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{{Short description|Indian singer-songwriter, composer, poet, lyricist and story-writer}}
[[Image:SalilChowdhury1002.jpg|thumb|right|240px|Salil Chowdhury (photo from personal collection)]]
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Salil Chowdhury
| image = SalilChowdhury1002.jpg
| alt = Image of Salil Chowdhury
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1925|11|19}}
| birth_place = Ghazipur, [[24 Parganas]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]] (present-day [[Baruipur]], [[South 24 Parganas]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]])
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1995|09|05|1925|11|19}}
| death_place = [[Calcutta]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]
| genre = Bengali, [[Folk music|folk]], film base, western classical fusion, Indian classical fusion
| occupation = [[Singer-Songwriter]], Composer, Arranger, Poet, Lyricist, Story-writer
}}
'''Salil Chowdhury''' (19 November 1925 – 5 September 1995) was an Indian [[music director]], [[songwriter]], [[lyricist]], [[writer]] and [[poet]] who predominantly composed for [[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali]], [[Hindi cinema|Hindi]] and [[Malayalam films|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 language|Marathi]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Telugu language|Telugu]], [[Kannada]], [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Odia language|Odia]] and [[Assamese language|Assamese]] films. His musical ability was widely recognised<ref name="thehindu">{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mag/2005/11/20/stories/2005112000340500.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060916182542/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mag/2005/11/20/stories/2005112000340500.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 September 2006|title=Flawless harmony in his music |first=Shaji|last=Chennai|date=20 November 2005|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=6 September 2009}}</ref> 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<ref name="thehindu" /> for his inspirational and original poetry in [[Bengali language|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]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2024|reason=We should look for articles—that are not interviews with either Burman or Mangeshkar—that report this.}}
'''Salil Chowdhury''' ([[Bangla]]: সলিল চৌধুরী) ([[1923]]-[[1995]]) was a famous [[Bengal]]i [[composer]] and [[poet]]. He was born on [[November 19]], [[1923]] and died on [[September 5]], [[1995]], just before his 72nd birthday.


== Career ==
One of India's original musical talents, he was widely recognised and acknowledged in the [[Bombay]] film industry as one of the prodigious talents on the lines of [[Naushad]], [[Shankar-Jaikishen]], etc. He was also an accomplished composer, and was proficient in several musical instruments, including the [[flute]], the [[piano]], and the ''esraj''. Regarded as one in the league of intellectuals having born in the state of [[West Bengal]], he was also widely acclaimed and admired for his inspirational and original poetry. He was fondly and reverently called ''Salilda'' in [[Bollywood]].


==Early childhood==
=== 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-garden community of Assam|Tea Gardens Region of Assam]]. His father was reputed to stage plays with coolies and other low-paid workers of the tea-gardens.<ref name="thehindu" /> 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.<ref name="peoples">{{cite web|url=https://www.peoplesreporter.com/entertainment/salil-chowdhury|title=ও আলোর পথযাত্রী|first=Bhowmik|last=Chumki|date=19 November 2017|publisher=peoplesreporter.com|access-date=29 March 2018|archive-date=29 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180329184355/https://www.peoplesreporter.com/entertainment/salil-chowdhury|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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.<ref name="thehindu" />
Much of Salil Chowdhury's early childhood was spent in the tea gardens of [[Assam]], where his father was a medical doctor. A lot of his childhood was spent in listening to the [[Western world|Western]] [[Classical period (music)|Classical]] collection of his father, which shaped his musical thinking. Salil's father was reputed to stage plays with [[coolies]] and other lowly workers of the tea-gardens. His father's strong [[anti]]-[[United Kingdom|British]] feelings, and constant concern for the condition of the tea-estate workers were a source of inspiration to him. He graduated from Bangabashi College, [[Kolkata]] and it was during this period of time that his [[political]] ideas were formulated quickly along with a considerable maturity in his musical ideas.


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 [[Great Bengal Famine of 1943|famine]]. The famine was human-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 of India|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.<ref name="air" />
==Early Influences==
Living through the [[Second World War]], the [[Bengal famine]] and the precarious political situation of the [[1940]]s, he became acutely aware of his social responsibilities. This is when he joined the IPTA (Indian Peoples Theater Association) and became a member of the Communist Party of India. During this period he wrote numerous songs and, together with IPTA, took them to the masses. The theatrical outfit travelled through the villages and the cities and his songs became exceptionally popular and went on to become the voice of the masses. These songs were influential, echoing protest and human empowerment, that made people conscious of the [[rampant]] [[social]] [[injustice]] surrounding them. In fact, Salil always retained his strong feelings against the social injustice and he very often wrote songs which reflected this outlook. He called these songs the 'Songs of [[consciousness]] and [[awakening]]'. These compositions became ringing songs of cheer during India’s [[Independence]] movement and, interestingly, are still performed all over Bengal.


In 1944, a young Salil came to Calcutta for his graduate studies. He joined the IPTA<ref name="thehindu" /> ([[Indian Peoples Theater Association]]) the cultural wing of the [[Communist Party of India]]. He started writing songs<ref name="thehindu" /> and setting tunes for them.<ref name="thehindu" /> 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''<ref name="thehindu" /> became extremely popular with the general population at the time.
==Transformation of Bengali music==
Salil Chowdhury's Bengali songs brought in sweeping changes to Bengali music dramatically and almost abruptly. The people of [[West Bengal]] where thrilled with the new wave of music introduced by Salil Chowdhury. The new wave seeped in with Salil Chowdhury continued its influence on Bengali music for the next three [[decade]]s.


Songs like ''Gnaayer bodhu'' (গাঁয়ের বধূ), which he composed at the age of 20, brought about a new wave of Bengali music.<ref name="thehindu" /> 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 Mukhopadhyay|Manabendra Mukherjee]], [[Subir Sen]] and [[Pratima Bandopadhyay|Pratima Banerjee]].
==Distinct phases in his music==
There are two distinct phases in Salil's life. The first phase, very much non-professional in intent and appearance, started in the pre-[[independence]] era of the [[1940]]s and went on till mid '50s. This was followed by the second phase which was more professional in its content. During the first phase he was a brilliant [[lyricist]],[[songwriter]],poet and a playwright. He was much more [[mature]] composer than anything else in the second phase. The composer in Salil reached the greatest heights in his second phase which basically started when he arrived in Bombay to compose music for the film 'Do Bigha Zameen'. This was the Hindi version of the successful Bengali Film 'Rikshawalla'. He himself wrote the story of 'Rikshawaala' and composed its music as well.


==Career==
=== Film career ===
[[File:Salil Chowdhury with eminent personalities 1.jpg|thumb|Sitting from left: Robin Majumdar, Bhanu Banerjee, Robin Chatterjee, Ila Bose, Bani Ghoshal, Sabita Chowdhury and Salil Chowdhury <br/>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.
Since [[Do Bigha Zameen]], he has composed for over 75 [[Hindi]] films, around 26 [[Malayalam]] films, and several [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Telugu language|Telugu]], [[Kannada]], [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], and [[Assamese language|Assamese]] films. To the music [[connoisseur]]s, he was better known as the non-[[conformist]] music composer whose unceasing search for perfection towered above everything else in his life.


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 [[Bollywood|Hindi film industry]] in 1953<ref name="thehindu" /> 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]].<ref name="air">{{cite news |last1=Surer |first1=Bhuban |title=Rare interview – Salil Chowdhury |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_M-JbJPCXE |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/x_M-JbJPCXE |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|access-date=17 October 2018 |publisher=All India Radio}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
==Legacy==
Salil's music was a unique blending of the 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'. He dabbled in a lot of things and it was his ambition to achieve greatness in everything he did. 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.


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]]''.<ref name="thehindu" /> He went on to compose music for films in 13 languages. This includes over 75 [[Hindi]] films, 41 [[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali]] films, around 27 [[Malayalam]] films, and a few [[Marathi language|Marathi]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Telugu language|Telugu]], [[Kannada]], [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Odia language|Odia]] and [[Assamese language|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.<ref name="air" />
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, etc. 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. This left a lasting impression in young Salil. He became an excellent self-taught flute player and his favourite composer was Mozart. His compositions often used folk melodies or melodies based on Indian classical [[raga]]s but the orchestration was very much western in its construction. He developed a unique style which was immediately identifiable.


During the [[Bangladesh Liberation War|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 [[Posthumous award|posthumously awarded]] the Muktijoddha Maitreye Samman in 2012.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Dasgupta|first=Priyanka|date=29 November 2021|title=How a secret radio station broadcast hope in 1971|work=[[The Times of India]]|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/how-a-secret-radio-station-broadcast-hope-in-1971/articleshow/87964549.cms|access-date=4 December 2021}}</ref>
==Quotes on Salil Chowdhury==
The noted playback singer, [[KJ Yesudas]] said: 'When Salil and I sat together by the piano and heard his compositions, I was overwhelmed by a divine feeling that his music brought and I have never felt this magnitude of divinity in any other composer’s music. '


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.
[[Raj Kapoor]] once said about Salil: 'He can play almost any instrument he lays his hands on, from the tabla to the sarod, from the piano to the piccolo'.


== 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 Chowdhury|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.<ref>{{Cite web|date=29 June 2017|title=Singer Sabita Chowdhury dies|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/singer-sabita-chowdhury-dies/1087034|access-date=29 June 2017|website=outlookindia.com}}</ref>


==Partial discography==
== Legacy ==
[[File:Salil Chowdhury 2013 stamp of India.jpg|thumb|Chowdhury on a 2013 stamp of India]]
* '''Hindi films'''
*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".<ref name="medium">{{cite web|url= https://medium.com/@Bollywoodirect/remembering-salil-chowdhury-on-his-22nd-death-anniversary-c36692999c9d|title=Remembering Salil Chowdhury on his 22nd death anniversary|date=5 September 2017 |publisher=mediu,.com|access-date=3 April 2018}}</ref> He dabbled in a lot of things and it was his ambition to achieve greatness in everything he did.<ref name="medium" /> 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.<ref name="medium" />
**1953 [[Do Bigha Zameen]]
*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.<ref name="medium" /> 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 [[raga]]s but the orchestration was very much western in its construction. According to his daughter Antara, (Ref.: Ek Fankar @ Vividbharati Radio Programme at 10.00&nbsp;pm on 19 November 2013), Salil himself once joked that he was Mozart, reborn.
**1954 [[Biraj Bahu]]; Naukri
*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".<ref name="One of a kind">{{cite news|title=One of a kind|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/one-of-a-kind/article3752336.ece|work=The Hindu|date=10 August 2012 |access-date=11 August 2012}}</ref> 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.<ref name="thehindu" />
**1955 Amaanat; Taangewaali
*"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.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Salil Chowdhury Memorial Concert and Honors |url=http://sholoanabangaliana.in/2015/11/27/the-salil-chowdhury-memorial-concert-and-honors-celebrating-the-contribution-of-some-of-the-greatest-indian-musicians/|access-date=3 April 2018}}</ref>
**1956 Awaaz; Parivaar; [[Jagte Raho]]
**1957 Aparadhi Kaun; Ek Gaaon ki Kahaani; LaalBatti; [[Musafir (1957 film)| Musafir]], Zamaana
**1958 [[Madhumati]]
**1960 Jawaahar; Honeymoon; Qaanoon; Parakh; Usne Kaha Tha
**1961 Chaardeewaari; Chhayaa; Kaabuliwaala; Maaya; [[Memdidi]]; Sapan Suhaane
**1962 [[Half Ticket]]; Jhoola; Prem Patra
**1965 [[Chand Aur Suraj]]; Poonam Ki Raat
**1966 Pinjre Ki Panchhi; Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose; Jawaab Aayega
**1969 [[Ittefaq (film)| Ittefaq]]; Sara Akaash
**1970 [[Anand]]
**1971 Gehraa Raaz; [[Mere Apne]]
**1972 Annadata; Anokha Daan; Anokha Milan; Mere Bhaiyaa; Sabse Bada Sukh
**1974 [[Rajnigandha]]
**1975 [[Chhoti Si Baat]]; Sangat
**1976 Jeevan Jyoti; Mrigayaa; Udan Choo
**1977 Minoo; Anand Mahal
**1979 [[Kaala Patthar]]; Jeena Yehaan
**1980 Chehre Pe Chehra; Chemmeen Lahrein; Chirutha; Kuhaasa; 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; *Jawaahar(2)
**1990 Triyaatri
**1991 Netraheen Saakshi;
**199? Aakhiri Badlaa
**199? Tiriacharittar (or Striyascharittram)
**1994 Swami Vivekananda
**1995 Mera Damaad
**???? Hamaari Shaadi; Maange Miley na Pyaar; Raat Ki Uljhan; Mitti Ka Dev


