Salil Chowdhury

Salil Chowdhury (19 November 1925 – 5 September 1995) was an Indian music director, songwriter, lyricist, writer and poet who predominantly composed for Bengali, Hindi and Malayalam films. He composed music for films in 13 languages. This includes over 75 Hindi films, 41 Bengali films, 27 Malayalam films, and a few Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Gujarati, Odia and Assamese films. His musical ability was widely recognised[1] and acknowledged in the Indian film industry. He was an accomplished composer and arranger who was proficient in several musical instruments, including flute, the piano, and the esraj. He was also widely acclaimed and admired[1] for his inspirational and original poetry in Bengali.

Salil Chowdhury
Image of Salil Chowdhury
Background information
Born(1922-11-19)19 November 1922
Ghazipur, 24 Parganas, Bengal Presidency, British India (present-day South 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India)
Died5 September 1995(1995-09-05) (aged 72)
Calcutta, West Bengal, India
GenresBengali, folk, film base, western classical fusion, Indian classical fusion
Occupation(s)Singer-Songwriter, Composer, Arranger, Poet, Lyricist, Story-writer

The first Bengali film for which Chowdhury composed music was Paribortan, released in 1949. Mahabharati, released in 1994, was the last of the 41 Bengali films where he rendered his music. He is affectionately called Salilda by his admirers. He mentored famous music directors like RD Burman and Hridaynath Mangeshkar

Career

Early influences – childhood and teenage

Salil Chowdhury was born on 19 November 1925, in a village called Ghazipur in South 24 Parganas, West Bengal. Salil's childhood was spent in the Tea Gardens Region of Assam. His father was reputed to stage plays with coolies and other low-paid workers of the tea-gardens.[1] While his father, Dr Gyanendra Chowdhury, was the Medical Officer at Hathikuli Tea Estate near Kaziranga in Assam, between 1931 and 1951, the Chief Medical Officer was Dr Maloni, an Irish national. During his early years, he used to listen to western orchestral music on Dr Maloni's gramophone. To date, this information stands engraved in black granite in Hathikuli Tea Estate in his memory. During the second world war Chowdhury got the opportunity to closely observe human sufferings, hunger and problem of the refugees.[2] He studied in Harinavi D.V.A.S High School and there after graduating from Bangabasi College, affiliated to the University of Calcutta in Kolkata, and during this period his political ideas were formulated along with a considerable maturity in his musical ideas.[1]

As a teenager in school, Chowdhury already had an interest in music, and played the flute, harmonium and esraj. He learnt to play the piano from his elder brother at the age of 6. Once in college, he also began to compose tunes. His first popular song was "Becharpoti tomar bichaar" (lit. the days of new judgement have come because people are now awake), set to a kirtan tune. Chowdhury composed it in 1945 during the Indian National Army trials when the freedom fighters had returned from Andaman jail. Chowdhury shifted to a village in 24 parganas to live with his maternal uncles, when he was witness to a big peasant uprising there in 1943. He got involved with them and began writing songs for the peasant movement. In 1944, while studying for his MA, Chowdhury witnessed people dying on the streets of Calcutta, as 50 lakh Bengalis died during the famine. The famine was man-made as local rice was instead directed to Britain's war effort overseas, leading to scarcity, aggravated by black marketeers and hoarders. This led Chowdhury to become fully involved in the peasant movement, and he became a full-time member of IPTA and the Communist Party. Subsequently, arrest warrants were issued in his name, and he went underground in the Sunderbans, hiding in paddy fields and supported by local peasants. During this time, he continued writing plays and songs.[3]

In 1944, a young Salil came to Calcutta for his graduate studies. He joined the IPTA[1] (Indian Peoples Theater Association) the cultural wing of the Communist Party of India. He started writing songs[1] and setting tunes for them.[1] The IPTA theatrical outfit travelled through the villages and the cities bringing these songs to the common man. Songs like Bicharpati, Runner and Abak prithibi[1] became extremely popular with the general population at the time.

Songs like Gnaayer bodhu (গাঁয়ের বধূ), which he composed at the age of 20, brought about a new wave of Bengali music.[1] Almost every notable singer at the time from West Bengal had sung at least one of his songs. A few examples are Debabrata Biswas, Manna Dey, Hemanta Mukherjee, Shyamal Mitra, Sandhya Mukherjee, Manabendra Mukherjee, Subir Sen, and Pratima Banerjee.

Film career

Sitting from left: Robin Majumdar, Bhanu Banerjee, Robin Chatterjee, Ila Bose, Bani Ghoshal, Sabita Chowdhury and Salil Chowdhury
Standing from left: V. Balsara, Shyamal Mitra, Montu Bose and Jahar Roy

The first Bengali film in which Salil Chowdhury composed music was Paribortan, released in 1949. Mahabharati, released in 1994, was the last of the 41 Bengali films where he rendered his music.

In an interview with All India Radio, Salil Chowdhury described his coming to Bombay in 1953 as a "stroke of luck". He was writing the script for a Bengali film about a peasant who was disowned of his land and had gone to Calcutta to earn money as a Rickshaw puller. Hrishikesh Mukherjee, who heard of it from Chowdhury during a visit to Calcutta, liked it immensely and suggested that he narrate it to the director Bimal Roy. Roy heard it, and asked him to meet him again the next morning. However, when Chowdhury went to meet him the next day, he learnt that Roy had rushed to Bombay on an urgent call. A week later, he received a telegram from Roy that he wanted to turn his script into a movie. This resulted in Chowdhury's debut in the Hindi film industry in 1953[1] as the music director for Do Bigha Zamin (1953). The movie was based on Tagore's poem by the same name, but the story was different and was written by Salil Chowdhury himself. Directed by Bimal Roy, this film took his career to new heights when it became the first film to win the Filmfare Best Movie Award and won the international Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. [3]

