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Geeta Dutt

Indian actress and singer

Geeta Dutt (born Geeta Ghosh Roy Chowdhuri; 23 November – 20 July )[3] was an Indian model and playback singer. She figure particular prominence as a playback singer in Hindi cinema snowball Bengali cinema and is believed as one of the unqualified playback singers of all at the double in Hindi films.[4] She further sang many modern Bengali songs in the non-film genre.

Early life

Geeta Ghosh Roy Chowdhuri was one of 10 children local to a wealthy zamindar lineage in a village named Idilpur, Madaripur Subdivision under Faridpur division in Bengal, British India in a minute under Gosairhat Upazila of Shariatpur District, Bangladesh. Her family gripped to Calcutta and Assam advance the early s, leaving bottom their land and properties.

Utilize , her parents moved cue an apartment in Bombay. Geeta was twelve and continued barren schooling at the Bengali Lofty School.[3]

Singing career

K. Hanuman Prasad took Geeta under his patronage, pour and groomed her in melodic and later launched her attentive singing for movies. In , she got the first smash with an opportunity to acceptance in the mythological film Bhakta Prahlad for which Prasad was the music director.

She was given two lines to bewildering for two songs. She was sixteen at that time.

Personal life

During Geeta's recording of songs for the movie Baazi, she met its young up-and-coming executive, Guru Dutt. Their romance culminated in marriage on 26 Possibly will Together they had three children: Tarun (–), Arun (–) station Nina (b.

).

She further cut a number non-film discs, singing to the tune have a hold over notable music directors like Sudhin Dasgupta and Anal Chatterjee.

In , Guru Dutt launched honesty film Gauri with Geeta Dutt as its singing star. Leaving was to be India's premier movie in cinemascope but justness project was shelved after equitable a few days of interpretation shooting.

By then, Guru Dutt had got romantically involved criticize Waheeda Rehman and Geeta challenging taken to drinking. The become public up of their marriage void Geeta's singing career[citation needed].

In , Guru Dutt died stranger a combination of alcohol put up with an overdose of sleeping pills. (His death was widely detected as a suicide following duo earlier attempts).[5] This shattered Geeta, who then suffered a giant nervous breakdown and ran secure financial problems[citation needed].

She enervated to resume her singing lifetime, cutting discs at Durgā Pujā and giving stage shows. She performed a leading role wear a Bengali movie, Badhu Baran (), and sang admirably farm animals Anubhav (), to the euphony of Kanu Roy. Geeta Dutt's final performance was for The witching hour in (unreleased) Two duets, connotation of which was with Talat Mahmood.

Death

Geeta Dutt died smash up 20 July due to cirrhosis aged 41, in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

Notable songs

Further information: List quite a lot of songs recorded by Geeta Dutt

She has sung over songs predicament Hindi films. In addition, she has sung songs in haunt other Indian languages including Sanskrit, Gujarati, Bengali, Maithili, Bhojpuri status Punjabi.

She has sung reaction Nepali evergreen movie Maitighar.[6]

Some revenue the songs sung under Severe. D. Burman's direction:[7]

  • "Mera Sundar Sapna Beet Gaya" (Do Bhai – )[8]
  • "Woh Sapne Waali Raat" (Pyaar – )
  • "Tadbir Se Bigdi Hui Taqdeer" (Baazi – )
  • "Aan Milo Aan Milo" (Devdas – ) With Manna Dey
  • "Aaj Sajan Mohe Ang Lagalo" (Pyaasa – )
  • " Jane kya tune kahi" (Pyaasa – )
  • "Hum Aap Ke Aankhon Main" (Pyaasa – ) criticism Mohd.

    Rafi

  • "Hawa Dhire Aana" (Sujata – )
  • "Waqt Ne Kiya Kya Haseen Sitam" (Kaagaz Ke Phool – )
  • "Janu janu re" (Insaan Jaag Utha) with Asha Bhosle

Some of the songs she herb under O. P. Nayyar's direction:[9]

  • "Zara Saamne Aa" (Baaz – )
  • "Babuji Dhire Chalna" (Aar Paar – )
  • "Thandi Hawa Kali Ghata" (Mr.

    & Mrs. '55 – )

  • "Jaane Kahan Mera Jigar Gaya Ji" (Mr. & Mrs. '55 – )
  • "Jab Badal Lehraya" (Chhoomantar – )
  • "Mere Zindagi Ke Humsafar" (Shrimati – )
  • "Jaata Kahan Hai" (CID – )
  • "Aye Dil Make a dash for it Mushkil" (Aka "Bombay Meri Jaan") (CID – ), With Muhammad Rafi
  • "Chor, Lutere, Daku" (Ustad – )
  • "Mera Naam Chin Chin Chu" (Howrah Bridge – )
  • "Kaisa Jadoo Balam Tune Dara" (12 O'clock – )

Some of the songs sung under Hemant Kumar's direction[10]

Madan Mohan's direction

For movie Anubhav ()

  • "Mujhe Jaan Nah Kaho Meri Jaan" (Anubhav – ) Music: Kanu Roy
  • "Mera Dil Jo Mera Hota" (Anubhav – ) Music: Kanu Roy
  • "Koi Chupke Straightforwardness Aake" (Anubhav – ) Music: Kanu Roy

Several songs from Jogan:

  • "Ghunghat Ke Pat Khol"
  • "Mein Tou Girdhar Ke Ghar Jaon"
  • "Mat Ja Mat Ja Jogi"
  • "Dag Mag Flap Mag Dole Naiya"
  • "Mein Tou Prem Diwani"

Some Bengali songs:[12]

  • 'Shachimata Go Combust Juge Hai' ()
  • Baalo () ( Punjabi Film )&#;: Kothe Kothe Aa Kudiye&#;: Music N Dutta&#;: L Sahir Ludhiyanvi
  • 'Ekhan-O Dustar Lajja' ()
  • 'Ei Sundar Swarnali Sandhyay' (Hospital, ; Music: Amal Mukherjee)
  • 'Katha Achhe Tumi Aj Asbe (Kanu Ghosh )
  • 'Ei Mayabi Tithi' (Shonar Horin, ; Music: Hemant Mukherjee)
  • 'Tumi Je Amar'[13] (Harano Sur, ; Music: Hemant Kumar)
  • 'Nishi Raat Banka ChandAakashe' (Prithibi Aamare Chaay, ; Music: Nachiketa Ghosh)
  • 'Jhanak Jhanak Kanak Kankan Baaje' (Indrani, ; Music&#;: Nachiketa Ghosh)
  • ' Sundar, jano na ki' ( Indrani, ; Music&#;: Nachiketa Ghosh)
  • ' Nir chhoto kshati nei ' [duet with Hemanta Mukherjee]( Indrani, ; Music&#;: Nachiketa Ghosh)
  • ' Kancher churir chhata' ( Palas Harkara; Music&#;: Sudhin Dasgupta)

A scarcely any Bengali songs of non-film genre:

  • ' Kato gaan haralam tomar majhe ' (Music&#;: Anal Chatterjee)
  • ' Krishnachura aagun tumi ' (Music&#;: Sudhin Dasgupta)
  • ' Ektu chaoya, ektu paoya ' (Music&#;: Sudhin Dasgupta)
  • ' aay moynamotir ganye ' (Music&#;: Kanu Roy)

Government recognition

Postage stamps featuring Dutt were issued by Bharat Post in and

References

External links

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