I am starting a new thread dedicated to soft and romantic solos and duets of Geeta ji with various male playback singers like Rafi sahab, Mukesh ji, Kishoreda, Hemantada, Manna Dey ji and G M Durrani.

Contributions are most welcome from all, no sad songs please. Only soft romantic solos and duets please..

I am starting this thread with an all time personal favorite true-blue romantic song from the film "Jaan Pehchaan"(1950). The song is composed by Khemchand Prakash sahab and lyrics by Shakeel Badayuni sahab. The audio was shared by a generous HF member some time back.

Araman bhare dil ki lagan
Geeta Dutt , Talat Mahmood
Jaan Pahechaan (1950)
Khemchand Prakash
Shakeel Badayuni
160 KBPS
03.48 min
mp3

Picturised on Raj Kapoor and Nargis, this sweet and soft romantic song is sung by Talat Mahmood sahab and Geeta ji. By seeing the video, it seems like a dream sequence.

I had an audio cassette of duets of Geeta ji and Talat sahab and I used to play this song over and over again. I still enjoy this song and hope that all those who love soft romantic songs will appreciate this one.

Here is the link of the video of this sweet song on Youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQyncFAde5Q

Here is a lovely duet from another early fifties film, this time filmed on Ajit and Manorama (?). The singers are the great Mohd Rafi sahab and Geeta ji. The melody is composed by Chitragupta ji who never made to the top bracket of composers in spite of giving melodious music film after film and immense talent. The wordings are by the veteran Dina Nath Madhok who was good at words and music too. (He is the same lyricist who penned the superhit songs of Rattan)

Badi mushkil se aisi sham aayee hain
Mohd Rafi , Geeta Dutt
Tarang (1952)
Chitragupta
D N Madhok
128 KBPS
03.13 min
mp3

Audio courtesy HF members

Only after joinng HF I came to know that Geeta ji sang maximum no of songs composed by Chitragupta ji. This meastro also composed maximum number of duets of Rafi sahab and Geeta ji.

I could not neither find youtube video of this song nor any decent pics of the stars Ajit and the heroine Manorama (as per IMDB).
Its almost impossible to get pics of lyricists, so search on pics of Madhok sahab did not give any results. I am posting a pic of Chitragupta ji and a pic of Rafi sahab with Geeta ji.

Very rarely one will relate a soft romantic (nearly sensuous) song composed by Shanker Jaikishen ji to Geeta Dutt, with whom the composer duo sparingly worked. Dev Anand's Love Marriage (1959) has not one but two songs by Geeta ji and both are unique in their own way. The jazzy fast-paced duet "Dil se dil takarayein" with Rafi sahab is a relatively popular number, but I am talking about the other song, a solo, picturized on the actress Mala Sinha. "Kareeb aao na tadapao humein kehna hain kuchh tumse tumhaare kanon mein" is a super soft romantic number. The sensuousness is so subtle !



I am not able to get the name of the lyricist, so I am assuming it is either Shaliendra ji or Hasarat Jaipuri ji.

Once again I could not find a video/youtube link for this song, so it will be great if some one can help with that.

Karib Aao Na tadapao
Geeta Dutt
Love Marriage (1959)
Shanker Jaikishen
Lyrics : Shailendra or Hasarat Jaipuri
160 KBPS
04.05 min
mp3 CDQ

Thanks Venkat for correcting on the actress.

Geeta ji has sung some comic songs (Main tere pyar mein - Ziddi) and some bhajan styled songs (Aan milo aan milo - Devdas) with the veteran singer Manna Dey sahab. Here is one special romantic song "Woh dekho udhar chaand nikala gagan mein from an unknown film Roopkumari (1956). I myself got introduced to this song after I joined HF.

The beautiful lyrics of this song are credited to B D Mishra. I have not read anything about this lyricist. It will be great if any one can share some information on him. The sweet song is composed by another veteran composer Shri Naath (SN) Triapthi ji.

Just like his assistant Chitragupta ji, SN Tripathi got type-cast in certain genre of films and could not make it to the top bracket. Tripathi ji was trained in classical music and that richness shows in his compositions.

Woh dekho udhar chaand
Geeta Dutt , Manna Dey
Roopkumari (1956)
S N Tripathi
B D Mishra
96 KBPS
03.24 min
mp3

Audio courtesy HF members


Here is some information from the net on Tripathi sahab

http://www.downmelodylane.com/sntripathi.html

Actor, singer, composer, story and screenplay writer and film maker. The Late Shri Nath Tripathi was a man of many parts and talents. Many creative artistes have achieved greatness and immortality in the Indian film industry but only a few have displayed the range of versatility that S. N. Tripathi did with such consummate ease. S. N. Tripathi's main field of endeavour were the much-neglected, much scorned mythologicals to which he brought an aura of credibility thanks to his scholarship and painstaking research. Of course, much more would be required before S. N. Tripathi's immense contribution to the Indian film industry can be assessed properly.

Shri Nath Tripathi was born in a Brahmin family of Kashi (Benaras, U.P.) on 14th March 1913. His grand father Pandit Ganesh Dutt Tripathi was principal of Sanskrit Vidyapeeth, Kashi and his father Pandit Damodar Dutt Thakur was principal of Government high school, Kashi. He completed his education from Banaras. He did his B.Sc. from Allahabad. He took classical music training from V N Bhatkhande's Morris College of Music, Lucknow. He took light classical and folk music training from Maina Devi, Lucknow. He earned himself the degree of 'Sangeet Praveen' from Prayag Sangeet Samiti and 'Sangeet Visharad' from Morris Music College.

He went to Bombay and joined Bombay Talkies in 1935 as a violinist. He then joined music director Saraswati Devi as an assistant at a salary of Rs. 100 per month. He got his first break in Jivan Naiya as a singer ('Ae Ri Daiya Lachak Lachak Chalo..') in 1936. Jivan Naiya was also the first film of Ashok Kumar. He left Bombay Talkies in 1938, his last film with Bombay Talkies was Bhabhi (1938). In 1939 he got his first independent break as a music director in 'Chandan', which ultimately got released after two years in 1941. He composed his first song 'Nanha Sa Dil Deti Hoon..', sung by Rajkumari and Tripathi himself. He got his first success as a music director with Panghat (1943).

Besides music, Tripathi also tried his hand in acting. He got his first chance to act, in a film called 'Ram Bhakt Hanumaan' (1948), he played Hanuman in the film. He acted in many films in between. But he persued his career as a music director. He created some beautiful songs for the films like, Uttara Abhimanyu (1946), Ratan Manjari (1955), Janam Janam Ke Phere (1957), Pakshiraj (1959), Rani Roopmati (1959), Laal Quila (1960), Sangeet Samrat Tansen (1962) etc.

His first directorial venture was 'Ram Hanuman Yudhh' in 1959. He directed few more films after that, like, Kavi Kalidas (1959), Pakshiraj (1959), Rani Roopmati (1960), Amrit Manthan (1961), Piya Milan Ki Aas (1961), Sangeet Samrat Tansen (1962), Shiv Parvati (1962), Dev Kanya (1963), Maharaja Vikram (1965), Kunwari (1966) etc.

