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Geeta Dutt

Singer

Born: November 23, , Faridpur, Bangladesh

Died: July 20, , Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Geeta Dutt was a prominent singer in India, born in Faridpur before partition of India.

Indian singer kk songs Her voice was undiminished, however, and she recorded some highly regarded Bengali-language songs during this period. Sometimes referred to as the Orson Welles of India, Guru Dutt was from a different caste than Geeta, and his culture and his native southern Indian language of Konkani were different from hers. Burman' Archived 23 March at the Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 24 August

She found particular prominence as a playback singer in Hindi cinema. She also sang many modern Bengali songs.

Geeta Ghosh Roy Chowdhuri was one of the ten children born in the rich zamindar family of Debendranath Ghosh Roy Chowdhary and Amiya Devi, at Faridpur in Bengal, British India, now in Bangladesh. Her family shifted to Calcutta and then Assam in the early forties, leaving behind their land and properties.

In , her parents moved to an apartment in Dadar, Bombay. Geeta was twelve and continued her schooling at the Bengali High School.

1. Hanuman Prasad took Geeta under his patronage, trained and groomed her in singing and later launched her into singing for movies. In , she got the first break with an opportunity to sing in the mythological film Bhakta Prahlad for which Prasad was the music director.

   She was given only two lines to sing for a few songs.

In , she got her break with Do Bhai.

Famous indian singer Burman' Archived 23 March at the Wayback Machine. Dutt, taken before Geeta died of liver cirrhosis on 20 July, in Mumbai. Some of the songs sung under Hemant Kumar 's direction [10].

The music of Do Bhai became a hit with &#;Mera sundar sapna beet gaya&#; topping the charts. Geeta Roy&#;s fresh and melodious voice touched the pulse of thousands of music lovers. The unique versatility of Geeta Dutt to sing any kind of song soon made her race past her contemporaries. S D Burman fully exploited Geeta Dutt&#;s potential across the spectrum.

Geeta Dutt married actor-director, Guru Dutt on 26 May, Geeta and Guru Dutt had three children, Tarun, Arun and Nina.

Tarun committed suicide in Arun Dutt died in

In , Guru Dutt had got romantically involved with Waheeda Rehman resulting in the break-up of the marriage which greatly affected Geeta&#;s singing career.

Biography of indian singer geeta dutt biography Her first language was Bengali, and she eventually recorded some songs in that language. Singing career [ edit ]. Dutt, taken before Musical artist.

In , Guru Dutt died from a combination of alcohol and an overdose of sleeping pills. His death was widely perceived as a suicide following two earlier attempts. Geeta then suffered a serious nervous breakdown and ran into financial problems. She tried to resume her singing career, cutting discs at Durga Puja and giving stage shows.

Geeta died of liver cirrhosis on 20 July, in Mumbai.