Salil Chowdhary

Profession: Music Director, Bollywood.

He was Lata Mangeshkar's favourite music director, the other being Madan Mohan. He is one the greatest musicians ever in India.

Salil Chowdhary's first Hindi score was 'Aa Ri Aa Nindiya' from Do Bigha Zameen (1953).This was a very difficult number. There was no breathing space between the lines. Salilda recorded two versions of the song, one with no orchestra. He wanted to create the feeling of solitude as Meena Kumari sat singing all by herself.

In the year 1958 film Madumati was released and its compositions were beautiful reflecting Salil's talent and Lata's sweet voice . One of the compositions is 'Aaja Re Pardesi' .This song won Lataji her first Filmfare award.
The then great singers like Kishore Kumar , Mukesh , Lata Mangeshkar lent their voice to Salil Choudhary's compositions creating history making melodies.

Lata Mangeshkar remembers that once when Bimal Roy persuaded Salil da to sing a complex Bengali song. Salil Chowdhary obliged and was alarmed to find that young Lata had fainted. She confesses, 'While listening to the song, I was overcome. I couldn't control myself'.

In his bright career Salil has done films Do Bigha Zameen(1953), Jagte Raho(1956), Half Ticket (1962), Anand (1970), Mere Jeevan Saathi (1972) , Choti Si baat (1975)and more...

Best Of Salil Choudhary:
Song Movie
Jaago Mohan Pyaare Jagte Raho
Kahin Door Jab Din Dhal Jaye Anand
Zindagi, kaisi hai paheli Anand
Hum Dono Jagte Raho
Door Bahut Aabadi Se Isq Ki Jhoola
Suhana Safar Aur Ye Mausam Hansi Madhumati




MOVIES :

1) Anand - 1971
2) Ittefaq - 1969