Geeta Dutt(1930-1972)
- Music Artist
- Music Department
- Actress
Geeta Dutt was born in Faridpur District in East Bengal in 1930. Music
Director Hanuman Prasad gave her chance to sing two lines in the film
Bhakt Prahlad (1946). Her major assignment came the following year,
1947, with Do Bhai. From 1947-1949 Geeta Duttt was number playback
singer in Mumbai. Initially Geeta was a singer well known for bhajans
and weepy, weepy sad songs. But in 1951 after the release of a film,
Baazi revealed a new facet. During the recording of the song she met
Guru Dutt and later in 1953 they got married. However in 1957 they had
some problems. Due to marriage problems she was not readily available
for rehearsals and found solace in drink. She suffered a nervous
breakdown but resumed singing again. But her drinking problems were not
over and she died of cirrhosis of the liver in 1972.
