Salil Chowdhury

Salil Chowdhury (19 November 1922 – 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 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. 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 R. D. Burman and Hridaynath Mangeshkar.

Hemango Biswas Srestha Gaan - 2022-12-26T00:00:00.000000Z

ALL IN THE FAMILY - Salil Chowdhury, Antara Chowdhury & Sabita Chowdhury - 2021-12-22T00:00:00.000000Z

Tomader Bhalobasa - Santanu Roychoudhury - 2012-11-01T00:00:00.000000Z

The Genius Salil Chowdhury - 2005-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Pratheeksha - Choola - Anupallavi - 2004-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

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