100 Composers : 100 Songs, 161 discovered so far and still counting... Options

[parag_sankla]

I checked the filmography of Sapan Sengupta-Jagmohan Bakshi put together by BC ji here

http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?showtopic=21687

It seems that they started their career in the year 1963. I have not found any film's name where Geeta ji would have sung any Hindi film song for them.

Best Regards
Parag

[smahesh]

Here is a non-film song by MD : Swapan Jagmohan

Oh bondhu shono

128 KBPS
03:07 min
mp3

Has Geeta ji sung any Hindi film song for the music composer duo Sapan Jagmohan?

hi parag,
no,she didn't sing any hindi film songs for the duo.
she sang two non-film bengali songs for the duo,including the one you have uploaded;which were most amongst her last recordings.

regards,
mahesh

This post has been edited by smahesh: Nov 2 2009, 10:38 AM

[Sukesh Hoogan]

Many thanks Exon and Erum ji for the confirmation. I have updated the above post with this song. So now we know close to 20 composers for whom Geeta ji would have sung at least one song but we do not have these songs.

So even if we do not have audios of these songs, it is almost certain that Geeta ji did sing for these composers. So our total list of composers is surely more than 150.

Composers not covered so far:

Ali Hussain Muradabadi (Kaun Pardesi 1947) - Gulshan mein chayi bahaar
A R Khan (?) - Kuke ambuva pe koyaliya (Non-film song) Assuming that this composer is not the same person as A R Quereshi (Maestro Allah Rakkha sahab)
Bhupen Hazarika- Karo na Phere (Geeta Dutt & Manna Dey) - Film : Dui Bechara - Hindi song in a Bengali film
Dattaram Gadekar - Vikram Shashikala/Kalank Shobha - Ho nainaa milaake chhod ke jaane wale
Dulal Sen - Black Prince 60s unreleased film - In kaali kaali ankhon mein (with Mohd Rafi)
Haribhai Bhojak - Aap Beeti (1948) - more saiyyan bhaaye
J Abhyankar and Nageshwar Rao - 1946-circus king-duniya mein sab..preeti kisi ko na chhode-geeta,chorus
Mohd Shafi - Film : Mohabbat ki Jeet - Yeh rut hai suhaani karle pyaar
Mukund Masurekar - Film : Didi : Bhool jaa oh mere meet
Neenu Majumdar - Raj Rattan - Mere dil ki ho gayi chori main kisase karoon fariyaad
P Nageshwar rao - 1961-bhagwan balaji-chando,chandaniya si tu (with Mahendra Kapoor)
R A Paijankar - Meri Bhabhi (1948) : 4 songs
Rajhans - Film : Ek tha Ladka - Tum jaate ho to jaao
Ram Prasad - Film : Dolati Naiyya : Zara dil ko laganaa
Pt. Amarnath (?) - Roop Rekha (1948) - Dil mar gaya fariyad bankar
S N Nandi - Pujya Gandhiji 50s unreleased film - Tore bina raja mohe chain kahan (with Mohd Rafi)
S Krishnan & Manohar - Film : Tarzan and Captain Kishore (1964) - Oh mister johny mizaz kaisa hai (with Mahendra Kapoor)
Shankar Dasgupta- 1954-sheeshe ki deewar-ae dile beqarar tu aur na beqarar kar-with yashodhara and Shankar Dasgupta
Shankar Rao Vyas - 1949-ramvivah-dhanya dhanya he avadhpuri- (Geeta Dutt & Manna Dey) - Their first duet together
Vedpaal - Jaa ree meri laadlee (Non-film song)

This is an enlightenment to many (including yours truly). All these days I was thinking of around 100 composers...

Thanks to HF and all the generous members for all this invaluable information about our beloved singer Geeta ji. Thanks to all for all your efforts in preparing this biggest composer wise compilation of songs of Geeta ji.

Best Regards
Parag

Dear Parag

** I am not sure if these composers have been covered / listed.

01) P. Gopal Rao
02) B. Lakshman
03) Santosh Mukherjee - Anmol Sahara (52) - Geeta Dutt sang 6 songs in the film.
04) Gulshan Sufi
05) Vasant Prabhu
06) Vasant Pawar (solo) and as a team with Ram Wadhavkar
07) Rajhans Kataria
08) G. P. Kapoor
09) Suresh Kumar - Suhag Sindoor (53) - Geeta Dutt sang one duet with Sailesh Mukherjee (he was also the other independent composer of the film)
10) Naresh Bhattacharya
11) Anupam Ghatak
12) Shivram Krishan - Surang
13) Jade Sherman

Not sure whether Geeta Dutt sang any songs for the above, except for Santosh Mukherjee and Suresh Kumar.

** Manohar Khanna (father of Usha Khanna) used aliases - K. Manohar & Javed Anwar (as a lyricist). He is credited as a composer under his full name - Manohar Khanna. However, I am not sure whether he used the alias Manohar too or whether Manohar was some other composer.

