Salil Chowdhury

Salil Chowdhury
Background information
Born	(1925-11-19)19 November 1925 Ghazipur, 24 Parganas, Bengal Presidency, British India (present-day South 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India)
Died	5 September 1995(1995-09-05) (aged 71) Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Genres	Bengali, 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.

Career

Early influences – childhood and teenage

Salil Chowdhury was born on 19 November 1925, in a village called Ghazipur in South 24 Parganas, West Bengal. Salil's childhood was spent in the Tea Gardens Region of Assam. His father was reputed to stage plays with coolies and other low-paid workers of the tea-gardens. ^[1] From an early age he listened to the Western Classical collection of his father. ^[1] During the second world war Chowdhury got the opportunity to closely observe human sufferings, hunger and problem of the refugees. ^[2] He studied in Harinavi D.V.A.S High School and there after graduating from Bangabasi College, affiliated to the University of Calcutta in Kolkata, and during this period his political ideas were formulated along with a considerable maturity in his musical ideas. ^[1]

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

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

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

Film career

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

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

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

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

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

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

Personal life

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

Legacy

Chowdhury on a 2013 stamp of India

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

Filmography

Hindi

Year	Film
1953	Do Bigha Zamin
1954	Biraaj bahu; Naukri; Manohar
1955	Amaanat; Taangewaali
1956	Aawaaz; Parivaar; Jaagte Raho
1957	Aparadhi Kaun; Ek Gaaon ki Kahaani; LaalBatti; Musaafir, Zamaana
1958	Madhumati
1959	Heeramoti
1960	Jawaahar; Honeymoon; Qaanoon; Parakh; Usne Kaha Tha
1961	Chaardeewaari; Chhayaa; Kaabuliwaalaa; Maayaa; Memdidi; Sapan Suhaane
1962	Half Ticket; Jhoola; Prem Patra
1965	Chaand Aur Sooraj; Poonam Ki Raat
1966	Pinjre Ki Panchhi; Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose; Jawaab Aayega
1968	Mitti Ka Dev
1969	Ittefaaq; Sara Akaash
1970	Aanand
1971	Gehraa Raaz; Mere Apne
1972	Annadata; Anokha Daan; Anokha Milan; Mere Bhaiyaa; Sabse Bada Sukh
1974	Rajnigandhaa
1975	Chhoti si Baat; Sangat
1976	Jeevan Jyoti; Mrigayaa; Udaan Chhoo
1977	Minoo; Anand Mahal
1979	Kalaa Patthar; Jeenaa Yahaan
1980	Chehre Pe Chehra; Chemmeen Lahrein; Chirutha; Kuhasaa; Naani Maa; Room no.203; Daisy
1981	Plot no. 5; Agni Pareeksha
1982	Dil Ka Saathi Dil; Darpok ki Dosti; Artap
1984	Kanoon Kya Karega
1986	Zevar
1988	Trishaagni
1989	Kamla Ki Maut; Nehru The Jewel of India; Atmadaan; Aakhiri Badlaa
1990	Triyaatri; Hamaari Shaadi * (MD: Sanjoy Chowdhury and Salil Chowdhury)
1991	Netraheen Saakshi;
1994	Tiriacharittar (or Striyascharittram)
1994	Swami Vivekananda
1995	Mera Damaad

Salil Chowdhury Filmography (Detailed)

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
1985	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

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 Chowdhuri
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
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
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 Manggeskar	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
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

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

1. Chennai, Shaji (20 November 2005). "Flawless harmony in his music". The Hindu . Archived from the original on 16 September 2006. Retrieved 6 September 2009.
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3. 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. "Remembering Salil Chowdhury on his 22nd death anniversary". mediu,.com. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
7. "One of a kind". The Hindu. 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.

Further reading

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

External links

• A comprehensive website on Salil Chowdhury
• Salil Chowdhury at IMDb