He was a many-splendoured personality. He composed music, wrote dialogues and stories for many regional films also. He died on 28 th March 1988, in Bombay.

Another melodious soft romantic duet now this time with the composer and co-singer Hemant Kumar sahab. The song flows like one is walking on the clouds. Majrooh sahab has penned the imaginative lyrics and the song is filmed on Mala Sinha the venus of Indian Cinema, Madhubala and Pradeep Kumar. Yes, you guessed it right, I am referring to the song "Chale hum kahan..kaho chale hum kahan" from the film Police(1958).

The tune is originally composed by Hemantda in Bengali for the song "Tumi je amar" which was sung by Geeta ji as a solo song.

I am uploading the original song as well for those who are interested in listening to it.

I have read that Geeta Dutt had a role to play in establishing Mala Sinha as an actress. Geeta ji recommended Mala, who was a relative newcomer to Guru Dutt for the role in Pyasa.

There are some more beautiful songs of Geeta ji filmed on Mala Sinha but another soft romantic duet of Geeta ji with Rafi sahab from Pyasa (Hum aap ki aankhon mein) is again an all time personal favorite of mine.

Details of the Hindi song :

Chale hum kahan
Geeta Dutt , Hemant Kumar
Police (1958)
Hemant Kumar
Majrooh
160 KBPS
03.26 min
mp3

Details of the Bengali song :

Tumi je amar
Geeta Dutt
Harano Sur (1957)
Hemant Kumar
128 KBPS
04.04 min
mp3

Here is the youtube link for the Bengali song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-2Xx74syXI

Movie: Harano Sur (1957)
Cast: Uttam Kumar, Suchitra Sen, Pahadi Sanyal, Bikash Roy

The next one is a foot tapping number from the rhythm king O P Nayyar from the film Musafirkhana (1955). Its a duet of Rafi sahab and Geeta ji filmed on Karan Diwan (Rattan fame) and Shyama (Aarpaar fame).

Achha ji maaf kar do thoda insaaf kar do
dil par joh teer chalaye unka hisaab kar do

Its a chhed-chhad song with romantic lure and has a typical OP stamp on it. It was 1955 and still Geeta was singing for OP, unlike the later years when it was all the way Asha.

Youtube link for this song is

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOCIhWxUdvo

Achha ji maaf kar do
Mohd Rafi, Geeta Dutt
Musafirkhana (1955)
O P Nayyar
Majrooh
160 KBPS
04.00 min
mp3

Audio courtesy HF members

Cheers
Parag

Lovely selection of songs Parag......However Police had a starcast of Pradeep Kumar and Madhubala not Mala sinha, i have
seen the film, and it has 2 more great duets by geeta dutt.......Oh oh oh baby , and chup jaa hamare dil mein....all of them with Hemant kumar

Hi Reeth

Thanks for correcting me, obviously I have not seen the movie. I just went by the information on Earthmusic (which is incorrect many a times). I should have cross-checked with IMDB.

Best Regards
Parag

Another soft and foot tapping romantic duet from the evergreen O P Nayyar sahab. This time its again Rafi sahab giving company to Geeta ji for the film CID. The song is filmed on Dev sahab and Shakila who got promoted from being a vamp in Aarpaar to the leading lady in CID (both films produced by Guru Dutt). The uniqueness of this song is that all the stanzas are sung by Geeta ji and Rafi sahab only sings the mukhda. This has been recently discussed on Rafi sahab's forum recently and no doubt Rafi sahab modulates his heavenly voice to give special effect to those lines.

Aankhon hi aankhon mein ishara ho gaya
Mohd Rafi, Geeta Dutt
CID (1956)
O P Nayyar
Majrooh

Shakila, just like other actresses whose acting capacities were limited, did not make it to the top. Soon she was seen low budget movies and slowly faded away. Yet, she will always be remembered for this evergreen sweet melody filmed on her

The audio has been recently posted in CDQ by our mega upload master Swarapriya recently, hence I am not posting it again.

Here is the link for the same
http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?s=&a...st&p=504702

The wordings are by Majrooh sahab and O P gives that special "OP" touch once again !

Here is the youtube link for the video of this song

http://youtube.com/watch?v=4p2ej_V91X0

Another Rafi - Geeta special duet this time on the composition of Burmanda. The year is 1960 and the film is Manzil. This Dev Anand and Nutan starrer had lyrics by Majrooh sahab. The song is "Chupke se mile pyaase pyaase kuchh hum kuchh tum"

Each stanza of this song is set to a different tune. This style is adopted by one of the most famous composers of today A R Rahman.

Enjoy this song in CDQ !

The link for the video on youtube is here

http://youtube.com/watch?v=K48YJ8nIQpM

Song details :


Chupke se mile pyaase pyaase
Mohd Rafi , Geeta Dutt
Manzil (1960)
S D Burman
Majrooh
192 KBPS
03.22 min
mp3 CDQ

Parag..here is the video of the song Kareeb aao..from Love marriage. Sorry to disappoint you , but the song is picturised on Pranoti / Neeta ...obviously a vamp. But to her credit, she did traipsed along the floor with steps from Bhangra to Belly dance to Bharatanatyam .Geeta did pour the sultry seduction ...try this for size..


Kareeb aao..na tadpao..
Love Marriage
Shankar Jaikishan
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Here is the rapidshare link for the song....


http://rapidshare.com/files/124066370/Kare...a_Dutt.rar.html

Thanks buddy for the video and the correction !

Cheers
Parag

After a row of duets, here is a lovely solo from the Nargis and Jairaj starrer Darogaji.

Apne sajan ke man mein samaayi re

Filmed on young Nargis, this song is composed by Bulo C Rani and penned by M L Khanna (father of composer Usha Khanna) this is a lovely song which I heard for the first time when Mahesh ji (maheshks) shared it on HF long time back.

Apne saajan ke man main samaayi re
Geeta Dutt
Darogaji (1949)
Bulo C Rani
M L Khanna
192 KBPS
02.36 min
WMA


Here is some interesting write-up about P Jairaj

http://www.upperstall.com/jairaj.html

jairaj (1909 - 2000)


Veteran actor P. Jairaj, who passed away at the Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai on August 11, 2000, was perhaps the last surviving artist having links with the silent era of Indian Cinema, having acted in 11 silent films besides well over 200 talkie films.

Jairaj was born on September 28, 1909, in the Nizam state of Karimnagar. His father was a public works department accountant. After he finished school in Hyderabad, Jairaj joined Nizam's College for a Bachelor of Science Degree. However tired of his family dictating his life to him, Jairaj dropped out of college and ran away to Bombay to seek the proverbial pot of gold. A fellow student and friend, Rangayya, rescued him from doing odd jobs at the dockyards. As manager of Mahavir Photoplays, a film distribution company, Rangayya saw the making of a screen hero in Jairaj who was a good-looking and well-built young man.

