The World of Salil Chowdhury

This film was made in Bangladesh in 1979. I had absolutely no idea till very recently about the existence of this film. Alamgir Kabir has been a very talented and highly respected Film Director in Bangladesh. It is a great pity that till now we haven't been able to locate either the film or any of these quite rare songs. From the first lines of the lyrics it appears that the first two songs were originally composed by Salil for All India Radio. Although they were recorded for the AIR as "studio record" they were never released commercially. Salil however used the melody of the first song ("Kichhu kichhu kathaa aachhe ") to compose "Kisi ne jaadu kiyaa" in "Chaand Aur Sooraj. The second song "Kano e mon amon amon kare" was first composed for AIR and was performed by Sabita. Sadly it has never been released and is not available till date. However, it has a wonderful Assameese version - "Phagun tomaak jaanaalo nimotton" (OB6). The Manna Dey song sounds like a new composition - but I am not so sure.