== Filmography ==
* '''Bengali films'''
**1949 Poribartan
**1951 Barjaatri
**1952 Paasher Baari
**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 Ganga
**1961 Rai Bahadur
**1964 Kinu Goaalaar Goli
**1964 Ayanaanto
**1964 Laal Paathor
**1966 Paari
**1972 Marjina Aabdullah
**1972 Raktaakto Baangla †This film was made in [[Bangladesh]]
**1977 Kobita
**1977 Sister
**1979 Jibon Je Rakam
**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)
**1994 Mahabharoti
**19?? Komol Gandhaar
**19?? Haraaner Naatjamaai
**19?? Ei Ritur Akdin
**19?? Chalo Kolkataa
**19?? Obhisake
**19?? Aswamedher Ghoraa
**19?? Sei Samoy


* '''Malayalam films'''
'''<u>Hindi</u>'''
{| class="wikitable"
**1965 Chemmeen
!Year
**1968 Ezhuraathrikal
!Film
**1970 Abhayam
|-
**1973 Swapnam
|1953
**1974 Nellu
|[[Do Bigha Zamin]]
**1975 Neelaponman
|-
**1975 Raagam
|1954
**1975 Rasaleela
|Biraj Bahu; Naukri; Manohar
**1975 Thomasleeha (or ''St. Thomas'')
|-
**1975 Prateekshaa
|1955
**1976 Aparadhi
|Amanat; Tongawali
**1976 Thulavarsham
|-
**1977 Dweep
|1956
**1977 Samayamayilla Polum
|Awaz; Parivaar; Jagte Raho
**1977 Etho Oru Swapnam
|-
**1977 Madanolsavam
|1957
**1977 Vishukkanni
|Apradhi Kaun; Ek Gaon ki Kahani; Lal Batti; Musafir, Zamana
**1978 Devdasi
|-
**1979 E Ganam Marakkumo
|1958
**1979 Chuvanna Chirakkukal
|[[Madhumati]]
**1979 Puthiya Velicham
|-
**1980 Air Hostess
|1959
**1982 Anthiveylile Ponnu
|Heera Moti
**1990 Vaasthuhaara (background music only)
|-
**1994 Thumboli Kadappuram
|1960
**1984 Vellam (background music only)
|Jawahar; Honeymoon; Kanoon; Parakh; Usne Kaha Tha
|-
|1961
|Char Diwari; Chhaya; Kabuliwala; Maya; Mem Didi; Sapne Suhaane
|-
|1962
|Half Ticket; Jhoola; Prem Patra
|-
|1965
|Chand Aur Suraj; Poonam Ki Raat
|-
|1966
|Pinjre Ki Panchhi; Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose; Jawaab Aayega
|-
|1968
|Mitti Ka Dev
|-
|1969
|Ittefaq; Sara Akaash
|-
|1971
|Anand; Gehraa Raaz; Mere Apne
|-
|1972
|Annadata; Anokha Daan; Anokha Milan; Mere Bhaiya; Sabse Bada Sukh
|-
|1974
|Rajnigandha
|-
|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
|Trishagni
|-
|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
|}
{| class="sortable wikitable"
|+ Salil Chowdhury Filmography (Detailed)
|-
! width="5%" |Year !! width="10%" | Title !! width="10%" | Language !! width="10%" | Other Notes !! width="10%" | Director
|-
| 1949 || ''Poribartan'' || [[Bengali language|Bengali]] || || [[Satyen Bose]]
|-
| 1951 || ''Barjatri'' || Bengali || || Satyen Bose
|-
| 1952 || ''[[Pasher Bari]]'' || Bengali || ||
|-
| 1953 || ''Bansher Kella'' || Bengali|| ||
|-
| 1953 || ''Bhore hoye elo'' || Bengali|| ||
|-
| 1953 || ''[[Do Bigha Zamin]]'' || [[Hindi]] || || [[Bimal Roy]]
|-
| 1954 || ''[[Biraj Bahu|Biraaj bahu]]'' || Hindi || || Bimal Roy
|-
| 1954 || ''[[Naukari]]'' || Hindi || ||
|-
| 1954 || ''Aaj Sondhyay'' || Bengali|| ||
|-
| 1954 || ''Mohila Mahal'' || Bengali|| ||
|-
| 1955 || ''[[Amanat (1955 film)|Amaanat]]'' || Hindi || ||
|-
| 1955 || ''[[Jagte Raho|Ek Din Ratre]]'' || Bengali|| || [[Sombhu Mitra|Shombhu Mitra]] and Amit Moitra
|-
| 1955 || ''[[Tonga-wali|Tangewali]]'' || Hindi || ||
|-
| 1955 || ''Rikshawala'' || Bengali|| Story written by Salil Chowdhury. In 1952 story was used by Bimal Roy to create "''Do Bigha Zameen''" || Satyen Bose
|-
| 1956 || ''[[Raat Bhore]]'' || Bengali || || [[Mrinal Sen]]
|-
| 1956 || ''Parivar'' || Hindi || ||
|-
| 1956 || ''[[Jagte Raho]]'' || Hindi || ||
|-
| 1956 || ''Aawaz'' || Hindi || ||
|-
| 1957 || ''Apradhi Kaun?'' || Hindi || ||
|-
| 1957 || ''[[Ek Gaon Ki Kahani]]'' || Hindi || || [[Dulal Guha]]
|-
| 1957 || ''[[Gotoma the Buddha]]'' || Hindi || A documentary film ||
|-
| 1957 || ''Lal Batti'' || Hindi || ||
|-
| 1957 || ''[[Musafir (1957 film)|Musafir]]'' || Hindi || || [[Hrishikesh Mukherjee]]
|-
| 1957 || ''Zamaana'' || Hindi || ||
|-
| 1958 || ''[[Bari Theke Paliye]]'' || Bengali || ||
|-
| 1958 || ''[[Madhumati]]'' || Hindi || Won – [[Filmfare Award for Best Music Director]] || Bimal Roy
|-
| 1959 || ''Heeramoti'' || Hindi || ||
|-
| 1959 || ''The River'' || Hindi || ||
|-
| 1960 || ''Jawaahar'' || Hindi || ||
|-
| 1960 || ''[[Ganga (1960 film)|Gangaa]]'' || Bengali || || [[Rajen Tarafdar]]
|-
| 1960 || ''[[Parakh (1960 film)|Parakh]]'' || Hindi || ||
|-
| 1960 || ''Honeymoon'' || Hindi || ||
|-
| 1960 || ''[[Kanoon]]'' || Hindi || [[film score|Background Score]] only. || [[Baldev Raj Chopra|B. R. Chopra]]
|-
| 1960 || ''[[Usne Kaha Tha]]'' || Hindi || || [[Moni Bhattacharjee]]
|-
| 1961 || ''Rai Bahadur'' || Bengali || ||
|-
| 1961 || ''[[Komal Gandhar|Komol Gandhaar]]'' || Bengali || || [[Ritwik Ghatak]]
|-
| 1961 || ''[[Kabuliwala (1961 film)|Kabuliwala]]'' || Hindi || From – Tagore's story Kabuliwala in Begali film 1960 ||
|-
| 1961 || ''Char Diwari'' || Hindi || ||
|-
| 1961 || ''[[Chhaya (film)|Chhaya]]'' || Hindi || || Hrishikesh Mukherjee
|-
| 1961 || ''[[Maya (1961 film)|Maya]]'' || Hindi || ||
|-
| 1961 || ''[[Memdidi|Mem-Didi]]'' || Hindi || ||
|-
| 1961 || ''Sapne Suhane'' || Hindi || ||
|-
| 1962 || ''[[Half Ticket (1962 film)|Half Ticket]]'' || Hindi || ||
|-
| 1962 || ''Sunbai'' || [[Marathi language|Marathi]] || ||
|-
| 1962 || ''[[Jhoola (1962 film)|Jhoola]]'' || Hindi || ||
|-
| 1962 || ''[[Prem Patra]]'' || Hindi || – From a Bengali film " Sagarika" ||
|-
| 1964 || ''Kinu Goaalaar Goli'' || Bengali || ||
|-
| 1964 || ''Ayanaanto'' || Bengali || ||
|-
| 1964 || ''Lal Patthar'' || Hindi || – From a Bengali film " Lal Pathar" ||
|-
| 1965 || ''[[Chand Aur Suraj]]'' || Hindi || ||
|-
| 1965 || ''[[Poonam Ki Raat]]'' || Hindi || ||
|-
| 1966 || ''[[Paari (1966 film)|Paari]]'' || Bengali || ||
|-
| 1966 || ''[[Pinjre Ke Panchhi]]'' || Hindi || ||
|-
| 1966 || ''Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose'' || Hindi || ||
|-
| 1966 || ''Jawaab Aayega'' || Hindi || ||
|-
| 1965 || ''[[Chemmeen]]'' || [[Malayalam]] || ||
|-
| 1968 || ''Mitti Ka Dev'' || Hindi || ||
|-
| 1968 || ''[[Anokhi Raat]]'' || Hindi || [[film score|Background Score]] only ||
|-
| 1968 || ''Chehere'' || Hindi || TV series ||
|-
| 1968 || ''[[Ezhu Rathrikal]]'' || Malayalam || ||
|-
| 1969 || ''[[Ittefaq (1969 film)|Ittefaq]]''||Hindi||[[film score|Background Score]] only ||
|-
| 1969 || ''[[Sara Akash]]'' || Hindi || [[film score|Background Score]] only ||
|-
| 1970 || ''[[Abhayam (1970 film)|Abhayam]]'' || Malayalam || [[film score|Background Score]] only ||
|-
| 1970 || ''Aparajeyo'' || [[Assamese language|Assamese]] || ||CHATURANGA – Phani Talukdar, Munin Bayan, Atul Bardaloi & Gauri Barman
|-
| 1971 || ''[[Anand (1971 film)|Anand]]'' || Hindi || || Hrishikesh Mukherjee
|-
| 1971 || ''[[Samshaya Phala]]'' || [[Kannada]] ||Won – [[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Music Director]] ||
|-
| 1971 || ''Uyir'' || [[Tamil language|Tamil]] || [[film score|Background Score]] only ||
|-
| 1971 || ''Gehraa Raaz'' || Hindi || ||
|-
| 1971 || ''[[Mere Apne]]'' || Hindi || ||
|-
| 1971 || ''Ghar Sansaar'' || [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] || ||
|-
| 1972 || ''[[Marjina Abdulla|Marjina Aabdullah]]'' || Bengali || ||
|-
| 1972 || ''Raktaakto Banglaa'' || Bengali || ||
|-
| 1972 || ''[[Anokha Milan]]'' || Hindi || ||
|-
| 1972 || ''[[Mere Bhaiya]]'' || Hindi || ||
|-
| 1972 || ''[[Sabse Bada Sukh]]'' || Hindi || ||
|-
| 1972 || ''[[Annadata (1972 film)|Annadata]]'' || Hindi || ||
|-
| 1972 || ''[[Anokha Daan]]'' || Hindi || ||
|-
| 1973 || ''[[Swapnam]]'' || Malayalam || ||
|-
| 1973 || ''[[Achanak (1973 film)|Achanak]]'' || Hindi|| [[film score|Background Score]] only ||
|-
| 1973 || ''Karumbu'' || Tamil || ||
|-
| 1974 || ''[[Nellu (1974 film)|Nellu]]'' || Malayalam || ||
|-
| 1974 || ''Chairman Chalamayya'' || [[Telugu language|Telugu]] || ||
|-
| 1974 || ''[[Rajnigandha]]'' || Hindi || ||
|-
| 1975 || ''[[Rasaleela (1975 film)|Rasaleela]]'' || Malayalam || ||
|-
| 1975 || ''Sangat'' || Hindi || ||
|-
| 1975 || ''[[Mausam (1975 film)|Mausam]]'' || Hindi || [[film score|Background Score]] only ||
|-
| 1975 || ''[[Chhoti Si Baat]]'' || Hindi || ||
|-
| 1979 || ''[[Pratheeksha]]'' || Malayalam || ||
|-
| 1975 || ''[[Neela Ponman]]'' || Malayalam || ||
|-
| 1975 || ''[[Onde Roopa Eradu Guna]]'' || Kannada || ||
|-
| 1975 || ''[[Raagam]]'' || Malayalam || ||
|-
| 1975 || ''[[Thomasleeha]]'' || Malayalam || ||
|-
| 1976 || ''[[Jeevan Jyoti (1976 film)|Jeevan Jyoti]]'' || Hindi || ||
|-
| 1976 || ''Udaan Chhoo'' || Hindi || ||
|-
| 1976 || ''[[Thulavarsham]]'' || Malayalam || ||
|-
| 1977 || ''[[Kabita|Kobita]]'' || Bengali || || Bharat Shamsher
|-
| 1977 || ''Minoo'' || Hindi || ||
|-
| 1977 || ''Sister'' || Bengali || ||
|-
| 1977 || ''[[Mrigayaa]]'' || Hindi || ||
|-
| 1977 || ''Anand Mahal'' || Hindi || ||
|-
| 1977 || ''[[Aparadhi (1977 film)|Aparadhi]]'' || Malayalam || ||
|-
| 1977 || ''[[Chinna Ninna Muddaduve]]'' || Kannada || ||
|-
| 1977 || ''[[Dweepu|Dweep]]'' || Malayalam|| [[Background score]] only ||
|-
| 1977 || ''[[Vishukkani]]'' || Malayalam || ||
|-
| 1977 || ''[[Kokila (1977 film)|Kokila]]'' || Kannada || ||
|-
| 1978 || ''[[Ee Ganam Marakkumo]]'' || Malayalam || ||
|-
| 1978 || ''[[Madanolsavam]]'' || Malayalam || ||
|-
| 1978 || ''[[Naukri]]'' || Hindi || [[film score|Background Score]].<br />Also Story Writer ||
|-
| 1978 || ''[[Samayamayilla Polum]]'' || Malayalam || ||
|-
| 1978 || ''[[Etho Oru Swapnam]]'' || Malayalam || ||
|-
| 1979 || ''Jibon Je Rakam'' || Bengali || ||
|-
| 1979 || ''Rupaali Soikate'' || Bengali || || Alamgir Kabir
|-
| 1979 || ''Srikaanter Will'' || Bengali || ||
|-
| 1979 || ''[[Azhiyadha Kolangal]]'' || Tamil || ||
|-
| 1979 || ''[[Chuvanna Chirakukal]]'' || Malayalam || ||
|-
| 1979 || ''[[Kaala Patthar]]'' || Hindi || [[film score|Background Score]] only ||
|-
| 1979 || ''[[Jeena Yahan]]'' || Hindi || ||
|-
| 1979 || ''[[Puthiya Velicham]]'' || Malayalam || ||
|-
| 1980 || ''Byapika Bidaay'' || Bengali || ||
|-
| 1980 || ''Parabesh'' || Bengali || ||
|-
| 1980 || ''Antarghaat'' || Bengali || ||
|-
| 1980 || ''[[Air Hostess (1980 film)|Air Hostess]]'' || Malayalam || ||
|-
| 1980 || ''[[Doorathu Idi Muzhakkam]]'' || Tamil || ||
|-
| 1981 || ''[[Agni Pareeksha (1981 film)|Agni Pareeksha]]'' || Hindi || ||
|-
| 1981 || ''[[Akaler Shandhaney|Akaler Sandhaney]] (In Search of Famine)'' || Bengali || || Mrinal Sen
|-
| 1981 || ''[[Chehre Pe Chehra]]'' || Hindi || [[film score|Background Score]] only ||
|-
| 1981 || ''Batasi Jhada'' || [[Odia language|Odia]] || ||
|-
| 1981 || ''Plot No. 5'' || Hindi || [[film score|Background Score]] only ||
|-
| 1982 || ''Artap'' || Bengali || ||
|-
| 1982 || ''[[Anthiveyilile Ponnu]]'' || Malayalam || ||
|-
| 1984 || ''Kanoon Kya Karega'' || Hindi || [[film score|Background Score]] only ||
|-
| 1984 || ''[[Vellam]]'' || Malayalam || [[film score|Background Score]] only ||
|-
| 1985 || ''Protiggya'' || Bengali || ||
|-
| 1985 || ''Debikaa'' || Bengali || ||
|-
| 1985 || ''Mowchor'' || Bengali || ||
|-
| 1985 || ''Manas Kanya'' || Assamese || || Phani Talukdar
|-
| 1986 || ''Jibon'' || Bengali || ||
|-
| 1987 || ''Zevar'' ||Hindi || [[film score|Background Score]] only ||
|-
| 1988 || ''[[Trishagni]]'' || Hindi || ||
|-
| 1989 || ''Swarnatrishaa'' || Bengali || ||
|-
| 1989 || ''[[Aakhri Badla]]'' || Hindi || ||
|-
| 1989 || ''[[Kamla Ki Maut]]'' || Hindi || [[film score|Background Score]] only ||
|-
| 1990 || ''Nehru: The Jewel of India'' || Hindi || ||
|-
| 1990/91 || ''Aashrita'' || Bengali || [[film score|Background Score]] only ||
|-
| 1991 || ''Haaraaner Naatjamaai'' || Bengali || ||
|-
| 1991/92 || ''Thamburan'' || Malayalam || ||
|-
| 1991 || ''[[Vasthuhara]]'' || Malayalam || ||
|-
| 1994 || ''Mahabharoti'' || Bengali || ||
|-
| 1994 || ''Sei Somoy'' || Bengali || ||
|-
| 1994 || ''Triyacharitra'' || Hindi || ||
|-
| 1994 || ''[[Swami Vivekananda (1998 film)|Swami Vivekananda]]'' || Hindi || || [[G. V. Iyer]]
|-
| 1995 || ''[[Thumboli Kadappuram]]'' || Malayalam || ||
|-
| 1995 || ''[[Mera Damad]]'' || Hindi || ||
|-
| 1995 || ''Agar Aisa Ho Toh'' || Hindi || Television series ||
|}
'''<u>Bengali</u>'''
{| class="wikitable"
!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
|}
'''<u>Malayalam</u>'''
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Film
|-
|1965
|[[Chemmeen]]
|-
|1968
|[[Ezhu Rathrikal|Ezhuraathrikal]]
|-
|1970
|[[Abhayam (1970 film)|Abhayam]]
|-
|1973
|[[Swapnam]]
|-
|1974
|[[Nellu (1974 film)|Nellu]]
|-
|1975
|[[Neela Ponman|Neelaponman]]
|-
|1975
|[[Raagam]]
|-
|1975
|[[Raasaleela|Rasaleela]]
|-
|1975
|[[Thomasleeha]] / St. Thomas)
|-
|1976
|[[Aparadhi (1976 film)|Aparadhi]]
|-
|1976
|[[Thulavarsham]]
|-
|1977
|[[Dweepu]] (''background music only'')
|-
|1977
|[[Vishukkani|Vishukkanni]]
|-
|1978
|[[Samayamaayilla Polum|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]]
|}
'''<u>Others</u>'''
{| class="wikitable"
!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
* '''Tamil films'''
|Manas Kanya
**1971 Uyir (Salil composed background music only - MD was Ramana Sridhar)
**1973 Karumbu
**1978 Parumavazhai
**1979 Azhiyatha Kolangal
**1980 Thooraththu Idimuzhakkam