Jairaj's first film was Jagmugti Jawani (1929) in which he not only played friend to the hero, Madhav Kele, but also doubled for all of Kele's stunt scenes. He was then hired on a monthly salary as a full time employee of Young India Pictures. He was given two square meals a day and three rupees a month and shared a room in Girgaum with four other borders.

Raseeli Rani (1930), his second film, saw Jairaj play the romantic lead opposie Madhuri. The film was a success and established Jairaj as a promising new hero. Jairaj did other films at Young India all opposite Madhuri before moving on to Sharda Films where his salary jumped to thirty-five rupees and then seventy-five rupees a month. Here he was paired mostly opposite Zebunissa and the two were known as India's Gilbert and Garbo! His silent films were inspired by foreign spectaculars - Italian and American but even more so by novels. (For e.g. Raseeli Rani was based on Anthony Hope's The Prisoner of Zenda) Jairaj played mostly a swashbuckling hero in these films.

Jairaj recalled how films were made then...

"All shooting took place in natural sunlight. Our day began and ended early. We reached the sets by 7.30 a.m. and packed up by 5 p.m. ....... We each learnt our craft by trial and error. We discussed the story together, developed it and then started shooting. ....... It was a challenge,You had to make people laugh, cry or get angry through facial expressions and gestures only. Charles Chaplin is the best example of this art. But then, cinema, unlike the stage, is a visual medium. That was why silent movies had universal appeal."

Though he made it big as an actor, actors even male ones were considered scum in those days and Jairaj's own brother didn't speak to him for years declaring his brother had joined the bioscope!

The release of Alam Ara (1931) saw the Talkie film come to India. Jairaj switched over to the talkies relatively smoothly. Being a native Hyderabadi, he was fluent in Urdu and this helped immensely. Shikari (1932), bristling with lions, tigers and snakes, was his first talkie. But with the talkie came another problem. Actors had to sing their own songs and Jairaj was no singer. He did initially feel left out but the advent of the playback system in 1935 solved that problem.

Jairaj played a variety of roles and played a leading man in all genres of films right through the 1930s, 40s and 50s. He starred opposite the top actresses of the day - Bibbo (Mazdoor (1934)), Mehtab (Leatherface (1939)), Devika Rani (Humari Baat (1943)), Leela Chitnis (Char Ankhen (1944)) and Nargis (Anjuman (1948)) to name a few.

The 1950s was a prolific period for Jairaj. He starred in a number of successful screen versions of the lives of famous men due to his royal looks and muscular build like Amarsinh Rathod, Prithviraj Chauhan and so on. He also produced and directed a film - Sagar (1951) but the film based on Lord Tennyson's Enoch Arden starring Nargis and Bharat Bhushan along with him flopped at the box-office. Jairaj admitted...

"I did not have the business acumen to produce and promote a film. Unlike others producers, I had invested my own money."

From the 1960s Jairaj began accepting character roles. He also acted in Mark Robson's controversial Nine Hours to Rama (1963). The film and the book it was based on are still banned in India. Among other films he did include MGM's Maya (1966), starring Clint Walkar and I.S. Johar

In 1981 Jairaj was given the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award for his contribution to Indian Cinema. He continued acting through the 1980s and was seen in films like Masoom (1982) and Khoon Bhari Mang (1988) before finally retiring in 1994.

Ironically Jairaj passed away a day before his biography Jeevanachi Bharati Ohoti written by Shashikant Kinikar was to be released. It is indeed shameful that no newspaper gave his death more than a cursory paragraph. Some of Jairaj's other films include Rifle Girl (1938), Bhabhi (1939), Khilona (1942), Mera Gaon (1942), Tamanna (1942), Nai Kahani (1943), Shah Jehan (1946), Badbaan (1954), Munna (1954), Amarsinh Rathod (1956), Hatimtai (1956), Pardesi (1957), Char Dil Char Raahein (1959) and Razia Sultana (1962).

Here is another duet with Rafi sahab for the film Mr and Mrs 55. This is one of the sweetest and breeziest romantic duet sung by Geeta ji.

Udhar tum haseen ho
idhar dil jawan hain
Yeh rangeen raaton ki
ek dastan hain

Yeh kaisa hain naghma
yeh kya dastan hain
bata aye muhabbat
mera dil kahan hain...

Filmed on producer-director-actor Guru Dutt and evergreen Madhubala, this song has been artistically picturized. Its a treat to eyes to watch Madhubala who lights up the screen with her radiant smile.

Here is the youtube link for the video of this song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JbQs3L7A8c

Song details

Udhar Tum Haseen Ho
Mohd Rafi, Geeta Dutt
Mr and Mrs 55 (1955)
O P Nayyar
Majrooh
128 KBPS
04.04 min
mp3

I am not able to resist the temptation of posting another solo song of Geeta ji from the film Darogaji (1949). Its such a short (less than 3 minutes) and sweet song. Since I heard it for the first time (when Mahesh ji posted it) I have been hooked on to this one.
I dont know if the DVD of this film (with all the songs intact) is available or not, but it will be a pleasure to watch this song filmed on young Nargis.

Yes the song I am referring to is none other than
Mere man ke gagan main aaj chhitaki chandani
Geeta Dutt
Darogaji (1949)
Bulo C Rani
M L Khanna
192 KBPS
02.56 min
wma

Audio courtesy Mahesh ji

* All the songs from this film were sung by Geeta ji

Here is a write up on the composer Bulo C Rani

http://www.downmelodylane.com/bulocrani.html

A music director, however popular, is often forgotten with the passage of time when the trend of music changes. Bulo C Rani was one such composer whose best is buried under the debris of time. When the slow paced melodious music was replaced by the fast paced rhythmic melodies Bulo suddenly lost his relevance as a composer. He lived in a state of hybernation for so long that his death - a suicide - on 24th May 1993 at 73 was reported as if it was a matter of no big consequence. The eventful career of Bulo C Rani in the 40’s and the early 50’s was forgotten.

Mukesh, after his initial failure as a singer, drew attention only when he sang for Bulo in Moorti (1945) ('Badariya baras gai us paar..'). The film 'Jogan' (1950) was a landmark in Bulo’s career. His composing skill enabled him to enhance the inherent charm of Meerabai’s traditional bhajans such as 'Ghoonghat Ke Pat Khol re..', 'Main to Girdhar ke ghar jaaoon..', 'Damag damag dole naiya..' and 'Jogi mat ja, mat ja..'. Even the Holi song ('Rang daaro ri..') and the sentimental one in the voice of Talat ('Sundarta Ke Sabhi Shikari..') were no less appealing. More than Dilip Kumar and Nargis in the film it was Bulo’s music which turned out to be the real star.

