Posts Tagged ‘Geeta Dutt’
Ye hawa ye fiza ye bahaaren
Posted on: June 14, 2013
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Geeta Dutt was one of the few singers who got a godsend opportunity as a playback singer in Hindi films. The devdoot or farishta (angel) in her case was none other than Pandit Hanuman Prasad, one of the music director of the 40s. While walking on a Mumbai street, he heard a singing voice coming from the balcony of the building above him which attracted his attention. He straightway walked into the room and found a teenage girl singing. She was Geeta Roy as she was known then. He liked her singing so much that he offered her the chance to sing a predominantly chorus song in the film ‘Bhakt Prahlad (1946) in which she had two lines to sing. These two lines from the song attracted the attention of S D Burman who persuaded her parents to let her sing in ‘Do Bhai’ (1947). The iconic song “mera sundar sapna beet gaya” and the box office success of the film signalled the arrival of Geeta Roy as a playback singer. By the end of 40s, she had already attained the status of one of the prominent female playback singers of Hindi films.
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Ye hawaayen sanam ye nazaare
Posted on: June 13, 2013
“Passing Show” (1956), an obscure B grade movie, was directed by Master Bhagwan for Mukul Pictures. The movie had Chandrashekhar, Shakeela, Daljeet, Purnima etc in it.
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“Commander”(1959) was a Meher Movies Production. It was produced by M Usman Nadiadwala and directed by Kedar Kapoor. The movie had Ranjan, Nigar Sultana, Kumkum, Helen, Kamal Kapoor, Chaman Puri, Maruti Rao, Tiwari, Ram Mohan, Manjeet, Kailash Kumari, Rana, Saroj, Krupal, Gaurang, Ramesh Tiwari etc in it.
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Nahin khaane ka thhikaana
Posted on: June 7, 2013
“Commander” (1959) was an obscure movie produced by M Usman Nadiadwala under the banner of Meher movies. It was directed by Kedar Kapoor and it had Ranjan, Nigar Sultana, Kumkum, Helen, Kamal Kapoor, Chaman Puri, Maruti Rao, Tiwari, Ram Mohan, Manjeet, Kailash Kumari, Rana, Saroj, Krupal, Gaurang, Ramesh Tiwari etc in it.
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Mausam bada rangeela
Posted on: May 28, 2013
“Zimbo Comes To town” (1960) was a Combine Films Theatre Production. It was produced by Homi Wadia and directed by Nanabhai Bhatt. The movie had Chitra, Azad, Bhagwan, Shammi, Nilofar, Habeeb, Dalpat, Bismillah, Mittu Miyan, M. K. Hasan, Geeta, Julian, Korega, Yadav, Ratan, Raman Joshi, Pedro aka Manav Chimpazi etc in it.
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Nainon mein bhar liya neer
Posted on: May 19, 2013
“Chakori” (1949) was a Ramesh Pictures Production. It was directed by Ramnarayan Dubey. The movie had Bharat Bhushan, Nalini Jaiwant, Cuckoo, Om Prakash, , Manorama, Randhir etc in it.
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Aaoge na saajan aaoge na
Posted on: May 9, 2013
“Jaan Pehchaan” (1950) was an United Technicians Production. It was directed by Fali Mistry. The movie had Raj Kapoor, Nargis, Dulari, Amar, Mukri etc in it.
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Najariya mein aaiho
Posted on: May 6, 2013
“Nadiya Ke Paar” (1948) was a Filmistan production. It was directed by Kishore Sahu. The movie had Dilip Kumar, Kamini Kaushal, Hari Shivdasani, Maya Banerji, S. L. Puri, Samson, Ranibala, Tiwari, David Abraham, Kanta Kumari etc in it.
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Chamkat damkat daamini
Posted on: May 2, 2013
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
In the process of searching for some rare songs sung by G M Durrani, I came across a song ‘chamkat damkat daamini’ sung by him in the film GEET GOVIND (1947) with Aabha and Geeta Dutt. I have not heard the name of the film nor the song. I am not even aware of Aabha, one of the playback singers in this song. Perhaps she may be one of those ‘one-film’ playback singers.
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