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Q: West Bengal and the rest of India still expect a lot from you. What is your future plans ?

A: I did have many plans and they are still there. However I keep thinking that all the things I wanted to achieve have not been achieved. There is so much to do. Indian symphony orchestra, new kind of opera, modern orchestration of folk music, choir for our classical music, composing ballet music for various types of Indian dances etc. In order to do all this I am building a recording studio. Initially I would probably rent it out to support my family and then I would start experimenting. I would also love to make new kinds of films and would like to start writing again. I keep losing all those new melodies floating by. All the years are passing by just worrying about the things like the family and the will to survive - all in search of that ultimate confluence. Still I am following the current - don’t know for how long though.



This interview of Salil Chowdhury was conducted in Bengali by Chandan Chakraborty and Manas Mukhopadhyay in the early ‘80s. Sadly the exact date is not known. This has been reprinted from SangeetBartaa. Translated from Bengali by Gautam Choudhury©