Before 'Jogan' came his way Bulo had already earned recognition through the films such as 'Rajputani' ('Ja parwane ja kahin shama jal rahi hai..') and 'Anjuman' ('Kaise bataoon tum se is dil ko pyar kyun hai..') and the immense popularity of the song 'Armaan bhara dil toot gaya..' from the film 'Wafa' (1951). Bulo C Rani had a special fascination for heavy voices which were capable of more expressive power. For the same reason he was able to create a great impact on listeners with the voices of Amirbai ('Sooni padi hai payar ki duniya tere baghair..', Zohrabai ('Ankhon mein intezaar Ki duniya liye huve..') and Geeta Roy (Dutt) in the songs of 'Jogan'. Bulo did not hesitate to create an enchanting melody in the song 'Badi bhool hui tujhe pyar kiya..' in 'Maghroor'.
Bilwamangal (1954) was the last significant film of Bulo C Rani. Suraiya sang one of her most memorable song 'Parwanon se preet seekhli, shama se seekha jal jaana..' and so did C.H. Atma in 'Panghat pe more shyam bajaaye muraliya..'. Despite the popularity of a stray song such as 'Hamen to loot liya milke husn Walon ne..' sung by Ismail Azad and party in the film 'Al Hilal'(1958). Bulo C Rani just continued to drift because his music had not remained a viable commercial proposition. After 'Sunhare Qadam' (1966). Bulo's career came to an end. Having once enjoyed the position of prominence the lack of assignment made him restless.

It was an irony of fate that the song he composed in the voice of Lata in his last film 'Sunhare Qadam' was 'Maangne se jo maut mil jaati, Kaun jeeta zamane men...'. Irony was that in life he asked for death and he got it.

Here is another lovely song composed by Burmanda this time. I got to hear it on HF first and wow..what a song it is !

Bas chupke hi chupke se pyaar ho gaya
piya tera mera ho piya tera meraa




Geeta Dutt
Ek Nazar (1951)
S D Burman
Rajendar Krishan
160 KBPS
02.27 min
mp3

Audio courtesy HF members

Film :
Ek Nazar (1951)

Cast :
Karan Dewan
Nalini Jaywant
Gope
Kuldip Kaur
Rehman

List of romantic songs discussed so far :

(01) Araman bhare dil ki lagan - Geeta Dutt , Talat Mahmood - Jaan Pahechaan (1950)
(02) Badi mushkil se aisi sham aayee hain - Mohd Rafi , Geeta Dutt - Tarang (1952)
(03) Karib Aao Na tadapao - Geeta Dutt - Love Marriage (1959)
(04) Woh dekho udhar chaand - Geeta Dutt , Manna Dey - Roopkumari (1956)
(05) Chale hum kahan - Geeta Dutt , Hemant Kumar - Police (1958)
(06) Achha ji maaf kar do - Mohd Rafi, Geeta Dutt - Musafirkhana (1955)
(07) Aankhon hi aankhon mein ishara ho gaya - Mohd Rafi, Geeta Dutt - CID (1956)
(08) Chupke se mile - Mohd Rafi, Geeta Dutt - Manzil (1960)
(09) Apne saajan ke man main samaayi re - Geeta Dutt - Darogaji (1949)
(10) Udhar Tum Haseen Ho - Mohd Rafi, Geeta Dutt - Mr and Mrs 55 (1955)
(11) Mere man ke gagan main aaj chhitaki chandani - Geeta Dutt - Darogaji (1949)
(12) Bas chupke hi chupke se pyaar ho gaya - Geeta Dutt - Ek Nazar (1951)
(13) Piya aiso jiya mein samay gayo re - Geeta Dutt - Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962)
(14) Tum jo hue mere hamsafar - Mohd Rafi , Geeta Dutt - 12 OClock (1958)
(15) Pardesi se lag gayi preet re - Geeta Dutt - Jaan Pahechan (1950)
(16) Aaj ki raat piya - Geeta Dutt - Baazi (1951)
(17) Rimjhim ke tarane leke aayee barasat - Mohd Rafi , Geeta Dutt - Kala Bazaar (1960)
(18) Ik alhad balhad chhori ik paagal paagal chhora - Geeta Dutt - Ek Nazar (1951)
(19) Mujhko tum jo mile yeh jahaan mil gaya - Geeta Dutt , Hemant Kumar - Detective (1958)
(20) Aaj sajan mohe ang lagaalo - Geeta Dutt - Pyaasa_1957

It is almost impossible to leave out this lovely solo song (yes its a hat-trick of solos after a good no of duets) when talking of romantic songs of Geeta ji. The chhoti bahu is getting ready for her husband and describing her state of mind ! ("Main tan man ki sudh gawa baithi) Composed by Hemantda and penned by Shakil Badayuni ji, this is an all time classic of a song !

Piya aiso jiya mein samay gayo re
Geeta Dutt
Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962)
Hemant Kumar
Shakeel Badayuni
160 KBPS
04.06 min
mp3

Here is the youtube link for the video of this lovely song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=netfsvngLRI

The video is also available for download here (Courtesy Venkat)

http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?show...mp;#entry486792

I have read that Geeta ji had stopped singing for Waheeda Rehman (after Guru Dutt's relationship with her), which further reduced the assignments coming to Geeta ji. This was one movie where the actress was Waheeda and Geeta ji did agree to give playback to her. It must have been really difficult to sing a romantic song like "Tum joh hue mere humsafar raste badal gaye, laankhon diye mere pyar ki raahon mein jal gaye" for the "other woman" , but still Geeta ji gave her best to this (and the other songs from 12' O Clock).

The youtube link for the video of the song is :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXj8YQaxYEI

Here are the song details

Tum jo hue mere hamsafar
Mohd Rafi , Geeta Dutt
12 OClock (1958)
O P Nayyar
Majrooh
160 KBPS
03.25 min
mp3

Another beauty from Jaan Pehchaan (1950) composed by Khemchand Prakash sahab is "Paradesi se lag gayi preet re".
Filmed on young Nargis, its a typical song where a village girl falls for guy from the city (I havent seen the movie, just guessing based on the wordings of the song). Geeta ji's honey filled voice does full justice to this light romantic number !

The youtube link for the video of the song is :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-y0OMyTlS0E

Here are the song details

Pardesi se lag gayi preet re
Geeta Dutt
Jaan Pahechan (1950)
Khemchand Prakash
Shakeel Badayuni
160 KBPS
02.55 min
mp3

Any one having extended/film version of this lovely song, please share the same.

Thanks in advance

The next one is also a solo, but filmed on Dev Anand's real life wife Kalpana Kartik for "Baazi"(1951). Sahir and Burmanda are at their best in this breezy song. The humming at the beginning of the song is a heart stealer...

The youtube link for the video of the song is :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4F6SiCNxNY

Here are the song details

Aaj ki raat piya
Geeta Dutt
Baazi (1951)
S D Burman
Sahir
192 KBPS
02.53 min
mp3 CDQ



Audio courtesy Swarapriya

Parag Bhai,
List Bahut Khoob Bani Hai, Lekin Mera wala Gana(my most most most favourite duet) Kidhar Hai...
Rim-Zhim Ke Taraane Leke Aayee Barsaat.
Yaad Aaye Kisi Se Woh Pehli Mulaqaat.

