43-647: Rajnigandha ( transl. Tuberose ) is a 1974 Hindi film directed by Basu Chatterjee . It is based on the short story "Yehi Sach Hai" by noted Hindi writer Mannu Bhandari . The movie starred Amol Palekar , Vidya Sinha and Dinesh Thakur in the lead. Rajnigandha went on to win the Best Picture, the Popular Award and the Critics Award at the Filmfare Awards in 1975. It
86-676: A court marriage with singer Sabita Banerjee , with whom he had two sons, Sukanta and Sanjoy, and two daughters, Antara and Sanchari. Sanjoy Chowdhury is a successful music composer and has scored music for over 100 feature films. Sabita Chowdhury was a legendary singer and their daughter Antara Chowdhury too a known singer. Smt. Sabita Chowdhury died on 29 June 2017. Hindi Bengali Malayalam Others 1989 Bangshadhar (Bankground Score) Odia List of some songs for which music or lyrics were composed by Salil Chowdhury (in alphabetical order) IPTA: Indian People's Theater Association A Hindi film directed by Bimal Roy based on
129-444: A dull green and about 1–1.5 ft (30–50 cm) long and up to 0.5 in (13 mm) wide at the base. They are slightly succulent . The inflorescence is a spike, reaching up to 3 ft (1 m) high, with pure white waxy flowers. The flowers are tubular, with a tube up to 2.5 in (6 cm) long, separating into six flaring segments ( tepals ) at the end, and are strongly fragrant. There are six stamens , inserted into
172-603: A longer lasting cut flower. Tuberoses were especially beloved by Louis XIV of France, who had them planted in the hundreds in the flower beds of the Grand Trianon at Versailles so that the scent was overpowering, which no doubt helped cover the smells from the poor sanitation of the palace. They were grown in clay pots and planted directly in the ground; to keep the perfume consistently strong new specimens were rotated in, sometimes daily. Salil Chowdhury Salil Chowdhury (19 November 1925 – 5 September 1995)
215-805: A novel of the same name written by the renowned writer Thakazhy Shivshankar Pillai, where Music Direction was done by Salil Chowdhury. Recipient of president's gold medal in 1965. Received Filmfare Best Music Director Award along with eight other Filmfare awards Madhumati won the National Film Awards for Best Feature Film in Hindi The Uttar Pradesh Film Patrakar Sangh Puraskar in 1966 for his only Hindi directorial film 'Pinjre Ke Panchhi' The Bengal Films Journalist Award, Kolkata in 1973 The Allauddin Smriti Puraskar in 1985 from
258-483: A perfume called Sillage de la Reine , also called Parfum de Trianon , containing tuberose, orange blossom , sandalwood , jasmine , iris and cedar . It remains a popular floral note for perfumes, either in stand-alone Tuberose fragrances or mixed floral scents, but it generally must be used in moderation because the essence is overpowering and can become sickly to the wearer. In India and Bangladesh they are widely used in making flower garlands which are offered to
301-582: A story in Bengali "Rikshawalaa" written by Salil Chowdhury. 1st Filmfare Awards (1954) Winner – Best Film ; Winner – Best Director – Bimal Roy ; 1st National Film Awards (India) Winner – All India Certificate of Merit for Best Feature Film 7th Cannes Film Festival (1954) Winner – Prix International ( International Prize ) Nominated – Grand Prize (Best Film) Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Winner – Prize for Social Progress A Malayalam film directed by Ramu Kariat, based on
344-421: A teenager in school, Chowdhury already had an interest in music, and played the flute , harmonium and esraj . He learnt to play the piano from his elder brother at the age of 6. Once in college, he also began to compose tunes. His first popular song was " Becharpoti tomar bichaar " (lit. the days of new judgement have come because people are now awake), set to a kirtan tune. Chowdhury composed it in 1945 during
387-745: A trial show, where Rajshri Productions bought the Mumbai territory for distribution, the film was first released with single print at All India Radio 's Akashwani theatre in South Mumbai. Thereafter through word of mouth, the film gained rapid publicity, and became a sleeper hit , spreading to many theatres. Actor Amol Palekar who made his Hindi film debut with the film, went on to make 'Debut Silver Jubilee Hatrick' with subsequent Basu Chatterjee films, Chhoti Si Baat (1975) and Chitchor (1976), and all Silver Jubilee hits in Mumbai. Agave amica Agave amica , formerly Polianthes tuberosa ,
430-468: A visit to Calcutta, liked it immensely and suggested that he narrate it to the director Bimal Roy . Roy heard it, and asked him to meet him again the next morning. However, when Chowdhury went to meet him the next day, he learnt that Roy had rushed to Bombay on an urgent call. A week later, he received a telegram from Roy that he wanted to turn his script into a movie. This resulted in Chowdhury's debut in