After working for about 20 years in Bengali and Hindi films, he entered the Malayalam film industry and, in 1964, composed music for the movie Chemmeen.[1] He went on to compose music for films in 13 languages. This includes over 75 Hindi films, 41 Bengali films, around 27 Malayalam films, and a few Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Gujarati, Odia and Assamese films. Asked about his method, Chowdhury described it thus – He would usually ask the film maker to explain the situation to him, then Chowdhury would compose a tune to suit the mood, and the lyric writer would set in words. This remained his practice for most of his films including Madhumati, in which Shailendra wrote the lyrics subsequently.[3]

During the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War, Chowdhury contributed to the programmes of the Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra based in Kolkata. His 1971 album Bangla Amar Bangla was meant for the liberation struggle. Later, when Chowdhury visited Bangladesh in 1990, he was given the welcome of a mass leader in Dhaka. Chowdhury was posthumously awarded the Muktijoddha Maitreye Samman in 2012.[4]

Poet, Playwright, Short story writer, Salil also directed a film Pinjre Ke Panchhi starring Meena Kumari, Balraj Sahani and Mehmood based on his own story and screenplay in 1966. Salil Chowdhury was the Founder of Bombay Youth Choir, the first ever Secular Choir in India in 1958 as its composer and conductor - he inspired scores of secular choir groups to be formed throughout India formulating a new genre of music using vocal polyphony for Indian Folk and Contemporary Music.

Personal life

Salil Chowdhury married the painter Jyoti Chowdhury in July 1952 in a temple. He had three daughters with her – Aloka, Tulika and Lipika. Later, he had a court marriage with singer Sabita Banerjee, with whom he had two sons, Sukanta and Sanjoy, and two daughters, Antara and Sanchari. Sanjoy Chowdhury is a successful music composer and has scored music for over 100 feature films. Sabita Chowdhury was a legendary singer and their daughter Antara Chowdhury too a known singer. Smt. Sabita Chowdhury died on 29 June 2017.[5]

Legacy

Chowdhury on a 2013 stamp of India
  • Salil's music was a blending of Eastern and the Western music traditions. He had once said: "I want to create a style which shall transcend borders – a genre which is emphatic and polished, but never predictable".[6] He dabbled in a lot of things and it was his ambition to achieve greatness in everything he did.[6] But at times, his confusion was fairly evident: "I do not know what to opt for: poetry, story writing, orchestration or composing for films. I just try to be creative with what fits the moment and my temperament", he once told a journalist.[6]
  • Salil's love for Western classical music started when he was a young boy growing up in an Assam tea garden where his father worked as a doctor. His father inherited a large number of western classical records and a gramophone from a departing Irish doctor. While Salil listened to Mozart, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Chopin, and others everyday, his daily life was surrounded by the sound of the forest, chirping of the birds, sound of the flute and the local folk-music of Assam.[6] This left a lasting impression in young Salil. He became a self-taught flute player and his favourite composer was Mozart. His compositions often used folk melodies or melodies based on Indian classical ragas but the orchestration was very much western in its construction. According to his daughter Antara, (Ref.: Ek Fankar @ Vividbharati Radio Programme at 10.00 pm on 19 November 2013), Salil himself once joked that he was Mozart, reborn.
  • Salil being a composing exponent, he even sensed the talent of a guitarist who played in his orchestra and uttered that, "I think he’s going to be the best composer in India".[7] The guitarist eventually turned out to be Maestro Ilaiyaraaja. A. R Rahman's father, R. K Shekhar used to conduct Salil Chowdhury's arrangements in South Indian film music. Rahman once said that his musical understanding was greatly influenced by the musical sessions conducted by Salil Chowdhury.[1]
  • "The Salil Chowdhury Foundation of Music, Social Help & Education Trust" was created in 2002 by Sabita Chowdhury, wife, and Antara Chowdhury, daughter of the late composer, to carry forward the legacy and preserve the works of Salil Chowdhury. In 2015 the Salil Chowdhury Memorial Concert and Honours were established in memory of the Genius to honour some of the greatest Indian singers and musicians.[8]

