SALILDA MUSIC HAS NO LANGUAGE (Part I) Down Memory Lane ( Vol 34)
Salil Chowdhury Composer, Musician, Lyricist, Movie script writer — Salil Chowdhury wore many hats. Very rarely one come across such a genius beyond their field of excellence. Salil in younger years : Salil from the school years used to play the harmonium, flute, sitar and since childhood grew up listening to music of all types. His father was also a good musician despite being a physician who was very fond of classical music and had a very big collection of symphonies. Salil had been hearing them since he was just 4 years old. He started learning piano from the age of 6 or 7. During his college days started composing also. There was big peasant uprising in those times near Calcutta.So Salil jumped into the peasant movement and before he could write his MA exams, arrest warrants were issued against him, and he joined the IPTA movement as a full time Communist Party member. And for two years, he went underground in Sundarbans. He started writing and composin...