Remembering Geeta Ji On 20th July This Year, Website upgrade and a special HF Radio program! Options

[parag_sankla]

20th July is the death anniversary of Geeta ji. It will be 37 years since she has left us for heavens.

Geeta Dutt fans will be making this is special day with launching of the upgraded version of our website www.geetadutt.com. The upgraded version will have a menu based navigation system, a jukebox and a video player.

We will also have a 2 hour special Radio program on HF radio where we will play songs of Geeta ji.

Inviting all to join us.

More details about the radio program coming up soon.


Geeta Dutt fans team

Million thanks Subir bhai for this excellent graphic.

This post has been edited by parag_sankla: Jul 17 2009, 11:56 PM

[parag_sankla]

Messages have been posted on online communities like RMIM, Saat Sur, Orkut etc.

Need help from music lovers to spread the word around.

Thanks

[rashmi mehta]

sir please give d timings for launching

CONGRATES SIR!

TO U AND ALL THE FANS OF GEETADUTTJI

BEST OF LUCK FOR D SAME

AWAITING FOR D SAME

ALL DREAMERS AND DEDICATE PERSON'S DREAM WILL COME TRUE

AND HARD WORK WILL DEFINATELY BE ABOVE UR EXPECTATIONS

[rashmi mehta]

thandi hawa kali ghata aa hi gai jum ke

geetadutt was same - jaise baarish aake baras gai and her singing make us to feel d same

u all fans say a lot for her so what shall i say?

ya a grt artist legend and not more words to describe her and her art!

a star will shine always in d heart of her fans!

and d site which will launched by her fans will also be same unique and so no words for it also!

[parag_sankla]

We hope that all the music lovers will like the upgraded version of our site.

Thanks Rashmi ji.

[madsur]

Dear friends,
I have been in this forum for about 10 months. These 10 months have, truly, been an education and a very humbling experience. Though I have been listening to HFM for the last 40 years, Geetaji had always been a distant kind of figure in HFM and I had not known about her vast [i]repertoire [i] outside the cloistered world of Guru Dutt films. There was only one other exposure - HMV (in those days) cassette featuring Talat Mahmood & Geetaji's duets & other HMV publications such as Rare Gems etc. But in all the published music of Geetaji the mainstays were Guru Dutt films & some duets with Hemant Kumar & Rafi. As one grew older, my collection of Geetaji's songs grew thanks only to HMV. The song that pointed to world of Geetaji's music , beyond Guru Dutt films, was 'Baat Chalat' - Ladki 1953 (R. Sudharsanam & Dhaniram) - a song that seemed absolutely fit for Geetaji's voice. I first heard thing in 1988 and the passion for Geetaji's voice was firmly in place.

My stint in HF opened a new world that seemed to exist almost independantly, as it were, outside HMV. I realised that there existed a vast treasure trove of HFM and and among that was the hugely untapped & unknown ( definitely it applies to me) vocal magic of Geetaji. The experience has been truly elevating.

My interest in Geetaji's songs having been aroused by the offerings in this forum, I have been following the proceedings of this forum very keenly. I do not see much activity in Ashaji's forum, my another passion. But the kind fireworks that were happening here was truly magnificent. It would not be out of place to give a standing ovation to Paragji. I am sure he will shrug it off saying, I am a mere re-uploader.

Re-uploader, he might be, but it also requires some one to contribute so that he can 'merely re-upload' that.
That he has been able, almost single handedly but, certainly, with single minded devotion, to galvanise so many members to contribute from their [i]khazana[i] is no mean achievement. So everyone who has contributed to raising levels of awareness about Geetaji's music through this forum & the website deserve a standing ovation. Names of Hilderbrand & Anupamaji come in as top-of-the-mind recall, not that others' contributions are any less.

This website is certainly a work of love, passion & dedication to Geetaji's music. I have been a frequent visitor and certainly look forward to its new avatar. I do not wish to miss the 2 hour radio programme. One humble request - can a repeat broadcast be arranged, if some kindred souls were to miss it.

Certainly, Geetaji would be pleasantly bemused about the excitement about her brand of music, about 40 years after her demise.

mss

[RajanCS]

I fully agree with MSS regarding Parag's single handed effort in raising awareness of Geetaji's songs (mainly outside Gurudutt productions). Being a person of few words, I really do not find words good enough for your appreciation, Parag. Great work. Congrats.

I am thrilled to know about the proposed 2 hr program scheduled on July 20th. Look forward to know the timings.

Sincere regards,

Rajan

[simplefable]

Parag...Am very happy for more than one reasons.
I whole heartedly wish the endeavour to be great success. Beautiful people like Geeta ji cant be forgotten in a life time...they have left too many treasures around us.

[parag_sankla]

The Geeta Dutt fans team will be presenting a special Radio program on the death anniversary of Geeta ji and the launching of upgraded version of the website (www.geetadutt.com) dedicated to her. Every fan of good music is welcome to enjoy this special program.

The timing of the special radio program on HF Radio is on 19th July 2009, Sunday 09:00 PM IST (Indian Standard Time).

India Sunday July 19, 2009 - 9.00 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Pakistan Sunday July 19, 2009 - 9.30 p.m. to 11.30 p.m.