Filmography

Hindi

Year Film
1953 Do Bigha Zamin
1954 Biraaj bahu; Naukri; Manohar
1955 Amaanat; Taangewaali
1956 Aawaaz; Parivaar; Jaagte Raho
1957 Aparadhi Kaun; Ek Gaaon ki Kahaani; LaalBatti; Musaafir, Zamaana
1958 Madhumati
1959 Heeramoti
1960 Jawaahar; Honeymoon; Qaanoon; Parakh; Usne Kaha Tha
1961 Chaardeewaari; Chhayaa; Kaabuliwaalaa; Maayaa; Memdidi; Sapan Suhaane
1962 Half Ticket; Jhoola; Prem Patra
1965 Chaand Aur Sooraj; Poonam Ki Raat
1966 Pinjre Ki Panchhi; Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose; Jawaab Aayega
1968 Mitti Ka Dev
1969 Ittefaaq; Sara Akaash
1970 Aanand
1971 Gehraa Raaz; Mere Apne
1972 Annadata; Anokha Daan; Anokha Milan; Mere Bhaiyaa; Sabse Bada Sukh
1974 Rajnigandhaa
1975 Chhoti si Baat; Sangat
1976 Jeevan Jyoti; Mrigayaa; Udaan Chhoo
1977 Minoo; Anand Mahal
1979 Kalaa Patthar; Jeenaa Yahaan
1980 Chehre Pe Chehra; Chemmeen Lahrein; Chirutha; Kuhasaa; Naani Maa; Room no.203; Daisy
1981 Plot no. 5; Agni Pareeksha
1982 Dil Ka Saathi Dil; Darpok ki Dosti; Artap
1984 Kanoon Kya Karega
1986 Zevar
1988 Trishaagni
1989 Kamla Ki Maut; Nehru The Jewel of India; Atmadaan; Aakhiri Badlaa
1990 Triyaatri; Hamaari Shaadi * (MD: Sanjoy Chowdhury and Salil Chowdhury)
1991 Netraheen Saakshi;
1994 Tiriacharittar (or Striyascharittram)
1994 Swami Vivekananda
1995 Mera Damaad
Salil Chowdhury Filmography (Detailed)
YearTitleLanguageOther NotesDirector
1949PoribartanBengaliSatyen Bose
1951BarjatriBengaliSatyen Bose
1952Pasher BariBengali
1953Bansher KellaBengali
1953Bhore hoye eloBengali
1953Do Bigha ZaminHindiBimal Roy
1954Biraaj bahuHindiBimal Roy
1954NaukariHindi
1954Aaj SondhyayBengali
1954Mohila MahalBengali
1955AmaanatHindi
1955Ek Din RatreBengaliShombhu Mitra and Amit Moitra
1955TangewaliHindi
1955RikshawalaBengaliStory written by Salil Chowdhury. In 1952 story was used by Bimal Roy to create "Do Bigha Zameen"Satyen Bose
1956Raat BhoreBengaliMrinal Sen
1956ParivarHindi
1956Jagte RahoHindi
1956AawazHindi
1957Apradhi Kaun?Hindi
1957Ek Gaon Ki KahaniHindiDulal Guha
1957Gotoma the BuddhaHindiA documentary film
1957Lal BattiHindi
1957MusafirHindiHrishikesh Mukherjee
1957ZamaanaHindi
1958Bari Theke PaliyeBengali
1958MadhumatiHindiWon – Filmfare Award for Best Music DirectorBimal Roy
1959HeeramotiHindi
1959The RiverHindi
1960JawaaharHindi
1960GangaaBengaliRajen Tarafdar
1960ParakhHindi
1960HoneymoonHindi
1960KanoonHindiBackground Score only.B. R. Chopra
1960Usne Kaha ThaHindiMoni Bhattacharjee
1961Rai BahadurBengali
1961Komol GandhaarBengaliRitwik Ghatak
1961KabuliwalaHindiFrom – Tagore's story Kabuliwala in Begali film 1960
1961Char DiwariHindi
1961ChhayaHindiHrishikesh Mukherjee
1961MayaHindi
1961Mem-DidiHindi
1961Sapne SuhaneHindi
1962Half TicketHindi
1962SunbaiMarathi
1962JhoolaHindi
1962Prem PatraHindi– From a Bengali film " Sagarika"
1964Kinu Goaalaar GoliBengali
1964AyanaantoBengali
1964Lal PattharHindi– From a Bengali film " Lal Pathar"
1965Chand Aur SurajHindi
1965Poonam Ki RaatHindi
1966PaariBengali
1966Pinjre Ke PanchhiHindi
1966Netaji Subhash Chandra BoseHindi
1966Jawaab AayegaHindi
1965ChemmeenMalayalam
1968Mitti Ka DevHindi
1968Anokhi RaatHindiBackground Score only
1968ChehereHindiTV series
1968Ezhu RathrikalMalayalam
1969IttefaqHindiBackground Score only
1969Sara AkashHindiBackground Score only
1970AbhayamMalayalamBackground Score only
1970AparajeyoAssameseCHATURANGA – Phani Talukdar, Munin Bayan, Atul Bardaloi & Gauri Barman
1971AnandHindiHrishikesh Mukherjee
1971Samshaya PhalaKannadaWon – Karnataka State Film Award for Best Music Director
1971UyirTamilBackground Score only
1971Gehraa RaazHindi
1971Mere ApneHindi
1971Ghar SansaarGujarati
1972Marjina AabdullahBengali
1972Raktaakto BanglaaBengali
1972Anokha MilanHindi
1972Mere BhaiyaHindi
1972Sabse Bada SukhHindi
1972AnnadataHindi
1972Anokha DaanHindi
1973SwapnamMalayalam
1973AchanakHindiBackground Score only
1973KarumbuTamil
1974NelluMalayalam
1974Chairman ChalamayyaTelugu
1974RajnigandhaHindi
1975RasaleelaMalayalam
1975SangatHindi
1975MausamHindiBackground Score only
1975Chhoti Si BaatHindi
1979PratheekshaMalayalam
1975Neela PonmanMalayalam
1975Onde Roopa Eradu GunaKannada
1975RaagamMalayalam
1975ThomasleehaMalayalam
1976Jeevan JyotiHindi
1976Udaan ChhooHindi
1976ThulavarshamMalayalam
1977KobitaBengaliBharat Shamsher
1977MinooHindi
1977SisterBengali
1977MrigayaaHindi
1977Anand MahalHindi
1977AparadhiMalayalam
1977Chinna Ninna MuddaduveKannada
1977DweepMalayalamBackground score only
1977VishukkaniMalayalam
1977KokilaKannada
1978Ee Ganam MarakkumoMalayalam
1978MadanolsavamMalayalam
1978NaukriHindiBackground Score.
Also Story Writer
1978Samayamayilla PolumMalayalam
1978Etho Oru SwapnamMalayalam
1979Jibon Je RakamBengali
1979Rupaali SoikateBengaliAlamgir Kabir
1979Srikaanter WillBengali
1979Azhiyadha KolangalTamil
1979Chuvanna ChirakukalMalayalam
1979Kaala PattharHindiBackground Score only
1979Jeena YahanHindi
1979Puthiya VelichamMalayalam
1980Byapika BidaayBengali
1980ParabeshBengali
1980AntarghaatBengali
1980Air HostessMalayalam
1980Doorathu Idi MuzhakkamTamil
1981Agni PareekshaHindi
1981Akaler Sandhaney (In Search of Famine)BengaliMrinal Sen
1981Chehre Pe ChehraHindiBackground Score only
1981Batasi JhadaOdia
1981Plot No. 5HindiBackground Score only
1982ArtapBengali
1982Anthiveyilile PonnuMalayalam
1984Kanoon Kya KaregaHindiBackground Score only
1984VellamMalayalamBackground Score only
1985ProtiggyaBengali
1985DebikaaBengali
1985MowchorBengali
1985Manas KanyaAssamesePhani Talukdar
1986JibonBengali
1987ZevarHindiBackground Score only
1988TrishagniHindi
1989SwarnatrishaaBengali
1989Aakhri BadlaHindi
1989Kamla Ki MautHindiBackground Score only
1990Nehru: The Jewel of IndiaHindi
1990/91AashritaBengaliBackground Score only
1991Haaraaner NaatjamaaiBengali
1991/92ThamburanMalayalam
1991VasthuharaMalayalam
1994MahabharotiBengali
1994Sei SomoyBengali
1994TriyacharitraHindi
1994Swami VivekanandaHindiG. V. Iyer
1995Thumboli KadappuramMalayalam
1985Mera DamadHindi
1995Agar Aisa Ho TohHindiTelevision series

