Salil Chowdhury

• Illustration — Chowdhury on a 2013 stamp of India • Illustration — Chowdhury on a 2025 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". 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. • 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. 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". 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. • "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.

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 — Versions/Music • 1962 — Aa rahe the — Kishore Kumar — Hindi — Half Ticket — Shailendra — 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 • 1962 — Aa ke seedhi lagi dil pe jaise — Kishore Kumar — Hindi — Half Ticket — Shailendra — 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 Ticketn — 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 • 1962 — Arey, waah mere maalik — Kishore Kumar — Hindi — Half Ticket — Shailendra — Salil Chowdhury • 1962 — Arey le lo, ji le lo hai — Kishore Kumar — Hindi — Half Ticket — Shailendra — 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 • 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 • 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 Beena — Manna Dey — Bangla — Marjina 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 — 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 — 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 • 1962 — Chaa.nd raat, tum ho saath — Lata Mangeskar & Kishore Kumar — Hindi — Half Ticket — Shailendra — 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 • 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 — 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 • 1968 — Mon maataal saanjh sakaal — Mukesh — Bangla — Hindi: Shaam se (1968) Mukesh (Mitti ka Dev) Malayalam: Yaathrayay (1991) Unni Menon Bengali: 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 • 1962 — Wo ek nighaah kya milee — Lata Mangsekkar & Kishore Kumar — Hindi — Half Ticket — Shailendra — 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

• 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.