Geeta Dutt - Aaj Ki Raat Piya - Baazi [1951]

"Baazi" [1951] is an Indian Hindi film directed by Guru Dutt.
Starring Dev Anand, Geeta Bali, Kalpana Kartik, Roopa Verman, Johnny Walker and K.N. Singh.
Music is by S.D. Barman.
Lyrics by Sahir Ludhianvi............

Geetā Dutt (Born Geetā Ghosh Roy Chowdhuri) [November 23, 1930 July 20, 1972] was a prominent Indian playback singer in Hindi movies in the 1950s and 60s, and also a singer of modern Bengali songs.

Initially, Geeta was a singer known for singing bhajans and sad songs, but her renderings of composer S. D. Burman's jazzy musical scores in Bāzi in 1951 demonstrated a new facet of Geeta's singing. The sexiness in her voice and her easy adaptation to "western" tunes. From then on in the 1950s, Geeta was people's first choice for singing seductive songs and providing song accompaniments in dance clubs.

S.D. Burman recognized the magic in Geeta's voice through her songs in "Do Bhāi". He effectively used the Bengali lilt in her voice in movies like Devdās (1955) and Pyāsā (1957). The song "Aaj Saajan Mohe Ang Lagaa Lo" in "Pyasa" is a prime example of a Bengali keertan being presented in its Hindi version.

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 May 26, 1953....

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................

Geeta died of cirrhosis of the liver on July 20, 1972.
[Wikipedia & IMDb]

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[nandu1f]

My most favorite Geeta Dutt love song. Every shot in the song is so carefully measured to show Kalpana Kartik's depth of love for Dev. Even that sequence when she and Dev make up near the end of the song is so skilfully picturized. Thanks Yuan for such a treat.

[yuanyuanyuanyin]

@nandu1f - You are most welcome, my dear friend Nandu.

[mahesh1946]

Beloved Beti

Good evening

Very Nice song.

This movie Baaji brought Sahir Ludhianviji in to Focus.

Thanks for loading this song

Blessings

Uncle

[yuanyuanyuanyin]

@mahesh1946 - You are most welcome, my dear Uncle Uma.

[juneg1964]

Very good song thanks for posting

[yuanyuanyuanyin]

@juneg1964 - You are most welcome, my dear friend Dr Arjun.

[Trouble85490]

Reminds me of my childhood days, when my dad was alive. He so loved these type of songs.Dad , I wish you were here with me. :-(

[drajayatri]

Isn't  it nasal voice.

[yuanyuanyuanyin]

@indoaria - You are most welcome, my dear friend and thank YOU for extremely kind words.

May God bless you.

[yuanyuanyuanyin]

@crazyoldsongs - You are most welcome, my dear friend.