Bengali

Year Film
1949 Poribartan
1951 Barjaatri
1952 Paasher Baadi
1953 Baansher Kella
1953 Bhor Hoye Elo
1954 Aaj Sondhaay
1954 Mohila Mahal
1955 Rickshawaala
1956 Raat Bhore
1956 Ak din Raatre
1959 Baadi Thekey Paaliye
1960 Gangaa
1961 Rai Bahadur
1964 Kinu Goaalaar Goli
1964 Ayanaanto
1964 Laal Paathor
1966 Paari
1972 Marjina Aabdullah
1972 Raktaakto Banglaa (made in Bangladesh)
1977 Kobita
1977 Sister
1979 Jibon Je Rakam;Rupaali Soikate (made in Bangladesh)
1979 Srikaanter Will
1980 Byapika Bidaay
1980 Parabesh
1980 Akaler Sandhaney
1980 Antarghaat
1982 Artap
1985 Protiggya
1985 Debikaa
1985 Mowchor
1986 Jibon
1989 Swarnatrishaa
1990/91 Aashrita **(background: Salil) (MD:Hridaynath Mangeskar)
1991 Haaraaner Naatjamaai
1994 Mahabharoti
1994 Sei Somoy
1961 Komol Gandhaar
1981 Aswamedher Ghoraa

Malayalam

Year Film
1965 Chemmeen
1968 Ezhuraathrikal
1970 Abhayam
1973 Swapnam
1974 Nellu
1975 Neelaponman
1975 Raagam
1975 Rasaleela
1975 Thomasleeha / St. Thomas)
1976 Aparadhi
1976 Thulavarsham
1977 Dweepu (background music only)
1977 Vishukkanni
1978 Samayamayilla polum
1978 Etho Oru Swapnam
1978 Madanolsavam
1978 Devdasi (Unreleased)
1978 Ee Ganam Marakkumo
1978 Chuvanna Chirakukal
1979 Pratheeksha
1979 Puthiya Velicham
1980 Air Hostess
1982 Anthiveyilile Ponnu
1985 Vellam (background music only)
1991 Vasthuhara (background music only)
1992 Thamburan (Unreleased)
1995 Thumboli Kadappuram

Others

Language Year Film
Tamil 1971 Uyir (Salilda composed background music only - MD was Ramana Sridhar)
Tamil 1973 Karumbu
Tamil 1978 Paruvamazhai
Tamil 1979 Azhiyatha Kolangal
Tamil 1980 Thooraththu Idimuzhakkam
Telugu 1974 Chairman Chalamayya
Telugu 1978 Amara Prema
Kannada 1971 Samsayaphala
Kannada 1975 Onde Rupa Eradu Guna
Kannada 1977 Chinna Ninna Muddaduve; Kokila
Gujarati 1978 Ghar Sansaar
Assamese 1970 Aparajeyo
Assamese 1985

1989

Manas Kanya

Bangshadhar

(Bankground Score)

Odia

1981 Batasi Jhada
Marathi 1962 Sunbai

Discography

List of some songs for which music or lyrics were composed by Salil Chowdhury (in alphabetical order)

