Geeta Dutt!!! I am in total awe for her… just love the way she sings, I think one of the best things about her was that she used to sing from heart and it used to show
Some of the trivia from her own site
Geeta was on born on the 23th of Nov 1930 in Idlapur village in Faridkot district.
Her father, Devendra Nath Chowdhury was the village zamindar.
Her mother Amya Roy Chowdhury was into music and shayari and Geeta was the only one of her ten children (6 sons, 4 daughters) who picked up her mother’s interest in music.
She studied at the Anglo Bengali School. She was interested in music so started learning music from Pt Hirendranath Chowdhury. She would practice for 3 hrs every day.
In 1942 her family migrated to Bombay, India. They started living in Hindu colony, Dadar.
The original name of Guru Dutt was Vasantkumar shivkumar Padukone, so after the marriage Geeta Roy should have become Geeta Padukone. Instead she opted for Geeta Dutt, to match Guru Dutt.
At the time of their marriage Geeta was one of the top singers while Guru Dutt was a struggling director. This led to talk that he married her for financial security. This hurt him and he wanted her to stop singing. To avoid marital tensions she stopped singing for a while.
She sang approximately 1200 songs in Hindi films. The decade wise breakup is 340(approx.) in the 40’s, 755(approx.) in the 50’s, 85(approx.) in the 60’s and a few songs in the 70’s. (Info courtesy HFGK by Hamraaz)
The last film she sang for was Anubhav (1971), MD – Kanu Roy.
On 20th July 1972 she passed away due to liver rupture at Harikishandas hospital.
Some of my favorites from her
Sometimes I am really thankful to youtube to keep this music alive…
PS: I know I am late but didnt want to miss an alphabet, ABC Wednesday on Thursday this time 😀
Just call me 'A' said:
Wow that is so many facts about her and really interesting. She’s very pretty too, isn’t she.
monikamanchanda said:
ya she is really pretty… classic beauty
Life Begins said:
Yes….lovely.
i was wondering yesterday where the ABC wednesday post went 🙂
monikamanchanda said:
i missed it yesterday dear… too busy 😦
Swaram said:
First!
Swaram said:
Err sorry 😛
monikamanchanda said:
he he no sorry no thank u dear
hugs
hitchwriter said:
pssst Swaram… 😉
Swaram said:
:grrrrrrrrrr
Just call me 'A' said:
hee hee Swaram..i beat you to it this time :). next time your turn 😀
monikamanchanda said:
he he come join the race 😀
monikamanchanda said:
ROFL… u didnt even whether are comments and said first haan 😀
cuite pie
Swaram said:
Aree may b they were hitting submit @ the same time 😦
hitchwriter said:
my most favourite singer… the mostest of mostest wonderful singer…
and she even looked damn gorgeous…
there aint a more sexy voice i tell you.. !
monikamanchanda said:
oh yes I agree the most sexy voice ever and she looked lovely
Meira said:
Sheesh! All videos banned at work…will listen to them from home !
monikamanchanda said:
sheesh too bad
go home and hear
hitchwriter said:
Remember this song :
thats one of my favourites… baaa baaa….
i loved it…
hitchwriter said:
and this is one of my mostest favourite..
monikamanchanda said:
u know i did search for this song and didnt find in one search and didnt have the time
too good
Nova said:
oh love it :))
Cant believe so many old songs lovers!!! :))))) Yippieeeeee
monikamanchanda said:
yes yes nova!! yippe I was also surprised to see such a response to this post
and yeah welcome to my blog 😀
hitchwriter said:
and how can you ever forget this one …
you must love it…
monikamanchanda said:
oh yes the best the classic…
this movie created quite a sensation didnt it
Nova said:
It def did… after all, Guru Dutt was telling his own story!!
monikamanchanda said:
oh ya bang on….
monikamanchanda said:
hitchy I am adding this to the main post…
hitchwriter said:
sorry i asked for your permission if i can add more videos or not.. you didnt reply…
so i took it as a yes…
plus if you like geeta dutt… you shouldnt be objectin on her videos being loaded…
he he he…
and here is one more…
hitchwriter said:
this song even has my favourite Shakila in the video… she loooks terrific doesnt… (a dish i mean.. pls dont take offence..)
he he he…
and you remember that immortal song..
Na jao saiyan.. chuda ke baiya… kasam tumhari… main ro padugi…
can you ever forget these songs… !!!!!!!!!!!
monikamanchanda said:
and na jaao saying chuda ke bayian sigh what song… its my mom’s fav too 😀
monikamanchanda said:
u men… dish
*shakes her head in disbelief and walks off*
hitchwriter said:
i knew it… thats why i stopped.. but then instincts told to still go ahead… !!! lol
monikamanchanda said:
oh yes i am glad u did 😀
thank u hai ji
i wanted to put all those songs in the post itself but this was already delayed and hence hurried 😀
hugs hitchy
monikamanchanda said:
this one is my super fav… love it
Swaram said:
This is one awesome song! One of my all-time favs 🙂
monikamanchanda said:
he he welcome to the club 😀
Crafty Shines said:
awesome awesome Monu!!!
i agree!! 🙂 my fav from her was “mera naam chin chin chu”
esp the way she sang – “Dil pe rakh le haath zara… ho jaye na pagal tu”
geeee too late! i was pagal by the way she sang it!!!!!!!
but my ULTIMATE fav by her is
“Meri Jaan, mujhe jaan na kaho”
it’s just toooo precious to be put in words!
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lovely compilation!!
hitchwriter said:
here is your song partner…
Crafty Shines said:
alle!!!! super tight hugs for hobbes!!!!!!
geeee! lovely!!!
