Geeta Dutt, born
on 23 November 1930, was a prominent Indian playback singer and a
famous Hindi and Bengali classical artist, born in Faridpur before the
Partition of India. She found particular prominence as a playback singer in
Hindi cinema. She also sang many modern Bengali songs, both in the film and
non-film genre.
Geeta Dutt,
mesmerised audiences with ‘Babuji Dhire Chalna'(Aar Paar – 1954)
and ‘Mera Naam Chin Chin Chu'(Howrah Bridge – 1958) Geeta who trained
under K. Hanuman Prasad first sang in the mythological film ‘Bhakt Prahlad’
(1946). In a career of almost twenty-five years Geeta Dutt crooned over 1200
songs for Hindi films including ‘Mera Sundar Sapna Beet Gaya’ (Do
bhai – 1947) ‘Tadbir Se Bigdi Hui Taqdeer’ (Baazi –
1951) ‘Jaane Kahan Mera Jigar Gaya Ji’ (Mr. & Mrs. ’55 – 1955) ‘Aye dil
hain mushkil’ (C.I.D – 1956) ‘Na Jao Saiyaan Chhuda Ke Baiyaan’ (Sahib
Bibi Aur Ghulam – 1962) etc. She last sang for music director Kanu Roy in ‘Anubhav’
(1971).
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