Geeta Dutt with OP Nayyar । Harmonious Melodies । Geeta Dutt & O.P. Nayyar । A Musical Journey
Geeta Dutt with O P Nayyar
Geeta Roy started her career as a playback singer at the young age of 15. Unfortunately, she got labelled as a bhajan (devotional song) singer. She got the opportunity to break out of this mould due to two composers – O P Nayyar and Sachin Dev Burman. Her romance with notable producer, director and actor Guru Dutt Padukone resulted in her getting married to him; after which she started using the name Geeta Dutt.
Omkar Prasad Nayyar was from the Indian state of Punjab. He migrated to Mumbai
to pursue his passion of composing music. His first film in the year 1952, ‘Aasman’
did not create any magic; nor did his next two films ‘Baaz’ and ‘Cham chama cham’
had anything exceptional to offer. He discovered his unique style with ‘Aar paar’
(1954) by creating rhythmic vibrant tunes. After the success of this film, he remained
the highest paid music director for the next 14 years. In the first five to six years of
his career, the singer who leant beauty to his songs was Geeta Dutt. Shamshad
Begum and Asha Bhosle were also used periodically.
Their wonderful association came to a sad end, primarily due to two reasons. The
marriage of Guru Dutt and Geeta Dutt was on the rocks. Geeta Dutt started living
separately with their three children. Unfortunately, she took to the habit of drinking to
an extent that it started affecting her recording schedule. Getting exasperated with
her drinking habit, the composers started looking for alternatives. On the other hand,
O P Nayyar and Asha Bhosle were drawing close into a relationship, which lasted till
the middle of 1974. Asha being an exceptional singer, completely replaced Geeta
Dutt and O P Nayyar did not record a single song with Geeta Dutt in the 1960’s.
Nevertheless, the songs created by O P Nayyar with Geeta Dutt are popular even
with the passage of over six and a half decades. These tunes were ahead of their
times with lilting music, combination of western musical instruments like guitar,
piano, saxophone and violin along with Indian ones like sitar, sarangi and sarod. Can
the songs like ‘Mera naam chin chin chu’, ‘Bade dhoke hain is raah mein’, ‘Tum jo
hue mere humsafar’ and ‘Jata kahan hai deewane’ get ever outdated?
Geeta Dutt passed away in 1972 at the age of 41 due to cirrhosis of liver. The list of
songs used in this discussion follows:
Description of Songs of Geeta Dutt with O P Nayyar
1. Sun sun sun sun zalima, Film and Year: Aar Paar (1954), Co-singer: Mohammad Rafi,
Lyricist: Majrooh Sultanpuri
2. Yeh lo main hari piya, Film: Aar Paar, Singer: Solo, Lyricist: Majrooh Sultanpuri
3. Babuji dheere chalna, Film: Aar Paar, Singer: Solo, Lyricist: Majrooh Sultanpuri
4. Mohabbat kar lo jee bhar lo, Film: Aar Paar, Co-singers: Mohammad Rafi and Suman
Kalyanpur, Lyricist: Majrooh Sultanpuri
5. Thandi hawa kali ghata, Film and Year: Mr. and Mrs. 55 (1955), Singer: Solo,
Lyricist: Majrooh Sultanpuri
6. Udhar tum hasin ho, Film: Mr. and Mrs. 55, Co-singer: Mohammad Rafi,
Lyricist: Majrooh Sultanpuri
7. Chal diye bandanawaz, Film: Mr. and Mrs. 55, Co-singer: Mohammad Rafi,
Lyricist: Majrooh Sultanpuri
8. Jane kahan mera jigar gaya, Film: Mr. and Mrs. 55, Co-singer: Mohammad Rafi,
Lyricist: Majrooh Sultanpuri
9. Dil de dala de dala nazrana, Film and Year: Musafir Khana (1955), Singer: Solo,
Lyricist: Majrooh Sultanpuri
10. Jata kahan hai deewane, Film and Year: CID (1956), Singer: Solo, Lyricist: Majrooh
Sultanpuri
11. Ae dil hai mushkil jeena, Film: CID, Co-singer: Mohammad Rafi, Lyricist: Majrooh Sultanpuri
12. Ankhon hi ankhon mein ishara ho gaya, Film: CID, Co-singer: Mohammad Rafi,
Lyricist: Jaan Nisar Akhtar
13. Raat nashili rang rangeeli, Film and Year: Chhoo Mantar (1956), Singer: Solo,
Lyricist: Jaan Nisar Akhtar
14. Thandi thandi hawa poochhe unka pata, Film and Year: Johnny Walker (1957),
Co-singer: Asha Bhosle, Lyricist: Hasrat Jaipuri
15. Mera naam chin chin chu, Film and Year: Howrah Bridge (1958), Singer: Solo,
Lyricist: Qamar Jalalabadi
16. Aji O suno toh, Film and Year: 12 O’Clock (1958), Singer: Solo, Lyricist: Majrooh Sultanpuri
17. Kaisa jadu balam tune, Film: 12 O’Clock, Singer: Solo, Lyricist: Majrooh Sultanpuri
18. Tum jo hue mere humsafar, Film: 12 O’Clock, Co-singer: Mohammad Rafi,
Lyricist: Majrooh Sultanpuri
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