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Salil Chowdhury

Udaanchhoo (1976)

A touching Children's Film Society project featuring compassionate small-folk stories and rare Salil Chowdhury compositions sung by Sunil Kumar.

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Film Information

Language: Hindi

Type: Children’s Film Society (CFSI)

Lyricist: Shivendra Sinha

Udaanchhoo (1976) is a sensitive, humane film addressing the struggles of little people who face discrimination and limited opportunities. Salil Chowdhury composed warm, encouraging melodies tailored to the film’s theme, with Sunil Kumar leading the vocals.

The Children’s Film Society released a video version, making the rare soundtrack partially accessible. Only two songs were issued on record, and the beautiful slow version of “Tan ke chhoTe” remains unavailable on disc.

Songs

Nr Song Singer(s) HndMalTamTel KanBngOth
UC1 Tan ke chhoTe hai.n to kyaa, man ke Sunil Kumar, Chorus ✔--- ---
UC2 Tan ke chhoTe (slow version) Sunil Kumar, Chorus ✔--- ---
UC3 Chhuk chhuk… rail chaley Sunil Kumar, Chorus ✔--- ---

Notes & Background

Udaanchhoo is one of Salil Chowdhury’s compassionate and socially sensitive works, composed for a Children’s Film Society production. The film reflects on discrimination faced by individuals with dwarfism and promotes empathy, dignity and courage.

The soundtrack is simple yet deeply emotional — particularly the slow version of “Tan ke chhoTe”, which remains unreleased on disc but survives in the CFSI video print.

Sunil Kumar leads all three songs, with choral backing typical of Salil’s warm, community-oriented arrangements for children’s films.