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	'''"My Name is Anthony Gonsalves"''' is a ~~popular comic~~ song from the 1977 ~~[[Bollywood]]~~ film ''[[Amar Akbar Anthony]]''. One unusual feature of this song is that the actor featured in its picturization, [[Amitabh Bachchan]], provides vocals along with ~~the [[playback singer]]~~ [[Kishore Kumar]]. Amitabh speaks and ~~[[Kishore~~ Kumar]] sings. It is shown in a sequence which in a reception, Anthony (Bachchan) sings and performs to be close to Jenny ([[Parveen Babi]]), for which her bodyguard keeps him away from her.<ref>[~~http~~://dcubed.blogspot.com/2005/01/hey-my-heart-show-me.html Hey My Heart, Show Me]</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/asiannetwork/presenters/top40_soundtracks_no36.shtml BBC Asian Network Top 40 Soundtracks of All Time #36] - link dead 27 May 2007 ({{webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050313062209/http://www.bbc.co.uk/asiannetwork/presenters/top40_soundtracks_no36.shtml \|date=13 March 2005 }})</ref>		'''"My Name is Anthony Gonsalves"''' is a song from the 1977 Hindi film ''[[Amar Akbar Anthony]]''. One unusual feature of this song is that the actor featured in its picturization, [[Amitabh Bachchan]], provides vocals along with [[Kishore Kumar]]. Amitabh speaks and Kumar sings. It is shown in a sequence which in a reception, Anthony (Bachchan) sings and performs to be close to Jenny ([[Parveen Babi]]), for which her bodyguard keeps him away from her.<ref>[https://dcubed.blogspot.com/2005/01/hey-my-heart-show-me.html Hey My Heart, Show Me]</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/asiannetwork/presenters/top40_soundtracks_no36.shtml BBC Asian Network Top 40 Soundtracks of All Time #36] - link dead 27 May 2007 ({{webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050313062209/http://www.bbc.co.uk/asiannetwork/presenters/top40_soundtracks_no36.shtml \|date=13 March 2005 }})</ref>

	The song was composed by duo [[Laxmikant–Pyarelal]]. The character [[Anthony Gonsalves]] is named after [[Anthony Gonsalves]], a music teacher of [[Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma]] who was one of the most famous music arrangers in [[Mumbai\|Bombay]] in the 1930s. He had among his students the likes of [[RD Burman]] apart from Pyarelal.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.screenindia.com/fullstory.php?content_id=6675 \|title=The 'Real' Anthony Gonsalves! \|access-date=26 September 2006 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071223001912/http://www.screenindia.com/fullstory.php?content_id=6675 \|archive-date=23 December 2007 \|url-status=dead \|df=dmy-all }}</ref>		The song was composed by duo [[Laxmikant–Pyarelal]]. The character [[Anthony Gonsalves]] is named after [[Anthony Gonsalves]], a music teacher of [[Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma]] who was one of the most famous music arrangers in [[Mumbai\|Bombay]] in the 1930s. He had among his students the likes of [[RD Burman]] apart from Pyarelal.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.screenindia.com/fullstory.php?content_id=6675 \|title=The 'Real' Anthony Gonsalves! \|access-date=26 September 2006 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071223001912/http://www.screenindia.com/fullstory.php?content_id=6675 \|archive-date=23 December 2007 \|url-status=dead \|df=dmy-all }}</ref>
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	[[Special effects]] are used for comic purposes in the picturisation of this song.		[[Special effects]] are used for comic purposes in the picturisation of this song.

	The opening line, "You are a sophisticated rhetorician intoxicated by the exuberance of your own verbosity", that is spoken by Anthony when he emerges from the Easter egg, is an almost exact quotation from a speech in the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] given by British Prime Minister [[Benjamin Disraeli]] in 1878. Disraeli (who was referring to [[William Ewart Gladstone]]) used the word "[[inebriated]]" rather than "[[Substance intoxication\|intoxicated]]".<ref>[http://www.westernciv.com/syllabi/notes/Gladstone-Disraeli--Instit.pdf Institute for the Study of Western Civilization: The Long Century - Eminent victorians]</ref> Anthony Gonsalves was also the name of the arranger for the famous music director [[Salil Chaudhary]].<ref name="Milon">{{cite web \|title=Interview with Milon Gupta (Bengali with English sub ~~titiles~~) - You tube \|publisher=Posted by RamanaRaaga }}</ref>		The opening line, "You are a sophisticated rhetorician intoxicated by the exuberance of your own verbosity", that is spoken by Anthony when he emerges from the Easter egg, is an almost exact quotation from a speech in the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] given by British Prime Minister [[Benjamin Disraeli]] in 1878. Disraeli (who was referring to [[William Ewart Gladstone]]) used the word "[[inebriated]]" rather than "[[Substance intoxication\|intoxicated]]".<ref>[http://www.westernciv.com/syllabi/notes/Gladstone-Disraeli--Instit.pdf Institute for the Study of Western Civilization: The Long Century - Eminent victorians]</ref> Anthony Gonsalves was also the name of the arranger for the famous music director [[Salil Chaudhary]].<ref name="Milon">{{cite web \|title=Interview with Milon Gupta (Bengali with English sub titles) - You tube \|date=24 November 2013 \|publisher=Posted by RamanaRaaga \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyDdsQZ2Vwg}}</ref>