AND, excuse me, ek aur yaad aayaa, duet with Suman..
Phulwa-Bandd Meheke, Dekho Lehke Dali-Daaali, Phulwaaaaa.
Bhanwara Kare Phere Mohe Ghere Ae Ri Aaaaleee. Phulwaaa.

[BTW there are so many ]

USR

Uttam bhai, thanks for visiting this thread. I am coming up with the rain-song from Kala Bazar soon.

Any more suggestions/recommendations are most welcome. In my thread "Mixed bag of happy songs" we had romantic and dance based, comic all kind of songs, hence this thread is dedicated only to romantic songs.

Cheers
Parag

Here is a lovely rain-song being played in background for Dev Anand and Waheeda Rehman for the film Kala Bazar on special request from Uttam bhai (USR). Kala Bazar is one of those films when Lata ji was not singing for Burmanda. Here we have Asha ji singing Sach hue sapne tere, Geeta ji for this duet and "Na main dhan chahoon" with Sudha Malhotra ji.

It takes a seasoned and natural singer like Geeta ji to sing a romantic duet and a bhajan for the same film with the same depth and feelings needed for each of these songs.

Here is the link on Youtube for the video of this song (The video is much shorter than the actual song)

http://www.youtube.com/v/kNs3wb6niO8

In case any one finds a link/full video of this song, please share. HT bhai had posted this video on another thread sometime back but even that is less than 2 minutes long.

Song details :
Rimjhim ke tarane leke aayee barasat
yaad aaye kisi se woh pehli mulaqat
Mohd Rafi , Geeta Dutt
Kala Bazaar (1960)
S D Burman
Majrooh
192 KBPS
02.52 min
mp3 CDQ

Audio courtesy Swarapriya

Here is a romantic song most likely filmed in the background (just like the evergreen "Chup chup khade ho" sung by Lata ji). I have not seen the film Ek Nazar, so any one who has seen the movie please confirm/correct.

Lovely sweet song originally shared on HF by Mahesh ji, this is also one of my personal favorites. A must listen !

Ik alhad balhad chhori ik paagal paagal chhora
Geeta Dutt
Ek Nazar (1951)
S D Burman
Rajendar Krishan
192 KBPS
03.55 min
WMA


Cheers
Parag

Geeta ji's brother Mukul Roy (I cant find a single pic of this composer) composed litting music for Detective (1958) starring Pradeep Kumar and Mala Sinha (this time its correct actress !). The highlight of this album are "Do chamakati ankhon mein" - Geeta Dutt and the slow rhythmic duet "Mujhko tum jo mile" sung by Geeta ji and Hemantda. Mujhko tum jo mile has all the ingrdients of a lovely soft romantic duet : simple words by Shailendra ji, perfect tune and voices of both the singers complimenting each other !

The link for the video of this on youtube is here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1Dtf7JCn-o

Song Details :

Mujhko tum jo mile yeh jahaan mil gaya
Geeta Dutt , Hemant Kumar
Detective (1958)
Mukul Roy
Shailendra
192 KBPS
04.00 min
mp3 CDQ


P.S. Beautiful humming by Hemantda at the beginning of the song is so melodious !

An ultimate heavenly experience of "Bhakti Ras" and "Shringaar Ras" is possibly the best description for the song "Aaj sajan mohe ang laga lo". Based on a Bengali kirtan (devotional song), this is a masterpiece by Sahir sahab who wrote the meaningful lyrics, Burmanda who composed this immortal song and Geeta ji who put her heart into it. On the screen it is filmed on a Jogan and in the background we see the passion the golden-hearted Gulabo (Waheeda Rehman) has for the poet Vijay (Guru Dutt).

An ultimate audio as well as visual experience. The genius of director Guru Dutt is seen in the situation and picturization of this lovely song. Cinematographer V K Murthy has used the black and white screen to its best and the expressions on Waheeda's face are beyond any words.

A song of a lifetime. Sung by Geeta ji who has put her best in this song..and what a song this is !

Presenting 3 versions of this song (version 2 and 3 are courtesy HF members)

1) With commentary by Kalpana Lazmi in CDQ
2) 78 RPM record version
3) Film version

Aaj sajan mohe ang lagaalo_Geeta Dutt_Pyaasa_1957_CDQ_S D Burman_Sahir_192KBPS_0503min.mp3

Aaj sajan mohe ang lagaalo_Geeta Dutt_Pyaasa_1957_78RPM_S D Burman_Sahir_96KBPS_0340min.mp3

Aaj sajan mohe ang lagaalo_Geeta Dutt_Pyaasa_1957_FilmVer_S D Burman_Sahir_96KBPS_0441min.mp3


The link to this video on youtube is

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUeBGQUC8CY

Here are the lyrics of this divine song :

Composer Ravi has been extremely loyal to his favorite female playback singer Asha ji with whom he has been working since his debut film Vachan. Very rarely we have seen Geeta ji singing for Ravi, still this duet of Geeta ji with Mukesh sahab is simple and sweet.

Posting rare pic of the lyricist Prem Dhawan sahab with Rafi sahab, Asha ji, Raj kapoor, Shanker and Jaikishen (Courtesy Rafi sahab's website). Also a few pics of composer Ravi from the net and a pic of handsome Mukesh ji.

Song details :

Tumse hi meri zindagi meri bahar tum
Geeta Dutt , Mukesh
Apna Ghar (1960)
Ravi
Prem Dhawan
128 KBPS
03.20 min
mp3

Audio courtesy HF members

Surprises ! Surprises ! Surprises !

Life never fails to surprise us ! I was just checking on youtube for Hamara Ghar and found the video of this lovely song posted there. Here is the link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3b7Nxqb6zdk

And the moment I saw the song, I realized probably why Ravi chose to have Geeta ji sing this song. The song is filmed on Shyama. Since Aarpaar and Bhai Bhai, Geeta ji must have been a favorite singer for Shyama and hence looks like Ravi called in for Geeta ji.

Neverthless, its a lovely song filmed on Shyama and Premnath. Enjoy the video

Cheers
Parag

If Asha ji was favorite of composer Ravi, then Geeta ji was surely a favorite singer for Bulo C Rani who trusted her with 11 songs in Jogan and all 12 songs in Darogaji to name just a few. Here is a lively romantic duet of Geeta ji once again with Mukesh sahab from the film Pyar ki Baatein (1950). This seems to be another production effort from Nargis's brother Akhtar Hussain (who produced Darogaji with Nargis and Jayaraj as lead actors.). Nargis stars in this movie with Trilok Kapoor as the hero of the film. IMDB gives the year as 1951 but other records on net say it is 1950. Not sure about which one is correct !

A "mast" romantic song with touch of vintage !

