Salil Chowdhury

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 in the Indian film industry. He was an accomplished composer and arranger who was proficient in several musical instruments, including the flute, the piano, and the esraj. He was also widely acclaimed and admired 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.

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.

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 his first wife, the painter Jyoti Chowdhury in July 1952; the couple had three daughters named Aloka, Tulika, and Lipika. They later separated, and Jyoti Chowdhury died at the age of 94 on January 7, 2023. After their separation, Chowdhury married renowned singer Sabita Chowdhury, with whom he had two sons, Sukanta and Sanjoy, and two daughters, Antara and Sanchari. Sanjoy Chowdhury is a music composer and has scored background music for over 100 feature films. Antara Chowdhury too is a well-known musician and singer. Sabita Chowdhury died on 29 June 2017.

Legacy

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". He dabbled in a lot of things and it was his ambition to achieve greatness in everything he did. 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.

Filmography

+ Salil Chowdhury FilmographyYear 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 1954 Monohara Tamil 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 Kabuliwala Hindi From – Tagore's story Kabuliwala in Bengali 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 Pathore Bengali 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 IttefaqHindiBackground 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 Malayalam Others

1989Manas Kanya

Bangshadhar

Discography List of some songs for which music or lyrics were composed by Salil Chowdhury (in alphabetical order) + Salil Chowdhury DiscographyYearSongSingerLanguageFilm/albumLyricsVersions/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 1963 Aaji soroter akaashey Madhuri Chattopadhyay Bangla Puja album 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") Salil ChowdhuryShailendra 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 1962 Aankhon mein tum dil mein tum ho Gita and Kishore Hindi Half Ticket Shailendra Bengali: Ei haashi ei gaan (1995) by Usha Utthup 1945 Aalor desh thekey aandhaar paar hoyee Chorus Bangla IPTA Salil Chowdhury Salil Chowdhury 1962 Aamar e jibone shudhu Jatileswar Mukhopadhyay Bangla Salil Chowdhury 1953 Aamar kichhu moner asha Utpala Sen Bangla - Hindi: Chale thumak thumak - Hindi (1957) Lata Mangeskar (Ek Gaaon Ki Kahaani) 1953 Aamay kichhu khete dao ma Mahananda Baul Bangla Bhor Hoye Elo Salil Chowdhury 1955 Aamay Proshno Kore Neel Dhrubotara Hemanta Mukherjee Bangla Sera Shilpi Sera Gaan Salil Chowdhury Hindi: Kahin Door Jab Din Dhal Jaaye from Anand (1971 film) by Mukesh 1962 Aami paarini bujhite paarini Manobendra Mukhopadhyay Bangla - - Hindi: Teri yaad na dil se jaa saki (1965) by Lata in Chaand Aur Sooraj 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 1995 Aaye naa aisaa waqt kisi pe Kavita Krisnhamurthy Hindi Mera Damaad Yogesh and Prem Salil Chowdhury 1955 Baa.nki adaayei.n dekhnaa ji dekhnaa Geeta Dutt Hindi Amaanat Shailendra Salil Chowdhury 1957 Baat koi matlab ki hai zaroor Asha Vonsle Hindi Aparadhi Kaun Majrooh Bengali: Jay jay din - (1967) by Biswajit 1972 Baaje Go BeenaManna DeyBanglaMarjina Abdulla Salil Chowdhury Salil Chowdhury 1969 Baaje jhanana jhanan Biswajit Bangla Kannada: Kuniyutha jhanana jhana (1971) P. Susheela (Samasayaphala) 1982 Beeti dino ki sapne Arundhati Home Chowdhury Hindi Non-Film Yogesh Hindi: