I am with legendary music director Anil Biswas and his wife singer
Meena Kapoor during our visit in Mumbai, 25 plus years ago…
Jayant with Anil Biswas and Meena Kapoor at Sapre’s home in Jan. 13th, 2002. 2.jpeg
Please listen to the attached historic song composed by great Anil Biswas and the story as well.
There is a story behind this song. We were in the thick of freedom struggle. Britishers were ruthless and imprisoned many prominent leaders. Kavi Pradeep slipped in quietly this song.
It was in the lips of all of us. Britishers wanted to arrest Pradeep. But he convinced them that this is against Japanese. The film was screened for 3/4 years. Britishers realized that this is against them very late. But this song created a great impact…
Movie: Kismet (1943)
Music Director: Anil Biswas
Singer: Amirbai Karnataki, Khan Mastana
Director: Gyan Mukherjee
Lyricist: Kavi Pradeep
Cast: Ashok Kumar, Mumtaz Shanti, and Shah Nawaz.
You will see a true Indian map at the opening of the song
The film’s premiere was held on 9 January 1943 at Roxy Talkies in Bombay. It ran for over 50 weeks at Roxy Bombay and was the first film to celebrate a silver jubilee in its re-run in the same city. The film was released on 24 September 1943 at Roxy Cinema, Bombay in
Calcutta and ran for 187 continuous weeks, a record that stood for 32 years and earned more than 12 lakhs nett from a single theatre which was also a record…
“Long live India”
