Andolan (1951)

A stridently nationalistic story of India’s freedom struggle, presented through the experiences of a Bengali family from 1885, when the Indian National Congress was established till the freedom of India in 1947. Important events incorporated into the plot were Gandhiji’s Satyagraha (1920), the Simon Commission (1928), Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s Bardoli Satyagraha (1928) and the 1942 Quit India agitations. Kishore Kumar plays the militant hero while the film also has documentary footage of Rabindranath Tagore himself singing his Jana Gana Mana composition, India’s national anthem.
Vande Mataram, rendered by Manna Dey and Sudha Ghosh, and Prabhu Charano Main Aaa Pujari (rendered by Parul Ghosh) are appreciated by music lovers. Subah Ki Pahili Kiran Tak zindagi mushkil mein hain rendered by Kishore Kumar, Manna Dey, Shanti Ghosh and others is an unique experimentation in Bhor music