Geeta Dutt
Geeta Dutt's honeyed vocals could sing all kinds of songs and express most emotions. But she sounded the most exquisite in pain-lashed numbers like Na jao saiyaan chhudake baiyan and Waqt ne kiya kya haseen sitam. The singer passed away at the age of 42.
Geeta Roy was a sprightly and successful young singer when she married upcoming actor-filmmaker Guru Dutt in 1953. Though she continued to sing for outside banners, her priority was clearly her family.
But after her estrangement from Guru Dutt and his suicide in 1964, Geeta's life was in disarray. Though she tried to pick up the pieces for the sake of her three children and even tried her hand at acting in a Bengali film called Badhu Baran, Geeta's singing career had lost its momentum. She succumbed to a liver disease in 1972 even as the strains of her long-awaited comeback hit Mujhe jaa na kaho meri jaan were entrancing audiences.
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