Kavi Pradeep- His Songs Ignite Patriotism
Songs have always played an undisputed role in inciting the spirit of nationalism in the hearts of millions of people. Many patriotic songs, written by the literary stalwarts like Tagore or Bankim Chandra Chatterjee. Kavi Pradeep was the first songwriter to write patriotic songs for Bollywood. His song ' Chal Chal Re Naujawan" , for the 1940 film Bandhan, made waves since the Indian freedom movement was at a crucial juncture. The impact and popularity of the song can be gauged by the fact that the song used to be sung at these assemblies by patriotic INC activists. INC also formed a children corp known as “Vanar Sena” under the leadership of Indira Gandhi. Vanar Sena adopted the song as its marching song and Indira herself used to sing it at the meetings. She later admitted that this song had a lifelong impact on her. His next song , “ Aaj Himalaya ki choti se phir humne lalkara hai ” for the 1942 film 'Kismet' was very popula...