Regards
Sukesh

This post has been edited by Sukesh Hoogan: Nov 2 2009, 11:15 AM

[parag_sankla]

Mahesh

Thanks for the confirmation on Sapan - Jagmohan.

Sukesh ji

I will review the list of composers you provided in details and then post my findings on the same. Many thanks for providing such rare information.

So now we are inching closer to a possible figure of 175 composers for whom Geeta ji would have sung in her career.

Warmest Regards
Parag

[Aditya Pant]

Dear Parag

** I am not sure if these composers have been covered / listed.

01) P. Gopal Rao
02) B. Lakshman
03) Santosh Mukherjee - Anmol Sahara (52) - Geeta Dutt sang 6 songs in the film.
04) Gulshan Sufi
05) Vasant Prabhu
06) Vasant Pawar (solo) and as a team with Ram Wadhavkar
07) Rajhans Kataria
08) G. P. Kapoor
09) Suresh Kumar - Suhag Sindoor (53) - Geeta Dutt sang one duet with Sailesh Mukherjee (he was also the other independent composer of the film)
10) Naresh Bhattacharya
11) Anupam Ghatak
12) Shivram Krishan - Surang
13) Jade Sherman

Not sure whether Geeta Dutt sang any songs for the above, except for Santosh Mukherjee and Suresh Kumar.

** Manohar Khanna (father of Usha Khanna) used aliases - K. Manohar & Javed Anwar (as a lyricist). He is credited as a composer under his full name - Manohar Khanna. However, I am not sure whether he used the alias Manohar too or whether Manohar was some other composer.

Regards
Sukesh

Sukesh,

I don't think Geeta Dutt would have sung for Vasant Prabhu. He composed for only one Hindi film - Gharbaar - which did not have any Geeta Dutt song. He composed mostly in Marathi and to the best of my knowledge, Geeta Dutt has sung very few Marathi songs.

Shivram Krishan aka Shivram aka Pt Shivram composed for Geeta Dutt in Sati Ansuya, Mahasati Behula and Naya Kadam and has been covered. Surang, on the other hand, had no Geeta Dutt song.

Also, do you know which songs in Suhaag Sindoor were composed by Sailesh and which by Suresh Kumar? There are supposed to be 4 Geeta Dutt songs in the film.

[Exon]

Are there any other composers we have not covered yet?

Thanks
Parag

There were reports of Geeta Dutt singing a few songs for R. D. Burman in an unreleased, never completed movie, Raaz (60s).

Exon

This post has been edited by Exon: Nov 2 2009, 06:10 PM

[Aditya Pant]

Are there any other composers we have not covered yet?

Thanks
Parag

There were reports of Geeta Dutt singing a few songs for R. D. Burman in an unreleased, never completed movie, Raaz (60s).

Exon

Yes, it is quite certain that RDB had composed a few tunes for this Guru Dutt film, most likely to be sung by Geeta Dutt, but there has been no evidence to suggest that the recording of those songs exist. In an interview RDB mentioned that he had recorded two songs, and one the remaining unused tunes was used as Ghar Aaja Ghir Aaye in Chhote Nawab.

Aditya

This post has been edited by Aditya Pant: Nov 2 2009, 06:27 PM

[parag_sankla]

Are there any other composers we have not covered yet?

Thanks
Parag

There were reports of Geeta Dutt singing a few songs for R. D. Burman in an unreleased, never completed movie, Raaz (60s).

Exon

Yes, it is quite certain that RDB had composed a few tunes for this Guru Dutt film, most likely to be sung by Geeta Dutt, but there has been no evidence to suggest that the recording of those songs exist. In an interview RDB mentioned that he had recorded two songs, and one the remaining unused tunes was used as Ghar Aaja Ghir Aaye in Chhote Nawab.

Aditya

Yes, I too do feel that these songs were probably never released on the records.



Parag

[hildebrand]

Also, do you know which songs in Suhaag Sindoor were composed by Sailesh and which by Suresh Kumar? There are supposed to be 4 Geeta Dutt songs in the film.

Three of the Geeta songs were composed by Sailesh Mukherjee (It appears Suresh kumar was his deputy for those). The fourth Geeta song is composed by Suresh Kumar.

Will start a thread for the movie on SKS. I have only one Sailesh song which i'll upload there.

Posted here: http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?showtopic=83313#

This post has been edited by hildebrand: Nov 2 2009, 11:12 PM

[Exon]

Are there any other composers we have not covered yet?

Thanks
Parag

There were reports of Geeta Dutt singing a few songs for R. D. Burman in an unreleased, never completed movie, Raaz (60s).

Exon

Yes, it is quite certain that RDB had composed a few tunes for this Guru Dutt film, most likely to be sung by Geeta Dutt, but there has been no evidence to suggest that the recording of those songs exist. In an interview RDB mentioned that he had recorded two songs, and one the remaining unused tunes was used as Ghar Aaja Ghir Aaye in Chhote Nawab.

