Vande Mataram from the above prose translation, Sri Aurobindo also translated "Vande Mataram" into a verse form known as "Mother, I praise thee!". Sri Aurobindo commented on his English translation of the poem that "It is difficult to translate the National Song of India into verse in another language owing to its unique union of sweetness, simple directness and high poetic force." Vande Mataram has inspired many Indian poets and has been translated into numerous Indian languages, such as Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Assamese, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi and others. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay was one of the earliest graduates of the newly
Anand Math Notable songs included "Vande Mataram", based on the song written by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay. This song played an important role throughout the Indian Independence Movement and was eventually declared the "National Song" at the time of independence in 1947. Kumar's tune for "Vande Mataram" is still considered an important version of this popular and widely interpreted song. Anand Math Anand Math is a 1952 Indian bollywood historical patriotic film directed by Hemen Gupta, based on the famous Bengali novel "Anandamath", written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in 1882. The novel and film are set in the events of the Sannyasi Rebellion,