Hi freinds

here is an excerpt which these were geetaji's favourites as mentioned by her only in 1957.though her most of the good works came later.


In early 1957 while selecting the ten best songs that she has sung, Geeta Dutt mentioned

' People have a complex that successful film songs are not necessary the best. I beg to differ. If a song catches public fancy it could only be because of all round perfection in all departments - in its music, in its writing, in its singing. Should I then list my ten best songs or my ten most popular songs? The dividing line, I feel is very thin. The songs that have stood the test of public approval and the songs that have personally appealed to me are the same. '

The ten songs she selected then represented definite landmarks in her singing career. They are:

'Mat ja mat ja jogi' (Jogan - 1950 ) This was her own personal favourite.
'Mera sundar sapna beet gaya' (Do Bhai - 1947 )
'Na yeh chand hoga' (Shart - 1954 )
'Tadbir se bigdi hui taqdeer' (Baazi - 1951 )
'Yeh lo main hari piya' (Aar Paar - 1954 )
'Khayalon mein kisike' (Baawre Nain - 1950 ) with Mukesh
'Aaj sajan mohe ang laga lo' (Pyaasa - 1957 )
'Jaane kya tunhe kahi' (Pyaasa - 1957 )
'Ae dil mujhe bata de' (Bhai Bhai - 1956 )
'Hai yeh duniya kaunsi' (Sailaab - 1956 )


This as mentioned was in early 1957. Citing the reason for her selections Geeta mentioned:

' I feel that a song must express human emotions in simple language and in a tune that affords the singer sufficient scope to do full justice to the thought underlying the lyric. I
feel that the songs I have listed are simple enough to be appreciated by people of all ages at all times.'

Some of Geeta's best work for e.g. 'Waqt ne kiya kya haseen sitam' from Kaagaz ke Phool(1959), 'Chale aao, chale aao' from Sahib Bibi aur Ghulam (1962) and the songs of Anubhav (1971) were to come later and naturally they do not find a place in that list.


( found on net )

warm regards

ashish

Hi

I have one point raised in my mind that Lyrics of Sahir Ludhanvi played very good role though she had hits from many other too baazi,pyaasa ,kagaz ke phool
My brother studied in The same college in which he once studied .here he had a seminar hall and botanical garden named after him

regards

ashish

Ashish,
Baazi and Pyaasa are Sahir Lyrics too. It was after Pyaasa that Guru Dutt and SDB developed a strained relation with Sahir Ludhianvi......that is why he could not convince Sahir and SDB to work together on Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam in 1962 and was forced to turn to Shakeel Badayuni-Hemant Kumar combination.....
Like his friend Dev Anand, Guru dutt only preferred SDBurman and OP was secondary to him----and Geeta Dutt introduced him to OP after Burman Dada refused to compose for BAAZ...

Bappa

Hi All

I was just going through old threads on the forum and found this one.

I thought it is a good idea to upload 10 of Geetaji's own personal favourites.

(1) 'Mat ja mat ja jogi' (Jogan - 1950 ) This was her own personal favourite.
(2) 'Mera sundar sapna beet gaya' (Do Bhai - 1947 )
(3) 'Na yeh chand hoga' (Shart - 1954 )
(4) 'Tadbir se bigdi hui taqdeer' (Baazi - 1951 )
(5) 'Yeh lo main hari piya' (Aar Paar - 1954 )
(6) 'Khayalon mein kisike' (Baawre Nain - 1950 ) with Mukesh
(7) 'Aaj sajan mohe ang laga lo' (Pyaasa - 1957 )
(8) 'Jaane kya tunhe kahi' (Pyaasa - 1957 )
(9) 'Ae dil mujhe bata de' (Bhai Bhai - 1956 )
(10) 'Hai yeh duniya kaunsi' (Sailaab - 1956 )

Parag

Some of the songs are courtsey HF, some are from my own collection.

