Golden Songs of Salil Chowdhury. (Music Director)
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. It was impressed upon the young Salil that ones art should maintain a sense of social responsibility. The fusion of art and politics was first presented to him by his father. His father used to take villagers and labourers and stage plays; these plays reflected the plight and social conditions of the times. Shortly after his involvement in the Peasant Movement, he joined the Indian Peoples Theatre Association (IPTA). The purpose of this theatre was to raise the political consciousness of the common people. These theatres went from village to village and performed plays that revolved around the themes of British imperialism, various social iniquities, and the growing freedom struggle. Salil Chowdhury moved to Bombay in 1953 to adapt his Bengali "Rikshawalla" for Hindi; thus began his work in the Hindi film industry. This Hindi remake was entitled "Do Bigha Zameen". The success of this movie ushered in a slew of other Hindi films. One of the most notable was Madhumati (1958). After about 20 years in Bengali and Hindi films, Salil da entered Malayalam films in 1964 with Chemmeen[1 <b>...</b>
