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Geeta Dutt
Birth name Geeta Ghosh Roy Chowdhuri
Born November 23, 1930(1930-11-23)
Origin Faridpur, Bangladesh
Died July 20, 1972 (aged 41)
Genre(s) playback singing
Occupation(s) Singer
Instrument(s) Vocalist
Years active 1946–1971

Geetā Dutt (Bengali: গীতা দত্ত, 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. Events 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. ( Bengali: বাংলাদেশ inc-Latn Bangladesh) officially Events 1304 - Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirling Castle - King Edward I of England takes the last rebel stronghold Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other A playback singer is a Singer whose singing is prerecorded for use in movies A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country A playback singer is a Singer whose singing is prerecorded for use in movies Hindi ( Devanāgarī: hi [[wiktहिन्दी हिन्दी]] or hi [[wiktहिंदी हिंदी]] IAST:, IPA:) is

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Early life

Geeta Dutt was born in 1930 into a rich zamindār's family as Geeta Ghosh Roy Chowdhuri in Faridpur, (then in Bengal, India; now in Banglādesh). Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. ( Bengali: বাংলাদেশ inc-Latn Bangladesh) officially In 1942, her parents shifted to an apartment in Dādar, Bombay (now Mumbai) when she was twelve. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dadar (दादर is a Place in Mumbai, and has a Railway station on the Mumbai Suburban Railway on both the Western Railway Mumbai ( Marathi:,, IPA: formerly Bombay, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the financial Mumbai ( Marathi:,, IPA: formerly Bombay, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the financial There, composer/music director Hanumān Prasād once overheard her singing casually, and, feeling impressed, he offered to impart her training in singing. He launched her in a chorus song in Bhakta Prahlād (1946), where she sang only two lines. But her rendering of those two lines stood out. The following year, she got a major assignment as a playback singer for Do Bhāi, and her renderings in that movie brought Geeta to the forefront as a top playback singer.

Career

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[1]: The sexiness in her voice and her easy adaptation to "western" tunes. A Bhajan is a type of Hindu Devotional Song, often simple lyrical and expressing love for the Divine. Sachin Dev Burman (শচীন দেব বর্মন( October 1, 1906 - October 31, 1975) (also credited as Burman da, Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January 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 "Āj Sājan Mohe Ang Lagā Lo" in "Pyāsā" is a prime example of a Bengali keertan being presented in its Hindi version. In the early career of S. D. Burman as a composer, Geeta articulated the spirit of his music the best way among all female singers.

Under composer O.P. Nayyar's direction, Geeta further developed into a singer who could sing almost any kind of song, be it soft, snappy, teasing, or sad[2]. Omkar Prasad Nayyar ( January 16, 1926 – January 28, 2007) was a famous Indian film Music director and composer born She and Lata Mangeshkar were the premier female playback singers in the 1950s. Lata Mangeshkar (लता मंगेशकर born September 28, 1929) لتا منگیشکر is a singer from India.

Personal life

During Geeta's recording of songs for a movie, she met the movie's young and upcoming director, Guru Dutt. Guru Dutt ( Kannada: ಗುರು ದತ್ತ್ Hindi: गुरु दत्त ( July 9, 1925 - October 10, 1964 Their romance culminated in marriage on May 26, 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. CinemaScope was a Widescreen movie format used from 1953 to 1967 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. Asha Bhosle (आशा भोंसले (born September 8, 1933) آشا بھونسلے is an Indian singer 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[3]. ) Geeta then suffered a serious nervous breakdown, and also ran into financial problems. Mental breakdown (also known as nervous breakdown or snapping) is a non-medical term used to describe a sudden acute attack of Mental illness such as She tried to resume her singing career, cutting discs at Durgā Pujā, and giving stage shows. Durga Puja (দুর্গা পূজা ‘Worship of Durga’ also referred as Durgotsab (bn দুর্গোৎসব ‘Festival of Durga’ is an annual 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. The history of cinema in Bengal dates back to the 1890s when the first " Bioscopes quot were shown in theatres in Calcutta. Anubhav (अनुभव was a 1972 Hindi film by noted director Basu Bhattacharya, which starred Sanjeev Kumar, Tanuja Samarth Kanu Roy was an Indian film actor and music composer in Hindi and Bengali films

Geeta died of cirrhosis of the liver on July 20, 1972. Cirrhosis is a consequence of chronic Liver Disease characterized by replacement of liver tissue by fibrous Scar tissue as well as regenerative

A list of notable songs

Some of the memorable songs sung under S.D. Burman's direction:


Some of the memorable songs sung under O.P. Nayyar's direction:


Some memorable Bengali songs:

References

  1. ^ Geeta Dutt
  2. ^ Online biography: http://www.upperstall.com/people/geetadutt.html upperstall. Howrah Bridge is a 1958 film directed by Shakti Samanta. Its name is a reference to Howrah Bridge, which connects Howrah to Kolkata Harano Sur ( Bengali: হারানো সুর is a 1957 film by Ajoy Kar, starring Suchitra Sen and Uttam Kumar, with music com
  3. ^ 'Guru Dutt attempted suicide thrice'
  4. ^ Tumi Je Amar. YouTube. com. Retrieved on 2008-03-29. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1461 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton - Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King

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