473-536: A young Salil came to Calcutta for his graduate studies. He joined the IPTA ( Indian Peoples Theater Association ) the cultural wing of the Communist Party of India . He started writing songs and setting tunes for them. The IPTA theatrical outfit travelled through the villages and the cities bringing these songs to the common man. Songs like Bicharpati , Runner and Abak prithibi became extremely popular with
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#1732794447410516-453: Is a graduate student in Delhi who is in a long-term relationship with Sanjay, whom she plans to marry. Sanjay is a loquacious, humorous, and a good individual who is also rather lackadaisical and forgetful with no sense of punctuality. A job interview call from a college in Mumbai re-acquaints her with her college boy-friend Navin whom she had split up with under acrimonious circumstances. Navin
559-418: Is in every way the antithesis of Sanjay: He is very punctual and looks after her during her stay in Mumbai. Navin shows her the city and helps her with the job interview. This rekindles Deepa's feelings for him, and she finds herself torn between the two men and between her past and her present. Upon her return to Delhi, she feels that her first love is her true love. She receives a letter stating that she has got
602-526: The Aztecs . It is currently grown in many tropical and temperate countries. It is also found in Tamil Nadu (சம்பங்கி) in south of India. Polianthes tuberosa is the only Polianthes species in commercial cultivation. The overwhelming fragrance of the tuberose has been distilled for use in perfumery since the 17th century, when the flower was first transported to Europe. French Queen Marie Antoinette used
645-687: The Hindi film industry in 1953 as the music director for Do Bigha Zamin (1953). The movie was based on Tagore's poem by the same name, but the story was different and was written by Salil Chowdhury himself. Directed by Bimal Roy , this film took his career to new heights when it became the first film to win the Filmfare Best Movie Award and won the international Prize at the Cannes Film Festival . After working for about 20 years in Bengali and Hindi films, he entered
688-510: The Indian National Army trials when the freedom fighters had returned from Andaman jail. Chowdhury shifted to a village in 24 parganas to live with his maternal uncles, when he was witness to a big peasant uprising there in 1943. He got involved with them and began writing songs for the peasant movement. In 1944, while studying for his MA, Chowdhury witnessed people dying on the streets of Calcutta, as 50 lakh Bengalis died during
731-477: The Malayalam film industry and, in 1964, composed music for the movie Chemmeen . He went on to compose music for films in 13 languages. This includes over 75 Hindi films, 41 Bengali films, around 27 Malayalam films, and a few Marathi , Tamil , Telugu , Kannada , Gujarati , Odia and Assamese films. Asked about his method, Chowdhury described it thus – He would usually ask the film maker to explain
774-593: The famine . The famine was human-made as local rice was instead directed to Britain's war effort overseas, leading to scarcity, aggravated by black marketeers and hoarders. This led Chowdhury to become fully involved in the peasant movement, and he became a full-time member of IPTA and the Communist Party . Subsequently, arrest warrants were issued in his name, and he went underground in the Sunderbans , hiding in paddy fields and supported by local peasants. During this time, he continued writing plays and songs. In 1944,
817-545: The tuberose , is a perennial plant in the family Asparagaceae , subfamily Agavoideae , extracts of which are used as a note in perfumery . Now widely grown as an ornamental plant , the species is native to Mexico. The common name derives from the Latin tuberosa through French tubéreuse , meaning swollen or tuberous in reference to its root system. The tuberose is herbaceous , growing from underground tubers or tuberous roots. It produces offsets. The leaves are
860-449: The 1960s. While writing the screenplay, Basu Chatterjee transposed the story from Kanpur and Kolkata to Delhi and Mumbai in the film. Director Basu Chatterjee's original cast was Shashi Kapoor , Sharmila Tagore and Amitabh Bachchan . Then he switched to Bengali actors, Aparna Sen and Samit Bhanja . Even classical dancer Mallika Sarabhai was to be cast as lead, but her final MBA exams clashed and eventually debutante Vidya Sinha got
903-508: The Indian film industry. He was an accomplished composer and arranger who was proficient in several musical instruments, including flute , the piano , and the esraj . He was also widely acclaimed and admired for his inspirational and original poetry in Bengali . The first Bengali film for which Chowdhury composed music was Paribortan , released in 1949. Mahabharati , released in 1994, was
