Geeta Dutt
Indian playback singer (1930–1972)
Three recordings here under her own name, and a fourth presence that is not a credit at all.
In Kala Bazar, in 1960, the black-market scenes were shot at the actual premiere of Mother India, with the real stars arriving as themselves - and she is one of them, walking in, playing Geeta Dutt. She also sings on the film: Na Main Dhan Chahoon with Sudha Malhotra, and Rimjhim Ke Tarane with Mohammed Rafi, in Pahadi.
She was the voice of the late forties and the fifties - Baazi, Jaal, Aar Paar, Mr. & Mrs. 55, Pyaasa, Kaagaz Ke Phool - and she married Guru Dutt in 1953, which is the fact that organises everything written about her since. Kaagaz Ke Phool, which is here, is the film about a director whose career collapses; it collapsed his.
What is worth saying about the singing rather than the marriage is that she could do two completely different things. The Bengali-inflected devotional register - Na Main Dhan Chahoon is exactly that - and the nightclub number, where she is louder, flatter and funnier than anybody else was willing to be.
She died at forty-one, outliving her husband by eight years.
Dates and credits from Wikidata.
Songs
6 recordings in this catalogue.
- Aan Milo Aan Milo — sang · Devdas (1955)
- Sajan Ki Ho Gayi Gori — sang · Devdas (1955)
- Akhiyan Bhul Gayee Hain Sona — sang · Goonj Uthi Shehnai (1959)
- Meraa Naam Chin Chin Chu — sang · Howrah Bridge (1958)
- Tu Lage Mora Baalam Ye Kaise Kahu Mai — sang · Hum Hindustani (1960)
- Main Tere Pyar Me Kya Kya Na Bana — sang · Ziddi (1964)
Related films
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Kala Bazar (1960)
She sings on it, and she also appears in it as herself - the black-market scenes were filmed at the real premiere of Mother India, with the actual stars arriving.
