Salil Chowdhury, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Salil Chowdhury

Bengali composer, poet and playwright

Date of Birth: 19-Sep-1922

Place of Birth: Harinavi, West Bengal, India

Date of Death: 05-Sep-1995

Profession: composer, poet, playwright

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Salil Chowdhury; 19 November 1925 - 5 September 1995) was an Indian songwriter, music director, lyricist , writer and poet, who predominantly composed for Bengali, Hindi, Malayalam films.
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, Oriya and Assamese films.
His musical ability was widely recognised 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 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. Chowdhury 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 become the greatest composer of all-time in India".
The guitarist eventually turned out to be Ilaiyaraaja.