Bangshadhar
* '''Kannada films'''
**1971 Samsayaphala
**1975 Onde Rupa Eradu Guna
**1977 Chinna Ninna Muddaduve; Kokila


(Bankground Score)
* '''Other films'''
**Gujrati 1971 Ghar Sansaar
**Assameese 1970 Aparajeyo
**Assameese 1985 Manas Kanya
**Oriya 1981 Batasi Jhada
**Marathi 1962 Sunbai
**Telugu 1974 Chairman Chalamayya


|
==Awards and Recognitions==
|-
* [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] in 1998
|
Odia
|1981
|Batasi Jhada
|-
|Marathi
|1962
|Sunbai
|}


==See also==
== Discography ==
List of some songs for which music or lyrics were composed by Salil Chowdhury (in alphabetical order)
*[[List of notable Calcuttans]]
{| class="sortable wikitable"
|+ Salil Chowdhury Discography
|-
! width="5%" |Year
! width="30%" |Song
! width="15%" |Singer
! width="5%" |Language
! width="15%" |Film/album
! width="10%" |Lyrics
! width="10%" |Music
|-
| 1955 || ''Ab machal utha hain dariya'' || Chorus || Hindi|| Non-Film 78 rpm record ( N76006) || Govind Munshi || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1949 || ''Abujh mon re bol more'' || Chorus || Bangla || ''Poribartan'' || Bimal Ghosh || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1946 || ''Aage chalo aage chalo'' || Chorus || Bangla|| [[Indian People's Theatre Association|IPTA]]|| Salil Chowdhury || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1958 || ''Aaja Re Pardesi'' || [[Lata Mangeshkar]] || Hindi || ''[[Madhumati]]'' || [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]] || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1953 || ''Aaja tu aa'' || [[Lata Mangeshkar]] || Hindi || ''Do Bigha Zameen'' (Story written by Salil Chowdhury "Rikshawala") || [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]] || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1953 || ''Aajab teri duniya'' || Md Rafi with Chorus || Hindi || ''Do Bigha Zameen'' (Story written by Salil Chowdhury "Rikshawala") || [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]] || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1954 || ''Aaji shunye gagan pothe'' || – || Bangla|| Mohila Mahal || Salil Chowdhury || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1961 || ''Aakela tujhe jaane na du'' || Lata|| Hindi|| ''Chaar Deewaari'' || [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]] || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1961 || ''Aankho mein masti sharaab ki'' || [[Talat Mahmood]] || Hindi || ''Chhayaa'' || Rajinder Krishan || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1945 || ''Aalor desh thekey aandhaar paar hoyee'' || Chorus || Bangla|| IPTA || Salil Chowdhury || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1953 || ''Aamar kichhu moner asha'' <br>[''Chale thumak thumak'' - Hindi (1957) Lata Mangeskar (Ek Gaaon Ki Kahaani])|| Utpala Sen || Bangla || - || || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1953 || ''Aamay kichhu khete dao ma'' || Mahananda Baul || Bangla || ''Bhor Hoye Elo'' || || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1949 || ''Aamra kishore dal'' || Chorus || Bangla|| ''Poribartan'' || Bimal Ghosh || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1954 || ''Aarzi hamari'' || Kishore Kumar || Hindi || ''Naukri'' || [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]] || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1961 || ''Aanshu samajhke kyun mujhe'' || [[Talat Mahmood]] || Hindi || ''Chhayaa'' || Rajinder Krishan || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1980 || ''Alaiyendi Kollvom'' || S. P. Balasubramaniam, P. Susheela || Tamil || ''Doorathu Idi Muzhakkam'' || Ku. Ma. Balasubramaniam || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1961 || ''Ay dil kahan teri manjil'' || Dwijen Mukherjee & [[Lata Mangeshkar]] || Hindi || ''Maya'' || Majrooh || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1961 || ''Ay dil kahan teri manjil'' || [[Lata Mangeshkar]] || Hindi || ''Maya'' || Majrooh || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1961 || ''Ay mere pyaare watan'' || [[Manna Dey]] || Hindi || ''Kaabuliwaalaa'' || Prem Dhawan, Gulzaar || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1946 || ''Ay re o ay re'' || Chorus || Bangla|| IPTA || Salil Chowdhury || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1955 || ''Ay re o paushali batase'' || Chorus || Bangla || ''Rikshawala'' || Salil Chowdhury || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1955 || ''Baa.nki adaayei.n dekhnaa ji dekhnaa'' || Geeta Dutt || Hindi || ''Amaanat '' || [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]] || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1957 || ''Baat koi matlab ki hai zaroor'' <br>[''Jay jay din'' - Bengali (1967) Biswajit] || Asha Vonsle || Hindi || ''Aparadhi Kaun'' || Majrooh || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1982 || ''Beeti dino ki sapne'' <br>[''Kayse manaao'' - Hindi (1961) Mukesh] <br>[''Chanchal sonali pakhnay'' - Bengali (1982) Arundhati]|| Arundhati Home Chowdhury || Hindi || Non-Film || Yogesh || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1953 || ''Bhaai re.. Dharti kahe pukar ke'' || Lata Manna Chorus || Hindi || ''Do Bigha Zameen'' (Story written by Salil Chowdhury "Rikshawala") || [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]] || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1944 || ''Bhango bhango bhango bhango bhango kaaraa'' || Chorus || Bangla || IPTA || Salil Chowdhury || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1947 || ''Bichaarpoti tomaar bichaar korbey jaaraa'' || Chorus || Bangla || IPTA || Salil Chowdhury || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1954 || {{Lang|bn-latn|Bodhua lagiya basraso sajanu}} || – || Bangla || ''Aaj Sandhyay'' || – || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1957 || ''Bole pihu pihu pi papiharaa'' || [[Lata Mangeshkar]] || Hindi|| ''Ek Gaaon Ki Kahaani'' || [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]] || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1956 || {{Lang|bn-latn|Bone noy mone aaj ronger mela}} || Sandhya Mukhopadhyay || Bangla || ''Raat Bhore'' || Gouriprasanna Mazumdar || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1954 || ''Bristi pare tapur tupur'' || Hiralal Sarkhel || Bangla || IPTA || Bhaskar Bose || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1958 || ''Chadh Gayo Papi Bichhua'' || [[Lata Mangeshkar]] & Manna Dey || Hindi || ''[[Madhumati]]'' || [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]] || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1957 || ''Chale thumak thumak taare'' <br>[''Amaar kichhu moner aasha'' - Bengali (1953) Utpala Sen] || Lata Mangeskar || Hindi|| ''Ek Gaaon Ki Kahaani'' || [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]] || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1982 || ''Chanchal sonali pakhnay'' [''Kayse maano piyawa'' - Hindi (1961) Mukesh] || Arundhati Home Chowdhury|| Bangla|| Non-Film || – || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1955 || ''Chet re moorakh..re moorakh tu kyaa'' || Asha & Manna Dey || Hindi || ''Amaanat '' || [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]] || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1955 || ''Chhal chhal paani hamaari zindagaani'' || Asha & Manna Dey || Hindi || ''Amaanat '' || [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]] || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1961 || ''Chham chham naachata aayee bahaar'' || [[Lata Mangeshkar]] || Hindi || ''Chhayaa'' || Rajinder Krishan || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1954 || ''Chhotasa ghar hoga'' || Kishorekumar & Shaila Belle|| Hindi || ''Naukri'' || [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]] || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1954 || ''Chhotasa ghar hoga'' || Hemanta Mukherjee || Hindi || – || [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]] || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1957 || ''Chuk chuk chhaiya chhaiya'' || Manna Dey, Chorus || Hindi || ''Lal Batti'' || Majrooh || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1955 || ''Dekho tangaa mera nirala'' || Md. Rafi || Hindi || ''Taangewaali'' || Prem Dhawan || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1957 || ''Desi kyaa bidesi, goraa bhi kitnaa'' || Shamshad Begum, Manna Dey || Hindi || ''Lal Batti'' || Majrooh || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1946 || ''Dheu uthchhey karaa tutchhey'' || Chorus || Bangla || IPTA || Salil Chowdhury || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1954 || ''Dil mera'' [''Na jani re'' - Bengali (1954) Gayatri Basu] || Shamshad Begam || Hindi || ''Biraj Bahoo'' || Prem Dhawan || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1958 || ''Dil Tadap Tadap Ke'' || Mukesh, [[Lata Mangeshkar|Lata]] || Hindi || ''[[Madhumati]]'' || [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]] || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1961 || ''Dil se dil ki Dor baandhe'' || [[Lata Mangeshkar|Lata]], [[Mukesh (singer)|Mukesh]] || Hindi || ''Chhayaa'' || Rajinder Krishan || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1954 || ''Do matwale do dilwale'' || Samshad Begum, Chorus || Hindi || ''Manohar'' || V.M.Adil and J.S. Kashyap || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1954 || ''Dol gayee dharti'' || Md Rafi || Hindi || ''Biraj Bahoo'' || Prem Dhawan || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1956 || ''Dukher simaa naai'' || Satinath Mukherjee || Bangla || ''Raat Bhore'' || Gouriprasanna Mazumdar || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1954 || ''Duru duru duru guru guru guru''<br> [''Aarzi hamari'' - Hindi - Kishore]|| – || Bangla|| Mohila Mahal || Salil Chowdhury || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1956 || ''E maajhi re'' || Shyamal Mitra || Bangla || ''Raat Bhore'' || Gouriprasanna Mazumdar || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1960 || ''Ebar Amar Somoy Holo'' || [[Madhuri Chattopadhyay]] || Bangla || Puja Album || || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1956 || ''Ei duniyay bhai sob i hoy'' || Manna Dey || Bangla|| ''Ak Din Raatre'' || Salil Chowdhury || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1954 || ''Ek chhotisi naukri ka talabgaar hoon'' || Kishore, Shyamal Mitra, Shankar Dasgupta|| Hindi || ''Naukri'' || [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]] || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1961 || ''Gangaa aaye kahaa.n se'' <br>[Uthaali paathaali amaar buuk (1960) Manna Dey (Ganga)] || [[Hemanta Mukherjee|Hemant Kumar]] || Hindi || ''Kaabuliwaalaa'' || Prem Dhawan, Gulzaar || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1958 || ''Ghadi Ghadi Mora Dil Dhadke'' || [[Lata Mangeshkar]] || Hindi || ''[[Madhumati]]'' || [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]] || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1961 || ''Gori babul ka'' || Lata, chorus || Hindi|| ''Chaar Deewaari'' || [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]] || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1946 || ''Gowrisringa tulechhe sheer'' || Chorus || Bangla|| IPTA || [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]] || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1955 || ''Ghoom Aay Re Aay'' || Pratima Bandyopadhyay || Bangla || Puja album || Mangalacharan Chattopadhyay || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1979 || ''Habuchandra Raja'' from "''Chhotasa ghar hoga''" || Antara Chowdhury || Bangla|| – || – || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1958 || ''Hai Bichhua Hai Re Hai'' || [[Lata Mangeshkar]] || Hindi || ''[[Madhumati]]'' || [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]] || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1957 || ''Hain pyaar ke do matwaale'' || Geeta Dutt, Manna Dey || Hindi || ''Aparadhi Kaun'' || Majrooh || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1957 || ''Hay jhilmil jhilmil ye shaam ke saaye'' <br>[Shyamameghame - Malayalam (1977) K.J.Yesudas ]|| [[Lata Mangeshkar]] || Hindi || ''Lal Batti'' || Majrooh || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1957 || ''Hay koi dekh lega'' || Lata Mangeskar, Talat Mahmood || Hindi|| ''Ek Gaaon Ki Kahaani'' || [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]] || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1955 || ''Halke halke chalo saa.nware'' <br>[''Unaru Unaru'' (Malayalam) Movie- Air Hostess (1980) K.J.Yesudas, Vani Jairam] || Lata Mangeskar, Hemant Mukherjee || Hindi || ''Taangewaali'' || Prem Dhawan || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1953 || ''Hariyaala sawaan dhol bajaata aaya'' <br> [''Uru taka taka taghina taghina'' - Bengali (1944)] || Lata Manna Chorus || Hindi || ''Do Bigha Zameen'' (Story written by Salil Chowdhury "Rikshawala") || [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]] || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1948 || ''Hei samaalo dhaan ho, kasteyta dao shaan ho'' || Chorus || Bangla || IPTA || Salil Chowdhury || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1961 || ''Ho ya qurbaan.. o sabaa kehnaa mere dildaar ko'' || [[Mohammed Rafi]] || Hindi || ''Kaabuliwaalaa'' || Prem Dhawan, Gulzaar || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1957 || ''Holi Hain....'' <br>[''O kanai paar karo amare'' - Bengali by Nirmalendu Choudhury] || Lata Mangskar, Manna Dey || Hindi|| ''Ek Gaaon Ki Kahaani'' || [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]] || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1958 || ''Hum Haal-e-Dil Sunaenge'' || Mubarak Begum || Hindi || ''[[Madhumati]]'' || [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]] || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1961 || ''Hum to ghar mein choolha phoonke'' || Lata, [[Mahendra Kapoor]],chorus || Hindi || ''[[Memdidi]]'' || [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]] || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1961 || ''Humko samajh baiThi hai, ye duniyaa'' [''Ei duniyay bhai sob i hoy'' - Bengali (1956) Manna dey (Ek Din Raatre)] || Mukesh || Hindi|| ''Chaar Deewaari'' || [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]] || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1980 || ''Indro Manam kalangi'' || K. J. Yesudas || Tamil || ''Doorathu Idi Muzhakkam'' || Ku. Ma. Balasubramaniam || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1961 || ''Itnaa na mujhse tu pyaar