here is the first geeta poll.which music director exploited geeta's range to the maximum and composed some of her best songs.

My vote is out of this list:

KANU ROY

WHY????
Thats her brother, but why?????

I voted for O.P Nayyar

I voted for S.D Burman

I voted for SDB too - though it's close, the songs for Guru Dutt's films like Kagaz Ke Phool and Pyaasa make me vote in his favour over OPN. "Waqt Ne Kiya" - the greatest song of all time IMHO - would probably be the single most influential factor.
Though it looks like he's trailing begond OPN.

SDB gave Geeta her break!!!!

Hi

I TOO VOTED FOR S.D. BURMAN WHO GAVE TO HER IMMORTAL MELODIES LIKE BAAZI O KAGAZ KE PHOOL AND PYASSA.Baazi was released when she was considered good only to bhajans but sdb gave her new look.SHE WILL BE FOREVER REMEMBERED FOR THESE BEST COMPOSITIONS.

warm regards

ashish

I mentioned this before in this forum:

Hemant kumar said once in an interview on calcutta doordarshan that SDB was the only music director who numbers were all his, Geeta Dutt's, Lata's among the best ones.

Bappa

the names of the music directors i have included are the ones who scored music for more than fifty songs of geeta.while geetaji most well known hits are by the sdb,opn and hk trio;geeta was main singer for chitragupt ,s n tripathi and hansraj behl also from late forties to late fifties.
it would come as a surprise to many of her fans ;but it was chitragupt who gave maximum number of songs to geetaji.he also has the distinction for scoring music for maximum number of geeta-rafi duets.
regards,
mahesh

Mahesh ji Waiting eagerly with half-sleep for the cassette songs of Geeta ji you promised!!!!!!!
I don't care if the quality is bad....Geeta Dutt songs are very scarce and beggars like us cannot help but beg
Bappa

Just found this poll on the last page, and i voted for S D Burman



Niki

My vote is for Bulo C Rani

Parag

This was a poll created by Mahesh long time back. Any more votes please ??

Parag

Well, I don't know too much about Geeta Dutt's songs so take my opinion with a grain of salt.

Her most famous songs according to me are that "Babu ji Dheere Chal Na" and "Yeh Hai Bombay Meri Jaan". They both come from the baton of OP Nayyar. And both songs will be popular even 300 years from now. The first song really showcases Geeta Dutt's trademark: she glides through that song as if it was composed specifically for her. She seems so natural and her voice has so much life & zest. Which brings us to the next point - I understand that Geeta Dutt was a typecast for weepy songs & weep bhajans (and hearing those songs before OP Nayyar, I would have sadly thought the same - boy was I proven wrong). I love OP Nayyar's compositions - you can immediately tell his apart from that of others. OP's compositions were indeed peppy (it is said many times and the truth of it never wanes) so he finally utilized another dimension of Geeta Dutt. Most importantly, SDB was all about Lata - the others were his second serves. OP Nayyar was exactly the opposite. In fact, OP was a trendsetter - he is the one that positioned Rafi to be undisputed King from when going from 50s to 60s. OP made sure Rafi was voice for everyone in 50s. He did the same for Asha Bhonsle (who otherwise would have had a long delayed break). And I say he was beginning to do the same (before Asha) for Geeta Dutt. It was Guru Dutt and OP's personal matters that ruined this path. So for me, OP Nayyar is the clear choice.

Music lover ji

Thanks a lots for your vote and your opinion.
Many of the thoughts you shared are true. I just wanted to highlight one thing.
Burman da started off with Geeta ji (Baazi) and then switched over to Lata ji. At the same time, IMHO, SDB is the one composer who gave so many melodies for lots of female playback singers apart from Lata ji

Geeta ji - Kala Bazar
Sandhya Mukherjee - Sazaa
Shamshad - Bahar
Suman Kalyanpur - Miya bibi razi
Asha ji - Lajwanti
Suraiya - Afsar

I think the variety and spectrum of SDB is unparallel, again strictly IMHO.

Thanks
Parag