Salil Chowdhury
Indian composer, poet and playwright (1925-1995) · India · On the map · Musicians · Died at 69
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.
Salil Chowdhury is read about 140 times a day, in 17 languages.
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Bimal Roy Directed Two Acres of Land and The Test
Prem Nazir Salil wrote Nellu, Thulavarsham and Vishukkani
Pran Salil wrote Biraj Bahu and Jagte Raho
Dharmendra Salil wrote Chhoti Si Baat and Chand Aur Suraj
Dilip Kumar Salil wrote Madhumati, Musafir and Paari
Kamal Haasan Salil wrote Madanolsavam and Raasaleela
Mithun Chakraborty Salil wrote Mrigayaa and Swami Vivekananda
Amol Palekar Salil wrote Chhoti Si Baat and Rajnigandha- Iftekhar Salil wrote Biraj Bahu, Jagte Raho and Ittefaq
Madhu Salil wrote Chemmeen, Swapnam and Aparadhi
Kishore Kumar Salil wrote Half Ticket, Naukari and Musafir
Amitabh Bachchan Salil wrote Anand and Chhoti Si Baat
Meena Kumari Salil wrote Do Bigha Zamin and Mere Apne
Ashok Kumar Salil wrote Chhoti Si Baat and Kanoon
Sadhana Shivdasani Salil wrote Parakh and Prem Patra- Nirupa Roy Salil wrote Do Bigha Zamin and Chhaya
Sanjeev Kumar Salil wrote Mausam and Anokhi Raat
Balraj Sahni Salil wrote Do Bigha Zamin and Kabuliwala
Lalita Pawar Salil wrote Anand, Maya and Memdidi
Hrishikesh Mukherjee Directed Anand (1971)
Durga Khote Salil wrote Anand and Parakh
Jagdeep Salil wrote Do Bigha Zamin and Naukari
Jagathy Sreekumar Salil wrote Etho Oru Swapnam (1978)- Asit Sen Salil wrote Parakh and Kabuliwala
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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.
