Mohila Mahal (1954)

Mohila Mahal (1954) is one of the lesser-documented Bengali films in Salil Chowdhury’s early career. While the film included several compositions written by Salil himself, none of the original records or audio masters have survived.

Each of the five songs listed above represents a different creative experiment by Salil during this period — blending folk rhythms, humorous wordplay, and melodic structures that would later become his signature in both Bengali and Hindi films.

The scarcity of surviving documentation makes this soundtrack especially valuable for researchers and collectors who study the evolution of Salil’s early compositional style.