Bengali Films of Salil Chowdhury

Mitti ka Dev (19??)

Lyrics: Gulzar (MT1),Yogesh (MT2)

Nr Song Singer(s)

Other known variations

Hnd Mal Tam Tel Kan Bng Oth

MT1

Shaam se   Mukesh - OB26 - - - OS 65
AS13
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MT2 Koi pia se kahe
Lata
- - - - - LM11  

This film was being made by Samir Chowdhury (Salilda's younger brother) and was produced by Padma Trivedi. Sanjay Kumar and Anjana were the main stars. Sadly the film wasn't completed but according to Yogesh (Feb 2006) at least four to five songs of this film were recorded. One song was written by Prem Dhawan and Yogesh wrote the lyrics of another song. Yogesh says that that was his first song for Salilda and could recall the first four lines of this song "koi pia se kahe" and talked enthusiastically about the complex arrangement and the beautiful melody of this song which was based on Lata's bengali song "jodi baaron koro tobe jaabo naa". I could only find the first song listed here which is a wonderful adaptation of Mukesh's bengali song "mon maataal saanjh sokaal". Another Hindi adaptation of this song (lyrics by Yogesh) was sung by Yesudas in a never-made Bengali film called 'Aswamedher Ghodaa'. Sadly I still haven't been able to get this song.