Kayse manaao (1961) by Mukesh] Begali: Chanchal sonali pakhnay (1982) by Arundhati 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 – Bangla Aaj Sandhyay – Salil Chowdhury 1957 Bole pihu pihu pi papiharaa Lata Mangeshkar Hindi Ek Gaaon Ki Kahaani Shailendra Salil Chowdhury 1956 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 Lata Mangeskar Hindi Ek Gaaon Ki Kahaani Shailendra Bengali: Amaar kichhu moner aasha (1953) by Utpala Sen 1982 Chanchal sonali pakhnay Arundhati Home Chowdhury Bangla Non-Film – Hindi: Kayse maano piyawa (1961) by Mukesh 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 1982 Cholechhe aaj cholbey kaal shantir ei michhil Calcutta coir Bangla Salil Chowdhury 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 Shamshad Begam Hindi Biraj Bahoo Prem Dhawan Bengali: Na jani re (1954) Gayatri Basu 1958 Dil Tadap Tadap Ke Mukesh, Lata Hindi Madhumati Shailendra Tune influenced by a Hungarian folk song 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 1961 Ebar aami aamar theke Sachin Gupta Bangla Salil Chowdhury 1956 Ei duniyay bhai sob i hoy Manna Dey Bangla Ak Din Raatre Salil Chowdhury Salil Chowdhury 1995 Ei haansi ei gaan Usha Utthup Bangla Hindi: Aankhon mein tum dil mein tum ho (1962) by Gita, Kishore in Half Ticket 1954 Ek chhotisi naukri ka talabgaar hoon Kishore, Shyamal Mitra, Shankar Dasgupta Hindi Naukri Shailendra 1991 Ek dapha ki baat hai Mahendra Kapoor Hindi Raat Ki Uljhan Gulzar Salil Chowdhury 1993 Eso aaj ei shubhodine onkikaar kori bondhu Calcutta coir Bangla Doordarshan Salil Chowdhury Salil Chowdhury 1991 Eso nababarsha Salil, Sabita, Antara Bangla Doordarshan Salil Chowdhury Salil Chowdhury 1961 Gangaa aaye kahaa.n se Hemant Kumar Hindi Kaabuliwaalaa Prem Dhawan, Gulzaar Bengali: Uthaali paathaali amaar buuk (1960) Manna Dey in Ganga 1958 Ghadi Ghadi Mora Dil Dhadke Lata Mangeshkar Hindi Madhumati Shailendra Bengali: Halud gandar phool; Sabita Chowdhury (1957) 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 Mangala Charan 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 1957 Hain pyaar ke do matwaale Geeta Dutt, Manna Dey Hindi Aparadhi Kaun Majrooh Sultanpuri 1957 Hay jhilmil jhilmil ye shaam ke saaye [Shyamameghame - Malayalam (1977) K.J.Yesudas ] Lata Mangeshkar Hindi Lal Batti Majrooh Sultanpuri 1957 Hay koi dekh lega Lata Mangeskar, Talat Mahmood Hindi Ek Gaaon Ki Kahaani Shailendra 1957 Halud gandar phool Sabita Chowdhury Bangla - Salil Chowdhury Hindi: GhaDi ghaDi meraa dil dhaDke; Movie: Madhumati (1958) Lata Mangeskar 1957 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 Lata Manna Chorus Hindi Do Bigha Zameen (Story written by Salil Chowdhury "Rikshawala") Shailendra Bengali: Uru taka taka taghina taghina (1944) 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.... Lata Mangskar, Manna Dey Hindi Ek Gaaon Ki Kahaani Shailendra Bengali: O kanai paar karo amare - by Nirmalendu Choudhury 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 1961 Humko samajh baiThi hai, ye duniyaa Mukesh Hindi Chaar Deewaari Shailendra Bengali: Ei duniyay bhai sob i hoy (1956) Manna dey (Ek Din Raatre) 1991 In bahaaron ki kasam Hemant Kumar, Krishna Kalle Hindi Raat Ki Uljhan Gulzar Salil Chowdhury 1980 Indro Manam kalangi K. J. Yesudas Tamil Doorathu Idi Muzhakkam Ku. Ma. Balasubramaniam Salil Chowdhury 1954 Iskaboner deshe Bani Ghoshal Bangla - Salil Chowdhury 1961 Itnaa na mujhse tu pyaar baDhaa Lata Mangeshkar, Talat Mahmood Hindi Chhayaa Rajinder Krishan Inspired by Mozart's Symphony number 40 in G minor 1995 Itharo chembaruntho - Malayalam Thumboli Kadappuram - Hindi: Machalti Aarzoo from Usne