Geeta Dutt

Geeta Dutt
Geeta Dutt, taken before 1958
Born
Geeta Ghosh Roy Chowdhuri

(1930-11-23)23 November 1930
Idilpur, Bengal Presidency, British India (present-day Dhaka Division, Bangladesh)
Died20 July 1972(1972-07-20) (aged 41)
Bombay, Maharashtra, India
NationalityIndian
OccupationSinger
Years active1946–1972
Spouse
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(m. 1953; died 1964)​
Musical career
Genres
InstrumentsVocals

Geeta Dutt (born Geeta Ghosh Roy Chowdhuri; 23 November 1930 – 20 July 1972)[3] was an Indian classical and playback singer. She found particular prominence as a playback singer in Hindi cinema and Bengali cinema and is considered as one of the best playback singers of all time in Hindi films.[4] She also sang many modern Bengali songs in the non-film genre.

  1. ^ a b "Geeta Dutt - Classical Songs". Geetadutt.com. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Geeta Dutt - Bengali Songs". Geetadutt.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  3. ^ Ali, Nasir. "The Impact of Geeta Roy in Nineteen Forties". Geetadutt.com. Archived from the original on 20 June 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
  4. ^ Neville, Pran (2 December 2016). "Her songs never die". Thehindu.com. Retrieved 11 February 2022.