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Salil Chowdhury
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Indian composer, poet and playwright (1925–1995)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Rachana Sangraha Part 1
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Film & TV
Harinavi, 24 Parganas, Bengal Presidency, British India
Known for
- Where the River Padma Flows1971
- A Soft Note on a Sharp Scale1961
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- 1,382
- Total plays
- 8,802
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singer songwritercomposerindian classicalbanglaIndian Classical Music
Salil Chowdhury, fondly referred to as "Salil-da" was a music director, musician, writer, and poet, who worked in Hindi, Bengali, and the south Indian film industries. He was most active from the 1950's through the 1960's. His strength was in the fact that he mastered numerous different genre. He was accomplished on the flute, esraj, violin, and piano; he was also a master lyricist and writer. He is fondly remembered for some of the most famous songs to come out of Bollywood. <a href="https:
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Chowdhury
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Dominion of India
- Place of birth
- Harinavi
- Place of death
- Kolkata
- Spouse
- Sabita Chowdhury
- Child
- Antara Chowdhury
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- Assamese
- Instrument
- flute
- Official website
- www.salilda.com
- Image
- SalilChowdhury1002.jpg
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- date of death
- 1995-09-05
- Commons category
- Salil Chowdhury
- date of birth
- 1925-11-19
- name in native language
- সলিল চৌধুরী
- nickname
- সলিলদা
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