Anandmath was a novel by Bankim Chandra Chaterjee and published in 1882. The national song of India, Vande Mataram was originally published in this novel. The Sanyasi Rebellion of the late 1700s was the revolt this novel was based upon and was made famous by Bankim Chandra in this novel. Based upon this novel, Anand Math a Hindi Patriotic film was released in 1952. the film was directed by Hemen Gupta.