baDhaa'' <br> inspired by Mozart's Symphony number 40 in G minor || [[Lata Mangeshkar]], [[Talat Mahmood]] || Hindi || ''Chhayaa'' || Rajinder Krishan || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1995 || '' Itharo chembaruntho'' <br> [''Machalti aarzoo'' from ''Usne Kaha Tha'' (Hindi - 1960)] || - || Malayam || ''Thumboli Kadappuram'' || - || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1959 || ''Jaa re ure jare pakhi'' || [[Lata Mangeshkar]] || Bangla || Puja Album || Salil Chowdhury || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1961 || ''Jaa re ur jare panchhi'' || [[Lata Mangeshkar]] || Hindi || ''Maya'' || Majrooh || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1956 || ''Jaago mohan pritam'' || [[Lata Mangeshkar]] || Hindi|| ''Ak Din Raatre'' || Salil Chowdhury || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1955 || ''Jab tumne mohabaat chheen lee'' || Asha Bhonsle || Hindi || ''Amaanat '' || [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]] || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1952 || ''Jhir jhir jhir jhiir jhiri barosa'' || Dhananjay Bhattacharya || Bangla || ''Pasher Bari'' || Salil Chowdhury || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1954 || ''Jhoom re'' || Geeta Dutta || Hindi || ''Naukri'' || [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]] || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1957 || ''jhoome re neela ambar jhoome'' || [[Talat Mahmood]] || Hindi|| ''Ek Gaaon Ki Kahaani'' || [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]] || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1961 || ''Jhuk jhuk jhuk jhoom ghaTaa aayee re'' || Lata|| Hindi|| ''Chaar Deewaari'' || [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]] || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1954 || ''Jibano mono charane tomar'' || Gayatri Basu || Bangla || ''Aaj Sandhyay'' || Salil Chowdhury || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1958 || ''Jungle Mein Mor Naacha'' || Md Rafi || Hindi || ''[[Madhumati]]'' || [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]] || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1961 || ''Kaabuliwaalaa.. nanhi munni kyo.n kumhalaaya'' || Hemant, Usha, Sabita Chowdhury, Ranu Mukherj || Hindi || ''Kaabuliwaalaa'' || Prem Dhawan, Gulzaar || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1958 || ''Kaancha Le Kanchi Lai Lajo'' ||Asha Bhonsle, Sabita Chowdhury & Ghulam Mohammad|| Hindi|| ''[[Madhumati]]'' || [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]] || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1957 || ''Kaanha khubDa langDa loolaa, buDDhaa'' ||Asha Bhonsle || Hindi|| ''Ek Gaaon Ki Kahaani'' || [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]] || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1944 || ''Karaar duaar bhaango bhaango oikker bajra kothin hathey'' || Chorus || Bangla|| IPTA || Salil Chowdhury || Salil Chowdhury
|-
|1995
|Kaathil Thenmazhayaay
|[[K. J. Yesudas|K.J Yesudas]]
|Malayalam
|[[Thumboli Kadappuram]]
|[[O. N. V. Kurup|O.N.V Kurupp]]
|Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1961 || ''Kayse maano piyawaa'' || Mukesh || Hindi|| ''Chaar Deewaari'' || [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]] || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1953 || ''Ke jaabi ay'' || Geeta Mukherjee || Bangla || ''Bhor Hoye Elo''|| || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1961 || ''Ki je kori, durey jetey hoi taai'' <br>[''Aanshu samajhke kyun mujhe'' (1961) Talat Mahmood] || [[Lata Mangeshkar]] || Bangla || - || || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1952 || ''Klaanti naame go'' || Dwijen Mukherjee || Bengali|| - || - || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1957 || ''Koi dekhe to kahey tujhko'' || Asha Vonsle || Hindi || ''Aparadhi Kaun'' || Majrooh || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1961 || ''Koi sone ki dil wala'' || Md Rafi || Hindi || ''Maya'' || Majrooh || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1957 || ''Kyaa se kyaa ho gayaa re'' || Nirmalendu Chowdhury, Chorus || Hindi || ''Lal Batti'' || Majrooh || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1956 || ''Lo se wai wai'' || Sandhya Mukherjee and others || Hindi|| ''Ak Din Raatre'' || [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]] || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1954 || ''Maajhi re chal naiya, raam karega paar'' || Nirmalendu Chowdhury || Hindi || ''Biraj Bahoo'' || Prem Dhawan || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1960 || ''Machalti aarjoo'' <br> ['' Itharo chembaruntho'' from ''Thumboli Kadappuram'' (Malayalam, 1995)]|| - || Hindi || ''Usne Kaha Tha'' || - || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1954 || ''Maharaja jaago ji'' || Asha Bhonsle & Chorus || Hindi || ''Manohar'' || V.M.Adil and J.S. Kashyap || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1955 || ''Mai.n lut gayee duniyaa waalo.n'' || Lata Mangeskar || Hindi || ''Taangewaali'' || Prem Dhawan || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1954 || {{Lang|bn-latn|Meghe meghe rim jhim}} || Alpana Banerjee || Bangla || ''Aaj Sandhyay'' || Anil Chatterjee || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1957 || ''Mera dil dil dil dil dil laa...'' || Asha Vonsle || Hindi || ''Aparadhi Kaun'' || Majrooh || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1954 || ''Mere man bhula bhula kahe dole'' || Hemanta Mukherjee || Hindi || ''Biraj Bahoo'' || Prem Dhawan || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1955 || ''Meri wafaaei.n tumhaari jafaaei.n'' || Asha Bhonsle || Hindi || ''Amaanat'' || [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]] || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1954 || ''Na jani re'' <br>[''Dil mera'' - Hindi (1954) by Shamshad Begam in ''Biraj Bahu''] || Gayatri Basu || Bangla || ''Aaj Sandhyay'' || Salil Chowdhury || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1959 || ''Na jeo na'' || [[Lata Mangeshkar]] || Bangla || Puja Album || Salil Chowdhury || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1959 || ''Naach re dharti ke pyaare'' (bangla version: Aay re o pousaali bataasey || – || Hindi || Heera Moti || [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]] || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1961 || ''Nind pari lori gaayi'' <br>[''Prantorer gaan'' - Bengali (1953) Utpala Sen || Lata Mangeshkar|| Hindi|| ''Chaar Deewaari'' || [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]] || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1960 || ''Nijere Haraye KhNuji'' || [[Madhuri Chattopadhyay]] || Bangla || Puja Album || || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1948 || ''Nondito nondito desh aamaar '' || Geeta Mukherjee & Salil Chowdhury|| Bangla|| IPTA || Salil Chowdhury || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1947 || ''Nobaaruno raage raange re'' || Chorus || Bangla || IPTA || Salil Chowdhury || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1955 || ''Nao Gaan Bhore Naoy'' || Pratima Bandyopadhyay || Bangla || Puja album || Salil Chowdhury || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1959 || ''O banshi hay'' || [[Lata Mangeshkar]] || Bangla || Puja Album || Salil Chowdhury || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1955 || ''O jab se milee.n to se ankhiyaa.n'' <br>[''Dola o dola'' - Bengali] || Geeta Dutt & Hemant Mukherjee || Hindi || ''Amaanat '' || [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]] || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1954 || ''O man re'' || [[Lata Mangeshkar]] || Hindi || ''Naukri'' || [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]] || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1960 || ''O sajna barkha bahar ayi'' || [[Lata Mangeshkar]] || Hindi || ''Parakh'' || [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]] || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1954 || ''Om namo namo'' || Hemanta Mukherjee || Hindi || ''Biraj Bahoo'' || Prem Dhawan || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1980 || ''Onnam kunnin'' from "''chhotasa ghar hoga''"|| K.J.Yesudas || Malayalam || [[Air Hostess (1980 film)|Air Hostess]]|| ONV Kurup || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1960 || ''Ogo ar kichu to nai'' || [[Lata Mangeshkar]] || Bangla || Puja Album || Salil Chowdhury || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1954 || ''Patthar se badle huye'' || – || Hindi|| Mohila Mahal || Salil Chowdhury || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1961 || ''Phir ekbar kaho'' || Dwijen Mukherjee & [[Lata Mangeshkar]] || Hindi || ''Maya'' || Majrooh || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1957 || ''Phir wohi dard hai phir wohi jigar'' || Manna Dey || Hindi || ''Aparadhi Kaun'' || Majrooh || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1953 || ''Prantorer gaan'' <br> [''Neend pari lori gaaye'' - Hindi (1961) Lata Mangeskar (Chaardeewaari)]|| Utpala Sen || Bangla || - || || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1977 || ''Ponnushassin'' <br>[''Jhuk jhuk jhuk'' - Hindi (1961) Lata; <br>''Monobinaay akhoni boojhi'' - Bengali (1962) Sabita]|| P. Jayachandran || Malayalam || ''Vishukkani'' || SreeKumaran Thampi || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1951 || ''Puntimachh dangay uithya foot katey'' || Tarja Gaan || Bangla || ''Barjatri'' || Gurudas Pal || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1965 || '' Puthan valakkaare'' || Manna Dey || Malayalam || ''Chemmeen'' || Vayalar || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1957 || ''Raat ne kyaa kyaa khwaab dikhaaye'' || Talat Mahmood || Hindi|| ''Ek Gaaon Ki Kahaani'' || [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]] || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1956 || ''Rim jhim jhim'' || Sandhya Mukhopadhyay || Bangla || ''Raat Bhore'' || Gouriprasanna Mazumdar || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1955 || ''Rimjhim jhim jhim badarvaa barse'' <br>[''Jhir jhir jhir jhiir jhiri barosa'' (Bengali) Movie- Pasher Bari (1952) Dhananjoy Bhattyacharya] <br>[''Jil jil jil'' (Malayalam) Movie- Puthiya Velicham (1979) Jayachandran, P.Susheela] || Lata Mangeskar || Hindi || ''Taangewaali'' || Prem Dhawan || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1951 || ''Roop nagarer pothik ogo'' || Supriti Ghosh || Bangla || ''Barjatri'' || Bimal Ghosh || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1961 || ''Sanam tu chal'' || Md Rafi || Hindi || ''Maya'' || Majrooh || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1956 || ''Se gaan ami jai je bhule'' || Sandhya Mukherjee || Bangla|| ''Ak Din Raatre'' || Salil Chowdhury || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1980 || ''Sevvali Poove'' || P. Susheela || Tamil || Doorathu Idi Muzhakkam || Ku. Ma. Balasubramaniam || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1954 || ''Shyam re'' || Hemanta Mukherjee|| Hindi || ''Biraj Bahoo'' || Prem Dhawan || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1952 || ''Shyamal baroni ogo kanya'' <br>[Aankhon mein masti sharaab ki - Hindi (1961) Talat Mahmood (Chhaya) ]|| Dwijen Mukherjee || Bengali|| - || - || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1951 || ''Shimul shimul shimulti'' || Bharati Basu || Bangla || ''Barjatri'' || Salil Chowdhury || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1955 || ''Siaram Siaram (Hindi)'' || [[Dhananjay Bhattacharya]] and Chorus || Bangla || ''Rikshawala'' || Govind Munshi || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1958 || ''Suhana Safar Aur Yeh Mausam'' || Mukesh || Hindi || ''[[Madhumati]]'' || [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]] || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1954 || ''Taare udaas'' || Gayatri Basu || Hindi || ''Aaj Sandhyay'' || Prem Dhawan || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1958 || ''Tan Jale Man Jalta Rahe'' || Dwijen Mukherjee || Hindi || ''[[Madhumati]]'' || [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]] || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1961 || ''Tasbeer teri dil me'' || [[Lata Mangeshkar]] & Md Rafi || Hindi || ''Maya'' || Majrooh || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1954 || ''Tera ghar aabad rahe'' || Lata & Shyamal Mitra || Hindi || ''Biraj Bahoo'' || Prem Dhawan || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1955 || ''Tere nayno ne'' || Lata and Md. Rafi || Hindi || ''Taangewaali'' || Prem Dhawan || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1954 || ''Tomra kebal moner sukhe'' || – || Bangla|| Mohila Mahal || Salil Chowdhury || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1958 || ''Toote Huye Khwabon Ne'' || Md Rafi || Hindi || ''[[Madhumati]]'' || [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]] || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1954 || ''Tore tokka tokka tore'' || – || Bangla|| ''Mohila Mahal'' || Salil Chowdhury || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1980 || ''Ullam Ellam Thalladuthe'' || K. J. Yesudas & S. Janaki || Tamil || ''Doorathu Idi Muzhakkam'' || Ku. Ma. Balasubramaniam || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1944 || ''Uru taka taka taghina taghina'' [''Hariyaali sawaan dhol bajaata aaya'' - Hindi - ''Do Bigha Zameen''] || Chorus || Bangla|| IPTA || Salil Chowdhury || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1960 || ''Uthaali paathaali amaar buuk'' || [[Manna Dey]] || Bangla || ''Ganga'' || Salil Chowdhury || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1960 || ''Ye banshi kiun gay'' || [[Lata Mangeshkar]] || Hindi || ''Parakh'' || [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]] || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1961 || ''Ye kahde hum insaan nahi'' || [[Mohammed Rafi|Md. Rafi]] || Hindi || ''Chhayaa'' || Rajinder Krishan || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1961 || ''Zadu daale hai'' || Asha Bhosle & Chorus || Hindi || ''Maya'' || Majrooh || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1961 || ''Zindegi hai kya'' || Md Rafi || Hindi || ''Maya'' || Majrooh || Salil Chowdhury
|-
| 1958 || ''Zulmi Sang Aankh Ladi'' || [[Lata Mangeshkar]] || Hindi|| ''[[Madhumati]]'' || [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]] || Salil Chowdhury
|-
|}
IPTA: [[Indian People's Theatre Association|Indian People's Theater Association]]