Salil Chowdhury Discography
Year Song Singer Language Film/album Lyrics Music
1955Ab machal utha hain dariyaChorusHindiNon-Film 78 rpm record ( N76006)Govind MunshiSalil Chowdhury
1949Abujh mon re bol moreChorusBanglaPoribartanBimal GhoshSalil Chowdhury
1946Aage chalo aage chaloChorusBanglaIPTASalil ChowdhurySalil Chowdhury
1958Aaja Re PardesiLata MangeshkarHindiMadhumatiShailendraSalil Chowdhury
1953Aaja tu aaLata MangeshkarHindiDo Bigha Zameen (Story written by Salil Chowdhury "Rikshawala")ShailendraSalil Chowdhury
1953Aajab teri duniyaMd Rafi with ChorusHindiDo Bigha Zameen (Story written by Salil Chowdhury "Rikshawala")ShailendraSalil Chowdhury
1954Aaji shunye gagan potheBanglaMohila MahalSalil ChowdhurySalil Chowdhury
1961Aakela tujhe jaane na duLataHindiChaar DeewaariShailendraSalil Chowdhury
1961Aankho mein masti sharaab kiTalat MahmoodHindiChhayaaRajinder KrishanSalil Chowdhury
1945Aalor desh thekey aandhaar paar hoyeeChorusBanglaIPTASalil ChowdhurySalil Chowdhury
1953Aamar kichhu moner asha
[Chale thumak thumak - Hindi (1957) Lata Mangeskar (Ek Gaaon Ki Kahaani])
Utpala SenBangla-Salil Chowdhury
1953Aamay kichhu khete dao maMahananda BaulBanglaBhor Hoye EloSalil Chowdhury
1949Aamra kishore dalChorusBanglaPoribartanBimal GhoshSalil Chowdhury
1954Aarzi hamariKishore KumarHindiNaukriShailendraSalil Chowdhury
1961Aanshu samajhke kyun mujheTalat MahmoodHindiChhayaaRajinder KrishanSalil Chowdhury
1980Alaiyendi KollvomS. P. Balasubramaniam, P. SusheelaTamilDoorathu Idi MuzhakkamKu. Ma. BalasubramaniamSalil Chowdhury
1961Ay dil kahan teri manjilDwijen Mukherjee & Lata MangeshkarHindiMayaMajroohSalil Chowdhury
1961Ay dil kahan teri manjilLata MangeshkarHindiMayaMajroohSalil Chowdhury
1961Ay mere pyaare watanManna DeyHindiKaabuliwaalaaPrem Dhawan, GulzaarSalil Chowdhury
1946Ay re o ay reChorusBanglaIPTASalil ChowdhurySalil Chowdhury
1955Ay re o paushali bataseChorusBanglaRikshawalaSalil ChowdhurySalil Chowdhury
1955Baa.nki adaayei.n dekhnaa ji dekhnaaGeeta DuttHindiAmaanat ShailendraSalil Chowdhury
1957Baat koi matlab ki hai zaroor
[Jay jay din - Bengali (1967) Biswajit]
Asha VonsleHindiAparadhi KaunMajroohSalil Chowdhury
1982Beeti dino ki sapne
[Kayse manaao - Hindi (1961) Mukesh]
[Chanchal sonali pakhnay - Bengali (1982) Arundhati]
Arundhati Home ChowdhuryHindiNon-FilmYogeshSalil Chowdhury
1953Bhaai re.. Dharti kahe pukar keLata Manna ChorusHindiDo Bigha Zameen (Story written by Salil Chowdhury "Rikshawala")ShailendraSalil Chowdhury
1944Bhango bhango bhango bhango bhango kaaraaChorusBanglaIPTASalil ChowdhurySalil Chowdhury
1947Bichaarpoti tomaar bichaar korbey jaaraaChorusBanglaIPTASalil ChowdhurySalil Chowdhury
1954Bodhua lagiya basraso sajanuBanglaAaj SandhyaySalil Chowdhury
1957Bole pihu pihu pi papiharaaLata MangeshkarHindiEk Gaaon Ki KahaaniShailendraSalil Chowdhury
1956Bone noy mone aaj ronger melaSandhya MukhopadhyayBanglaRaat BhoreGouriprasanna MazumdarSalil Chowdhury
1954Bristi pare tapur tupurHiralal SarkhelBanglaIPTABhaskar BoseSalil Chowdhury
1958Chadh Gayo Papi BichhuaLata Mangeshkar & Manna DeyHindiMadhumatiShailendraSalil Chowdhury
1957Chale thumak thumak taare
[Amaar kichhu moner aasha - Bengali (1953) Utpala Sen]
Lata MangeskarHindiEk Gaaon Ki KahaaniShailendraSalil Chowdhury
1982Chanchal sonali pakhnay [Kayse maano piyawa - Hindi (1961) Mukesh]Arundhati Home ChowdhuryBanglaNon-FilmSalil Chowdhury
1955Chet re moorakh..re moorakh tu kyaaAsha & Manna DeyHindiAmaanat ShailendraSalil Chowdhury
1955Chhal chhal paani hamaari zindagaaniAsha & Manna DeyHindiAmaanat ShailendraSalil Chowdhury
1961Chham chham naachata aayee bahaarLata MangeshkarHindiChhayaaRajinder KrishanSalil Chowdhury
1954Chhotasa ghar hogaKishorekumar & Shaila BelleHindiNaukriShailendraSalil Chowdhury
1954Chhotasa ghar hogaHemanta MukherjeeHindiShailendraSalil Chowdhury
1957Chuk chuk chhaiya chhaiyaManna Dey, ChorusHindiLal BattiMajroohSalil Chowdhury
1955Dekho tangaa mera niralaMd. RafiHindiTaangewaaliPrem DhawanSalil Chowdhury
1957Desi kyaa bidesi, goraa bhi kitnaaShamshad Begum, Manna DeyHindiLal BattiMajroohSalil Chowdhury
1946Dheu uthchhey karaa tutchheyChorusBanglaIPTASalil ChowdhurySalil Chowdhury
1954Dil mera [Na jani re - Bengali (1954) Gayatri Basu]Shamshad BegamHindiBiraj BahooPrem DhawanSalil Chowdhury
1958Dil Tadap Tadap KeMukesh, LataHindiMadhumatiShailendraSalil Chowdhury
1961Dil se dil ki Dor baandheLata, MukeshHindiChhayaaRajinder KrishanSalil Chowdhury
1954Do matwale do dilwaleSamshad Begum, ChorusHindiManoharV.M.Adil and J.S. KashyapSalil Chowdhury
1954Dol gayee dhartiMd RafiHindiBiraj BahooPrem DhawanSalil Chowdhury
1956Dukher simaa naaiSatinath MukherjeeBanglaRaat BhoreGouriprasanna MazumdarSalil Chowdhury
1954Duru duru duru guru guru guru
[Aarzi hamari - Hindi - Kishore]
BanglaMohila MahalSalil ChowdhurySalil Chowdhury
1956E maajhi reShyamal MitraBanglaRaat BhoreGouriprasanna MazumdarSalil Chowdhury
1960Ebar Amar Somoy HoloMadhuri ChattopadhyayBanglaPuja AlbumSalil Chowdhury
1956Ei duniyay bhai sob i hoyManna DeyBanglaAk Din RaatreSalil ChowdhurySalil Chowdhury
