Sangeet Samrat Tansen

Sangeet Samrat Tansen (King of Music- Tansen) is a 1962Hindi biopic historical drama film directed by S. N. Tripathi.^[1][2] Produced by Sur Singar Chitra it had lyrics by Shailendra and Swami Haridas with music by S. N. Tripathi.^[3] One of the popular songs from this film was "Jhoomti Chali Hawaa" in Raga Sohni, sung by Mukesh for Bharat Bhushan.^[4][5] The film starred Bharat Bhushan, Anita Guha, Sabita Chatterjee, David, Sapru and Mukri.^[6]

The story is a biopic of the famous court singer musician, Mian Tansen, one of the Navaratnas in Emperor Akbar’s court.^[7]

Tansen, called Ramtanu or Tanu is born dumb, but a miracle in the temple at the age five gives the boy the ability to speak and sing. His voice attracts the sage musician Swami Haridas of Brindaban. He trains the boy in the Dhrupad style. Swami Haridas gets Tanu to study under Muhammad Ghaus, where he lives with his childhood mate Hansa. Several years pass and Ghaus asks Tanu to shift to the court of Raja Ramchandra. This disappoints Tanu as he has plans to marry Hansa. However, he ventures forth to the palace where his voice is applauded and he is awarded the title of Sangeet Shiromani Tansen. His singing reputation reaches Emperor Akbar, who invites him to join his court singers. There, he becomes one of the nine jewels of the Emperor's exceptionally talented men. The story then follows misunderstandings with his beloved Hansa, his singing prowess and finally his getting united once again with Hansa.

• Bharat Bhushan as Sangeet Shiromani / Sangeet Samrat Tansen 'Tanu'
• Anita Guha as Hansa
• Mukri as Ustad Fateh Khan
• David Abraham as Mohammed Khauj
• D. K. Sapru as Raja Ramchandra
• Sabita Chatterjee as Naaz Praveen
• Kumar
• Prem Sagar
• Parshuram
• Radheshyam
• S. N. Tripathi as Akbar (uncredited)

Se realizaron dos películas que retrataban la vida de Tansen. La primera fue Tansen (1943), protagonizada por KL Saigal y con Khursheed Bano , que incluía canciones populares y fue un éxito de taquilla. La segunda fue Sangeet Samrat Tansen . ^{[ 8 ]} Tansen, interpretado por Surendra , también apareció en Baiju Bawra (1952), donde compite con Baiju en un concurso musical, pero pierde contra él. ^{[ 9 ]}

SN Tripathi, además de dirigir la película, también dio la dirección musical e interpretó el papel del Emperador Akbar. La letra fue de Shailendra y Swami Haridas, autor de "Sapta Suran Teen Gram" cantada en Raga Yaman Kalyan (o Adbhut Kalyan). ^{[ 10 ] [ 11 ]} Algunas de las canciones basadas en Raga: La canción "Raag Bhairav ​​Pratham Shant Ras" muestra la finalización del entrenamiento de Tansen por parte de Haridas cantando el raagmala, "Deepak Jalao Jyoti Jagao" en Raaga Dipak y "tradicionalmente asociado con el fuego", ^{[ 9 ]} "Badli Badli Duniya Hai Meri" en Raag Jhinjhoti cantado por Lata Mangeshkar y Mahendra Kapoor, ^{[ 12 ]} y "Jhoomti Chali Hawaa" en Raaga Sohni cantada por Mukesh. ^{[ 4 ]}

• Sangeet Samrat Tansen (1962) en IMDb
• Pandharinath Kolhapure