== Awards and recognitions ==
==External links==
;'''1953 – ''[[Do Bigha Zamin]]'''''
* {{imdb name | id=0006005 | name = Salil Chowdhury }}
A Hindi film directed by Bimal Roy based on a story in Bengali "Rikshawalaa" written by Salil Chowdhury.
*[http://www.Salil.com/ The World of Salil Chowdhury], a comprehensive informational resource on Salil's background and works, including editorial articles and anecdotes written by [[Gautam Choudhury]].

*[http://www.indianmelody.com/salilarticle1.htm A Biography]
[[Filmfare Awards|1st Filmfare Awards]] (1954)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.rediff.com/movies/2002/may/09dinesh.htm|title=Do Bigha Zamin: Poignant, stark, human|last=Raheja|first=Dinesh|work=Rediff.com|access-date=4 December 2017}}</ref>
*[http://Salil.com/Articles/suman_in_uttaran.asp], an article by Suman Chatterjee in Uttaran.
'''Winner''' – [[Filmfare Best Movie Award|Best Film]]; '''Winner''' – [[Filmfare Best Director Award|Best Director]] – [[Bimal Roy]];
*[http://Salil.com/articles/salil_manab_1.asp], an article by Manab Mitra on Salil Chowdhury

*[http://Salil.com/articles/evolution.asp], article by Salil Chowdhury on the evolution of modern Bengali music
[[1st National Film Awards]]<ref name="1stawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/1st_nff_1954.pdf|title=1st National Film Awards|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|access-date=21 August 2011}}</ref> (India)
*[http://Salil.com/articles/lata_on_salil.asp], [[Lata Mangeshkar]] on Salil Chowdhury
'''Winner''' – [[Discontinued and Intermittent National Film Awards#All India Certificate of Merit|All India Certificate of Merit for Best Feature Film]]
*[http://Salil.com/articles/few_moments_with_SC_page1.asp], "Few Moments with Salil Chowdhury" - An extended interview of Salil Chowdhury in 1978 by Kalpana Biswas - first appeared in the Bengali monthly publication "Kaalpurush"

[[1954 Cannes Film Festival|7th Cannes Film Festival]] (1954)<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/3829/year/1954.html |title=Festival de Cannes: ''Do Bigha Zamin'' |access-date=25 January 2009 |work=festival-cannes.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204192851/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/3829/year/1954.html |archive-date=4 February 2012 }}</ref>
'''Winner''' – Prix International ([[1954 Cannes Film Festival#International Prize|International Prize]])
Nominated – [[Palme d'Or|Grand Prize]] (Best Film)

[[Karlovy Vary International Film Festival]]<ref name="rediff">{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2002/may/09dinesh.htm|title=Do Bigha Zameen: poignant, stark, human|last=Raheja|first=Dinesh|work=Rediff.com|access-date=9 May 2017}}</ref>
'''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<ref>{{cite news|title=The Winners 1958 |url=http://filmfareawards.indiatimes.com/articleshow/366376.cms |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709174123/http://filmfareawards.indiatimes.com/articleshow/366376.cms |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 July 2012 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=4 January 2012 }}</ref>
''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

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== Further reading ==
*{{cite web|author=Sabita Chowdhury |date=5 September 2015 |title=উজ্জ্বল এক ঝাঁক সলিল |url= http://www.anandabazar.com/supplementary/patrika/special-write-up-and-memorabilia-on-salil-chowdhury-on-his-death-anniversary-1.202766|publisher= Ananda Bazar Patrika|access-date=16 November 2017 }}
*{{cite book |author=Salil Chowdhury |title=Salil Chowdhury Rachana Sangraha |year=2013 |location=Kolkata|publisher= Dey`s Publishing |isbn= 978-81-295-1952-8}}
*{{cite book |author=Samir Kumar Gupta |title=Salil Chowdhury |location=Kolkata|isbn= 978-81-921-0890-2|year= 2011 }}
*{{cite book |editor=Samir Kumar Gupta |title=Salil Chowdhury's First Life And Mass Songs |location=Kolkata|publisher= Miley Mishey |page= 391|isbn= 978-81-921-0890-2|year= 2016 }}
*{{cite book |author=Suresh Rao |title=Salil Chowdhury – The Non-Conformist Genius |location=Kolkata|publisher= Jain Book Agency |page= 391|year= 2008 }}

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Salil Chowdhury
Image of Salil Chowdhury
Background information
Born(1925-11-19)19 November 1925
Ghazipur, 24 Parganas, Bengal Presidency, British India (present-day Baruipur, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India)
Died5 September 1995(1995-09-05) (aged 69)
Calcutta, West Bengal, India
GenresBengali, folk, film base, western classical fusion, Indian classical fusion
Occupation(s)Singer-Songwriter, Composer, Arranger, Poet, Lyricist, Story-writer

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.

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.[citation needed]

Career

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Early influences – childhood and teenage

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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 human-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

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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

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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

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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

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Hindi

Year Film
1953 Do Bigha Zamin
1954 Biraj Bahu; Naukri; Manohar
1955 Amanat; Tongawali
1956 Awaz; Parivaar; Jagte Raho
1957 Apradhi Kaun; Ek Gaon ki Kahani; Lal Batti; Musafir, Zamana
1958 Madhumati
1959 Heera Moti
1960 Jawahar; Honeymoon; Kanoon; Parakh; Usne Kaha Tha
1961 Char Diwari; Chhaya; Kabuliwala; Maya; Mem Didi; Sapne Suhaane
1962 Half Ticket; Jhoola; Prem Patra
1965 Chand Aur Suraj; Poonam Ki Raat
1966 Pinjre Ki Panchhi; Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose; Jawaab Aayega
1968 Mitti Ka Dev
1969 Ittefaq; Sara Akaash
1971 Anand; Gehraa Raaz; Mere Apne
1972 Annadata; Anokha Daan; Anokha Milan; Mere Bhaiya; Sabse Bada Sukh
1974 Rajnigandha
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 Trishagni
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)
Year Title Language Other Notes Director
1949 Poribartan Bengali Satyen Bose
1951 Barjatri Bengali Satyen Bose
1952 Pasher Bari Bengali
1953 Bansher Kella Bengali
1953 Bhore hoye elo Bengali
1953 Do Bigha Zamin Hindi Bimal Roy
1954 Biraaj bahu Hindi Bimal Roy
1954 Naukari Hindi
1954 Aaj Sondhyay Bengali
1954 Mohila Mahal Bengali
1955 Amaanat Hindi
1955 Ek Din Ratre Bengali Shombhu Mitra and Amit Moitra
1955 Tangewali Hindi
1955 Rikshawala Bengali Story written by Salil Chowdhury. In 1952 story was used by Bimal Roy to create "Do Bigha Zameen" Satyen Bose
1956 Raat Bhore Bengali Mrinal Sen
1956 Parivar Hindi
1956 Jagte Raho Hindi
1956 Aawaz Hindi
1957 Apradhi Kaun? Hindi
1957 Ek Gaon Ki Kahani Hindi Dulal Guha
1957 Gotoma the Buddha Hindi A documentary film
1957 Lal Batti Hindi
1957 Musafir Hindi Hrishikesh Mukherjee
1957 Zamaana Hindi
1958 Bari Theke Paliye Bengali
1958 Madhumati Hindi Won – Filmfare Award for Best Music Director Bimal Roy
1959 Heeramoti Hindi
1959 The River Hindi
1960 Jawaahar Hindi
1960 Gangaa Bengali Rajen Tarafdar
1960 Parakh Hindi
1960 Honeymoon Hindi
1960 Kanoon Hindi Background Score only. B. R. Chopra
1960 Usne Kaha Tha Hindi Moni Bhattacharjee
1961 Rai Bahadur Bengali
1961 Komol Gandhaar Bengali Ritwik Ghatak
1961 Kabuliwala Hindi From – Tagore's story Kabuliwala in Begali film 1960
1961 Char Diwari Hindi
1961 Chhaya Hindi Hrishikesh Mukherjee
1961 Maya Hindi
1961 Mem-Didi Hindi
1961 Sapne Suhane Hindi
1962 Half Ticket Hindi
1962 Sunbai Marathi
1962 Jhoola Hindi
1962 Prem Patra Hindi – From a Bengali film " Sagarika"
1964 Kinu Goaalaar Goli Bengali
1964 Ayanaanto Bengali
1964 Lal Patthar Hindi – From a Bengali film " Lal Pathar"
1965 Chand Aur Suraj Hindi
1965 Poonam Ki Raat Hindi
1966 Paari Bengali
1966 Pinjre Ke Panchhi Hindi
1966 Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Hindi
1966 Jawaab Aayega Hindi
1965 Chemmeen Malayalam
1968 Mitti Ka Dev Hindi
1968 Anokhi Raat Hindi Background Score only
1968 Chehere Hindi TV series
1968 Ezhu Rathrikal Malayalam
1969 Ittefaq Hindi Background Score only
1969 Sara Akash Hindi Background Score only
1970 Abhayam Malayalam Background Score only
1970 Aparajeyo Assamese CHATURANGA – Phani Talukdar, Munin Bayan, Atul Bardaloi & Gauri Barman
1971 Anand Hindi Hrishikesh Mukherjee
1971 Samshaya Phala Kannada Won – Karnataka State Film Award for Best Music Director
1971 Uyir Tamil Background Score only
1971 Gehraa Raaz Hindi
1971 Mere Apne Hindi
1971 Ghar Sansaar Gujarati
1972 Marjina Aabdullah Bengali
1972 Raktaakto Banglaa Bengali
1972 Anokha Milan Hindi
1972 Mere Bhaiya Hindi
1972 Sabse Bada Sukh Hindi
1972 Annadata Hindi
1972 Anokha Daan Hindi
1973 Swapnam Malayalam
1973 Achanak Hindi Background Score only
1973 Karumbu Tamil
1974 Nellu Malayalam
1974 Chairman Chalamayya Telugu
1974 Rajnigandha Hindi
1975 Rasaleela Malayalam
1975 Sangat Hindi
1975 Mausam Hindi Background Score only
1975 Chhoti Si Baat Hindi
1979 Pratheeksha Malayalam
1975 Neela Ponman Malayalam
1975 Onde Roopa Eradu Guna Kannada
1975 Raagam Malayalam
1975 Thomasleeha Malayalam
1976 Jeevan Jyoti Hindi
1976 Udaan Chhoo Hindi
1976 Thulavarsham Malayalam
1977 Kobita Bengali Bharat Shamsher
1977 Minoo Hindi
1977 Sister Bengali
1977 Mrigayaa Hindi
1977 Anand Mahal Hindi
1977 Aparadhi Malayalam
1977 Chinna Ninna Muddaduve Kannada
1977 Dweep Malayalam Background score only
1977 Vishukkani Malayalam
1977 Kokila Kannada
1978 Ee Ganam Marakkumo Malayalam
1978 Madanolsavam Malayalam
1978 Naukri Hindi Background Score.
Also Story Writer
1978 Samayamayilla Polum Malayalam
1978 Etho Oru Swapnam Malayalam
1979 Jibon Je Rakam Bengali
1979 Rupaali Soikate Bengali Alamgir Kabir
1979 Srikaanter Will Bengali
1979 Azhiyadha Kolangal Tamil
1979 Chuvanna Chirakukal Malayalam
1979 Kaala Patthar Hindi Background Score only
1979 Jeena Yahan Hindi
1979 Puthiya Velicham Malayalam
1980 Byapika Bidaay Bengali
1980 Parabesh Bengali
1980 Antarghaat Bengali
1980 Air Hostess Malayalam
1980 Doorathu Idi Muzhakkam Tamil
1981 Agni Pareeksha Hindi
1981 Akaler Sandhaney (In Search of Famine) Bengali Mrinal Sen
1981 Chehre Pe Chehra Hindi Background Score only
1981 Batasi Jhada Odia
1981 Plot No. 5 Hindi Background Score only
1982 Artap Bengali
1982 Anthiveyilile Ponnu Malayalam
1984 Kanoon Kya Karega Hindi Background Score only
1984 Vellam Malayalam Background Score only
1985 Protiggya Bengali
1985 Debikaa Bengali
1985 Mowchor Bengali
1985 Manas Kanya Assamese Phani Talukdar
1986 Jibon Bengali
1987 Zevar Hindi Background Score only
1988 Trishagni Hindi
1989 Swarnatrishaa Bengali
1989 Aakhri Badla Hindi
1989 Kamla Ki Maut Hindi Background Score only
1990 Nehru: The Jewel of India Hindi
1990/91 Aashrita Bengali Background Score only
1991 Haaraaner Naatjamaai Bengali
1991/92 Thamburan Malayalam
1991 Vasthuhara Malayalam
1994 Mahabharoti Bengali
1994 Sei Somoy Bengali
1994 Triyacharitra Hindi
1994 Swami Vivekananda Hindi G. V. Iyer
1995 Thumboli Kadappuram Malayalam
1995 Mera Damad Hindi
1995 Agar Aisa Ho Toh Hindi Television 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