1954Ek chhotisi naukri ka talabgaar hoonKishore, Shyamal Mitra, Shankar DasguptaHindiNaukriShailendraSalil Chowdhury
1961Gangaa aaye kahaa.n se
[Uthaali paathaali amaar buuk (1960) Manna Dey (Ganga)]
Hemant KumarHindiKaabuliwaalaaPrem Dhawan, GulzaarSalil Chowdhury
1958Ghadi Ghadi Mora Dil DhadkeLata MangeshkarHindiMadhumatiShailendraSalil Chowdhury
1961Gori babul kaLata, chorusHindiChaar DeewaariShailendraSalil Chowdhury
1946Gowrisringa tulechhe sheerChorusBanglaIPTAShailendraSalil Chowdhury
1955Ghoom Aay Re AayPratima BandyopadhyayBanglaPuja albumMangalacharan ChattopadhyaySalil Chowdhury
1979Habuchandra Raja from "Chhotasa ghar hoga"Antara ChowdhuryBanglaSalil Chowdhury
1958Hai Bichhua Hai Re HaiLata MangeshkarHindiMadhumatiShailendraSalil Chowdhury
1957Hain pyaar ke do matwaaleGeeta Dutt,Manna DeyHindiAparadhi KaunMajroohSalil Chowdhury
1957Hay jhilmil jhilmil ye shaam ke saaye
[Shyamameghame - Malayalam (1977) K.J.Yesudas ]
Lata MangeshkarHindiLal BattiMajroohSalil Chowdhury
1957Hay koi dekh legaLata Mangeskar, Talat MahmoodHindiEk Gaaon Ki KahaaniShailendraSalil Chowdhury
1955Halke halke chalo saa.nware
[Unaru Unaru (Malayalam) Movie- Air Hostess (1980) K.J.Yesudas, Vani Jairam]
Lata Mangeskar, Hemant MukherjeeHindiTaangewaaliPrem DhawanSalil Chowdhury
1953Hariyaala sawaan dhol bajaata aaya
[Uru taka taka taghina taghina - Bengali (1944)]
Lata Manna ChorusHindiDo Bigha Zameen (Story written by Salil Chowdhury "Rikshawala")ShailendraSalil Chowdhury
1948Hei samaalo dhaan ho, kasteyta dao shaan hoChorusBanglaIPTASalil ChowdhurySalil Chowdhury
1961Ho ya qurbaan.. o sabaa kehnaa mere dildaar koMohammed RafiHindiKaabuliwaalaaPrem Dhawan, GulzaarSalil Chowdhury
1957Holi Hain....
[O kanai paar karo amare - Bengali by Nirmalendu Choudhury]
Lata Mangskar, Manna DeyHindiEk Gaaon Ki KahaaniShailendraSalil Chowdhury
1958Hum Haal-e-Dil SunaengeMubarak BegumHindiMadhumatiShailendraSalil Chowdhury
1961Hum to ghar mein choolha phoonkeLata, Mahendra Kapoor,chorusHindiMemdidiShailendraSalil Chowdhury
1961Humko samajh baiThi hai, ye duniyaa [Ei duniyay bhai sob i hoy - Bengali (1956) Manna dey (Ek Din Raatre)]MukeshHindiChaar DeewaariShailendraSalil Chowdhury
1980Indro Manam kalangiK. J. YesudasTamilDoorathu Idi MuzhakkamKu. Ma. BalasubramaniamSalil Chowdhury
1961Itnaa na mujhse tu pyaar baDhaa
inspired by Mozart's Symphony number 40 in G minor
Lata Mangeshkar, Talat MahmoodHindiChhayaaRajinder KrishanSalil Chowdhury
1995 Itharo chembaruntho
[Machalti aarzoo from Usne Kaha Tha (Hindi - 1960)]
-MalayamThumboli Kadappuram-Salil Chowdhury
1959Jaa re ure jare pakhiLata MangeshkarBanglaPuja AlbumSalil ChowdhurySalil Chowdhury
1961Jaa re ur jare panchhiLata MangeshkarHindiMayaMajroohSalil Chowdhury
1956Jaago mohan pritamLata MangeshkarHindiAk Din RaatreSalil ChowdhurySalil Chowdhury
1955Jab tumne mohabaat chheen leeAsha BhonsleHindiAmaanat ShailendraSalil Chowdhury
1952Jhir jhir jhir jhiir jhiri barosaDhananjay BhattacharyaBanglaPasher BariSalil ChowdhurySalil Chowdhury
1954Jhoom reGeeta DuttaHindiNaukriShailendraSalil Chowdhury
1957jhoome re neela ambar jhoomeTalat MahmoodHindiEk Gaaon Ki KahaaniShailendraSalil Chowdhury
1961Jhuk jhuk jhuk jhoom ghaTaa aayee reLataHindiChaar DeewaariShailendraSalil Chowdhury
1954Jibano mono charane tomarGayatri BasuBanglaAaj SandhyaySalil ChowdhurySalil Chowdhury
1958Jungle Mein Mor NaachaMd RafiHindiMadhumatiShailendraSalil Chowdhury
1961Kaabuliwaalaa.. nanhi munni kyo.n kumhalaayaHemant, Usha, Sabita Chowdhury, Ranu MukherjHindiKaabuliwaalaaPrem Dhawan, GulzaarSalil Chowdhury
1958Kaancha Le Kanchi Lai LajoAsha Bhonsle, Sabita Chowdhury & Ghulam MohammadHindiMadhumatiShailendraSalil Chowdhury
1957Kaanha khubDa langDa loolaa, buDDhaaAsha BhonsleHindiEk Gaaon Ki KahaaniShailendraSalil Chowdhury
1944Karaar duaar bhaango bhaango oikker bajra kothin hatheyChorusBanglaIPTASalil ChowdhurySalil Chowdhury
1995 Kaathil Thenmazhayaay K.J Yesudas Malayalam Thumboli Kadappuram O.N.V Kurupp Salil Chowdhury
1961Kayse maano piyawaaMukeshHindiChaar DeewaariShailendraSalil Chowdhury
1953Ke jaabi ayGeeta MukherjeeBanglaBhor Hoye EloSalil Chowdhury
1961Ki je kori, durey jetey hoi taai
[Aanshu samajhke kyun mujhe (1961) Talat Mahmood]
Lata MangeshkarBangla-Salil Chowdhury
1952Klaanti naame goDwijen MukherjeeBengali--Salil Chowdhury
1957Koi dekhe to kahey tujhkoAsha VonsleHindiAparadhi KaunMajroohSalil Chowdhury
1961Koi sone ki dil walaMd RafiHindiMayaMajroohSalil Chowdhury
1957Kyaa se kyaa ho gayaa reNirmalendu Chowdhury, ChorusHindiLal BattiMajroohSalil Chowdhury
1956Lo se wai waiSandhya Mukherjee and othersHindiAk Din RaatreShailendraSalil Chowdhury
1954Maajhi re chal naiya, raam karega paarNirmalendu ChowdhuryHindiBiraj BahooPrem DhawanSalil Chowdhury
1960Machalti aarjoo
[ Itharo chembaruntho from Thumboli Kadappuram (Malayalam, 1995)]
-HindiUsne Kaha Tha-Salil Chowdhury
1954Maharaja jaago jiAsha Bhonsle & ChorusHindiManoharV.M.Adil and J.S. KashyapSalil Chowdhury
1955Mai.n lut gayee duniyaa waalo.nLata MangeskarHindiTaangewaaliPrem DhawanSalil Chowdhury