😀 😀 😀
monikamanchanda said:
he he yes yes this time hugs from me too hitchy
lovely songs u gave us 😀
monikamanchanda said:
he he first of all monu dances away to see a comment from crafty me sees that the trick is working
hi-fi
oh yes mera naam its a wow song i love it… how much we used to sing it in bachpan he he
and the other one is a classic
hugss
hitchwriter said:
thank me… i gave her the link immediately the moment i saw it…!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
what trick is working…its hitchy who is working… no trick-wrick ok… !!
monikamanchanda said:
lol no she was complaining that she is not able to comment on my blog 😦 and i told her click on the post directly from reader so i thought that worked
he he hitchy thanks for passing the link
Crafty Shines said:
ROFL!!!
😀
yes monu, hitchu gave me link so i directly landed on comments section!!!
😀
now never to be late!! tee hee!!!!!
danganakka! aahun aahun !!!!!!
(((((((((((((hugs)))))))))))
monikamanchanda said:
he he he too good crafty, next time on I was ask hitchy to send mail to u 😀
or I will send !!!
aahun aahun
(((hugs)))
monikamanchanda said:
and crafty here is mera naam for u
Crafty Shines said:
ARRE WAH!!!!
super tight hugs Monu!!!!!! muahs muahs n muahs!!!
i love it!!!!!
dil pe rakhle haath zara… ho jaye na pagal tu!!!!!
😀 😀 😀
monikamanchanda said:
muah!!
shail said:
My favorite is ‘Waqt ne kiya’ A nice write up on a legendary singer.
monikamanchanda said:
oh yes mine too I dont know how I missed it
Poppy said:
HOW could you mention Geetha Dutt (my all time fav) and NOT mention Waqt Ne Kiya? Lovely lilting melody !
monikamanchanda said:
oh yes very remiss of me… very adding it to the post right away
Pal said:
Beautiful selection of songs!
monikamanchanda said:
thanks pal
Vinod Sharma said:
Wah! Purane dinon ki yaad dilaa di! What a voice. Matchless! The videos of all the other great songs that I thought of have already been added. Immortal.
monikamanchanda said:
oh yes that is immortal music… I dont think anyone can match it
Pixie said:
ok.. is it too dorky to say that I haven’t heard her voice that much? and this was the first time i actually paid attention to her singing?!
She is lovely isn’t she? 🙂 🙂
monikamanchanda said:
yes yes its ok but u hear them now… better late than never
and yes she is very pretty
Pixie said:
Babuji Dhere chal na is one of of my fave now 🙂 🙂
monikamanchanda said:
he he good so get hooked now
Solilo said:
What a perfect G choice!
You know what? I have this obsession with Dutts : Guru and Geeta. One I think is a perfect actor and another a perfect singer. Both didn’t get their due. 😦
I love all the songs you listed. Some didn’t open for me. Geeta Roy’s voice is just mesmerizing.
I also love some of the Bengali songs that I was introduced to by a Bengali friend.
monikamanchanda said:
oh yes I love guru dutt too…. and ?I agree when u say they didnt their dues
will check out this bengali one
Swaram said:
Lovely compilation n I loved those trivia u put up 🙂
I so feel like dng these ABC wednesdays nw 😛
Swaram said:
U know what I ws thinking whether u wud do this week after cing that u were so busy 😛 Nice to c it done 2day n that too with one of my fav singers 🙂
Luv u monu 🙂
N me angry with u 😦 U r nt spamming my blog 😦 😦 😦
monikamanchanda said:
aiyoo no angry with me swaram… give me some time I have still not cleared my backlog… will be back to spamming soon
monikamanchanda said:
join the fun Swaram… pick some other theme or just let it be open it is fun
Jay said:
Excellent G! She’s very beautiful, and she does have a lovely voice. I enjoyed those videos, thank you!
monikamanchanda said:
glad u enjoyed them Jay
Nova said:
Seriously, Thanks to youtube for keeping this music alive!!!
monikamanchanda said:
oh yes gosh I would be lost w/o it
Dragonstar said:
So beautiful – thank you!
And on behalf of the ABC Team, thanks for posting in spite of the difficulties!
monikamanchanda said:
thanks Dragonstar
Indian Homemaker said:
This beautiful post and the lovely songs did not show on my blog roll…
I love Geeta Dutt’s songs too!!! Love the kind of teasing, mischievous laughter in some of her songs 🙂
Indian Homemaker said:
I don’t mean she laughs, I mean she sings as if she is enjoying herself.
monikamanchanda said:
yes yes IHM I know what u mean… that teasing aah
Geeta Duttfan said:
Hi Monika ji
Many thanks for this blog on Geeta ji and nice to see so many people responding to it. We are glad that you have provided a link to our site http://www.geetadutt.com on your blog. A kind request to visit our Youtube channel as well:
http://www.youtube.com/user/wwwgeetaduttcom
Best Regards
Parag
On the behalf of team of http://www.geetadutt.com
monikamanchanda said:
the pleasure is mine… I am a huge fan
Geeta Duttfan said:
On majority of the CD/cassette compilations, about 120-150 of Geeta ji’s songs are available. Most of the people are not even aware about the fact that Geeta ji sang about 1500 songs in her career spanning from 1946 to 1972. Our youtube channel has over 350 videos of her songs. Our website has an audio jukebox which plays over 250 of her songs.
We hope more and more music lovers will enjoy these lesser heard songs of Geeta ji.
Thanks again
Parag
Roger Green said:
I FINALLY found your post from the ABC Wednesday comments; so much harder when the Linky isn’t working.
I wasn’t familiar with this performer before. One learns so much checking out other blogs. Thanks.
monikamanchanda said:
oh thanks for taking the trouble of trying to find it Roger… By the time I did the post, my linky was closed 😦
Reema said:
Ohh I am a Geeta Dutt fan too!!