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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
1955 Ab machal utha hain dariya Chorus Hindi Non-Film 78 rpm record ( N76006) Govind Munshi Salil Chowdhury
1949 Abujh mon re bol more Chorus Bangla Poribartan Bimal Ghosh Salil Chowdhury
1946 Aage chalo aage chalo Chorus Bangla IPTA Salil Chowdhury Salil Chowdhury
1958 Aaja Re Pardesi Lata Mangeshkar Hindi Madhumati Shailendra Salil Chowdhury
1953 Aaja tu aa Lata Mangeshkar Hindi Do Bigha Zameen (Story written by Salil Chowdhury "Rikshawala") Shailendra Salil Chowdhury
1953 Aajab teri duniya Md Rafi with Chorus Hindi Do Bigha Zameen (Story written by Salil Chowdhury "Rikshawala") Shailendra Salil Chowdhury
1954 Aaji shunye gagan pothe – Bangla Mohila Mahal Salil Chowdhury Salil Chowdhury
1961 Aakela tujhe jaane na du Lata Hindi Chaar Deewaari Shailendra Salil Chowdhury
1961 Aankho mein masti sharaab ki Talat Mahmood Hindi Chhayaa Rajinder Krishan Salil Chowdhury
1945 Aalor desh thekey aandhaar paar hoyee Chorus Bangla IPTA Salil Chowdhury Salil Chowdhury
1953 Aamar kichhu moner asha
[Chale thumak thumak - Hindi (1957) Lata Mangeskar (Ek Gaaon Ki Kahaani])		 Utpala Sen Bangla - Salil Chowdhury
1953 Aamay kichhu khete dao ma Mahananda Baul Bangla Bhor Hoye Elo Salil Chowdhury
1949 Aamra kishore dal Chorus Bangla Poribartan Bimal Ghosh Salil Chowdhury
1954 Aarzi hamari Kishore Kumar Hindi Naukri Shailendra Salil Chowdhury
1961 Aanshu samajhke kyun mujhe Talat Mahmood Hindi Chhayaa Rajinder Krishan Salil Chowdhury
1980 Alaiyendi Kollvom S. P. Balasubramaniam, P. Susheela Tamil Doorathu Idi Muzhakkam Ku. Ma. Balasubramaniam Salil Chowdhury
1961 Ay dil kahan teri manjil Dwijen Mukherjee & Lata Mangeshkar Hindi Maya Majrooh Salil Chowdhury
1961 Ay dil kahan teri manjil Lata Mangeshkar Hindi Maya Majrooh Salil Chowdhury
1961 Ay mere pyaare watan Manna Dey Hindi Kaabuliwaalaa Prem Dhawan, Gulzaar Salil Chowdhury
1946 Ay re o ay re Chorus Bangla IPTA Salil Chowdhury Salil Chowdhury
1955 Ay re o paushali batase Chorus Bangla Rikshawala Salil Chowdhury Salil Chowdhury
1955 Baa.nki adaayei.n dekhnaa ji dekhnaa Geeta Dutt Hindi Amaanat Shailendra Salil Chowdhury
1957 Baat koi matlab ki hai zaroor
[Jay jay din - Bengali (1967) Biswajit]		 Asha Vonsle Hindi Aparadhi Kaun Majrooh Salil Chowdhury
1982 Beeti dino ki sapne
[Kayse manaao - Hindi (1961) Mukesh]
[Chanchal sonali pakhnay - Bengali (1982) Arundhati]		 Arundhati Home Chowdhury Hindi Non-Film Yogesh Salil Chowdhury
1953 Bhaai re.. Dharti kahe pukar ke Lata Manna Chorus Hindi Do Bigha Zameen (Story written by Salil Chowdhury "Rikshawala") Shailendra Salil Chowdhury
1944 Bhango bhango bhango bhango bhango kaaraa Chorus Bangla IPTA Salil Chowdhury Salil Chowdhury
1947 Bichaarpoti tomaar bichaar korbey jaaraa Chorus Bangla IPTA Salil Chowdhury Salil Chowdhury
1954 Bodhua lagiya basraso sajanu – Bangla Aaj Sandhyay – Salil Chowdhury
1957 Bole pihu pihu pi papiharaa Lata Mangeshkar Hindi Ek Gaaon Ki Kahaani Shailendra Salil Chowdhury
1956 Bone noy mone aaj ronger mela Sandhya Mukhopadhyay Bangla Raat Bhore Gouriprasanna Mazumdar Salil Chowdhury
1954 Bristi pare tapur tupur Hiralal Sarkhel Bangla IPTA Bhaskar Bose Salil Chowdhury
1958 Chadh Gayo Papi Bichhua Lata Mangeshkar & Manna Dey Hindi Madhumati Shailendra Salil Chowdhury
1957 Chale thumak thumak taare
[Amaar kichhu moner aasha - Bengali (1953) Utpala Sen]		 Lata Mangeskar Hindi Ek Gaaon Ki Kahaani Shailendra Salil Chowdhury
1982 Chanchal sonali pakhnay [Kayse maano piyawa - Hindi (1961) Mukesh] Arundhati Home Chowdhury Bangla Non-Film – Salil Chowdhury
1955 Chet re moorakh..re moorakh tu kyaa Asha & Manna Dey Hindi Amaanat Shailendra Salil Chowdhury
1955 Chhal chhal paani hamaari zindagaani Asha & Manna Dey Hindi Amaanat Shailendra Salil Chowdhury
1961 Chham chham naachata aayee bahaar Lata Mangeshkar Hindi Chhayaa Rajinder Krishan Salil Chowdhury
1954 Chhotasa ghar hoga Kishorekumar & Shaila Belle Hindi Naukri Shailendra Salil Chowdhury
1954 Chhotasa ghar hoga Hemanta Mukherjee Hindi – Shailendra Salil Chowdhury
1957 Chuk chuk chhaiya chhaiya Manna Dey, Chorus Hindi Lal Batti Majrooh Salil Chowdhury
1955 Dekho tangaa mera nirala Md. Rafi Hindi Taangewaali Prem Dhawan Salil Chowdhury
1957 Desi kyaa bidesi, goraa bhi kitnaa Shamshad Begum, Manna Dey Hindi Lal Batti Majrooh Salil Chowdhury
1946 Dheu uthchhey karaa tutchhey Chorus Bangla IPTA Salil Chowdhury Salil Chowdhury
1954 Dil mera [Na jani re - Bengali (1954) Gayatri Basu] Shamshad Begam Hindi Biraj Bahoo Prem Dhawan Salil Chowdhury
1958 Dil Tadap Tadap Ke Mukesh, Lata Hindi Madhumati Shailendra Salil Chowdhury
1961 Dil se dil ki Dor baandhe Lata, Mukesh Hindi Chhayaa Rajinder Krishan Salil Chowdhury
1954 Do matwale do dilwale Samshad Begum, Chorus Hindi Manohar V.M.Adil and J.S. Kashyap Salil Chowdhury
1954 Dol gayee dharti Md Rafi Hindi Biraj Bahoo Prem Dhawan Salil Chowdhury
1956 Dukher simaa naai Satinath Mukherjee Bangla Raat Bhore Gouriprasanna Mazumdar Salil Chowdhury
1954 Duru duru duru guru guru guru
[Aarzi hamari - Hindi - Kishore]		 – Bangla Mohila Mahal Salil Chowdhury Salil Chowdhury
1956 E maajhi re Shyamal Mitra Bangla Raat Bhore Gouriprasanna Mazumdar Salil Chowdhury
1960 Ebar Amar Somoy Holo Madhuri Chattopadhyay Bangla Puja Album Salil Chowdhury
1956 Ei duniyay bhai sob i hoy Manna Dey Bangla Ak Din Raatre Salil Chowdhury Salil Chowdhury
1954 Ek chhotisi naukri ka talabgaar hoon Kishore, Shyamal Mitra, Shankar Dasgupta Hindi Naukri Shailendra Salil Chowdhury
1961 Gangaa aaye kahaa.n se
[Uthaali paathaali amaar buuk (1960) Manna Dey (Ganga)]		 Hemant Kumar Hindi Kaabuliwaalaa Prem Dhawan, Gulzaar Salil Chowdhury
1958 Ghadi Ghadi Mora Dil Dhadke Lata Mangeshkar Hindi Madhumati Shailendra Salil Chowdhury
1961 Gori babul ka Lata, chorus Hindi Chaar Deewaari Shailendra Salil Chowdhury
1946 Gowrisringa tulechhe sheer Chorus Bangla IPTA Shailendra Salil Chowdhury
1955 Ghoom Aay Re Aay Pratima Bandyopadhyay Bangla Puja album Mangalacharan Chattopadhyay Salil Chowdhury
1979 Habuchandra Raja from "Chhotasa ghar hoga" Antara Chowdhury Bangla – – Salil Chowdhury
1958 Hai Bichhua Hai Re Hai Lata Mangeshkar Hindi Madhumati Shailendra Salil Chowdhury
1957 Hain pyaar ke do matwaale Geeta Dutt, Manna Dey Hindi Aparadhi Kaun Majrooh Salil Chowdhury
1957 Hay jhilmil jhilmil ye shaam ke saaye
[Shyamameghame - Malayalam (1977) K.J.Yesudas ]		 Lata Mangeshkar Hindi Lal Batti Majrooh Salil Chowdhury
1957 Hay koi dekh lega Lata Mangeskar, Talat Mahmood Hindi Ek Gaaon Ki Kahaani Shailendra Salil Chowdhury
1955 Halke halke chalo saa.nware
[Unaru Unaru (Malayalam) Movie- Air Hostess (1980) K.J.Yesudas, Vani Jairam]		 Lata Mangeskar, Hemant Mukherjee Hindi Taangewaali Prem Dhawan Salil Chowdhury
1953 Hariyaala sawaan dhol bajaata aaya
[Uru taka taka taghina taghina - Bengali (1944)]		 Lata Manna Chorus Hindi Do Bigha Zameen (Story written by Salil Chowdhury "Rikshawala") Shailendra Salil Chowdhury
1948 Hei samaalo dhaan ho, kasteyta dao shaan ho Chorus Bangla IPTA Salil Chowdhury Salil Chowdhury
1961 Ho ya qurbaan.. o sabaa kehnaa mere dildaar ko Mohammed Rafi Hindi Kaabuliwaalaa Prem Dhawan, Gulzaar Salil Chowdhury
1957 Holi Hain....
[O kanai paar karo amare - Bengali by Nirmalendu Choudhury]		 Lata Mangskar, Manna Dey Hindi Ek Gaaon Ki Kahaani Shailendra Salil Chowdhury
1958 Hum Haal-e-Dil Sunaenge Mubarak Begum Hindi Madhumati Shailendra Salil Chowdhury
1961 Hum to ghar mein choolha phoonke Lata, Mahendra Kapoor,chorus Hindi Memdidi Shailendra Salil Chowdhury
1961 Humko samajh baiThi hai, ye duniyaa [Ei duniyay bhai sob i hoy - Bengali (1956) Manna dey (Ek Din Raatre)] Mukesh Hindi Chaar Deewaari Shailendra Salil Chowdhury
1980 Indro Manam kalangi K. J. Yesudas Tamil Doorathu Idi Muzhakkam Ku. Ma. Balasubramaniam Salil Chowdhury
1961 Itnaa na mujhse tu pyaar baDhaa
inspired by Mozart's Symphony number 40 in G minor		 Lata Mangeshkar, Talat Mahmood Hindi Chhayaa Rajinder Krishan Salil Chowdhury
