Salil Chowdhury Hindi and Bengali Music Composer
Salil Chowdhury was a famous Hindi and Bengali composer, poet and a playwright. He was born on November 19, 1922 and died on September 5, 1995, just before his 73rd birthday. He was widely recognized and acknowledged in the Bombay film industry as one of the most prodigious composers ever.
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He was also an accomplished arranger and was proficient in several musical instruments, including 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.
Since Do Bigha Zameen, he has composed for over 75 Hindi films, over 40 Bengali films, around 26 Malayalam films, and several Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Gujarati, Oriya and Assamese films. To the music connoisseurs, he was better known as the non-conformist music composer whose unceasing search for perfection towered above everything else in his life.
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 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 ragas but the orchestration was very much western in its construction. He developed a unique style which was immediately identifiable.
Hindi films of Salil Chowdhury
| 1953 | Do Bigha Zameen |
| 1954 | Biraj Bahu; Naukri |
| 1955 | Amaanat; Taangewaali |
| 1956 | Awaaz; Parivaar; Jagte Raho |
| 1957 | Aparadhi Kaun; Ek Gaaon ki Kahaani; LaalBatti; 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; Sara Akaash |
| 1970 | Anand |
| 1971 | Gehraa Raaz; Mere Apne |
| 1972 | Annadata; Anokha Daan; Anokha Milan; Mere Bhaiyaa; Sabse Bada Sukh |
| 1974 | Rajnigandha |
| 1975 | Mausam; Chhoti Si Baat; Sangat |
| 1976 | Jeevan Jyoti; Mrigayaa; Udan Choo |
| 1977 | Minoo; Anand Mahal |
| 1979 | Jeena Yehaan |
| 1980 | Chehre Pe Chehra; Chemmeen Lahrein; Chirutha; Kuhaasa; Naani Maa; Room no.203; Daisy |
| 1981 | Plot no. 5; Agni Pareeksha; Atmadaan |
| 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 |
| 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 |
