Spread the light of freedom Wow ! Never knew that Louis Banks was the one who composed the brilliant, iconic tunes for both ‘Spread the light of freedom’ and ‘Mile sur tera tumhara’. Man this guy is brilliant, these tunes have stood the test of time, take a bow Louis, awesome stuff. Source for the following, indigoite.blogspot.in/2010/08/two-gems-from-archives-of-indian.html “There was an organisation, now defunct, called the Lok Sanchar Seva Parishad. God knows what it did. But it did produce two masterpieces which were aired regularly on TV in the mid eighties and which people of that vintage will immediately recall. They were supposed to promote national integration, but instead of a boring , yawn inducing homily, they came up with two masterpieces. The first was called Spread the Light of Freedom. This is what I had been searching long for. Indian sporting legends carrying a torch to lilting music composed by Louis Banks (ignore with a smile the passing resemblance to Vangelis in Chariots of Fire). It was a massive hit and every TV viewer could recite the names of all the sports heroes who featured in that film. Some familiar and some not so. Try and guess who they are - Ill post their names in the comments section after a couple of days. The second was Mile Sur Mera Tumhara. Same theme of national integration, but a different style. This too was a big hit and you could hear people humming the tune under their breath. After these two productions, Lok Sanchar Seva Parishad sank without a trace. But they achieved the unique distinction of a government department having made a few hearts beat a little faster. Happy viewing.” youtube/watch?v=P68WBjaqSbI
Posted on: Tue, 24 Jun 2014 17:22:17 +0000
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