Gyan Dutt was one of the most prominent music directors in

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in the 1940s. He was music director for films such as ''

Thokar ''Thokar'' also called ''The Kick'' is 1939 Hindi/Urdu film directed by A. R. Kardar. Produced by Chandulal Shah for his production banner Ranjit Movietone, it had music by Gyan Dutt. The story writer was M. Sadiq, with cinematography by Gord ...

'' (1939), ''

Achhut ''Achhut '' (''The Untouchable'') is a 1940 social Indian Bollywood film based on untouchability. It was the third highest grossing Indian film of 1940. The film was produced by Chandulal Shah for his Ranjit Studios. He also wrote the story and ...

'' (1940), ''

Bhakta Surdas ''Bhakta Surdas'' is a 1942 Indian Hindi language film devotional film. It was the third highest grossing Indian film of 1942. This was K. L. Saigal's first film after his move to Bombay from Calcutta. The film was directed by Chaturbhuj Doshi ...

'' (1942), ''

Sunehre Din ''Sunehre Din'' () is a 1949 Indian Hindi-language romance film directed by Satish Nigam and produced by Madan Lal Mehrotr. The film stars Raj Kapoor, Roop Kamal, Nigar Sultana and Rehana, with Ramesh Sinha, Indumati, Heera, Kamalakant and Ma ...

'' (1949) and '' Ghayal'' (1951). Many of his songs were sung by

K. L. Saigal Kundan Lal Saigal, often abbreviated as K. L. Saigal (11 April 1904 – 18 January 1947), was an Indian singer and actor who is considered the first superstar of the Hindi film industry, which was centred in Kolkata during Saigal's time, but is ...

. In 1948 he composed seven songs for a young

Geeta Dutt Geeta Dutt (born Geeta Ghosh Roy Chowdhuri; 23 November 1930 – 20 July 1972) was an Indian playback singer and a famous Hindi and Bengali classical artist, born in Faridpur before the Partition of India. She found particular prominence as a ...

in the films '' Chanda Ki Chandani'' and '' Hua Savera'', although their most notable collaboration was ''

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'' (1950) in which Dutt wrote eight songs, six of which were solos for Geeta Dutt.

Notable songs

Notable songs written by Gyan Dutt include: *"Chandanee Rat Aur Tare Khile Ho" (''Bhakt Surdas'') Sung by: Khursheed, K L Saigal *"Din Se Dugunee Ho Jaye Ratiya Hay" (''Bhakt Surdas'') Sung by: K L Saigal *"Jholee Bhar Tare La De Re" (''Bhakt Surdas'') Sung by: Khursheed *"Kadam Chale Aage Mann Pichhe Bhage" (''Bhakt Surdas'') Sung by: K L Saigal *"Madhur Madhur Ga Re Manawa" (''Bhakt Surdas'') Sung by: Khursheed *"Meraa Kaha Hai Man Meraa" (''Gul-E-Bakaavali'') Sung by: Talat Mahmood, P G Krishnaveni *"More Mann Kee Nagariya Basayee Re" (''Kanchan'') Sung by: Leela Chitnis, Muzumdar *"Nain Hi Ko Rah Dikha Prabhu" (''Bhakt Surdas'') Sung by: K L Saigal *"Naina Re Dekhe Unake Nain" (''Bhakt Surdas'') Sung by: Khursheed *"Nis Din Barsat Nain Hamare" (''Bhakt Surdas'') Sung by: Mainder, K L Saigal *"Panchhi Bawara Chand Se Prit Lagaye" (''Bhakt Surdas'') Sung by: Khursheed *"Sar Pe Kadam Kee Chainyya Muraliya Baje Ree" (''Bhakt Surdas'') Sung by: K L Saigal, Rajkumari *"Woh Gaye Nahee Hame Milke" (''Nurse'') Sung by: Rajkumari *"Yaad Teree Aayee Hai" (''Nadi Kinaare'') Sung by: Gyan Dutt

Selected films

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Gorakh Aya ''Gorakh Aya'' (Gorakh Has Come) is a 1938 Hindi mythology film from Ranjit Movietone. It was the debut directorial venture for Chaturbhuj Doshi, who had made a name for himself as a journalist and publicist. The screenplay was by Gunvantrai Ac ...

'' (1938) *''

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Aap Ki Marzi ''Aap Ki Marzi'' () is 1939 Hindi romantic comedy film directed by Sarvottam Badami. The film was produced under the Sudama Productions banner. The music composer was Gyan Dutt with lyrics credited to Pyare Lal Santoshi and S. P. Kalla. It starr ...

'' (1939) *''

'' (1939) *'' Sant Tulsidas'' (1939) *''

'' (1940) *'' Chingari'' (1940) *'' Sajani'' (1940) *'' Musafir'' (1940) *''

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'' (1941) *'' Sasural'' (1941) *''

'' (1942) *''

Dhiraj ''Dhiraj'' (Patience) is a Bollywood social film. It was released in 1942. The film was directed by Chaturbhuj Doshi for Ranjit Movietone. Gyan Dutt was the music director, with lyrics by Pandit Indra. The cast included Sitara Devi, Ishwarlal, ...

'' *'' Anban'' (1944) *'' Manjhdhar'' (1947) *'' Chanda Ki Chandani'' (1948) *'' Hua Savera'' (1948) *''

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'' (1950) *'' Ghayal'' (1951) *'' Gul-E-Bakavali'' (1956)

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