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#1732794447410946-409: The film started with 20-day schedule in Mumbai in 1972, which wrapped up in 16 days. This was followed by a 15-day schedule in Delhi. However, after that the film's producer, Suresh Jindal who was also a first time film producer struggled for the next two years to obtain the remaining funding. A potential distributor even offered finance for the film if it was reshot with a different lead actor. The film
989-483: The foliage begins to yellow in October, the leaves should be clipped, the rhizomes dug and stored in a cool, dry and dark place for the winter. The most popular variety is a double-flowered cultivar known as 'The Pearl' that grows to 2.5 ft (76 cm) tall and features pale pink buds opening to cream. The more common variety is called 'Mexican Single', which, although not as decorative as 'The Pearl', makes for
1032-489: The general population at the time. Songs like Gnaayer bodhu (গাঁয়ের বধূ), which he composed at the age of 20, brought about a new wave of Bengali music. Almost every notable singer at the time from West Bengal had sung at least one of his songs. A few examples are Debabrata Biswas , Manna Dey , Hemanta Mukherjee , Shyamal Mitra , Sandhya Mukherjee , Manabendra Mukherjee , Subir Sen and Pratima Banerjee . The first Bengali film in which Salil Chowdhury composed music
1075-566: The gods or used as wedding ornaments. While once associated with funerals , it is now used in floral arrangements for other occasions. In Indonesia, tuberose flowers are also used in cooking. In Hawaii, they are one of the main flowers used in the construction of leis. Some others are plumerias , ginger , orchids , and pikake (jasmine). Tuberoses can be overwintered outdoors in hardiness zones 8-10. In colder zones, tuberoses are grown as summer annuals, in pots or mixed-flower borders where they can be enjoyed for their scent. To flower
1118-490: The job in Mumbai. At the same time Sanjay comes to her house and tells her that he has got a promotion, which would require him to stay in Delhi. Deepa then feels that she should forget the past and marry Sanjay, opting not to move to Mumbai for the job. The original story, Yahi Sach Hai (1960) , written in diary format was by Mannu Bhandari, an important writer of the Nayi Kahani literary movement of Hindi literature in
1161-582: The last of the 41 Bengali films where he rendered his music. He is affectionately called Salilda by his admirers. He mentored famous music directors like R. D. Burman and Hridaynath Mangeshkar . Salil Chowdhury was born on 19 November 1925, in a village called Ghazipur in South 24 Parganas , West Bengal . Salil's childhood was spent in the Tea Gardens Region of Assam . His father was reputed to stage plays with coolies and other low-paid workers of
1204-458: The older epithet is unavailable. Hence Thiede and Eggli's second name is superfluous, and the correct name for the species within Agave is Agave amica , as was explained by Thiede and Rafaël Govaerts when they published this combination in 2017. The tuberose is believed to be native to central and southern Mexico. It is no longer found in the wild, probably as a result of being domesticated by
1247-426: The plants require around 4 months of warm temperatures from the time the rhizome is planted. Gardeners usually start the rhizomes in pots in greenhouses beginning in late-winter or early spring, moving them outdoors in late spring once frost danger has passed. If they are started directly in the ground at this time, they may not bloom until September, greatly reducing the period in which their blooms may be enjoyed. Once
1290-461: The role after she responded to one of the ads placed by Basu Chatterjee. This was the first Hindi film of Amol Palekar, who at that time was a less known theater actor. In an interview in 2015 with S.M. Irfan on Rajya Sabha TV , Palekar described the circumstances in which he made this switch to mainstream acting. During one of their meetings at the "Film forum" (one of the leading film societies of Bombay at that time) Basu Chatterjee showed Palekar
1333-568: The second world war Chowdhury got the opportunity to closely observe human sufferings, hunger and problem of the refugees. He studied in Harinavi D.V.A.S High School and there after graduating from Bangabasi College , affiliated to the University of Calcutta in Kolkata , and during this period his political ideas were formulated along with a considerable maturity in his musical ideas. As
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1376-551: The situation to him, then Chowdhury would compose a tune to suit the mood, and the lyric writer would set in words. This remained his practice for most of his films including Madhumati, in which Shailendra wrote the lyrics subsequently. During the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War , Chowdhury contributed to the programmes of the Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra based in Kolkata. His 1971 album Bangla Amar Bangla