UK (London) Sunday July 19, 2009 - 3.30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m.

USA (EST) Sunday July 19, 2009 - 10.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m.

USA (PST) Sunday July 19, 2009 - 7.30 a.m. to 9.30 a.m.

Australia (CST) Monday July 20, 2009 - 1.00 a.m. to 3.00 a.m.


The program will be repeated again at the following times for the convenience of music lovers in the North America and Australia


India Monday July 20, 2009 - 7.30 a.m. to 9.30 a.m.

Pakistan Monday July 20, 2009 - 8.00 a.m. to 10.00 a.m.

UK (London) Sunday July 19, 2009 - 2.00 a.m. to 4.00 a.m.

USA (EST) Sunday July 19, 2009 - 9.00 p.m. to 11.00 p.m.

USA (PST) Sunday July 19, 2009 - 6.00 p.m. to 9.00 p.m.

Australia (CST) Monday July 20, 2009 - 11.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m.

Please tune in to the HF radio for this special program.


Thanks

This post has been edited by parag_sankla: Jul 13 2009, 07:50 AM

[parag_sankla]

A kind request to all:

Those who have friends/relatives in the media industry can help us. It will be great if they can make a program/news item on Geeta ji on the occasion of her death anniversary. They can also mention about the website.

Please contact us at geetaduttfans@gmail.com regarding this.

Thanks in advance

Parag

[parag_sankla]

Dear friends,
I have been in this forum for about 10 months. These 10 months have, truly, been an education and a very humbling experience. Though I have been listening to HFM for the last 40 years, Geetaji had always been a distant kind of figure in HFM and I had not known about her vast [i]repertoire [i] outside the cloistered world of Guru Dutt films. There was only one other exposure - HMV (in those days) cassette featuring Talat Mahmood & Geetaji's duets & other HMV publications such as Rare Gems etc. But in all the published music of Geetaji the mainstays were Guru Dutt films & some duets with Hemant Kumar & Rafi. As one grew older, my collection of Geetaji's songs grew thanks only to HMV. The song that pointed to world of Geetaji's music , beyond Guru Dutt films, was 'Baat Chalat' - Ladki 1953 (R. Sudharsanam & Dhaniram) - a song that seemed absolutely fit for Geetaji's voice. I first heard thing in 1988 and the passion for Geetaji's voice was firmly in place.

My stint in HF opened a new world that seemed to exist almost independantly, as it were, outside HMV. I realised that there existed a vast treasure trove of HFM and and among that was the hugely untapped & unknown ( definitely it applies to me) vocal magic of Geetaji. The experience has been truly elevating.

My interest in Geetaji's songs having been aroused by the offerings in this forum, I have been following the proceedings of this forum very keenly.

This website is certainly a work of love, passion & dedication to Geetaji's music. I have been a frequent visitor and certainly look forward to its new avatar. I do not wish to miss the 2 hour radio programme. One humble request - can a repeat broadcast be arranged, if some kindred souls were to miss it.

Certainly, Geetaji would be pleasantly bemused about the excitement about her brand of music, about 40 years after her demise.

mss

Dear Suresh ji

Practically every one who has joined this forum and have started taking interest in the Geeta Dutt forum have had this experience. Thanks to HMV, most of the music lovers know about 150 odd songs of Geeta ji to the maximum. This forum showcases many of her lesser heard songs. We all are thankful to the admins of this forum for giving this great platform to listen to and discuss about Geeta ji's songs.

I have already shared the details of the program and its repeat broadcast schedule. Hope you will be able to tune in at either of the timings.

We all hope that the site will continue to offer something or other interesting features to the music lovers. Keep visiting our site.

Best Regards
Parag

[parag_sankla]

Rajan,

Please keep visiting Geeta ji's forum on HF and our site www.geetadutt.com. We hope you will surely keep finding interesting things on both the places. Let us all do our small efforts in keeping alive the memories of our beloved singer Geeta ji.

Warmest Regards
Parag

[parag_sankla]

Parag...Am very happy for more than one reasons.
I whole heartedly wish the endeavour to be great success. Beautiful people like Geeta ji cant be forgotten in a life time...they have left too many treasures around us.

Many thanks Venkat. The thing which keeps me thinking about Geeta ji is that she was a great human being apart from being a great singer. The destiny was not too fair to her and IMHO she did not get the name, fame and happiness in life she deserved rightfully. We hope this forum and our site help a bit in keeping her memories alive for years to come.

Parag

[parag_sankla]

HF member and our friend Waheed bhai (tumtum_tajik) will be playing songs of Geeta ji in the special program for about 45 minutes. Then I will take over and play for the remaining period of 1 hr 15 minutes. Based on the interest of the listeners and responses, we might continue it for some time more.

In case any one is interested in playing her songs, please let me know.

Regards
Parag

[parag_sankla]

thandi hawa kali ghata aa hi gai jum ke

geetadutt was same - jaise baarish aake baras gai and her singing make us to feel d same

u all fans say a lot for her so what shall i say?

ya a grt artist legend and not more words to describe her and her art!

a star will shine always in d heart of her fans!

and d site which will launched by her fans will also be same unique and so no words for it also!

Thanks Rashmi ji for describing Geeta ji's voice in simple yet so effective words.

Best Regards
Parag