S. N. Tripathi

S. N. Tripathi
Born
Shri Nath Tripathi

14 March 1913
Benares, Benares State, British India
Died28 March 1988(1988-03-28) (aged 75)
Bombay, Maharashtra, India
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)playback singer
film music director
film director
Years active1936–1988

Shri Nath Tripathi (14 March 1913 – 28 March 1988) was an Indian composer, whose active years were from the 1930s to the 1980s.[1][2]

Tripathi's multi-faceted work range included being a composer, writer, actor, and director of films. His debut film as an independent composer was Chandan (1942). He was the first composer to make use of the slogan "Jai Hind" (Victory to India) in a song in films, during the end of the British Raj. The song was "Jai Hind, Jai Hind, Jai Hind, Yeh Hind Ki Kahaniyan" from the film Mansarovar (1946).[3] He gained popularity as an actor when he started playing the role of Hanuman in mythological and religious films like Homi Wadia's Shri Ram Bhakta Hanuman (1948) and Hanuman Pataal Vijay (1951).[4]

Tripathi turned to direction in 1957 starting with Rani Roopmati. Two of his films with Nirupa Roy and Bharat Bhushan, Rani Roopmati (1957) and Kavi Kalidas (1959), are cited as having "cinematic merit" and "unforgettable music".[5]

  1. ^ "S. N. Tripathi filmography". Upperstall.com website. Archived from the original on 6 April 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  2. ^ "S. N. Tripathi filmography". Complete Index To World Film (CITWF) website. Archived from the original on 13 September 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  3. ^ Gulazāra; Saibal Chatterjee (2003). Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema. Popular Prakashan. pp. 310–. ISBN 978-81-7991-066-5.
  4. ^ Rachel Dwyer; Senior Lecturer in Indian Studies Rachel Dwyer (27 September 2006). Filming the Gods: Religion and Indian Cinema. Routledge. pp. 44–. ISBN 978-1-134-38070-1.
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