Song details :
Mast chaandni jhoom rahi hai
Geeta Dutt, Mukesh
Pyaar Ki Baaten (1950)
Bulo C Rani
Manohar Lal Khanna
192 KBPS
03.00 min
mp3

Audio courtesy HF members

P.S. A surprising discovery (for me at least) ! Trilok Kapoor is the only own brother of the famous Prithviraj Kapoor. Trilok Kapoor acted as Lord Shiv ji in the film "Har har mahadev" along with Nirupa Roy in Paravati's role. The music for this film was composed by Mythological expert Avinash Vyas. It has a breezy sweeet song by Geeta ji "Run jhun run jhun chali jaaon main". Geeta ji sang 7 more songs for this film. Here is the listing of her songs from this film

Bholenath se niraala gaurinath se niraala - Geeta Dutt , Badrinath Vyas
Gun gun gun gunjan karta bhanvara - Geeta Dutt
Hulululu haal re - Geeta Dutt
Kankar kankar se main poochhoon - Geeta Dutt
Man na maane man ki batiyaan - Geeta Dutt
Rumjhum rumjhum chali jaaun - Geeta Dutt
Shiv shankar bhole bhaale - Geeta Dutt
Shiv stuti - Geeta Dutt , Badrinath Vyas

And here is a song which completes hat-trick of duets with Mukesh sahab ! Lovely simple and sweet song from one of the most under-rated composer Chitragupta ji.

The song captures the essence of feelings of two lovers. The simplicity of Mukesh ji's singing is evident in such songs and Geeta ji compliments so well. The film Hum Matwale Naujawan stars unknown names Shekhar and Sayeeda Khan.

One of the first superhit duets of Geeta ji is also with Mukesh ji - "Khayalon mein kisi ke isi tarah aaya nahin karate" filmed on Vijayalakshmi and Raj Kapoor for the film Baware Nain.

Song details :

Beeti Nahin Raat Sanam
Geeta Dutt , Mukesh
Hum Matwale Naujawan (1961)
Chitragupta
Majrooh
192 KBPS
03.27 min
mp3

Audio courtesy HF members

List of romantic songs discussed so far :

(01) Araman bhare dil ki lagan - Geeta Dutt , Talat Mahmood - Jaan Pahechaan (1950)
(02) Badi mushkil se aisi sham aayee hain - Mohd Rafi , Geeta Dutt - Tarang (1952)
(03) Karib Aao Na tadapao - Geeta Dutt - Love Marriage (1959)
(04) Woh dekho udhar chaand - Geeta Dutt , Manna Dey - Roopkumari (1956)
(05) Chale hum kahan - Geeta Dutt , Hemant Kumar - Police (1958)
(06) Achha ji maaf kar do - Mohd Rafi, Geeta Dutt - Musafirkhana (1955)
(07) Aankhon hi aankhon mein ishara ho gaya - Mohd Rafi, Geeta Dutt - CID (1956)
(08) Chupke se mile - Mohd Rafi, Geeta Dutt - Manzil (1960)
(09) Apne saajan ke man main samaayi re - Geeta Dutt - Darogaji (1949)
(10) Udhar Tum Haseen Ho - Mohd Rafi, Geeta Dutt - Mr and Mrs 55 (1955)
(11) Mere man ke gagan main aaj chhitaki chandani - Geeta Dutt - Darogaji (1949)
(12) Bas chupke hi chupke se pyaar ho gaya - Geeta Dutt - Ek Nazar (1951)
(13) Piya aiso jiya mein samay gayo re - Geeta Dutt - Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962)
(14) Tum jo hue mere hamsafar - Mohd Rafi , Geeta Dutt - 12 OClock (1958)
(15) Pardesi se lag gayi preet re - Geeta Dutt - Jaan Pahechan (1950)
(16) Aaj ki raat piya - Geeta Dutt - Baazi (1951)
(17) Rimjhim ke tarane leke aayee barasat - Mohd Rafi , Geeta Dutt - Kala Bazaar (1960)
(18) Ik alhad balhad chhori ik paagal paagal chhora - Geeta Dutt - Ek Nazar (1951)
(19) Mujhko tum jo mile yeh jahaan mil gaya - Geeta Dutt , Hemant Kumar - Detective (1958)
(20) Aaj sajan mohe ang lagaalo - Geeta Dutt - Pyaasa (1957)
(21) Tumse hi meri zindagi meri bahar tum - Geeta Dutt , Mukesh - Apna Ghar (1960)
(22) Mast chaandni jhoom rahi hai - Geeta Dutt, Mukesh - Pyaar Ki Baaten (1950)
(23) Beeti Nahin Raat Sanam - Geeta Dutt , Mukesh - Hum Matwale Naujawan (1961)
(24) Sachhi Batein Batane Mein - Geeta Dutt - Adaa (1951)
(25) Jara zoom le jawani ka zamana hain suhanaa - Mohd Rafi , Geeta Dutt - Naujawan (1951)
(26) Aaja re sanam main toh naachu chhamachham - Geeta Dutt and chorus - Maa Ke Aansoo (1959)
(27) Oh raaja re mohe apni bana le re - Geeta Dutt - Leela (1947)
(28) Aji oh jee tumhen dekh jiya lehraaye - Geeta Dutt - Sipahsaalar (1956)
(29) Madahoshi mein tanahai mein - Geeta Dutt , G M Durrani - Shaikhchilli (1956)
(30) Nigahen mila - Geeta Dutt - Shole (1953)
(31) Chupke chupke dil mein mere aane wale ho - Mohd Rafi , Geeta Dutt - Hamara Ghar (1950)
(32) Dil de daala nazraana - Geeta Dutt - Musafirkhana (1955)
(33) Mujhe jaa na kaho meri jaan - Geeta Dutt - Anubhav (1971)
(34) Ham hain tere deewaane - Geeta dutt, Talat Mahmood - Shabistan (1951)
(35) More man mein samaaya hai pyaar - Geeta Dutt - Hua Savera (1948)
(36) Teri kasam tujhko sanam pyar kiyaa re - Geeta Dutt - Jagga Daku (1959)
(37) Jiyara baat nahin nahin maane kisiki - Geeta Dutt - Sailab (1956)
(38) Jab baadal lehraaya - Geeta Dutt - Chhoomantar (1956)
(39) Yeh shokh adaa mast nigah - Geeta Dutt , Shaminder - Son of Alibaba (1955)
(40) Yeh bheege bheege raat gagan - Mohd Rafi, Geeta Dutt - Dr Z (1959)
(41) Baar baar meri gali aana - Geeta Dutt - Sher E Baghdad (1957)
(42) Raat hai nikhri hui - Geeta Dutt , Krishna Goel - Malika (?)
(43) Kehne ko hai taiyar - Geeta Dutt , Surendra Nath - Kamal (1949)
(44) Humse thoda thoda pyar - Geeta Dutt , G M Durrani - Baghdad (1952)
(45) Aye jee tumse pehli baar aankhe hui chaar - Geeta Dutt - Nazaria (1952)
(46) Dil phanse deke jhanse hay teri nazar mastaani - Mohd Rafi , Geeta Dutt - Daaka (1959)
(47) Tum mere man mein - Geeta Dutt , Manna Dey - Durga Mata (1959)

Parag,

Thanks for this song. I liked it very much. The audio quality is also excellent.

