Geeta Dutt (November 23, 1930 - July 20, 1972) was an Indian playback singer. November 23 is the 327th day of the year (328th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 38 days remaining. ... 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... July 20 is the 201st day (202nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 164 days remaining. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1972 calendar). ... A playback singer is a singer whose song is pre-recorded for use in films. ...

Geeta Dutt was born into a rich zamindaar's family as Geeta Ghosh Roy Chowdhuri in Faridpur, East Bengal in 1930. In 1942, her parents shifted to a Dadar apartment in Bombay when she was twelve. Over there in their modest flat at Dadar, composer/music director Hanuman Prasad, overheard her singing casually and agreed to impart her training in singing. He launched her in a chorus song in Bhakht Prahlad (1946), where she sang only two lines. But her rendering of those two lines stood out and astonished everybody in the recording studio. Her major assignment was in the following year with Do Bhai. The music of that film clicked in a big way and Geeta became a top playback singer. 1947 - 1949 saw Geeta as the number one playback singer in the Bombay film industry as she moved from strength to strength. Only two playback singers managed to survive Lata's onslaught in the 1950s. They were Shamshad Begum and Geeta Roy. Though relegated to the second spot, Geeta managed to hold her own against Lata for more than a decade, and she and Lata became the premier female playback singers of the 1950s. Faridpur is a district in central Bangladesh. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... This article is about the year. ... Dadar (दादर in DevanāgarÄ«) is a place in Mumbai, and has a railway station on the Mumbai Suburban Railway on both the Western Railway line (Dadar) and the Central Railway line (Dadar T.T.). Dadar has the only railway station common to both the Central line and the Western line... This article or section should be merged with Mumbai Mumbai (previously known as Bombay) is the worlds most populous conurbation, and is the sixth most populous agglomeration in the world. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... This article or section should be merged with Mumbai Mumbai (previously known as Bombay) is the worlds most populous conurbation, and is the sixth most populous agglomeration in the world. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The 1950s were a decade that spanned the years 1951 through 1960. ... Shamshad Begumwas an Indian singer who was one of the first playback singers in the film industry. ... The 1950s were a decade that spanned the years 1951 through 1960. ...

Initially, Geeta was a singer well known for singing bhajans and weepy, sad songs, but 1951 saw the release of Baazi. The jazzy musical score of the film by SD Burman created a new facet in Geeta's singing. The sex appeal in her voice and the ease with which she went western was marvelous to behold. From then on in the 1950s for a club dance and a seductive song, was the first choice was Geeta. During the recording of a song, she met the young and upcoming director of the film, Guru Dutt. Thus blossomed a romance and they became engaged. They had to overcome a lot of family oppostition to marry. They married on 26 May 1953 and had three children. They were Tarun (b. 1954), Arun (b. 1956), and Nina Dutt (b. 1962). Geeta went on to sing some of her best songs in his films while continuing to sing in various outside assignments as well. 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Sachin Dev Burman (October 1, 1906 - October 31, 1975) (aka Burman da, also credited as Kumar Sachindra Deo Varman) was one of the most famous Bollywood music composers. ... The 1950s were a decade that spanned the years 1951 through 1960. ... Guru Dutt (1925 - 1964) was a famous Indian film director, producer and actor. ... May 26 is the 146th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (147th in leap years). ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1953 calendar). ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ...

S.D. Burman was amongst the earliest to discover the magic in her voice with Do Bhai. He effectively used the Bengali lilt in her voice memorably in films like Devdas (1955) and Pyaasa (1957). In fact, no female singer has better articulated the spirit of Burmanda's music in its early years. O.P. Nayyar had developed the side of Geeta which had emerged with Baazi. Under his freewheeling baton, Geeta developed into a really hep singer who could belt out any number - soft, sultry, happy, snappy, romantic, teasing or tragic. It was O.P. who got Geeta to stop being overly emotional in sad songs. However by 1957, Geeta's marriage had run through rough weather and was on the rocks. Guru Dutt had gotten romantically involved with his new leading lady Waheeda Rehman. The breaking up of her marriage also began giving repurcussions on her career. To quieten things down, Guru Dutt launched a film Gauri (1957) with her in the lead. She was to be launched as a singing star and it was to be India's first film in cinemascope but the film was shelved after just a few days of shooting. This was the time when one heard complaints from music directors about her not being easily available for rehearsals and recordings. Bengali or Bangla (বাংলা ) is an Indo-Aryan language of South Asia that evolved as a successor to Sanskrit, Pali, and Prakrit. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... O. P. Nayyar was an Indian music director known for his peppy numbers. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Guru Dutt (1925 - 1964) was a famous Indian film director, producer and actor. ... Waheeda Rehman in movie still from Pyaasa Waheeda Rehman (May 14, 1936) was born into a traditional Muslim family in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh in 1936. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Cinemascope, or more strictly CinemaScope, was a widescreen movie format used from 1953 to 1967. ...

In fact, in 1957, when he fell out with Lata Mangeshkar, Burmanda was looking to make Geeta his main singer rather than the upcoming Asha Bhosle. After all Geeta was a mature singer while Asha was still raw. But due to her troubled marriage, Geeta was not able to practice in the style required by Burman who was a hard taskmaster regarding rehearsals. He joined O.P. Nayar in shaping Asha rather than wait for Geeta. Consequently, Asha not only took her place but went beyond her. And to make things worse, Geeta began finding solace in drinking. In 1964, Guru Dutt, died. Geeta was a broken woman, shattered by his death. She suffered from a nervous breakdown. When she recovered, she found herself in a financial mess. She tried to resume singing again, cutting discs at Durga Puja and giving stage shows and even doing a Bengali film Bhadu Bharan (1967) as heroine. But her health kept failing as she drank to a point of no return. But not before she showed she still had it in her were she given a mike to sing. Anubhav (1971), was her last film and was one of the finest works she ever did. But her drinking problems were not over and she died of cirrhosis of the liver in 1972 at the age of 41. 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Asha Bhosle [1] (born September 8, 1933) is an Indian singer. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... Guru Dutt (1925 - 1964) was a famous Indian film director, producer and actor. ... Although not a medical term, the phrase nervous breakdown is often used outside medical circles to describe a sudden and acute attack of mental illness—for instance, clinical depression or anxiety disorder—in a previously outwardly healthy person. ... A priest worshipping a contemporary idol of Durga, shown riding her lion and attacking the demon Mahisasur. ... Bengali cinema, or the Bengali film industry, is one of the earliest film industries in India. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... Cirrhosis is a chronic disease of the liver in which liver tissue is replaced by connective tissue, resulting in the loss of liver function. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1972 calendar). ...

External link

• Geeta Dutt at The Internet Movie Database