Anand Math

Anand Math
Anand Math
	Theatrical release poster
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	Filmistan Ltd.
Distributed by	Filmistan Ltd.
Release date	1952 (India);
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]

^ "The World's Top Ten". BBC World Service. Retrieved 5 November 2008.
^ Pradeep Kumar Rediff.com
^ 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. Archived from the original on 24 June 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2018.