Geeta Dutt

Indian singer (1930–1972) Geeta DuttDutt, taken before 1958BornGeeta Ghosh Roy Chowdhuri(1930-11-23)23 November 1930Idilpur, Bengal Presidency, British India (present-day Dhaka Division, Bangladesh)Died20 July 1972(1972-07-20) (aged 41)Bombay, Maharashtra, IndiaOccupationSingerYears active1946–1972Spouse Guru Dutt ​ ​(m. 1953; died 1964)​Musical careerGenres Filmi Classical Devotional Bengali music InstrumentsVocals Musical artist Geeta Dutt (Bengali pronunciation: [ɡita dɔtːo]; born Geeta Ghosh Roy Chowdhuri; 23 November 1930 – 20 July 1972) 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. She also sang many modern Bengali songs in the non-film genre. [citation needed] Early life Geeta Ghosh Roy Chowdhuri was one of ten children born to a wealthy zamindar family in Idilpur village, Madaripur subdivision, Faridpur district, Bengal Presidency, British Raj. This area is now part of the Gosairhat upazila in the Shariatpur district of Bangladesh. In the early 1940s, her family moved to Calcutta and Assam, le