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'''Anthony Prabhu Gonsalves''' (12 June 1927 &ndash; 18 January 2012) was an Indian musical composer, music arranger and teacher born in the village of [[Majorda]] (near [[Margao]] in Portuguese Goa), His father, '''Jose Antonio Gonsalves''', was a choirmaster at Majorda’s ''Mãe de Deus'' church. Musically precocious, '''Anthony''' quickly absorbed his father’s lessons and then, barely into his teens, went to '''Bombay''' to join his fellow Goan musician. During the mid-1950s, attempted to merge the symphonies of his Goan heritage with the [[Hindustani music|Hindustani]] melodies and rhythms in films of the day.<br />
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Later, he was popularised as a lead character in the 1977 hit, ''[[Amar Akbar Anthony]]'', played by [[Amitabh Bachchan]], was named after him, especially with the song, "[[My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves (song)|My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves]]".<ref name=ndtv>{{cite web |title =10 things you didn't know about Amar Akbar Anthony|author= Gitanjali Roy | url = http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/10-things-you-didn-t-know-about-amar-akbar-anthony-358856 | publisher =NDTV Movies | date = 8 May 2013 | accessdate = 3 August 2013 }}</ref><ref name="Auckland2008">{{cite book|author=Ethnomusicology Gregory D. Booth |title=Behind the Curtain : Making Music in Mumbai's Film Studios: Making Music in Mumbai's Film Studios|url=https://archive.org/details/behindcurtainmak00boot|url-access=registration |accessdate=6 August 2013|date=15 September 2008|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-971665-4|pages=[https://archive.org/details/behindcurtainmak00boot/page/3 3]–}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
He found his first job in the city as a violinist in the group of the composer [[Naushad]] in 1943. He taught Pyarelal Sharma of [[Laxmikant–Pyarelal]] team and has worked with most of the legendary composers of the 1950s and 1960s. A few examples of his work are [[B.R. Chopra]] (''[[Naya Daur (1957 film)|Naya Daur]]'', ''[[Waqt (1965 film)|Waqt]]''), [[Naushad]] (''[[Dillagi (1949 film)|Dillagi]]''), and [[Chetan Anand (producer and director)|Chetan Anand]] (''[[Haqeeqat (1964 film)|Haqeeqat]]''). The song "[[My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves (song)|My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves]]" was Pyarelal's tribute to his violin teacher.<ref>[http://www.screenindia.com/fullstory.php?content_id=6675 ''The 'Real' Anthony Gonsalves!''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071223001912/http://www.screenindia.com/fullstory.php?content_id=6675 |date=23 December 2007 }}, [[MA Khan]], ''[[Screen India]]'', 21 November 2003.</ref><br />
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In 1958, Gonsalves founded the [[Symphony Orchestra of India]] (as distinct from the [[Symphony Orchestra of India]]) featuring [[playback singer]]s [[Lata Mangeshkar]] and [[Manna Dey]] as soloists, the works were performed in the quadrangle of [[St. Xavier's College, Bombay]].<br />
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In 1965, he quit the film industry and went to the United States, via a travelling grant from [[Syracuse University]] in New York. He became a member of the [[American Society of Composers, Publishers and Authors]], and later in returned to India, settled in his ancestral village of Majorda in Goa, and continued composing music, though he never joined the Hindi films again<ref>[http://www.india-seminar.com/2004/543/543%20naresh%20fernandes.htm ''Remembering Anthony Gonsalves''], [[Naresh Fernandes]] (''Time Out'' editor), ''[[India Seminar]]'' No. 543, November 2004.</ref> He died in 2012 of pneumonia and hypotension.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://churumuri.wordpress.com/2012/01/19/yes-his-name-was-anthony-prabhu-gonsalves/|title=Yes, his name was Anthony Prabhu Gonsalves|date=19 January 2012|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Music/Music-legend-Anthony-Gonsalves-no-more/Article1-799209.aspx |title=Archived copy |access-date=19 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102173524/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Music/Music-legend-Anthony-Gonsalves-no-more/Article1-799209.aspx |archive-date=2 November 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref><br />
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==Music Arrangement in Indian movies==<br />
* ''[[Dholak (film)|Dholak]]'' (1950)<br />
* ''[[Pehli Nazar]] (1945)<br />
* ''[[Mahal (1949 film)|Mahal]]'' (1949)<br />
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==Influences in Indian popular culture==<br />
* ''[[My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves (song)|My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves]]'', a song in the 1977 film ''[[Amar Akbar Anthony]]''<br />
** ''[[My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves (film)|My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves]]'' (2007), a film based on the song<br />
* ''Anthony Gonsalves'', in [[Raj Comics]] by [[Tarunkumar Wahi]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb name |3032938}}<br />
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[[Category:1927 births]]<br />
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[[Category:Indian people of Portuguese descent]]<br />
[[Category:Indian male composers]]<br />
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[[Category:People from Margao]]<br />
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