(1) 'Mat ja mat ja jogi' (Jogan - 1950 )

(2) 'Mera sundar sapna beet gaya' (Do Bhai - 1947 )

(3) 'Na yeh chand hoga' (Shart - 1954 )

(4) 'Tadbir se bigdi hui taqdeer' (Baazi - 1951 )

(5) 'Yeh lo main hari piya' (Aar Paar - 1954 )

(6) 'Khayalon mein kisike' (Baawre Nain - 1950 ) with Mukesh

7) 'Aaj sajan mohe ang laga lo' (Pyaasa - 1957 )

(8) 'Jaane kya tunhe kahi' (Pyaasa - 1957 )

The last 2 songs are

9) 'Ae dil mujhe bata de' (Bhai Bhai - 1956 )

(10) 'Hai yeh duniya kaunsi' (Sailaab - 1956 )

(I do not have this song at this moment. I will upload it later ! Sorry !)

Parag

Well...I just realized that I do not have the song 'Hai yeh duniya kaunsi' (Sailaab - 1956 )

I used to have it on audio casettes and that memory is so alive that I felt I do have it on CD or in MP3 format. Just realized I dont !!

Can anyone please upload it ?

Thanks in advance !

Best Regards
Parag

I have the song in 96kbps but has a lot of scrtachy sounds. I will be glad to upload it if no one has a better version in the next day or two.

Prabhakar

parag and friends,
here is the song-''hai yah duniya kaunsi'' from sailaab.



enjoy,
mahesh

Thanks "Mr. Ever Dependable" Mahesh !

Parag

Hi Paragji

good work.. geeta ji is one of the singers who came and conquered in very less time but life's not bed of roses for everyone... do u have clips etc from the movie in which she worked or jingles she worked with kavita krishnamurthy in 70's
ashish

Thanx Parag Bhai,
For all those wonderful Geeta ji GEMS
Great work much appreciate.

Warm Regards,
MUKESHFAN

Dear Ashish, many thanks for your kind words about our beloved singer. I am myself looking for movie clippings and radio jingles of her. In one of the posts Bawra Jay had mentioned that he had some of them. I am still waiting to hear anything from Jay ji. Tried sending him a PM but looks like his mail box is full.

Let us hope one day we find those rare clippings.

Parag




Mukeshfan ji, seeing you here after quite some time. Many thanks and do keep in touch. The real contributors to this forum are great collectors like mahesh ji, dharmavir ji, shuklas ji and many other greats.

Take care and do keep in touch

Warmest Regards
Parag

Revivign this thread dedicated to personal favorites of Geetaji

Parag

This shows simplicity of this legendary singer :

In early 1957 while selecting the ten best songs that she has sung, Geeta Dutt mentioned

' People have a complex that successful film songs are not necessary the best. I beg to differ. If a song catches public fancy it could only be because of all round perfection in all departments - in its music, in its writing, in its singing. Should I then list my ten best songs or my ten most popular songs? The dividing line, I feel is very thin. The songs that have stood the test of public approval and the songs that have personally appealed to me are the same. '

Reviving this thread where Geeta ji herself selected her 10 personal favorites.

How about we sharing our list of 10 favorite songs of Geeta ji ?

Cheers
Parag

Here is my personal 10 favorites list, not necessarily in a particular order

01) Mera sundar sapna beet gaya - Do Bhai ( S D Burman)
02) Na yeh chand hoga - Shart ( Hemantkumar)
03) Waqt ne kiya - Kagaz ke phool ( S D Burman)
04) Chand hain wohi - Parineeta ( Arunkumar)
05) Aye dil mujhe bata de - Bhai Bhai ( Madan Mohan)
06) Thandi hawa kaali ghata aa hi gayee jhoomke - Mr and Mrs 55 ( O P Nayyar)
07) Ghunghat ke pat khol re - Jogan (Bulo C Rani)
08) Koi chupke se aake - Anubhav (Kanu Roy)
09) Aaj ki raat piya - Baazi ( S D Burman)
10) Nainon se nain milake - Hamari Manzil (Husnalal Bhagataram)

* Special mention of these lovely songs

Yeh hawa yeh fiza - Non film song
Nishi raat baaka chand akashe - Prithivi Amara Chhaye - Bengali (Hemant Kumar)
Rakh na ramakda - Mangal Phera - Gujarathi (Avinash Vyas)