Changes between Version 2 and Version 3 of Anil Biswas

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Jun 13, 2013, 6:26:17 AM (11 years ago)

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UshaR

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Anil Biswas

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-Bengali and Hindi composer born in Barisal (now Bangladesh). A talented tabla player since infancy, he worked in amateur theatre as child singer. Became a political activist as a student and was associated with terrorist insurgency movements in Bengal. Repeatedly jailed in early 30s. Received early assignments as musician from Kazi Nazrul Islam at the Megaphone gramophone company; then scored and acted in several commercial Calcutta Theatres stage productions, notably
+Bengali and Hindi composer born in Barisal (now Bangladesh). A talented tabla player since infancy, he worked in amateur theatre as child singer. Became a political activist as a student and was associated with terrorist insurgency movements in Bengal. Repeatedly jailed in early 30s. Received early assignments as musician from [[Kazi Nazrul Islam]] at the Megaphone gramophone company; then scored and acted in several commercial [[Calcutta Theatres]] stage productions, notably
 in the Rangmahal theatre. Moved to Bombay
 (1934) where he was first employed by Ram
-Daryani’s Eastern Art Syndicate, then by Sagar
+Daryani’s Eastern Art Syndicate, then by [[Sagar]]
 and its successor National Studio (1940-2) and
 finally by [[Bombay Talkies]] (1942-6) before
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 of theatrical music, with 12-piece orchestras
 and full-blooded choral effects in e.g. the
-Amirbai Karnataki songs of Gyan Mukherjee’s
-Kismet and even more so in Mehboob’s early  1965: Chhoti Chhoti Baatein. films. His recitative prose songs in Roti helped
+Amirbai Karnataki songs of [[Gyan Mukherjee]]’s
+[[Kismet]] and even more so in [[Mehboob]]’s early  1965: Chhoti Chhoti Baatein. films. His recitative prose songs in [[Roti]] helped
 give the film its parable dimension and came
 close to an indigenous Brechtian mode. His
 work is a rare effort in popular Hindi film to
 define a cultural-political avant-garde. Later
-composed music for K.A. Abbas’s films (e.g.
-the famous ‘songless’ Munna) and for Mahesh
-Kaul. Music co-d for Begunah, using the name
-Haribhai. Scored Doordarshan’s pioneering
+composed music for [[K.A. Abbas]]’s films (e.g.
+the famous ‘songless’ [[Munna]]) and for [[Mahesh
+Kaul]]. Music co-d for Begunah, using the name
+Haribhai. Scored [[Doordarshan]]’s pioneering
 TV series Humlog (1984-5) and a number of
-Films Division documentaries (e.g.
+[[Films Division]] documentaries (e.g.
 Controlling Aphids in Mustard Crop, 1979;
 Development of Inland Fisheries, 1988; Modern