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Geeta Dutt - Biography

Written By People & History on Tuesday, Jul 30, 2013 | 06:39 AM

 
Subscribe for More Biographies - http://bit.ly/PeopleAndHistory Geeta Dutt, born Geeta Ghosh Roy Chowdhuri (23 November 1930 - 20 July 1972) was a prominent singer in India. She found particular prominence as a playback singer in Hindi cinema. She also sang many modern Bengali songs. Geeta was about to step into her teens. One day she was crooning a song in her flat, music director K. Hanuman Prasad happened to hear her voice. He was much impressed, and therefore, persuaded her parents to have her try to sing in films. K. Hanuman Prasad took Geeta under his patronage, trained and groomed her in singing and later launched her into singing in the movies. Geeta Dutt is supposed to have sung over 1200 songs in Hindi films. In addition she has also sung songs in many Indian regional languages including Marathi, Bengali, Nepali, Maithili, Bhojpuri and Punjabi. #Biography #LifeStory #UnknownFacts