievement even in the 60s. But do you know that when the country was not independent, then a film earned more than 1 crore? And the name of this film was ‘Kismet’, which was released in 1943. The success of this film was credited to composer Anil Vishwas.

The music he composed for this film touched the hearts of people directly. A song like ‘today from the top of the Himalayas, then we launched …’ filled the spirit of patriotism among the people, and the sweet tune like ‘Dho Ghee Aa Re Badal …’ touched every heart.

Anil Vishwas was born on 7 July 1914 in Berisal in East Bengal (now Bangladesh). He was interested in music since childhood. He also joined the freedom movement in adolescence, due to which he also went to jail.

Film journey started coming to Mumbai

He came to Mumbai to work and started working in the theater and after that slowly stepped into the film world. Initially, he prepared music for some Calcutta films, but he got his real identity from ‘Bombay Talkies’. He not only gave good songs in films, but changed the direction of film music.

After ‘Kismat’, Anil Vishwas began to be counted among the biggest musicians 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 recognized. He also gave a place in films like Ghazal, Thumri, Dadra, Kajri, and Chaiti.

Anil Da’s music resonated everywhere

In the 1940s and 50s, Anil Vishwas’s music dominated the whole country. At the time when most of the songs were straightforward, Anil Da added depth and new layers in them. Their compositions still look new when heard. His music in films like ‘Anokha Pyaar’, ‘Arju’, ‘Tarana’, ‘Akash’, ‘Hamdard’ was more than one.

He also created a ragamala, which added four different ragas to a song. No one did this experiment during that period.

Film of last film and music

As a musician, he worked for the ‘Chhoti Chhoti Baat’ released in 1965. So the stories of many stars with them also started to end. The songs of this film ‘Zindagi Khwab Hai …’ and ‘Kuch more time say …’ are examples of their artistic thinking. The story of the film did not make any special place among the people, but its music is still on the tongue of the people.

After retiring from films, Anil Biswas came to Delhi and engaged in music education. He worked closely with institutions like All India Radio and Sangeet Natak Akademi.