These are compilation of few popular songs sung by Late Ms. Geeta Dutt [23 November 1930 -- 20 July 1972].
I present these videos as a TRIBUTE TO A LEGEND OF OUR TIME.
Song No. 1 - Mohammed Rafi & Geeta Dutt - Tum Jo Hue Mere Humsafar - 12 O'Clock [1958]
Song No. 2 - Geeta Dutt & Asha Bhosle - Thandi Thandi Hawa Pooche Unka Pata - Johnny Walker [1957]
Song No. 3 - Geeta Dutt - Yeh Raatein Aha, Yet Baatein Oho - Zimbo [1958]
Song No. 4 - Geeta Dutt - Baabuji Dhire Chalna - Aar Paar [1954]
Geetā Dutt (Bengali: গীতা দত্ত, born Geetā Ghosh Roy Chowdhuri) (23 November 1930 -- 20 July 1972) was a prominent singer in India, born in Faridpur before Partition. She found particular prominence as a playback singer in Hindi cinema. She also sang many modern Bengali songs.
Geeta Ghosh Roy Chowdhuri was one of 10 children born in the rich Zamindar family of Debendranath Ghosh Roy Chowdhary and Amiya Devi, at Faridpur in Bengal, British India, now in Bangladesh. Her family shifted to Kolkata in early forties, leaving behind their land and properties. In 1942, her parents shifted again to an apartment in Dādar, Mumbai. Geeta was only twelve at that time and continued her schooling at the Bengali High School.
Geeta was about to step into her teens. One day she was crooning a song in her flat, music director K. Hanuman Prasad happened to hear her voice. He was much impressed, and therefore, persuaded her parents to have her try to sing in films.
K. Hanuman Prasad took Geeta under his patronage, trained and groomed her in singing and later launched her into singing in the movies. In 1946, she got the first break when she got an opportunity to sing in mythological film Bhakta Prahlad (1946) for which Prasad was the music director. She was given only two lines to sing in the movie for a few songs. She was just sixteen at that time. But those two lines mesmerized everyone in the recording studio.
In a matter of another year, in 1947, she got her break with Do Bhai.
In 1946, Geeta sang her debut songs for his film Bhakta Prahlad:
In the same year, she also sang for Hunuman Prasad's other releases.
During Geeta's recording of songs for the movie Baazi, she met the movie's young and upcoming director, Guru Dutt. Their romance culminated in marriage on 26 May 1953. Geeta went on to sing some of her best songs in his movies while continuing to sing in various other assignments as well.
Geeta and Guru Dutt had three children: Tarun (b. 1954), Arun (b. 1956), and Ninā (b. 1962).
In 1957, Guru Dutt launched a movie, Gauri, with Geeta as its singing star. It was to be India's first movie in Cinemascope, but the project was shelved after only a few days of shooting. By then, their marriage was on the rocks, Guru Dutt had got romantically involved with Waheedā Rehmān, and Geeta had taken to drinking. The breakup of their marriage affected Geeta's singing career.
In 1958, S.D. Burman had developed discord with Lata Mangeshkar as a playback singer, and he attempted to work with Geeta as the main singer of his compositions rather than the upcoming Asha Bhosle, who, he felt, was relatively raw. However, out of her personal problems, Geeta would not practice her art sufficiently, and failed to meet Burman's demanding standards. (He, and O.P. Nayyar too, then started to work with Asha and helped her blossom as a singer.)
In 1964, Guru Dutt died from a combination of alcohol and an overdose of sleeping pills. (His death was widely perceived as a suicide following two earlier attempts.) Geeta then suffered a serious nervous breakdown, and also ran into financial problems. She tried to resume her singing career, cutting discs at Durgā Pujā, and giving stage shows. She also performed in a leading role in a Bengali movie, Bhadu Bharan (1967), and sang admirably for a movie, Anubhav (1971), which turned out to her final performance to the music of Kanu Roy.
She is supposed to have sung over 1200 songs in Hindi films. In addition she has also sung songs in many Indian regional languages including Marathi, Bengali, Maithili, Bhojpuri and Punjabi.She has also sung in Nepali evergreen movie "Maitighar".
Geeta died of cirrhosis of the liver on 20 July 1972, at the age of 41.
[Wikipedia]
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Geeta Dutt - Part 4 - Tribute To A Legend Of Our Time!by yuanyuanyuanyin224 views
@MultiHarinarayana - You are most welcome, my dear friend.
yuanyuanyuanyin 1 month ago
ms geeta dutt---a tribute to a legend of our time ---part---3----all the --4--songs sung by golden divine classical singers---i like all the songs --i enjoy them ---thanks for up loading ---thanks for your golden service
MultiHarinarayana 1 month ago