Hamrahi (1945 film) revolutionised the concept of film as a social document of contemporary reality". The music direction was by Raichand Boral and the lyrics were by Zakir Husain. The film included Rabindranath's "Jana Gana Mana", which became the national anthem of India following Independence. Most of the songs were sung by Binota Bose, with one duet by Hemant Kumar and two songs sung as chorus. Songlist: Hamrahi (1945 film) Hamrahi (Companion, Partner), is a 1945 Hindi social drama film of Indian Cinema. The film was a bilingual, with Hamrahi being a remake of its popular Bengali version called "Udayer Pathey" (1944). Bimal
Jana Gana Mana enthralled the college students while Margaret Cousins, then vice-principal of the college (also an expert in European music and wife of Irish poet James Cousins), both requested Tagore to create an English translation of the song and set down the musical notation to the national anthem, which is followed only when the song is sung in the original slow rendition style. Tagore translated the work into English while at the college on 28 February 1919, titled . The college adopted Tagore's translation of the song as their prayer song which is sung till today. Before it was the national anthem