The ‘Bibi’, Geeta, sang this

With the addition of this song to my collection, there are three songs from Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962) in it.

If there arranged in the alphabetical order, it would be the last of those – the song in question was Piya Aiso Jiya Mein Samaye Gayo.

And if they were arranged in the ascending (or descending) order of their durations, it would be the second – it was four minutes and 15 seconds long.

It was sung by Geeta Dutt.

Hemant Kumar, who composed the film’s songs, didn’t render any of them.

Shakeel Badayuni wrote them.

Dutt was not a duet

Sardar released in 1955.

And my collection contained just one track from it.

It was titled Barkha Ki Raat Mein.

While all the songs in the film were solos, this was Geeta Dutt’s only contribution to the soundtrack of the film.

Uddhav Kumar wrote it.

Every part of the composer’s name reflected his dedication to his craft and what he wanted to do.

His name was Jagmohan Sursagar.

And, he was an ocean of melody (as his last name suggests), and wanted to enthrall the world (if his first name was anything to go by).

This Du(e)t(t) became quite populaR

There were a couple of similarities between the subject of the previous post and this one.

Firstly, both the songs were from films that released in 1955.

And secondly, they had four-word titles, of which one of the words was Haseen.

The song referenced in this post was Udhar Tum Haseen Ho, and it was from Mr. & Mrs. ’55.

The two people who lent the song their voices were Geeta Dutt and Mohammed Rafi.

Neither was a surprise, because they were the voices of the soundtrack.

Majrooh Sultanpuri wrote the O P Nayyar composition.

This was a philosophical (Gee)take

On May 26, 1953, Geeta Ghosh Roy Chowdhuri married Guru Dutt.

Just over a year later (on June 18, 1954), a film titled BaadBaan released.

My collection contained just one song from that film.

It was titled Kaise Koi Jeeye Zeher Hai Zindagi.

Credited as Geeta Dutt from that point onwards, she lent her voice to the song, which was philosophical (albeit a negative one, because it could be translated to, “How does one live, because life is toxic”).

The song was written by Indeevar.

It was composed by Timir Baran and S K Pal.

This was another Geeta solo

The title of a film that released in 1952 was what the man who composed its songs wanted to touch.

The film in question was Aasmaan (sky).

And the only song from the film in my collection was Dekho Jadoo Bhare More Naina.

By the way, the music director was Omkar Prasad Nayyar, better known as O P Nayyar.

The lady who lent her voice to the song was none other than Geeta Ghosh Roy Chowdhury (for whom the song should have been rechristened Suno Jadoo Bhari Meri Aawaz).

Dhawan who penned it was Prem.

It was a Geeta solo

Like many Hindi film music enthusiasts of my generation, the first time I heard the word ‘Gajar’ was in the song from the 1989 film Tridev, Gajar Ne Kiya Hai Ishara.

I didn’t know what it meant then – upon looking it up later, I found out that it meant an alarm.

In 1951, a film titled Baazi released.

The title of a song on its soundtrack went Suno Gajar Kya Gaaye.

It was rendered by Geeta Ghosh Roy Chowdhury (she was not Geeta Dutt then).

Sahir Ludhianvi wrote the song, which S D Burman composed.

Mukesh’s fans loved this Du(e)t(t)

Kidar Nath Sharma – also known as Kidar Sharma – was a producer, director, and writer of dialogue, screenplay and songs.

He did all five of these in a film titled Bawre Nain, which released in 1950.

There was just one song from the film in my collection.

It was titled Khayalon Mein Kisi Ke.

The song was a duet – the two people who lent their voices to it were Geeta Ghosh Roy Chowdhury (who would go on to be known as Geeta Dutt) and Mukesh.

It was widely regarded as composer Roshan Lal Nagrath’s first hit.