Anil Krishna Biswas (7 July 1914 â€" 31 May 2003) was an noted Indian
film music director and playback singer from 1935 to 1965, who apart
from being one of pioneers of playback singing, is also credited for
the first Indian orchestra of twelve pieces and introducing orchestral
music and full-blooded choral effects, into Indian cinema. A master in
western symphonic music was known for the Indian classical or folk
elements, especially Baul and Bhatiyali in his music. Out of his over
90 films, most memorable were, Roti (1942), Kismet (1943), Anokha
Pyaar (1948), Taraana (1951), Waaris (1954), Pardesi (1957) and Char
Dil Char Rahen (1959).He was also the pioneer in using the counter
melody in film scores, employing technique of western music,
‘cantala’, where one line overlaps the other in contra-melody,
recitative prose songs as in Roti (1942), besides he was the first one
to start extensively using the Ragmala. Another important element that
he introduced was western orchestration, using indigenous instruments
both in the songs as well as in their melodic interludes, a trend that
soon caught on and paved way for the musicals of Indian cinema
today.He was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1986, given by
the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance &
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