Kaha Tha (1960) 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 1995 jab main bhaiyaa sharaab hun peeta Jolly Mukherjee Hindi Mera Damaad Yogesh and Prem Salil Chowdhury 1956 Jaago mohan pritam Lata Mangeshkar Hindi Ak Din Raatre Salil Chowdhury 1955 Jab tumne mohabaat chheen lee Asha Bhonsle Hindi Amaanat Shailendra Salil Chowdhury 1961 Jaani na jaani na kon Sachin Giupta Bangla Salil Chowdhury 1969 Jaay jaay din Biswajit Bangla Hindi: baat koi matlab ki hai zaroor (1957) Asha (Aparadhi Kaun) 1995 Jhir jhir barse aaj gagan se Anuradha Paudwal, Sabita Chowdhury, Amit Kumar and Shailendra Singh Hindi Mera Damaad Yogesh and Prem Hindi, Bengali (O phuler dal sung by Usha Mangeskar), Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu 1952 Jhir jhir jhir jhir jhiri barosa Dhananjay Bhattacharya Bangla Pasher Bari Salil Chowdhury Salil Chowdhury 1967 Jhir jhir jhir jhir jhare Biswajit Bangla Salil Chowdhury 1967 Jhor jhor more Biswajit Bangla 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 1961 Jhuk jhuk jhuk jhoom ghaTaa aayee re Lata Hindi Chaar Deewaari Shailendra Salil Chowdhury 1968 Jhunjhun moinaa naacho na Mukesh Bangla Salil Chowdhury 1954 Jibano mono charane tomar Gayatri Basu Bangla Aaj Sandhyay Salil Chowdhury Salil Chowdhury 1962 Jodi jaante, O tumi jaante Manobendra Mukhopadhyay Bangla - - Salil Chowdhury 1982 Juddha keno hoy Calcutta coir Bangla - 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 Kaaraar 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 1964 Kashmir Punjab Hind Rajasthan Hemant Mukherjee Hindi - Salil Chowdhury Abhijit Banerjee 1961 Kayse maano piyawaa Mukesh Hindi Chaar Deewaari Shailendra Salil Chowdhury 1953 Ke jaabi ay Geeta Mukherjee Bangla Bhor Hoye Elo Salil Chowdhury 1963 Ki aar kohibo balo Madhuri Chattopadhyay Bangla Puja album Salil Chowdhury Salil Chowdhury 1961 Ki je kori, durey jetey hoi taai Lata Mangeshkar Bangla - Hindi:Aanshu samajhke kyun mujhe (1961) Talat Mahmood 1952 Klaanti naame go Dwijen Mukherjee Bangla - - Salil Chowdhury 1957 Koi dekhe to kahey tujhko Asha Vonsle Hindi Aparadhi Kaun Majrooh Salil Chowdhury 1991 Koi pukaare kahise Krishna Kalle Hindi Raat Ki Uljhan Gulzar Bengali: Jibone jaa kichhu chhilo (1967) Sandhya Mukherjee 1961 Koi sone ki dil wala Md Rafi Hindi Maya Majrooh Sultanpuri Salil Chowdhury 1957 Kyaa se kyaa ho gayaa re Nirmalendu Chowdhury, Chorus Hindi Lal Batti Majrooh Sultanpuri Salil Chowdhury 1956 Lo se wai wai Sandhya Mukherjee and others Hindi Ak Din Raatre Shailendra Salil ChowdhurySalil 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 Main lut gayee duniyaa waalon Lata Mangeskar Hindi Taangewaali Prem Dhawan Salil Chowdhury 1966 Manzil teri khoj mein Lata Mangeskar Hindi Pinjre Ki Panchhi Shailendra Bengali: O aamaar joto saadh (1979) Arati Mukherjee (Srikaanter Will)Gun gun phaagun shesh holey (1967) Madhuri Chattopadhyay 1954 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 1968 Mon maataal saanjh sakaal Mukesh Bangla Hindi: Shaam se (1968) Mukesh (Mitti ka Dev)Malayalam: Yaathrayay (1991) Unni MenonBengali: Ei pather sesh kothaay (1983) Gautam Dasgupta 1980 Mone pore sei sob din Kishore Kumar Bangla Antarghaat Released as Swarnatrishaa in 1990 Salil Chowdhury Hindi: Man kare yaad wo din by Kishore Kumar in Aakhiri Badlaa (1989) Malayalam: Parannupoy nee by Jesudas in Chuvanna Chirakkukal (1979) 1975 Na jaane kyun Lata Mangeskar Hindi Chaand Aur Sooraj Shailendra Bengali: Pagol Hawa 1954 Na jani re Gayatri Basu Bangla Aaj Sandhyay Salil Chowdhury Hindi: Dil mera by Shamshad Begam in Biraj Bahu (1954) 1959 Na jeo na Lata Mangeshkar Bangla Puja Album