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	[[Category:1977 songs]]		[[Category:1977 songs]]
	[[Category:~~Indian songs]]~~		[[Category:Songs written for Hindi-language films]]
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	[[Category:Kishore Kumar songs]]		[[Category:Kishore Kumar songs]]
	[[Category:Songs with music by Laxmikant–Pyarelal]]		[[Category:Songs with music by Laxmikant–Pyarelal]]
	[[Category:Songs with lyrics by Anand Bakshi]]		[[Category:Songs with lyrics by Anand Bakshi]]
	[[Category:Amitabh Bachchan songs]]		[[Category:Amitabh Bachchan songs]]

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| composer = [[Laxmikant–Pyarelal]]
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'''"My Name is Anthony Gonsalves"''' is a popular comic song from the 1977 [[Bollywood]] film ''[[Amar Akbar Anthony]]''. One unusual feature of this song is that the actor featured in its picturization, [[Amitabh Bachchan]], provides vocals along with the [[playback singer]] [[Kishore Kumar]]. Amitabh speaks and [[Kishore Kumar]] sings. It is shown in a sequence which in a reception, Anthony (Bachchan) sings and performs to be close to Jenny ([[Parveen Babi]]), for which her bodyguard keeps him away from her.<ref>[http://dcubed.blogspot.com/2005/01/hey-my-heart-show-me.html Hey My Heart, Show Me]</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/asiannetwork/presenters/top40_soundtracks_no36.shtml BBC Asian Network Top 40 Soundtracks of All Time #36] - link dead 27 May 2007 ({{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050313062209/http://www.bbc.co.uk/asiannetwork/presenters/top40_soundtracks_no36.shtml |date=13 March 2005 }})</ref>

The song was composed by duo [[Laxmikant–Pyarelal]]. The character [[Anthony Gonsalves]] is named after [[Anthony Gonsalves]], a music teacher of [[Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma]] who was one of the most famous music arrangers in [[Mumbai|Bombay]] in the 1930s. He had among his students the likes of [[RD Burman]] apart from Pyarelal.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.screenindia.com/fullstory.php?content_id=6675 |title=The 'Real' Anthony Gonsalves! |access-date=26 September 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071223001912/http://www.screenindia.com/fullstory.php?content_id=6675 |archive-date=23 December 2007 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

[[Special effects]] are used for comic purposes in the picturisation of this song.

The opening line, "You are a sophisticated rhetorician intoxicated by the exuberance of your own verbosity", that is spoken by Anthony when he emerges from the Easter egg, is an almost exact quotation from a speech in the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] given by British Prime Minister [[Benjamin Disraeli]] in 1878. Disraeli (who was referring to [[William Ewart Gladstone]]) used the word "[[inebriated]]" rather than "[[Substance intoxication|intoxicated]]".<ref>[http://www.westernciv.com/syllabi/notes/Gladstone-Disraeli--Instit.pdf Institute for the Study of Western Civilization: The Long Century - Eminent victorians]</ref> Anthony Gonsalves was also the name of the arranger for the famous music director [[Salil Chaudhary]].<ref name="Milon">{{cite web |title=Interview with Milon Gupta (Bengali with English sub titiles) - You tube |publisher=Posted by RamanaRaaga }}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Parda Hai Parda (song)|Parda Hai Parda]]
* ''[[My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves (film)|My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves]]'' (2007 film)

==References==
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[[Category:1977 songs]]
[[Category:Indian songs]]
[[Category:Hindi film songs]]
[[Category:Kishore Kumar songs]]
[[Category:Songs with music by Laxmikant–Pyarelal]]
[[Category:Songs with lyrics by Anand Bakshi]]
[[Category:Amitabh Bachchan songs]]

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