1954Meghe meghe rim jhimAlpana BanerjeeBanglaAaj SandhyayAnil ChatterjeeSalil Chowdhury
1957Mera dil dil dil dil dil laa...Asha VonsleHindiAparadhi KaunMajroohSalil Chowdhury
1954Mere man bhula bhula kahe doleHemanta MukherjeeHindiBiraj BahooPrem DhawanSalil Chowdhury
1955Meri wafaaei.n tumhaari jafaaei.nAsha BhonsleHindiAmaanatShailendraSalil Chowdhury
1954Na jani re
[Dil mera - Hindi (1954) by Shamshad Begam in Biraj Bahu]
Gayatri BasuBanglaAaj SandhyaySalil ChowdhurySalil Chowdhury
1959Na jeo naLata MangeshkarBanglaPuja AlbumSalil ChowdhurySalil Chowdhury
1959Naach re dharti ke pyaare (bangla version: Aay re o pousaali bataaseyHindiHeera MotiShailendraSalil Chowdhury
1961Nind pari lori gaayi
[Prantorer gaan - Bengali (1953) Utpala Sen
Lata ManggeskarHindiChaar DeewaariShailendraSalil Chowdhury
1960Nijere Haraye KhNujiMadhuri ChattopadhyayBanglaPuja AlbumSalil Chowdhury
1948Nondito nondito desh aamaar Geeta Mukherjee & Salil ChowdhuryBanglaIPTASalil ChowdhurySalil Chowdhury
1947Nobaaruno raage raange reChorusBanglaIPTASalil ChowdhurySalil Chowdhury
1955Nao Gaan Bhore NaoyPratima BandyopadhyayBanglaPuja albumSalil ChowdhurySalil Chowdhury
1959O banshi hayLata MangeshkarBanglaPuja AlbumSalil ChowdhurySalil Chowdhury
1955O jab se milee.n to se ankhiyaa.n
[Dola o dola - Bengali]
Geeta Dutt & Hemant MukherjeeHindiAmaanat ShailendraSalil Chowdhury
1954O man reLata MangeshkarHindiNaukriShailendraSalil Chowdhury
1960O sajna barkha bahar ayiLata MangeshkarHindiParakhShailendraSalil Chowdhury
1954Om namo namoHemanta MukherjeeHindiBiraj BahooPrem DhawanSalil Chowdhury
1980Onnam kunnin from "chhotasa ghar hoga"K.J.YesudasMalayalamAir HostessONV KurupSalil Chowdhury
1960Ogo ar kichu to naiLata MangeshkarBanglaPuja AlbumSalil ChowdhurySalil Chowdhury
1954Patthar se badle huyeHindiMohila MahalSalil ChowdhurySalil Chowdhury
1961Phir ekbar kahoDwijen Mukherjee & Lata MangeshkarHindiMayaMajroohSalil Chowdhury
1957Phir wohi dard hai phir wohi jigarManna DeyHindiAparadhi KaunMajroohSalil Chowdhury
1953Prantorer gaan
[Neend pari lori gaaye - Hindi (1961) Lata Mangeskar (Chaardeewaari)]
Utpala SenBangla-Salil Chowdhury
1977Ponnushassin
[Jhuk jhuk jhuk - Hindi (1961) Lata;
Monobinaay akhoni boojhi - Bengali (1962) Sabita]
P. JayachandranMalayalamVishukkaniSreeKumaran ThampiSalil Chowdhury
1951Puntimachh dangay uithya foot kateyTarja GaanBanglaBarjatriGurudas PalSalil Chowdhury
1965 Puthan valakkaareManna DeyMalayalamChemmeenVayalarSalil Chowdhury
1957Raat ne kyaa kyaa khwaab dikhaayeTalat MahmoodHindiEk Gaaon Ki KahaaniShailendraSalil Chowdhury
1956Rim jhim jhimSandhya MukhopadhyayBanglaRaat BhoreGouriprasanna MazumdarSalil Chowdhury
1955Rimjhim jhim jhim badarvaa barse
[Jhir jhir jhir jhiir jhiri barosa (Bengali) Movie- Pasher Bari (1952) Dhananjoy Bhattyacharya]
[Jil jil jil (Malayalam) Movie- Puthiya Velicham (1979) Jayachandran, P.Susheela]
Lata MangeskarHindiTaangewaaliPrem DhawanSalil Chowdhury
1951Roop nagarer pothik ogoSupriti GhoshBanglaBarjatriBimal GhoshSalil Chowdhury
1961Sanam tu chalMd RafiHindiMayaMajroohSalil Chowdhury
1956Se gaan ami jai je bhuleSandhya MukherjeeBanglaAk Din RaatreSalil ChowdhurySalil Chowdhury
1980Sevvali PooveP. SusheelaTamilDoorathu Idi MuzhakkamKu. Ma. BalasubramaniamSalil Chowdhury
1954Shyam reHemanta MukherjeeHindiBiraj BahooPrem DhawanSalil Chowdhury
1952Shyamal baroni ogo kanya
[Aankhon mein masti sharaab ki - Hindi (1961) Talat Mahmood (Chhaya) ]
Dwijen MukherjeeBengali--Salil Chowdhury
1951Shimul shimul shimultiBharati BasuBanglaBarjatriSalil ChowdhurySalil Chowdhury
1955Siaram Siaram (Hindi)Dhananjay Bhattacharya and ChorusBanglaRikshawalaGovind MunshiSalil Chowdhury
1958Suhana Safar Aur Yeh MausamMukeshHindiMadhumatiShailendraSalil Chowdhury
1954Taare udaasGayatri BasuHindiAaj SandhyayPrem DhawanSalil Chowdhury
1958Tan Jale Man Jalta RaheDwijen MukherjeeHindiMadhumatiShailendraSalil Chowdhury
1961Tasbeer teri dil meLata Mangeshkar & Md RafiHindiMayaMajroohSalil Chowdhury
1954Tera ghar aabad raheLata & Shyamal MitraHindiBiraj BahooPrem DhawanSalil Chowdhury
1955Tere nayno neLata and Md. RafiHindiTaangewaaliPrem DhawanSalil Chowdhury
1954Tomra kebal moner sukheBanglaMohila MahalSalil ChowdhurySalil Chowdhury
1958Toote Huye Khwabon NeMd RafiHindiMadhumatiShailendraSalil Chowdhury
1954Tore tokka tokka toreBanglaMohila MahalSalil ChowdhurySalil Chowdhury
1980Ullam Ellam ThalladutheK. J. Yesudas & S. JanakiTamilDoorathu Idi MuzhakkamKu. Ma. BalasubramaniamSalil Chowdhury
1944Uru taka taka taghina taghina [Hariyaali sawaan dhol bajaata aaya - Hindi - Do Bigha Zameen]ChorusBanglaIPTASalil ChowdhurySalil Chowdhury
1960Uthaali paathaali amaar buukManna DeyBanglaGangaSalil ChowdhurySalil Chowdhury
1960Ye banshi kiun gayLata MangeshkarHindiParakhShailendraSalil Chowdhury
1961Ye kahde hum insaan nahiMd. RafiHindiChhayaaRajinder KrishanSalil Chowdhury
1961Zadu daale haiAsha Bhosle & ChorusHindiMayaMajroohSalil Chowdhury
1961Zindegi hai kyaMd RafiHindiMayaMajroohSalil Chowdhury
1958Zulmi Sang Aankh LadiLata MangeshkarHindiMadhumatiShailendraSalil Chowdhury