Salil Chowdhury Salil Chowdhury 1955 Nao gaan bhorey Pratima Bandopadhyay Bangla Puja Album Salil Chowdhury 1959 Naach re dharti ke pyaare – Hindi Heera Moti Shailendra Bengali: Aay re o pousaali bataasey 1961 Nind pari lori gaayi Lata Mangeshkar Hindi Chaar Deewaari Shailendra Bengali: Prantorer gaan by Utpala Sen, (1953) 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 1979 O amaar joto saadh Arati Mukherjee Bangla Srikaanter Will Salil Chowdhury Bengali: Gun gun phaagun shesh holey by Madhuri Chattopadhyay (1967)Hindi: Manzil teri khoj mein (1966) Lata (Pinjre Ki Panchhi) 1959 O banshi hay Lata Mangeshkar Bangla Puja Album Salil Chowdhury Salil Chowdhury 1955 O jab se milee.n to se ankhiyaa.n Geeta Dutt & Hemant Mukherjee Hindi Amaanat Shailendra Bengali: Dola o dola 1995 O maajhi bhaiyo Usha Utthup Bangla - - 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 1967 Oi je sobuj bono beethika Madhuri Chattopadhaay Bangla Puja Album Salil Chowdhury Hindi: Ek dapha ki baat hai (19??) Mahendra Kapoor (Raat Ki Uljhan) Lyrics Gulzar 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 1962 Pagol hawa Jatileshwar Mukhopadhyay Bangla Salil Chowdhury Hindi: Na jaane kiyun by Lata in ChhoTi si Baat (1975) 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 Utpala Sen Bangla - Hindi: Neend pari lori gaaye (1961) Lata Mangeskar (Chaardeewaari) 1977 Ponnushassin P. Jayachandran Malayalam Vishukkani SreeKumaran Thampi Hindi: Jhuk jhuk jhuk - (1961) by Lata Mangeskar; Bengali: Monobinaay akhoni boojhi by Sabita (1962) 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 Lata Mangeskar Hindi Taangewaali Prem Dhawan Bengali: Jhir jhir jhir jhiir jhiri barosa by Dhananjoy Bhattyacharya in the movie Pasher Bari (1952) Malayalam: Jil jil jil by Jayachandran, P.Susheela in the movie- Puthiya Velicham (1979) 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 1985 Sedin aar kato dure Calcutta coir Bangla - 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 Dwijen Mukherjee Bangla - - Hindi: Aankhon mein masti sharaab ki - (1961) Talat Mahmood (Chhaya) 1951 Shimul shimul shimulti Bharati Basu Bangla Barjatri Salil Chowdhury Salil Chowdhury 1977 Shuno Shuno Go Sabe Kishore Kumar Bangla Kabita 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 1964 Swadesh aamar swapno aamar Dwijen Mukherjee Bangla - Salil Chowdhury Abhijit Banerjee 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 Sultanpuri - 1954 Teler shishi bhaanglo boley Bani Ghoshal Hindi Biraj Bahoo Annada Shankar Roy - 1954 Tera ghar aabad rahe Lata Mangeshkar & Shyamal Mitra Hindi Biraj Bahoo Prem Dhawan Salil Chowdhury 1955 Tere nayno ne Lata Mangeshkar 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 1965 Tumhe Dil Se Chaha Suman Kalyanpur and Mohammed Rafi Hindi Chand Aur Suraj Shailendra 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 Chorus Bangla IPTA Salil Chowdhury Hindi: Hariyaali sawaan dhol bajaata aaya in Do Bigha Zameen (1953) 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) Winner – Best Film; Winner – Best Director – Bimal Roy;

1st National Film Awards (India) Winner – All India Certificate of Merit for Best Feature Film

7th Cannes Film Festival (1954) Winner – Prix International (International Prize) Nominated – Grand Prize (Best Film)

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 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 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

The 56th International Film Festival of India taking place from 20 to 28 November 2025, will celebrate centenary and pay tribute to Salil Chowdhury by screening his classic films.