MUSICIAN

Salil Chowdhury

1925 - 1995

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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 and acknowledged in the Indian film industry. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Salil Chowdhury is the 1,865th most popular musician (up from 2,034th in 2019), the 826th most popular biography from India (up from 849th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Indian Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Salil Chowdhury ranks 1,865 out of 3,175. Before him are Big Walter Horton, Stefan Schwarzmann, Tracii Guns, Mike Garson, Alex Acuña, and Brian Setzer. After him are Gene Ammons, Daniel Johnston, Yuja Wang, Lasse Holm, David Vincent, and Scott Ian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Salil Chowdhury ranks 469. Before him are Atilio López, John Wain, Paul Kurtz, Horacio Guarany, Bruno Pesaola, and Božena Srncová. After him are Gene Ammons, Grigory Mkrtychan, Johnny Mandel, Ernst Benda, Leongino Unzaim, and Günther Haase. Among people deceased in 1995, Salil Chowdhury ranks 288. Before him are Hideko Maehata, Gottfried Haberler, Grahame Clark, Fischer Black, Les Aspin, and Víctor Peralta. After him are George Stibitz, Bruno Junk, George Woodcock, T. Keith Glennan, Iqbal Masih, and Stig Sjölin.

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In India

Among people born in India, Salil Chowdhury ranks 826 out of 1,861. Before him are M. K. Stalin (1953), Jagdish Bhagwati (1934), Roshanara Begum (1617), Bakht Khan (1797), Norman Pritchard (1877), and Madan Lal Dhingra (1883). After him are Sherlyn Chopra (1984), Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1941), Jaaved Jaaferi (1963), Padmini (1932), Ismat Chughtai (1915), and Parveen Sultana (1950).

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Among MUSICIANS In India

Among musicians born in India, Salil Chowdhury ranks 17. Before him are Christian Zacharias (1950), Barry Hay (1948), M. M. Keeravani (1961), K. S. Chithra (1963), Trilok Gurtu (1951), and Hariprasad Chaurasia (1938). After him are Teejan Bai (1956), M. Balamuralikrishna (1930), Amjad Ali Khan (1945), Mehdi Hassan (1927), Mohammed Zahur Khayyam (1927), and Rajesh Roshan (1955).

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