I am a great hindi film music fan especially of Old film music. Of all the singers I have heard my favourite is Geeta Dutt. She has the most beautiful, youthful and energy filled voice. She has sung a variety of songs from the very happy ones to the very sad ones. As one person has said, she could sing for the doll one minute and for the moll the other! That was the kind of variety she had. Not many people know that she has sung over 1200 songs in hindi films. She has also sung songs in other languages including her mother tongue Bengali, Gujrati, Bhojpuri, Nepali and Marathi.
Her voice hits you like a thunderclap. One famous critic had said once, "Singer XYZ gale se gaati hai par Geeta Dil Se Gaati Hai." When one hears the big variety of her songs one realises this very well. Be it the cabaret style Mera Naam Chin Chin Choo, the sadly lilting Waqt Ne Kiya Kya Haseen Sitam or the wonderful Ched Chaad songs like Reham Kabhi to Farmao from Society, She does them wonderfully and lending the "Geeta touch" to all of them. It is a pity that due to her bad personal life She could not reach the even greater heights she could have reached. Her voice was thandi hawa and kaali ghata rolled into one.
It would be foolish of me to even think of listing which are my favourite songs of hers. There are simply too many. Most people are familiar with a few popular ones but her range is much more than that. The more I listen to her the more enamoured I am by her voice. Maybe I'll discuss some songs in later posts if it generates interest.
Today is her 78th Birth Anniversary and in her memory I am making the post.
There are many events taking place in memory of it. The first website in her memory www.geetadutt.com has been launched today by some members from www.hamaraforums.com and it is a beautiful piece of work. Her fans would find wonderful reading it. It makes you see her much more than the illinformed opinion heard so often.
Some people say for example, that she couldn't sing classical songs. Many myths like these get blasted when one goes through the site. She was truly an artiste for all time. May god bless her soul.
www.hamaraforums.com has a very active Geeta forum on it which loves sharing her songs and information. There is even an orkut community for her. A mail ID has been created by them geetaduttfans@rediffmail.com where one can post their choice of songs. The password is freely available on the community and one can get all.
Lastly, I'll say in somebody else's words, "Her voice had the sweetness of honey and the sting of the honey bee!"
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