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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Salil Chowdhury has received more than 769,617 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Salil Chowdhury is the 2,031st most popular musician (up from 2,155th in 2019), the 848th most popular biography from India (down from 790th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Indian Musician.

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  • 42.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Salil Chowdhury ranks 2,031 out of 3,175. Before him are Julia Fischer, Luca Turilli, Philip Selway, Jule Styne, Roger Taylor, and Roger Miller. After him are Tony Thompson, David Gates, Hiromi Uehara, Jimmy Webb, Hiro Yamamoto, and Iva Bittová.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Salil Chowdhury ranks 478. Before him are Eduardo Risso, Robert B. Sherman, Gloria DeHaven, Medea Jugeli, Kim Stanley, and Leongino Unzaim. After him are Jacques Grimonpon, Ossi Reichert, Maxine Kumin, June Christy, G. William Miller, and Günther Haase. Among people deceased in 1995, Salil Chowdhury ranks 299. Before him are Les Aspin, József Bencsics, Róbert Antal, Eeva-Liisa Manner, Peter Cook, and Michael Hordern. After him are Boris Gurevich, George Woodcock, Stig Sjölin, John C. Stennis, Frank Perry, and Burton Jastram.

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In India

Among people born in India, Salil Chowdhury ranks 848 out of 1,861. Before him are Varsha Adalja (1940), Shreeram Shankar Abhyankar (1930), Narayan Rao (1755), Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy (1949), Jadav Payeng (1963), and Subhash Ghai (1945). After him are Bhanu Athaiya (1929), Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi (1941), Rajeshwari Chatterjee (1922), Virat Kohli (1988), Chidambaram Subramaniam (1910), and Shah Jahan Begum of Bhopal (1838).

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Among MUSICIANS In India

Among musicians born in India, Salil Chowdhury ranks 17. Before him are Christian Zacharias (1950), Trilok Gurtu (1951), Mehdi Hassan (1927), A. R. Rahman (1966), M. Balamuralikrishna (1930), and Amjad Ali Khan (1945). After him are Teejan Bai (1956), Naushad (1919), Mohammed Zahur Khayyam (1927), K. S. Chithra (1963), Rajesh Roshan (1955), and M. M. Keeravani (1961).

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