Career
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". He found his first job in the city as a violinist in the group of the composer Naushad in 1943. He taught Rural Delivery Burman and Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma-( father of music director Pyarelal 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, Waqt), Naushad (Dillagi), and Chetan Anand (Haqeeqat).
In 1958, Gonsalves founded the Symphony Orchestra of India (as distinct from the Symphony Orchestra of India) featuring playback singers Lata Mangeshkar and Manna Dey as soloists, the works were performed in the quadrangle of Saint Xavier"s College in Mapusa, Goa. In 1965, he quit the film industry and went to the United States, via a travelling grant from Syracuse University in New New York
Dholak (1950)
Pehli Nazar (1945)
Mahal (1949)
My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves, a song in the 1977 film Amar Akbar Anthony
My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves (2007), a film based on the song
Anthony Gonsalves, in Raj Comics by Tarunkumar Wahi.