1995 Itharo chembaruntho
[Machalti aarzoo from Usne Kaha Tha (Hindi - 1960)]		 - Malayam Thumboli Kadappuram - Salil Chowdhury
1959 Jaa re ure jare pakhi Lata Mangeshkar Bangla Puja Album Salil Chowdhury Salil Chowdhury
1961 Jaa re ur jare panchhi Lata Mangeshkar Hindi Maya Majrooh Salil Chowdhury
1956 Jaago mohan pritam Lata Mangeshkar Hindi Ak Din Raatre Salil Chowdhury Salil Chowdhury
1955 Jab tumne mohabaat chheen lee Asha Bhonsle Hindi Amaanat Shailendra Salil Chowdhury
1952 Jhir jhir jhir jhiir jhiri barosa Dhananjay Bhattacharya Bangla Pasher Bari Salil Chowdhury Salil Chowdhury
1954 Jhoom re Geeta Dutta Hindi Naukri Shailendra Salil Chowdhury
1957 jhoome re neela ambar jhoome Talat Mahmood Hindi Ek Gaaon Ki Kahaani Shailendra Salil Chowdhury
1961 Jhuk jhuk jhuk jhoom ghaTaa aayee re Lata Hindi Chaar Deewaari Shailendra Salil Chowdhury
1954 Jibano mono charane tomar Gayatri Basu Bangla Aaj Sandhyay Salil Chowdhury Salil Chowdhury
1958 Jungle Mein Mor Naacha Md Rafi Hindi Madhumati Shailendra Salil Chowdhury
1961 Kaabuliwaalaa.. nanhi munni kyo.n kumhalaaya Hemant, Usha, Sabita Chowdhury, Ranu Mukherj Hindi Kaabuliwaalaa Prem Dhawan, Gulzaar Salil Chowdhury
1958 Kaancha Le Kanchi Lai Lajo Asha Bhonsle, Sabita Chowdhury & Ghulam Mohammad Hindi Madhumati Shailendra Salil Chowdhury
1957 Kaanha khubDa langDa loolaa, buDDhaa Asha Bhonsle Hindi Ek Gaaon Ki Kahaani Shailendra Salil Chowdhury
1944 Karaar duaar bhaango bhaango oikker bajra kothin hathey Chorus Bangla IPTA Salil Chowdhury Salil Chowdhury
1995 Kaathil Thenmazhayaay K.J Yesudas Malayalam Thumboli Kadappuram O.N.V Kurupp Salil Chowdhury
1961 Kayse maano piyawaa Mukesh Hindi Chaar Deewaari Shailendra Salil Chowdhury
1953 Ke jaabi ay Geeta Mukherjee Bangla Bhor Hoye Elo Salil Chowdhury
1961 Ki je kori, durey jetey hoi taai
[Aanshu samajhke kyun mujhe (1961) Talat Mahmood]		 Lata Mangeshkar Bangla - Salil Chowdhury
1952 Klaanti naame go Dwijen Mukherjee Bengali - - Salil Chowdhury
1957 Koi dekhe to kahey tujhko Asha Vonsle Hindi Aparadhi Kaun Majrooh Salil Chowdhury
1961 Koi sone ki dil wala Md Rafi Hindi Maya Majrooh Salil Chowdhury
1957 Kyaa se kyaa ho gayaa re Nirmalendu Chowdhury, Chorus Hindi Lal Batti Majrooh Salil Chowdhury
1956 Lo se wai wai Sandhya Mukherjee and others Hindi Ak Din Raatre Shailendra Salil Chowdhury
1954 Maajhi re chal naiya, raam karega paar Nirmalendu Chowdhury Hindi Biraj Bahoo Prem Dhawan Salil Chowdhury
1960 Machalti aarjoo
[ Itharo chembaruntho from Thumboli Kadappuram (Malayalam, 1995)]		 - Hindi Usne Kaha Tha - Salil Chowdhury
1954 Maharaja jaago ji Asha Bhonsle & Chorus Hindi Manohar V.M.Adil and J.S. Kashyap Salil Chowdhury
1955 Mai.n lut gayee duniyaa waalo.n Lata Mangeskar Hindi Taangewaali Prem Dhawan Salil Chowdhury
1954 Meghe meghe rim jhim Alpana Banerjee Bangla Aaj Sandhyay Anil Chatterjee Salil Chowdhury
1957 Mera dil dil dil dil dil laa... Asha Vonsle Hindi Aparadhi Kaun Majrooh Salil Chowdhury
1954 Mere man bhula bhula kahe dole Hemanta Mukherjee Hindi Biraj Bahoo Prem Dhawan Salil Chowdhury
1955 Meri wafaaei.n tumhaari jafaaei.n Asha Bhonsle Hindi Amaanat Shailendra Salil Chowdhury
1954 Na jani re
[Dil mera - Hindi (1954) by Shamshad Begam in Biraj Bahu]		 Gayatri Basu Bangla Aaj Sandhyay Salil Chowdhury Salil Chowdhury
1959 Na jeo na Lata Mangeshkar Bangla Puja Album Salil Chowdhury Salil Chowdhury
1959 Naach re dharti ke pyaare (bangla version: Aay re o pousaali bataasey – Hindi Heera Moti Shailendra Salil Chowdhury
1961 Nind pari lori gaayi
[Prantorer gaan - Bengali (1953) Utpala Sen		 Lata Mangeshkar Hindi Chaar Deewaari Shailendra Salil Chowdhury
1960 Nijere Haraye KhNuji Madhuri Chattopadhyay Bangla Puja Album Salil Chowdhury
1948 Nondito nondito desh aamaar Geeta Mukherjee & Salil Chowdhury Bangla IPTA Salil Chowdhury Salil Chowdhury
1947 Nobaaruno raage raange re Chorus Bangla IPTA Salil Chowdhury Salil Chowdhury
1955 Nao Gaan Bhore Naoy Pratima Bandyopadhyay Bangla Puja album Salil Chowdhury Salil Chowdhury
1959 O banshi hay Lata Mangeshkar Bangla Puja Album Salil Chowdhury Salil Chowdhury
1955 O jab se milee.n to se ankhiyaa.n
[Dola o dola - Bengali]		 Geeta Dutt & Hemant Mukherjee Hindi Amaanat Shailendra Salil Chowdhury
1954 O man re Lata Mangeshkar Hindi Naukri Shailendra Salil Chowdhury
1960 O sajna barkha bahar ayi Lata Mangeshkar Hindi Parakh Shailendra Salil Chowdhury
1954 Om namo namo Hemanta Mukherjee Hindi Biraj Bahoo Prem Dhawan Salil Chowdhury
1980 Onnam kunnin from "chhotasa ghar hoga" K.J.Yesudas Malayalam Air Hostess ONV Kurup Salil Chowdhury
1960 Ogo ar kichu to nai Lata Mangeshkar Bangla Puja Album Salil Chowdhury Salil Chowdhury
1954 Patthar se badle huye – Hindi Mohila Mahal Salil Chowdhury Salil Chowdhury
1961 Phir ekbar kaho Dwijen Mukherjee & Lata Mangeshkar Hindi Maya Majrooh Salil Chowdhury
1957 Phir wohi dard hai phir wohi jigar Manna Dey Hindi Aparadhi Kaun Majrooh Salil Chowdhury
1953 Prantorer gaan
[Neend pari lori gaaye - Hindi (1961) Lata Mangeskar (Chaardeewaari)]		 Utpala Sen Bangla - Salil Chowdhury
1977 Ponnushassin
[Jhuk jhuk jhuk - Hindi (1961) Lata;
Monobinaay akhoni boojhi - Bengali (1962) Sabita]		 P. Jayachandran Malayalam Vishukkani SreeKumaran Thampi Salil Chowdhury
1951 Puntimachh dangay uithya foot katey Tarja Gaan Bangla Barjatri Gurudas Pal Salil Chowdhury
1965 Puthan valakkaare Manna Dey Malayalam Chemmeen Vayalar Salil Chowdhury
1957 Raat ne kyaa kyaa khwaab dikhaaye Talat Mahmood Hindi Ek Gaaon Ki Kahaani Shailendra Salil Chowdhury
1956 Rim jhim jhim Sandhya Mukhopadhyay Bangla Raat Bhore Gouriprasanna Mazumdar Salil Chowdhury
1955 Rimjhim 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 Mangeskar Hindi Taangewaali Prem Dhawan Salil Chowdhury
1951 Roop nagarer pothik ogo Supriti Ghosh Bangla Barjatri Bimal Ghosh Salil Chowdhury
1961 Sanam tu chal Md Rafi Hindi Maya Majrooh Salil Chowdhury
1956 Se gaan ami jai je bhule Sandhya Mukherjee Bangla Ak Din Raatre Salil Chowdhury Salil Chowdhury
1980 Sevvali Poove P. Susheela Tamil Doorathu Idi Muzhakkam Ku. Ma. Balasubramaniam Salil Chowdhury
1954 Shyam re Hemanta Mukherjee Hindi Biraj Bahoo Prem Dhawan Salil Chowdhury
1952 Shyamal baroni ogo kanya
[Aankhon mein masti sharaab ki - Hindi (1961) Talat Mahmood (Chhaya) ]		 Dwijen Mukherjee Bengali - - Salil Chowdhury
1951 Shimul shimul shimulti Bharati Basu Bangla Barjatri Salil Chowdhury Salil Chowdhury
1955 Siaram Siaram (Hindi) Dhananjay Bhattacharya and Chorus Bangla Rikshawala Govind Munshi Salil Chowdhury
1958 Suhana Safar Aur Yeh Mausam Mukesh Hindi Madhumati Shailendra Salil Chowdhury
1954 Taare udaas Gayatri Basu Hindi Aaj Sandhyay Prem Dhawan Salil Chowdhury
1958 Tan Jale Man Jalta Rahe Dwijen Mukherjee Hindi Madhumati Shailendra Salil Chowdhury
1961 Tasbeer teri dil me Lata Mangeshkar & Md Rafi Hindi Maya Majrooh Salil Chowdhury
1954 Tera ghar aabad rahe Lata & Shyamal Mitra Hindi Biraj Bahoo Prem Dhawan Salil Chowdhury
1955 Tere nayno ne Lata and Md. Rafi Hindi Taangewaali Prem Dhawan Salil Chowdhury
1954 Tomra kebal moner sukhe – Bangla Mohila Mahal Salil Chowdhury Salil Chowdhury
1958 Toote Huye Khwabon Ne Md Rafi Hindi Madhumati Shailendra Salil Chowdhury
1954 Tore tokka tokka tore – Bangla Mohila Mahal Salil Chowdhury Salil Chowdhury
1980 Ullam Ellam Thalladuthe K. J. Yesudas & S. Janaki Tamil Doorathu Idi Muzhakkam Ku. Ma. Balasubramaniam Salil Chowdhury
1944 Uru taka taka taghina taghina [Hariyaali sawaan dhol bajaata aaya - Hindi - Do Bigha Zameen] Chorus Bangla IPTA Salil Chowdhury Salil Chowdhury
1960 Uthaali paathaali amaar buuk Manna Dey Bangla Ganga Salil Chowdhury Salil Chowdhury
1960 Ye banshi kiun gay Lata Mangeshkar Hindi Parakh Shailendra Salil Chowdhury
1961 Ye kahde hum insaan nahi Md. Rafi Hindi Chhayaa Rajinder Krishan Salil Chowdhury
1961 Zadu daale hai Asha Bhosle & Chorus Hindi Maya Majrooh Salil Chowdhury
1961 Zindegi hai kya Md Rafi Hindi Maya Majrooh Salil Chowdhury
1958 Zulmi Sang Aankh Ladi Lata Mangeshkar Hindi Madhumati Shailendra Salil Chowdhury