Exon

You are welcome Exon. I think the song is in CDQ and is one of the gems from the 5 CD set "Legends" if I am remembering correctly

Cheers
Parag

Lata ji did not sing for Madan Mohan's first film Aankhen (1950) starring Shekhar, Bharat Bhushan and Nalini Jaywant. Meena Kapoor ji sang the hit song "Mori atariyaa pe kagaa bole" and Shamshad ji sang other songs. Adaa (1951) seems to be the next film starring Shekhar and Rehana. I am not able to search for songs of this film so not sure if Lata ji sang any song(s) for this film or not. I am posting a lovely solo sung by Geeta ji from this film. "Sachhi Batein Batane Mein kaisi sharam, hue mere balam hue mere balam". A lovely nice song where the heroine is declaring her love for her beloved.

Sachhi Batein Batane Mein
Geeta Dutt
Adaa (1951)
Madan Mohan
Saraswati Kumar Deepak
160 KBPS
03.09 min
mp3 CDQ

Extensive search on youtube did not help, so I am not sure if a video of this lovely song is available or not. The same about pics of the leading stars of the film !

Parag Lata Mangeshkar sang 2 very melodious songs for Adaa
'Sanwari surat man bhaye re piya' and 'Preetam meri duniya mein do din toh rahe hote'

Hi Pinky, thanks a lot for this information. Of course I love these 2 songs, just that I did not realize which film they are from.



Cheers
Parag

P.S. When I tried to search on Earthmusic for film named "Ada", it gave more than 20 pages of results with every song in every film which had the word "ada". Looks like it did search for *ada* !

Thats when I gave up that search.

Once again thanks.

Here is a smashing breezy romantic song by Rafi sahab and Geeta ji under the baton of Burmanda. The film is Naujawan (1951) for which Lata ji sang the evergreen melody "Thandi hawaayein laharake aaye". The film stars Premnath and the beautiful Nalini Jayawant. Once again I am not sure if this song is picturized on the leading pair or some other actors.

The use of rhythmic words (Jhanak jhanana ho jhanaana and tini mini tini mini) and perfect use of chorus voices is a special SDB touch in this song. Geeta ji has only one stanza in the song and heart skips a beat when she says "beet na jaaye sama suhanaa sunle man ki baatein re balam"

Song Details:

Jara zoom le jawani ka zamana hain suhanaa
jara jhoom le

Mohd Rafi , Geeta Dutt
Naujawan (1951)
S D Burman
Sahir
160 KBPS
03.47 min
mp3 CDQ

Here are some imortant facts on Premnath :

Premnath - Family, Fame & Facts
Name: Premnath (Prem Nath)

Birthday: 21st November 1926

Died: 3rd November 1992

Sibling(s): Brothers - Actor Rajendra Nath & Actor Narendra Nath. Sister - Krishna (wife of Raj Kapoor)
Spouse: Bollywood Actress - Bina Rai

Children: Sons - Prem Krishen & Kailash Nath and Grandchild - Actress Akanksha Malhotra and Daughter of Bollywood Actor Prem Krishen

Claim to Fame: Aag (194

First Movie Success: Barsaat (1949)

Movies to Transform the Career: Aag, Barsaat, Teesri Manzil, Johnny Mera Naam, Roti Kapada aur Makaan, Bobby, Aan, Tere Mere Sapne, Hum Dono, Dharmatma, Desh Preme and Aurat.

Family Connections: Married actress Bina Rai, brother of actors Rajindernath & Narendranath, father of actor Prem Krishen & Kailash Nath, Grandfather of Actress Akanksha Malhotra and Brother in law of Raj Kapoor through sister Krishna.

Here is a song from an unknown film Maa ke Aansoo composed by Sardar Malik sahab. I got to listen to this song when some generous soul at HF shared it. The name of the film indicates that its a tragedy movie, but this is a very cheerful song. Penned by Raja Mehdi Ali Khan, this song is sung by Geeta ji and chorus.

Song Details :

Aaja re sanam main toh naachu chhamachham
Geeta Dutt and chorus
Maa Ke Aansoo (1959)
Sardar Malik
Raja Mehdi Ali Khan
128 KBPS
03.17 min
mp3


Audio courtesy HF members

Here is some information on the lyricist :

The poet, writer and lyricist Raja Mehdi Ali Khan was born in Karmabad in undivided India. This township got its name from his zamindar grandfather. Raja Mehdi's early tutoring was under his mother Hebay Saheba soon after he had lost his father. Dr. Allana Iqbal has acknowledged Hebay Saheba as a leading Urdu poet.

In the early forties while serving at all India Radio, Delhi, Raja Mehdi Ali Khan got a call from his friend Sadat Hsan Monto the noted Urdu writer who had joined Hindi films. Raja started as a dialogue writer and did a role in Ashok Kumar's 8 Day's but writing dialogues and acting was not for him.

S. Mukherji the partner in Filmistan Studios gave Raja Mehdi the poet a chance to write lyrics in his film 'Do Bhai' (1946). Songs like 'Mera Sunder Sapna' and 'Yaad Karoge' from this film became instant hits. In 1947, in spite of communal riots, Raja Mehdi and his wife Tahira took the decision of staying in India rather than migrating to the newly formed Pakistan. In 1948 his patriotism manifested in his songs 'Watan ki raah mein' and 'Todi todi bachay' from the Dilip Kumar and Kamini Kaushal starrer 'Shaheed'

Raja Mehdi never discriminated when it came to working with established or new music composers. 'Madhosh' (1950) was music composer, Madam Mohan's debut film with Raja Mehdi. He had been associated with music composers like Iqbal Qureshi, Babul, S. Mohinder, Chic Chocolate and Rono Mukerjhi to name some. He has given some wonderful songs with C. Ramchandra (Mere piya gaye Rangoon) and O.P. Nayyar (Main Pyar Ka Rahi Hoon). However, he formed an immortal team with Madan Mohan.

'Anpadh', 'Mera Saaya', 'Who Kaun Thi', Neela Akash', Dulhan Ek Raat Ki' and 'Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah' were some outstanding films where this duo worked together. Raja Mehdi Ali Khan was the first lyricist to introduce 'Aap' in film songs. 'Aap ki nazron….' (Anpadh), 'Aap kyon roye' (Woh Kaun Thi), 'Aap ne apna banaya' (Dulhan Ek Raat Ki) are some examples. Incidentally, his song 'Lag ja gale' from the film 'Woh Kaun Thi' was one amongst the top ten all time favorites in film history to be 'retired' from Antakshri on Zee TV.

In the mid sixties Raja Mehdi Ali Khan paired with the next generation sensation. Laxmikant Pyarelal in films like 'Anita' and 'Jaal'. This was as far as Raja Mehdi's career was destined. He breathed his last on July 29 1996 leaving behind a treasure of songs that are still cherished by all lovers of poetry in film songs.

