New games! PlayTrivia andBirthle.

MUSICIAN

Salil Chowdhury

1925 - 1995

Photo of Salil Chowdhury

Icon of person Salil Chowdhury

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 724,817 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Salil Chowdhury is the 2,163rd most popular musician, the 794th most popular biography from India and the 17th most popular Indian Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 720k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.32

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Salil Chowdhuries by language


Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Salil Chowdhury ranks 2,163 out of 2,662. Before him are Yoann Lemoine, Tyler Joseph, Johnny Van Zant, Cristina Branco, Maria Schneider, and Kim Thayil. After him are Maxim Fadeev, Sverre Kjelsberg, Diplo, Alex Skolnick, Sean Kinney, and Patricia Kopatchinskaja.

Most Popular Musicians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Salil Chowdhury ranks 461. Before him are Heinz Ulzheimer, Robert Cormier, Frank Kameny, Roy Brown, Jimmy Dickinson, and Morgan Woodward. After him are Albert Paulsen, Jay Chamberlain, Philip Carey, Keshav Dutt, John Compton, and Christopher Zeeman. Among people deceased in 1995, Salil Chowdhury ranks 285. Before him are Paul Eddington, Einari Teräsvirta, Ed Flanders, David Marshall, John C. Stennis, and Les Aspin. After him are Vivian Blaine, Albert Hackett, Johnny Carey, Trevor Blokdyk, Alex Groza, and Mary Beth Hughes.

Others Born in 1925

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1995

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In India

Among people born in India, Salil Chowdhury ranks 794 out of 1,493. Before him are Lalita Pawar (1916), Kapil Dev (1959), Ramdev (1965), N. T. Rama Rao Jr. (1983), Babita (1947), and Bobby Deol (1969). After him are Harkishan Singh Surjeet (1916), Amol Palekar (1944), Asrani (1940), Naveen Patnaik (1946), Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi (1941), and Annapurna Devi (1927).

Others born in India

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among MUSICIANS In India

Among musicians born in India, Salil Chowdhury ranks 17. Before him are Ilaiyaraaja (1943), Trilok Gurtu (1951), A. R. Rahman (1966), Amjad Ali Khan (1945), M. Balamuralikrishna (1930), and Mehdi Hassan (1927). After him are Naushad (1919), Mohammed Zahur Khayyam (1927), K. S. Chithra (1963), U. Srinivas (1969), and Amit Trivedi (1979).

Indian born Musicians

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous
  • DatawheelCL