IPTA: Indian People's Theater Association

Awards and recognitions

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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] Winner – Best Film; Winner – Best Director – Bimal Roy;

1st National Film Awards[10] (India) Winner – All 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

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Chennai, Shaji (20 November 2005). "Flawless harmony in his music". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 16 September 2006. Retrieved 6 September 2009.
  2. ^ Chumki, Bhowmik (19 November 2017). "ও আলোর পথযাত্রী". peoplesreporter.com. Archived from the original on 29 March 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  3. ^ a b c Surer, Bhuban. "Rare interview – Salil Chowdhury". All India Radio. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  4. ^ Dasgupta, Priyanka (29 November 2021). "How a secret radio station broadcast hope in 1971". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Singer Sabita Chowdhury dies". outlookindia.com. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  6. ^ a b c d "Remembering Salil Chowdhury on his 22nd death anniversary". mediu,.com. 5 September 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  7. ^ "One of a kind". The Hindu. 10 August 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  8. ^ "The Salil Chowdhury Memorial Concert and Honors". Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  9. ^ Raheja, Dinesh. "Do Bigha Zamin: Poignant, stark, human". Rediff.com. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  10. ^ "1st National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
  11. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Do Bigha Zamin". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2009.
  12. ^ Raheja, Dinesh. "Do Bigha Zameen: poignant, stark, human". Rediff.com. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  13. ^ "The Winners 1958". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2012.

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