His surviving peers remember him for his great poetry, his criticism and love for food. In a TV interview, the late actor Mehmood recalled how he worked as Raja Mehdi's chauffeur during his youth. Raja Mehdi's poems and short stories regularly appear in Urdu magazines like 'Biswin Sadi', 'Shama Bano' and 'Khilona'. He is survived by a wealth of songs and Urdu 'Diwans' like 'Andaaz-E-Bayaan Aur' and 'Mizraab'

He lived like the Raja of good poetry till the end. He brought good poetry to Hindi songs when they were facing times when they were just considered as a pastime. He refused to compromise when it came to poetry. He could have been known as one of the greatest lyricist of Hindi films but preferred to live as a Raja of his own world, his own kingdom which no 'enemy' could even try to plunder or take away from him. A Raja like this Raja rules once in many decades and his rule is remembered for all time.

Source courtesy :

http://lyricists.weebly.com/raja-mehdi-ali-khan.html

Before joining HF I did not know that Geeta ji has sung songs for C Ramchandra ji. Here is a lovely solo from vintage film Leela (1947) starring Agha and Leela Mishra. The song is penned by another poet who never got fame in spite of great talents, Qamar Jalalabadi sahab.

Oh raaja re mohe apni bana le re
Geeta Dutt
Leela (1947)
C Ramchandra
Qamar Jalalabadi
128 KBPS
02.32 min
mp3

Audio courrtesy HF members

Here is a lovely solo from a relatively unknown film Sipahsalar (1956) starring Shammi Kapoor, Nadira, Helen and Kumkum. I have not seen this film so not sure if this song is filmed on the heroine Nadira or Helen or Kumkum. There is a slight disturbance for a few seconds in the audio. Any one having a better quality file please share the same.

Song details :
Aji oh jee tumhen dekh jiya lehraaye
Geeta Dutt
Sipahsaalar (1956)
Iqbal Qureshi
Farooq Qaisar
128 KBPS
03.03 min
mp3

Courtesy HF

Posting a rare pic of composer Iqbal Quershi sahab with Rafi sahab courtesy Mohd Rafi sahab's website (mohdrafi.com)

Here is an ultimate romantic number from a low budget film composed by a talented artist (who gave us "Laara lappa") Vinod. Soft romantic voices of Durrani sahab and Geeta ji are so apt for this true-blue melody. This song has been a personal favorite of mine since the first time I got it from HF.

Song details :

Madahoshi mein tanahai mein
Geeta Dutt , G M Durrani
Shaikhchilli (1956)
Vinod
Pandit Indra
128 KBPS
03.51 min
mp3

Courtesy HF

Movie details

Movie Name:Sheikh Chilli
Year:1956
Actors/Actresses: Mahipal , Shyama, Agha
Produced By:Ratan Moti
Directed By:Ramchandra Thakur
Music By:Vinod
Lyrics By:Pandit Indra

List of romantic songs uploaded so far on this thread is updated here

http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?s=&a...st&p=507894


Posting a rare pic of the hero Mahipal.

very good u/l with this news every song.
thanks
dhall

Dhall ji, bahut bahut dhanyawaad. Aap ne likha tha ki Geeta ji ki daughter Nina ji Canada aane waali hain. Aap ko unse milane ka mauka mila kya ?

Best Regards
Parag

Here is the song no 30 from another relatively lesser known film Shole (1953). The music for this was composed by Dhaniram and Naresh Bhattacharya. One notable song composed by Naresh ji which I know is "Jab badal ghir ghir aayenge" sung by Mukesh ji and Suraiyya ji for the film Daak Bungla (1947).
Dhaniram ji has composed the classical "Baat chalat nayi chunari rang daari" for Geeta ji in the film Ladki.

Nigahen mila
Geeta Dutt
Shole (1953)
Dhaniram and Naresh Bhattacharya
Sahir
128 KBPS
03.06 min
mp3

Courtesy HF

Here is a lovely duet of Geeta ji with har-dil-azeez Rafi sahab. Its one of the songs I used to listen on the radio cylone in the good old days. Never found this on any CD or cassette complilation but got it in reasonably good audio quality when a generous member of HF shared it some time back.

The film Hamara Ghar (1950) is directed by Nanabhai Bhatt and stars Meenakumari. Again it will be a treat to watch the video of this lovely song !

Song details :
Chupke chupke dil mein mere aane wale ho
Mohd Rafi , Geeta Dutt
Hamara Ghar (1950)
Chitragupta
Bharat Vyas
192 KBPS
03.13 min
mp3

Courtesy HF members

List of songs shared on this thread updated here

http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?s=&a...st&p=507894

A lovely romantic solo in CDQ ! Composed by rhythm king O P Nayyar, this breezy romantic number is filmed on Shyama for the film Musafirkhana (1955)

Song details

Dil de daala nazraana
Saiyyan ab hoga kya
jaane meri bala..dil de dalaa..



Geeta Dutt
Musafirkhana (1955)
O P Nayyar
Majrooh
160 KBPS
03.19 min
mp3

Here is an ultimate soft romantic solo from her last phase of the careeer, Anubhav (1971). Filmed on Tanuja and Sanjeev Kumar this is a sweet song with very little orchestration and is filled with lyrical magic of Gulzar. Kanu Roy (who is not Geeta ji's brother) composed this lovely song.

The link for the video on youtube is here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ev6PrRWXBhY

The backdrop of rain is making the song even more soft, sensuous and seductive !

Song details :

Mujhe jaa na kaho meri jaan
Geeta Dutt
Anubhav (1971)
Kanu Roy
Gulzar
160 KBPS
03.14 min
mp3

Courtesy HF members

The video of this song was posted by our HT bhai recently

http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?s=&a...st&p=496504

Here is another soft romantic duet with Ghazal king Talat Mehmood sahab. It is interesting to know that first two lines "hum hai tere deewane" is sung by the composer C.Ramchandra(Chitalkar)and the rest of the song by Talat Mehmood.

Some tit-bits of information on the leading pair Shyaam and Naseem Bano.

Shyaam was one of the most handsome hero Indian screen ever had. He was very well built and educated person born at Sialkot now in Pakistan. Shyaam died on set of Shabistan after falling off horseback right at the peak of his career.

An article on Naseem Bano :

http://thecinezine.com/Naseem_Bano.html

A tribute to Naseem Bano :

http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2002/jun/19banu.htm


Song details :

Song : Ham hain tere deewaane
Singers: Geeta dutt, Talat Mahmood
Movie: Shabistan
Year: 1951
Music: C. Ramchandra
Lyrics: Qamar Jalalabadi
Cast: Naseem Bano, Shyaam
Bitrate : 128 KBPS
03.00 min
mp3

Courtesy HF members

The link for the video on youtube is here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGlIlq-v0Xc

The song on the video is longer than the mp3 file by more than 1 minute. Any one having film version of this song, please share the same.