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| | 2 | == Geeta Dutt == |
| | 3 | |
| | 4 | Aka Geeta Roy. Singer born in Faridpur (now |
| | 5 | Bangladesh). Trained under composer |
| | 6 | Hanuman Prasad who launched her in Bhakta |
| | 7 | Prahlad (1946). First major hit in Filmistan |
| | 8 | production Do Bhai (1947) where, to S.D. |
| | 9 | Burman’s music, she sang Mera sundar |
| | 10 | sapna. Although an orthodox rendition |
| | 11 | compared with her later work, it pioneered a |
| | 12 | move away from the ghazal-inflected folk style |
| | 13 | inherited from the studio era represented by |
| | 14 | e.g. Amirbai Karnataki or by Shamshad |
| | 15 | Begum’s Pancholi songs. She had hits in |
| | 16 | Jogan (1950), composed by Bulo C. Rani (e.g. |
| | 17 | Ghunghat ke pat khole re) and Anarkali |
| | 18 | (1953), but is best remembered for her Guru |
| | 19 | Dutt films (she was married to the director) |
| | 20 | like Baazi (1951: she introduced a crooning |
| | 21 | style with her hit Tadbir se bigdi here), Mr and |
| | 22 | Mrs ’55 (1955), Pyaasa (1957), Kaagaz Ke |
| | 23 | Phool (1959) and Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam |
| | 24 | (1962). The songs of these films remain among |
| | 25 | the biggest successes in post-Independence |
| | 26 | Hindi cinema. |