1419-521: The species now called Furcraea tuberosa , so it cannot be used again, and Thiede and Eggli's name is illegitimate. In 2001, Thiede and Eggli published a replacement name ( nomen novum ), " Agave polianthes ". However, since Medikus's Tuberosa amica is considered to be a synonym of Polianthes tuberosa , its epithet is the second oldest and according to the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants should be used when
1462-485: The species to the genus Tuberosa as Tuberosa amica . Both morphological and molecular phylogenetic studies have shown that Polianthes is embedded within the larger genus Agave , and the genus is now included in a broadly circumscribed Agave . Two incorrect attempts were made to name the species when transferred to Agave . In 1999, Joachim Thiede and Urs Eggli published the name " Agave tuberosa ". However, Philip Miller had published this name in 1768, for
1505-531: The story "Yahi Sach Hai" by Mannu Bhandari to read. Once Palekar finished reading it, Chatterjee showed him the script that had been written based on this story. He thereafter asked him if he would like to play the leading role in it. Palekar, a trained artist from the JJ School of art and a theater actor had at that time worked in two Marathi films including Shaantata Court Chaalu Aahe , by Satyadev Dubey and Govind Nihalani . The principal photography of
1548-679: The tea-gardens. While his father, Dr Gyanendra Chowdhury, was the Medical Officer at Hathikuli Tea Estate near Kaziranga in Assam, between 1931 and 1951, the Chief Medical Officer was Dr Maloni, an Irish national. During his early years, he used to listen to western orchestral music on Dr Maloni's gramophone. To date, this information stands engraved in black granite in Hathikuli Tea Estate in his memory. During
1591-505: The tube of the flower, and a three-part stigma . The double-flowered cultivar 'The Pearl' has broader and darker leaves, and shorter flower spikes, usually reaching only 1.5–2 ft (50–60 cm). Orange-flowered forms of the species have been reported. As well due to crossing with other species there are now yellow, pink, red and greenish forms. The species was first described for science by Carl Linnaeus in 1753, as Polianthes tuberosa . In 1790, Friedrich Kasimir Medikus moved
1634-465: Was Paribortan , released in 1949. Mahabharati , released in 1994, was the last of the 41 Bengali films where he rendered his music. In an interview with All India Radio, Salil Chowdhury described his coming to Bombay in 1953 as a "stroke of luck". He was writing the script for a Bengali film about a peasant who was disowned of his land and had gone to Calcutta to earn money as a Rickshaw puller. Hrishikesh Mukherjee , who heard of it from Chowdhury during
1677-423: 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. His musical ability was widely recognised and acknowledged in
1720-470: Was completed eventually in 1974 with same leads. The film's music director was Salil Chowdhury rendered commercially successful tracks and the songs were written by Yogesh . Mukesh sang "Kai Baar Yuheen Dekha hai," for which he won the National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer . All lyrics are written by Yogesh ; all music is composed by Salil Chowdhury On 6 September 1974,
1763-477: Was considered to have a realistic outlook of urban middle class on cinema in 1974, an era when potboilers were ruling Bollywood , a genre which was later called the Middle Cinema. The film was the first screen role of Vidya Sinha and first Hindi film of Amol Palekar , both of whom went on to work with Basu Chatterjee in many films. Rajnigandha was remade into Bengali in 2012 as Hothat Shedin . Deepa
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1806-552: Was meant for the liberation struggle. Later, when Chowdhury visited Bangladesh in 1990, he was given the welcome of a mass leader in Dhaka . Chowdhury was posthumously awarded the Muktijoddha Maitreye Samman in 2012. Poet, Playwright, Short story writer, Salil also directed a film Pinjre Ke Panchhi starring Meena Kumari, Balraj Sahani and Mehmood based on his own story and screenplay in 1966. Salil Chowdhury
1849-596: Was the Founder of Bombay Youth Choir, the first ever Secular Choir in India in 1958 as its composer and conductor - he inspired scores of secular choir groups to be formed throughout India formulating a new genre of music using vocal polyphony for Indian Folk and Contemporary Music. Salil Chowdhury married the painter Jyoti Chowdhury in July 1952 in a temple. He had three daughters with her – Aloka, Tulika and Lipika. Later, he had
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