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'''"My Name is Anthony Gonsalves"''' is a | '''"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 | 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> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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[[Category:1977 songs]] | [[Category:1977 songs]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Songs written for Hindi-language films]] | ||
[[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]] | ||
Latest revision as of 23:41, 19 January 2026
| "My name Is Anthony Gonsalves" | |
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| Song by Kishore Kumar and Amitabh Bachchan | |
| from the album Amar Akbar Anthony | |
| Released | 1977 |
| Recorded | Mumbai, 1977 |
| Genre | Film score |
| Songwriter(s) | Anand Bakshi |
| Composer(s) | Laxmikant–Pyarelal |
"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.[1][2]
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 Bombay in the 1930s. He had among his students the likes of RD Burman apart from Pyarelal.[3]
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 "intoxicated".[4] Anthony Gonsalves was also the name of the arranger for the famous music director Salil Chaudhary.[5]
See also[edit | edit source]
- Parda Hai Parda
- My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves (2007 film)
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Hey My Heart, Show Me
- ↑ BBC Asian Network Top 40 Soundtracks of All Time #36 - link dead 27 May 2007 (Archived 13 March 2005 at the Wayback Machine)
- ↑ "The 'Real' Anthony Gonsalves!". Archived from the original on 23 December 2007. Retrieved 26 September 2006.
- ↑ Institute for the Study of Western Civilization: The Long Century - Eminent victorians
- ↑ "Interview with Milon Gupta (Bengali with English sub titles) - You tube". Posted by RamanaRaaga. 24 November 2013.