# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/salil-chowdhury
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:00:42.187Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/salil-chowdhury"
name: "Salil Chowdhury"
slug: "salil-chowdhury"
description: "Salil Chowdhury 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 in the Indian film industry. He was an accomplished composer and arranger who was proficient in several musical instruments, including the flute, the piano, and the esraj. He was also widely acclaimed and admired for his inspirational and original poetry in Bengali."
tagline: "Indian composer, poet and playwright (1925–1995)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SalilChowdhury1002.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1925-11-19"
deathDate: "1995-09-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.101759341857468
  historical:           14.755772
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0006005"
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    url:       "http://www.salilda.com/"
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    title: "Salil Chowdhury"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump