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A Portugal TV spot and Geeta Dutt

A Geeta Dutt song which she sang in the year 1962 became part of a TV spot for a wireless internet company called Zapp in Portugal. The TV spot became quite popular in Portugal even though no one knew...

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Ke mera dil tujhe pukaara arre abhee abhee…

There are songs, some popular, some lesser heard, some rare, some very rare. Music lovers keep chasing for the lesser heard ones and the rare ones. The human mind’s thirst for the “unknown” is never...

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SOTD: Unse Rippie Tippie Ho Gayi..

Roshan Lal Nagrath (or Roshan) was born in Gujranwala, Punjab, British India (now part of Punjab in Pakistan). He began music lessons at a young age, and later attended Marris College (Bhatkhande...

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Geeta Dutt: The Queen of “Bhaav Gayaki”

Geeta Dutt is a unique female playback singer in a way that she was master at conveying the right mood and feel of the song. She is truly the queen of “Bhaav Gayaki” (the capability to convey the...

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Geeta Dutt : Life story of a lengendary playback singer..

Geeta Dutt (nee Roy) was blessed with a rich voice that was like an interacting instrument that at once mesmerized her listeners. She had such magic in her voice that charmed her listeners like a snake...

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SOTD: Meenakumari in a dreamy song…

Meena Kumari is famous for her strong and author backed roles in the golden era of Hindi Films. To say that she was unparalleled is an understatement, she was the epitome of natural acting. She was the...

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G M Durrani : A song to remember..

A name forgotten in the passage of time, Ghulam Mustafa (G M) Durrani was one of the most popular singers of the forties. He was spotted by the film producer Sohrab Modi in the year 1935 while the...

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SOTD: Magic and simplicity of Rajinder Krishan..

A girl meets boy, falls in love. Such a simple story, told so nicely and imaginatively told in a song! This is a beautiful song composed by the veteran Sachin Dev Burman and penned by Rajinder Krishan....

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Mr Lambu (1956) : Magic of OPN and Geeta Dutt

Suraiyya was the second most popular singing star of the golden era of Hindi film music (the first one being Noor Jehan). Millions of music and movie lovers were her fan and the composer rhythm king...

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Geeta Dutt – The Skylark : A must read musical biography

Geeta Dutt – The Skylark: The first ever biography of melody queen Geeta Dutt (nee Roy) “Geeta Dutt – The Skylark” is the very first book published ever on the legendary playback singer Geeta Dutt....

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SOTD: Oh bedardi kyon tadapaaye.. A lovely song from Godaan (1963)

Pandit Ravi Shankar is a legendary musician-composer from India and needs no introduction. Ravi Shankar, the legendary sitarist and composer is India’s most esteemed musical Ambassador and a singular...

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SOTD: Har roz kahaa har roz sunaa…

Poet and Lyricist Indeevar didn’t get many opportunities to pen down quality songs. Though his career span is spread over four decades he did not get the recognition he and his talent deserved. Born...

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SOTD: A “Nasheela” song from rhythm king O P Nayyar..

Omkar Prasad Nayyar gave memorable music to several films in the fifties and the sixties. Even if the film was not a big budget/big star cast, its music was a runaway success due to OP’s foot tapping...

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3 new jukeboxes to listen to Geeta Dutt songs online..

With help from music lover friends, we launched the website http://www.geetadutt.com on 23rd November 2008. All these days we have got great responses and feedback from so many music lovers from all...

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The charming Geeta Bali singing : Kaise rokoge aise toofan ko

Geeta Bali is a household name for any fan of golden era of Hindi films. She was one of the most charming and spontaneous actresses gracing the Hindi films. “Anand Math” is a popular Bengali novel,...

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Geeta Dutt and Kuldip Kaur : A intoxicating combo..

Kuldip Kaur made quite a name for herself playing the bad girl to perfection in the late forties and the fifties. She will always be remembered for her vampish roles in films like Kaneez (1949), Ek...

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Geeta Dutt with newer generation of composers

Young Geeta Roy (who later became Geeta Dutt) sang for veteran composers like S D Burman, S N Tripathi, Shyamsunder, Master Ghulam Haider, Bulo C Rani, Gyan Dutt, C Ramchandra, Vasant Desai, Pankaj...

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SOTD: Aag lagana kya mushkil hain…

Here is a lovely song composed by the (very talented but unfortunately almost forgotten) Chitragupt for the film Kangan (1959). The film had a decent star cast of Dadamuni Ashok Kumar and Nirupa Roy....

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Jaimala Program presented by Geeta Dutt in the year 1969

Jaimala is a program that has been aired on the Vividh Bharti station of All India Radio since it’s early days. It is a one hour program that exclusively plays requests from soldiers posted at the...

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SOTD: Jaata kahaan hain diwane..(A song censors found too hot)

Guru Dutt produced the film CID in the year 1956 which was directed by his assistant Raj Khosla (debut as director). Dev Anand and Shakila were the leading stars of the film. The music was provided by...

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SOTD: A sweet lullaby : Chanda dhale pankha jhale..

Hindi films have always had beautiful, hummable and soothing lullaby (Lori) songs right from the thirties and forties. K L Saighal’s “Soja rajkumari sojaa” is one of the foremost popular filmi lori....

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SOTD: Mere tum ho, phir kya hain….

Police (1958) is a suspense thriller film produced by Deep & Pradeep Productions (most likely actor Pradeep Kumar’s own film company). It starred Pradeep Kumar with “Venus of Indian cinema”...

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SOTD: A Meera bhajan in a Bengali film…”Barse badariya saawan ki”

Suchitra Sen (born April 6, 1931) (original name : Roma Dasgupta) is a popular Indian actress of the yesteryears who has attained legendary status because of her performances in Bengali cinema. In...

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Ud pud jaaniya.. Punjab ke mitti ki khushboo…

The love story of Heer and Ranjha must have been attracting the film makers over and over again. A quick glance on IMDB shows that it must have been made at least ten times by now. There was a film...

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A tribute to a legend : Geeta Dutt (nee Roy)

23rd November is the birth anniversary of legendary playback singer late Geeta Dutt (nee Roy). Here is a tribute to her from NG. Geeta Dutt was blessed with a rich voice that was like an interacting...

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SOTD: Lag gayi ankhiyaa…

A melodious song from the Film ” Jeevan Jyoti” released in the year 1953. The MD is S. D. Burman and the lyricist is Sahir Ludhianvi. The song is sung by Mohd.Rafi & Geeta Dutt. It is filmed on...

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Exclusive: Geeta Dutt presenting Jaimala program in her own voice..

Jaimala is a program that has been aired on the Vividh Bharti station of All India Radio since it’s early days. It is a one hour program that exclusively plays requests from soldiers posted at the...

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