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Geeta Dutt Biography

Date of Birth
23 November 1930, Faridpur District, East Bengal, India

Date of Death
20 July 1972, Bombay, India (cirrhosis of the liver)

Birth Name
Geeta Ghosh Roy Chowdhuri

Mini Biography
Geeta Dutt was born in Faridpur District in East Bengal in 1930. Music Director Hanuman Prasad gave her chance to sing two lines in the film Bhakt Prahlad (1946). Her major assignment came the following year, 1947, with Do Bhai. From 1947-1949 Geeta Duttt was number playback singer in Mumbai. Initially Geeta was a singer well known for bhajans and weepy, weepy sad songs. But in 1951 after the release of a film, Baazi revealed a new facet. During the recording of the song she met Guru Dutt and later in 1953 they got married. However in 1957 they had some problems. Due to marriage problems she was not readily available for rehearsals and found solace in drink. She suffered a nervous breakdown but resumed singing again. But her drinking problems were not over and she died of cirrhosis of the liver in 1972.

IMDb Mini Biography By: Alps

Mini Biography
Acclaimed as the one singer who was feared by Lata Mangeshkar, Geeta Dutt held a rare mellifluous tone in her voice that could fuel passion and all kinds of emotions into whatever song she sung. This rare ability also enabled her to swap from traditional songs to Western-styled tunes without skipping a beat. When Lata Mangeshkar arrived as the new queen of melody, it was this fluid quality in her voice that kept her up in the playback industry. If it hadn't been for her tragic relationship with the great director Guru Dutt, her genius would have shone on unclouded her entire life.

She was born Geeta Roy on 7 July 1930, the daughter of a wealthy zamindar in the Faridpur district of East Bengal. In 1942, at the age of 12, the family moved to Bombay and took up residence in a modest apartment in the Dadar district. In that flat, music director K. Hanumath Prasad heard her voice, and agreed to give her a small part in Bhakta Prahlad (1946), a film he was scoring songs for at that time. She only sang two lines in that film, but her talent astonished everyone in the recording studio. It was only a matter of time before she became a top singer, and soon she got her break with Two Brothers (1947). The music of that film became immensely popular and thus began a successful career for Geeta.

From 1947 to 1949, Geeta was the queen of playback songs, moving from strength to strength. She was initially called on to sing religious songs and sad songs, but on the release of Baazi (1951), a crime thriller which featured jazz-based songs, a newer, more sensual side was revealed in her voice, which instantly made her more popular. She went from traditional songs to Western-beat tunes with such flexibility that she became much demanded by all music directors who had to compose completely opposite songs for a film. When 'Lata Mangeshkar' rose as the new queen of Bollywood music, Geeta and Shamshad Begum the only two singers who were still called upon for songs.

On the personal front, during recording the songs for Baazi (1951), Geeta met a young upcoming film director, Guru Dutt. They fell in love and, although they faced strong opposition from their families, they married on 26 May 1953, and had three children. Their romance also seemed to bring a sparkle into Geeta's voice; she sang some of her best ever songs in her husband's films. Later on, though, the marriage started to hit rocky ground; Geeta, while having a beautiful voice also had a possessive and suspicious nature, and the couple fought and reconciled several times.

While all her songs became hugely popular, it was the composers Sachin Dev Burman and O.P. Nayyar who gave Geeta her best ever tunes. Burman, although he made her a success with the jazzy Baazi (1951), preferred to use that special lilt in her voice for traditional Indian melodies; in fact no other singer apart from Geeta has truly embodied the spirit of Burman's music. Nayyar, on the other hand, developed Geeta's voice for more Westernized songs, and under his music Geeta could sing for just about any genre of song. Whether the song was hip, Western,

Unfortunately, by 1957 her life was beginning to fall apart. Guru Dutt had gotten involved with his protégé Waheeda Rehman, and the breaking up of her personal life began to impact on her professional career. Music directors began to complain about her not being easily available for song rehearsals and recordings; things got so bad that both Burman and Nayyar picked the newer, more available Asha Bhosle over Geeta and groomed Asha into a great singer. To quieten things down Dutt began shooting "Gauri," which starred his wife in the title role; she was to be launched as a singing star, but the film was shelved after just a few days.

Finally, on 10 October 1964 Guru Dutt was found dead in his bed, having committed suicide. His death caused Geeta to suffer a nervous breakdown. To make matters worse, she was in a financial mess; and due to all the stressful events around her she took to alcohol. She attempted to revive her career by cutting discs at the Durga Poja and performing at stage shows, and even tried starring as a heroine in the Bengali film Badhu Bharan (1967). But by then the alcohol had done its work and her health was in a decline. She eventually died in 20 July 1972, from cirrhosis of the liver.

It was a tribute to her vocal genius, though, that even when her health was failing she could call it up and breathe it into songs; Anubhav (1971) is renowned for having some of Geeta Dutt's best songs. And even after her death, her voice still rings with that special memorizing lilt...

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