Anand Math
Anand Math is a 1952 Indian Hindi-language historical drama film directed by Hemen Gupta, based on the famous Bengali novel Anandamath, written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in 1882. The novel and film are set in the events of the Sannyasi Rebellion, which took place in the late 18th century in Bengal. In a BBC World Service poll conducted in 2003 across 165 countries, the Vande Mataram song written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, composed by Hemant Kumar, sung by Lata Mangeshkar was voted 2nd in the "World's Top Ten" songs of all time. It stars Prithviraj Kapoor, Bharat Bhushan, Pradeep Kumar, Geeta Bali and Ajit in the lead roles. Pradeep Kumar made his debut in Hindi cinema, as did the film's music director Hemant Kumar. Hemant had already worked in Bengali cinema for a while, but then shifted to Mumbai to start a career in Hindi cinema. With this film, Hemant Kumar took a staff position as a composer with S. Mukherjee's Filmistan Studios. The film was dubbed into Tamil with the title Ananda Madam (āṉanta maṭam) and was released in 1953.
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| Directed by | Hemen Gupta |
| Written by | Krishna Prabhakara |
| Screenplay by | Hemen Gupta |
| Story by | Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay |
| Based on | Anandamath by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee |
| Produced by | Hemen Gupta |
| Starring | Prithviraj Kapoor Bharat Bhushan Pradeep Kumar Geeta Bali Ajit |
| Cinematography | Drona Charya |
| Edited by | D. N. Pai (Supervising) Pratap Parmar |
| Music by | Hemant Kumar |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Filmistan Ltd. |
Release date |
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Running time | 176 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Anand Math is a 1952 Indian Hindi-language historical drama film directed by Hemen Gupta, based on the famous Bengali novel Anandamath, written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in 1882. The novel and film are set in the events of the Sannyasi Rebellion, which took place in the late 18th century in Bengal. In a BBC World Service poll conducted in 2003 across 165 countries, the Vande Mataram song written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, composed by Hemant Kumar, sung by Lata Mangeshkar was voted 2nd in the "World's Top Ten" songs of all time.[1]
It stars Prithviraj Kapoor, Bharat Bhushan, Pradeep Kumar, Geeta Bali and Ajit in the lead roles. Pradeep Kumar made his debut in Hindi cinema, as did the film's music director Hemant Kumar.[2] Hemant had already worked in Bengali cinema for a while, but then shifted to Mumbai to start a career in Hindi cinema. With this film, Hemant Kumar took a staff position as a composer with S. Mukherjee's Filmistan Studios.[3]
The film was dubbed into Tamil with the title Ananda Madam (āṉanta maṭam) and was released in 1953.[4]
Cast
[edit]- Prithviraj Kapoor as Satyanand
- Ajit as Bhavanand
- Geeta Bali as Shanti
- Pradeep Kumar as Jeevanand
- Bharat Bhushan as Mahendra
- Ranjana Deshmukh as Kalyani
Soundtrack
[edit]Music and Background score for the film is composed by Hemant Kumar, which is also his debut film score in Hindi cinema. Notable songs included Vande Mataram, based on the song written by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay. This song played an important role throughout the Indian Independence Movement and was eventually declared the "National Song" at the time of independence in 1947. Kumar's tune for Vande Mataram is still considered an important version of this popular and widely interpreted song.[5] Geeta Dutt, one of the most eminent playback singers in Hindi cinema at the time since independence, rendered songs filled with pathos in this film. Hemant Kumar and Geeta Dutt started a fruitful musical collaboration for many years after this film.
| Song | Singer |
|---|---|
| "Vande Mataram" (Female) | Lata Mangeshkar |
| "Vande Mataram" (Male) | Hemant Kumar |
| "Jai Jagdish Hare, Jai Jagdish Hare" | Hemant Kumar, Geeta Dutt |
| "Kaise Rokoge Aise Toofan Ko, Yeh Umangen, Yeh Dil" | Talat Mahmood, Geeta Dutt |
| "Nainon Mein Sawan" | Geeta Dutt |
| "Aa Re Bhanware Aa" | Geeta Dutt |
References
[edit]- ^ "The World's Top Ten". BBC World Service. Retrieved 5 November 2008.
- ^ Raheja, Dinesh (2 June 2003). "Ever the royal". Rediff.com. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
- ^ Hemant Kumar Archived 17 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Film News Anandan (23 October 2004). Sadhanaigal Padaitha Thamizh Thiraipada Varalaru [History of Landmark Tamil Films] (in Tamil). Chennai: Sivakami Publishers. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ Post Independence era Vande Mataram, A most popular and evergreen Indian song.
External links
[edit]- Anand Math at IMDb