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Thursday, 24 January 2013



Geeta Dutt

                    Present (1946 – 1971) 

                      Hindi , Bengali



               Geetā dutt born geetā ghosh roy chowdhuri) (23 november 1930 – twenty july 1972 ) was a distinguished singer in bharat, born in faridpur before partition. she found explicit prominence as a playback singer in hindi cinema. She conjointly panax quinquefolius several trendy bengali songs.

Life


                  Geeta ghosh roy chowdhuri was one among ten kids born within the wealthy zamindar family of debendranath ghosh roy chowdhary and amiya hindu deity, at faridpur in geographical region, british asian nation, currently in bangladesh. her family shifted to kolkata in early forties, yield their land and properties. in 1942, her oldsters shifted once more to associate flat in dādar, mumbai. geeta was solely twelve at that point and continued her schooling at the bengali high school.

                 During geeta's recording of songs for the pic baazi, she met the movie's young and approaching director, guru dutt. their romance culminated in wedding on twenty six might 1953. geeta went on to sing a number of her best songs in his movies whereas continued to sing in numerous different assignments additionally.
 
             Geeta and guru dutt had 3 children: tarun (b. 1954), arun (b. 1956), and ninā (b. 1962).

              In 1957, guru dutt launched a moving picture, gauri, with geeta as its singing star. it had been to be india's 1st moving picture in cinemascope, however the project was shelved once solely a couple of days of shooting. by then, their wedding was on the rocks, guru dutt had got romantically committed waheedā rehmān, and geeta had taken to drinking. the breakup of their wedding affected geeta's singing career.

             In 1958, s.d. burman had developed discord with lata mangeshkar as a playback singer, and he tried to figure with geeta because the main singer of his compositions instead of the forthcoming asha bhosle, who, he felt, was comparatively raw. however, out of her personal issues, geeta wouldn't apply her art sufficiently, and did not meet burman's tightened standards. (he, and o.p. nayyar too, then began to work with asha and helped her blossom as a singer.)

               In 1964, guru dutt died from a mix of alcohol and an drug of sleeping pills. (his death was wide perceived as a suicide following 2 earlier makes an attempt.) geeta then suffered a heavy breakdown, and conjointly saw money issues. she tried to resume her singing career, cutting discs at durgā pujā, and giving stage shows. she conjointly performed in a very leading role in a very bengali motion-picture show, bhadu bharan (1967), and panax quinquefolius laudably for a motion-picture show, anubhav (1971), that clad to her final performance to the music of kanu roy as she died of liver cirrhosis of the liver in 1972, at the age of forty one.

Death


               Geeta died of liver disease of the liver on twenty gregorian calendar month 1972.

Notable Songs


                   She is meant to possess sung over 1200 songs in hindi films. additionally she has conjointly sung songs in several indian regional languages as well as sanskrit, bengali, maithili, bhojpuri and punjabi. she has conjointly sung in nepali evergreen motion picture "maitighar".

Some Of The Unforgettable Songs Sung Beneath S.D. Burman's Direction.

1947 : Mera sundar sapna beet gaya (do bhai) 

1950 : Woh sapne waali raat (pyaar)

1951 : Tadbir se bigdi hui taqdeer (baazi)

1955 : Aan milo aan milo (devdas) with manna dey

1957 : Aaj sajan mohe ang lagalo (pyaasa)

1957 : Hum aap ke aankhon main (pyaasa)

1959 : Hawa dhire aana (sujata)

1959 : Waqt ne kiya kya haseen sitam (kaagaz ke phool)


Some Of The Unforgettable Songs Sung Underneath O.P. Nayyar's Direction.

1954 : Zara saamne aa (baaz) 

1954 : Babuji dhire chalna (aar paar)

1955 : Thandi hawa kali ghata (mr. & mrs. '55)

1955 : Jaane kahan mera jigar gaya ji (mr. & mrs. '55)

1956 : Jab badal lehraya (chhoomantar)

1956 : Mere zindagi ke humsafar (shrimati 420)

1956 : Jaata kahan hai (c.i.d.)

1956 : Aye dil hain mushkil (aka bombay meri jaan) (c.i.d.), with mohammed rafi

1957 : Chor, lutere, daku(ustad)


1958 : mera naam chin chin choo (howrah bridge) 

1958 : Kaisa jadoo balam tune dara (12 o'clock)


Some Of The Unforgettable Songs Sung Below Hemant Kumar's Direction.


1951 : Jai jagadish hare- composed by a sanskrit poet jayadeva circa 1200 ad (anand math) 


1962 : Na jaao saiyaan chhuda ke baiyaan (sahib bibi aur ghulam )

1952 : Kaise roko ge aise toofan ko (anandmath) with talat mehmood

1957 : Madbhari hain pyar ki palken (fashion)

1954 : Na yeh chand ho ga (shart)

1962 : Piya aiso jiya mein samaye gayo (sahib bibi aur ghulam )

1962 : Chale aao chale aao (sahib bibi aur ghulam )


Others

1971 : Mujhe jaan nah kaho meri jaan (anubhav) music: kanu roy 

1950 : Several greats from "jogan".


Some Unforgettable Bengali Songs 

1950 : 'shachimata go char juge hai' 

1952 : 'Ekhan-o dustar lajja'

1960 : 'Ei sundar swarnali sandhyay' (hospital; music: amal mukherjee)

1960 : 'Katha achhe tumi aj asbe (kanu ghosh)

1959 : 'Ei mayabi tithi' (shonar horin; music: hemant mukherjee)

1958 : 'Tumi je amar' (harano sur; music: hemant kumar)

1957 : 'Nishiraat banka chand aakashe' (prithibi aamare chaay; music: nachiketa ghosh)

'jhanak jhanak kanak kankan baaje'





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