Geeta Dutt Sings For Geeta Bali

Arre..Devji bhai,..hum Milaap ko bhoolenge najin..Abhi toh 1950 par hi aaye hain..1955 toh abhi thoda door hain!



Thanks for visiting this thread and once again wishing you a very happy and prosperous new year 2009.

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Parag

Hey buddy, its my pleasure to start something innovative. I am glad you liked the concept. IMHO, actress Geeta Bali too passed away at a very young age and did not get her due (just like singer Geeta ji). So I thought its a good idea to pay tribute to both the Geetas

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Parag

Moving on to the year 1951, this was one of the most important year in the careers of actress Geeta Bali and singer Geeta Dutt. Geeta Bali starred in two of the most successful films of her careeer this year. The first one was "Albela" with Bhagwan. The music was composed by C Ramchandra and every song of the film was superhit. Lata ji sang all the songs and it was a feather in her cap. The film had a wide range of variety of music and is considered one of the most successful films of composer C Ramchandra sahab.

The same year, Geeta Bali starred with Dev Anand in "Baazi". This film's music, composed by S D Burman sahab changed the graph of the career of singer Geeta Dutt ji. Though the conventional heroine of the film was Kalpana Kartik (who later married Dev Anand in real life), the film truly belonged to Geeta Bali. "Tadbeer se bigadi hui" and "Suno gajar kya gaaye" became chartbusters.

More to follow...

Here is a nice quote from our write-up on S D Burman sahab on www.geetadutt.com in relation to Geeta ji's songs for the film Baazi.

http://geetadutt.com/burman.html


Through 1950, Geeta Dutt established herself firmly as a singer of conventional, typical filmi songs. However, in 1951 she broke out of that mould with another SDB composition in the film Baazi, when she sang ‘sun gajar kyaa gaaye, samay guzartaa jaaye / husn bhi faani hai aur ishq bhi faani hai /hanske bitaale, do ghadi ki jawaani hai’. This gave a whole new dimension to Geeta’s career, in which she explored the alluring, sensual and provocative aspects of her voice. In the end, this was the genre in which she was unfortunately typecast. For now, as we just begin to explore this fun and peppy side of Geeta Dutt’s voice, we would discover songs in Baazi which are just pieces of pure delight, the classic tadbeer se bigri huyi taqdeer bana le’, the sweet and innocent appeal of ‘aaj ki raat piyaa, dil naa toro’ and the absolutely fun chorus ‘dekh ke akeli mohe barkha sataye’ where her exclamations of ‘ui’ totally captures the imagery of a young girl caught unawares in the rain.

I like the song suno gazar kya gaaye for the way it shows Geeta Bali's character trying to warn Dev Anand's character about whats going to happen in a very mysterious way. Of course, It was not to be. I recently watched the movie for the first time and loved it. Must say that Shamshad begum also sang her only solo which was introduction for geeta bali's character Sharmaye kahe ghabraye kahe also equally well. Sadly, its not remembered that much today. It is also a gem.

According to earth music Shadi Ki Raat has a geeta-khan mastana duet "Main Bhi Jawaan Gori Tu Bhi jawaan". I have not seen or heard the song. if its available with any of the members do please share it.

Thanks HB for reminding on the only Shamshad solo from the film. I checked youtube for this and its a wonderful song.

http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=NFu5GW7sPI4

AFAIK, "Suno gazar kya gaaye" and "Tadbeer se bigadi" both were huge hits.

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Parag

Glad you like the song. She's really sung it well.
I also love another Geeta Dutt song from Baazi, Dekh Ke Akeli Mohe Barkha Sataaye. When I first heard the song, I felt it must be picturised with the heroine getting wet on a rainy night. I was surprised to see in the film that it was actually picturised as a club song with Geeta Bali clad in rain coat + having an umbrella!
I had never imagined a club song like this one. Geeta ji sings it with full josh. The song is fabulous. When she sings Dekh ke akeli mohe barkha sataaye, she conveys so well a girl's emotions afraid of water drops and the next minute, her Ui's bring a natkhat charm to the song.

It is also interesting to note that one of the songs (i forget which) from the movie was inspired from a gujarati hit of Geeta ji originally composed by Avinash Vyas ji. (I remember reading this somewhere).

The same song "Dekh ke akeli mohe" from Baazi is inspired from the Garba song "Taaliyon naa taale" from Mangal Phera.



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Parag

Request reupload of the original. Although its probably her most famous Gujrati song, I don't have it! She had a lovely duet with Chunnilal Pardesi in the movie, Amey Mumbai Na Rehvasi too which I have courtesy Devje probably!

This post has been edited by hildebrand: Jan 9 2009, 06:17 AM

Yes it was uploaded by Dev ji bhai. I love the song.



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Parag

The superhit song "Taaliyon na taale" (and 13 more songs) has been posted here

http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?s=&a...st&p=563424

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Parag

Baazi (1951) changed the course of the career not only for young Geeta Roy but also for composer Sachin Dev Burman sahab. Sahir Ludhiyanavi sahab became one of the most sought after lyricist. The team of Sahir - S D Burman - Geeta Dutt brought out more memorable songs in the coming years...

Here is a lovely pic of actress Geeta and singer Geeta on the sets of Baaz (1952)

Geeta ji sang a total of six songs (all solos or with chorus), out of which 3 were filmed on the lead heroine Kalpana Kartik. The rest 3 were filmed on Geeta Bali who plays the mall.

Posting these 3 songs, audio courtesy Swarapriya


Tadbeer Se Bigdi Hui_Geeta Dutt_Baazi_1951_S D Burman_Sahir_192KBPS_0322min

Suno Gajar Kya Gaaye_Geeta Dutt_Baazi_1951_S D Burman_Sahir_192KBPS_0459min

Dekh Ke Akeli Mohe Barkha Sataye_Geeta Dutt_Baazi_1951_S D Burman_Sahir_192KBPS_0314min