PWA
IPTA
CYC

2. His first foray into Bombay was as the music composer for the epoch making film 'Do Bigha Zamin'. This film was based on a play 'Rickshawallah'. Who was the playwright?

Sadat Hassan Manto
Salil Choudhury himself
Rabindranath Tagore

3. In his chequered career, Salil directed one film, which was not a success at the box office. Can you recall the film?

Apradhi Kaun
Kabuliwala
Pinjre ke panchi

4. Which of these songs were initially rejected by director Bimal Roy and could be used in the film only on the insistence of Salil?

Aa ja re pardesi (Madhumati)
Dharti kahe pukar ke (Do Bigha Zamin)
Mere man ke diye (Parakh)

5. About whom did Salil remark 'If God were to sing, he would have sung in the voice of _____________'?

Manna Dey
Kishore Kumar
Hemant Kumar

6. For which of these crime thrillers Salil composed the background score?

Ittefaq
36 Ghante
Hulchul

7. The orchestration for which classic was subtly criticised by Ravi Shankar as 'complicated'?

Aaha rimjhim ke yeh pyaare pyaare geet liye (Usne Kaha Tha)
O Sajna barkha bahar aaye (Parakh)
Aanso samajh ke kyon mujhe (Chayya)

8. Who dances to the rhythm of the Kishore Kumar - Sabita Choudhury song 'O meri pran sajni Champavati' in the film 'Annadata'?

Gopi Krishna
Birju Maharaj
Kelucharan Mahapatra

9. Who was Lata Mangeshkar's co-singer for the duet 'Aai dil kahan teri manzil' from the film 'Maya'?

Subir Sen
Shyamal Mitra
Dwijen Mukherjee

10. The tune of which of these songs is used in the background of the film 'Anand' during Rajesh Khanna's death?

Koi hota jisko apna (Mere Apne)
Raaton ke saye ghane (Annadata)
Aaj koi nahin apna (Agni Pariksha)

11. About whom did Salil comment 'The only music phenomenon to have happened in the last twenty years'?

A R Rehman
Rahul Dev Burman
Hariprasad Chourasia

12. The tune of which Salil song was based on a Bengali song scored and sung by S D Burman to the words of Kazi Nazrul Islam?

Zindagi khwab hai (Jaagte Raho)
Jane wale sipahi se poocho (Usne Kaha Tha)
Roz akeli aaye, roz akeli jaaye (Mere Apne)

13. For which of these multi-starrers did the director turn to Salil for the background music composition, as this film needed the touch of a specialist?

Kala Pathar
Trishul
Shakti

14. Sitter. On what was Salil's 'Itna na mujhse tu pyar badha' (Chayya) based?

Beethoven's 9th
Mozart's 40th
Chopin's 2nd

15. In an interview reminiscing about arguably the greatest composer Bombay ever had, Manna Dey had said that Salil might not have achieved the kind of success in Bombay without the help of _____________, as he knew precious little Hindi. Who was Manna referring to?

Shailendra
Rajendra Krishan
Kaifi Azmi

16. The interlude of his ethereal composition 'Saathi re' for Kishore Sahu's 'Poonam ki raat' was used by Salil as the base tune of which scintillating song released the same year?

Lelo re lelo babu dil ka heera saccha (Half Ticket)
Dil se dil ki door bandhi (Chayya)
Baag mein kali khili bagia meheke (Chand aur Suraj)

17. On similar lines, one of the interludes of 'Aaja re pardesi' (Madhumati) forms the tune for another equally evocative song in the same film (Madhumati). Can you recall the song?

Daiya re daiya chad gaye papi bichua
Ghadi ghadi mora dil dharke
Zulmi sang aankh ladi

18. Which of these tunes/beat forms did Salil use for the spectacular 'Dhitang Dhitang bole' from Mehboob Khan's 'Awaaz'?

Bosa Nova
Caribbean
Samba

19. This song was so difficult to execute that Kishore Kumar, the singer after whom Salil was running around to force him to sing the song, commented 'I am passing through a nightmare where your tune is running after me'. Identify the song.

Guzar jaye din din din (Annadata)
Koi hota jisko apna (Mere Apne)
Aayi ghir ghir saawan ki kali kali ghatayen (Anokha Daan)

20. During the recording of this particular song, Salil was astonished as the singer started rendering it in an ultra soft voice, and demanded that he resort to his normal voice which millions loved. The singer simply asked him to wait and see the end result. It was in every sense of the term, out of the world. Which song among this three seems to fit the incident mentioned here?

Rafi singing 'Toote hue khwabon ne' in Madhumati
Mukesh singing 'Nain hamare' in Annadata
Manna Dey singing 'Aai mere pyaare watan' in Kabuliwala

21. Which eminent singer made his debut in Hindi films singing for Salil in the film 'Choti si baat'?

Bhupinder
Yesudas
Jagjit Singh

22. The music for which of these films won Salil his first National Award?

Mrinal Sen's 'Akaler Sandhane' (Bengali)
Ramu Kariat's 'Chemmeen (Malayalam)
Bimal Roy's 'Madhumati' (Hindi)

23. Which of these songs sung by Kishore Kumar was based on Goan folk?

Munna bada pyaara (Musafir)
Chil chil chila ke kajzi sunaye (Half Ticket)
Maujon ki doli chali re (Jeevan Jyoti)

24. Which Salil song won Mukesh a National Award?

Kahin door jab din dhal jaaye (Anand)
Yeh din kya aaye (Choti si baat)
Kai baar yun bhi dekha hai (Rajnigandha)

25. Originally, this song was supposed to be used during the casting of the film. On the hero's insistence, a song sequence was specifically created for this song. Which song is being talked about?

Suhana safar aur yeh mausam haseen (Madhumati)
Zindagi kaisi hai paheli (Anand)
Jaare, jaare ud jaare panchi (Maya)

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