IPTA:: Indian People's Theater Association

Awards and recognitions

1953 – Do Bigha Zamin

A Hindi film directed by Bimal Roy based on a story in Bengali "Rikshawalaa" written by Salil Chowdhury.

1st Filmfare Awards (1954)[9] WinnerBest Film; WinnerBest DirectorBimal Roy;

1st National Film Awards[10] (India) WinnerAll India Certificate of Merit for Best Feature Film

7th Cannes Film Festival (1954)[11] Winner – Prix International (International Prize) Nominated – Grand Prize (Best Film)

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival[12] Winner – Prize for Social Progress

1965 – Chemmeen

A Malayalam film directed by Ramu Kariat, based on a novel of the same name written by the renowned writer Thakazhy Shivshankar Pillai, where Music Direction was done by Salil Chowdhury.

Recipient of president's gold medal in 1965.

1958 – Madhumati

Received Filmfare Best Music Director Award along with eight other Filmfare awards[13] Madhumati won the National Film Awards for Best Feature Film in Hindi

The Uttar Pradesh Film Patrakar Sangh Puraskar in 1966 for his only Hindi directorial film 'Pinjre Ke Panchhi'

The Bengal Films Journalist Award, Kolkata in 1973

The Allauddin Smriti Puraskar in 1985 from the Govt of West Bengal

1988 – Salil Chowdhury received Sangeet Natak Akademi Award

The Maharashtra Gaurav Puraskar Award in 1990

Posthumously he was awarded the Mukti Judhho Maitreyi Samman Award by the Govt Bangladesh in 2012.

Poet, Playwright, Short story writer, he also directed a film Pinjre Ke Panchhi starring Meena Kumari, Balraj Sahani and Mehmood b

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Further reading

  • Sabita Chowdhury (5 September 2015). "উজ্জ্বল এক ঝাঁক সলিল". Ananda Bazar Patrika. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  • Salil Chowdhury (2013). Salil Chowdhury Rachana Sangraha. Kolkata: Dey`s Publishing. ISBN 978-81-295-1952-8.
  • Samir Kumar Gupta (2011). Salil Chowdhury. Kolkata. ISBN 978-81-921-0890-2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Samir Kumar Gupta, ed. (2016). Salil Chowdhury's First Life And Mass Songs. Kolkata: Miley Mishey. p. 391. ISBN 978-81-921-0890-2.
  • Suresh Rao (2008). Salil Chowdhury – The Non-Conformist Genius. Kolkata: Jain Book Agency. p. 391.
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