Cinemaazi remembers Anthony Gonsalves on his birth anniversary
12 Jun 1927
Anthony Gonsalves was a music composer as well as a music teacher. Starting off as a violinist with renowned music composer Naushad's group in 1943, he moved on to work with greats such as Anil Biswas, Ghulam Haidar, Shyam Sundar, Sachin Dev Burman, Ghulam Mohammed, Salil Chowdhury, Madan Mohan, and Laxmikant-Pyarelal, among others. Remembered for his musical arrangements in films like Mahal (1949), Dillagi (1949), Naya Daur (1957), and Pyaasa (1957), to name a few, he is also credited with founding an Indian symphony orchestra featuring Lata Mangeshkar and Manna Dey