Aditya

Yes, I too do feel that these songs were probably never released on the records.



Parag

Aditya and Parag,

I got the information from an earlier post found in HF archive:
http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?s=&a...st&p=461852

Exon

[parag_sankla]

Exon, thanks for digging out this relevant post. Unfortunately Waheed bhai has not conclusively confirmed if a song sung by Geeta ji and composed by R D Burman was ever released on records or not.

Parag

[Sukesh Hoogan]

Dear Parag

** I am not sure if these composers have been covered / listed.

01) P. Gopal Rao
02) B. Lakshman
03) Santosh Mukherjee - Anmol Sahara (52) - Geeta Dutt sang 6 songs in the film.
04) Gulshan Sufi
05) Vasant Prabhu
06) Vasant Pawar (solo) and as a team with Ram Wadhavkar
07) Rajhans Kataria
08) G. P. Kapoor
09) Suresh Kumar - Suhag Sindoor (53) - Geeta Dutt sang one duet with Sailesh Mukherjee (he was also the other independent composer of the film)
10) Naresh Bhattacharya
11) Anupam Ghatak
12) Shivram Krishan - Surang
13) Jade Sherman

Not sure whether Geeta Dutt sang any songs for the above, except for Santosh Mukherjee and Suresh Kumar.

** Manohar Khanna (father of Usha Khanna) used aliases - K. Manohar & Javed Anwar (as a lyricist). He is credited as a composer under his full name - Manohar Khanna. However, I am not sure whether he used the alias Manohar too or whether Manohar was some other composer.

Regards
Sukesh

Sukesh,

I don't think Geeta Dutt would have sung for Vasant Prabhu. He composed for only one Hindi film - Gharbaar - which did not have any Geeta Dutt song. He composed mostly in Marathi and to the best of my knowledge, Geeta Dutt has sung very few Marathi songs.

Shivram Krishan aka Shivram aka Pt Shivram composed for Geeta Dutt in Sati Ansuya, Mahasati Behula and Naya Kadam and has been covered. Surang, on the other hand, had no Geeta Dutt song.

Also, do you know which songs in Suhaag Sindoor were composed by Sailesh and which by Suresh Kumar? There are supposed to be 4 Geeta Dutt songs in the film.

Aditya


SUHAG SINDOOR
Sailesh Mukherjee
1) o gori tori Dibiyaa bharaa hai suhaag - Geeta Dutt
2) sakhi saajan ne mujhko bulaayaa hai- Geeta Dutt
3) mai.n to chali re chali re piyaa ke desh - Geeta Dutt

Suresh Kumar
1) mere laaDle balam tohe raam ki kasam - Geeta Dutt + Sailesh Mukherjee

I mentioned the names of some of the composers I came across, I do not know the names of the films they composed for, except for the two above.

Regards
Sukesh

This post has been edited by Sukesh Hoogan: Nov 3 2009, 12:29 AM

[madsur]

Dear Parag

** I am not sure if these composers have been covered / listed.

01) P. Gopal Rao
02) B. Lakshman
03) Santosh Mukherjee - Anmol Sahara (52) - Geeta Dutt sang 6 songs in the film.
04) Gulshan Sufi
05) Vasant Prabhu
06) Vasant Pawar (solo) and as a team with Ram Wadhavkar
07) Rajhans Kataria
08) G. P. Kapoor
09) Suresh Kumar - Suhag Sindoor (53) - Geeta Dutt sang one duet with Sailesh Mukherjee (he was also the other independent composer of the film)
10) Naresh Bhattacharya
11) Anupam Ghatak
12) Shivram Krishan - Surang
13) Jade Sherman

Not sure whether Geeta Dutt sang any songs for the above, except for Santosh Mukherjee and Suresh Kumar.

** Manohar Khanna (father of Usha Khanna) used aliases - K. Manohar & Javed Anwar (as a lyricist). He is credited as a composer under his full name - Manohar Khanna. However, I am not sure whether he used the alias Manohar too or whether Manohar was some other composer.

Regards
Sukesh

This exercise of compilation has truly become an investigation.
Both the names of Santosh Mukherjee & ANMOL SAHARA are, to say the least, absolute revelations.
With every new day fresh information keeps coming.
The list provided by Sukeshji opens fresh lines of enquiry.

Awaiting the next installment of revelations,
Suresh

[parag_sankla]

Suresh ji, this is so very true. I am sure one thing which this topic has achieved is that it has triggered a great deal of discussion about songs of Geeta ji for a wide range of composers she has sung for. We will need a lot of time and dedication to analyze these posts and bring out a summary out of this.

Thanks Sukesh ji for such a great information.

Best Regards
Parag

[parag_sankla]

Great news!

I spoke with Tushar Bhatia ji today and discussed this idea of "100 composers: 100 songs" with him. Though it is difficult, he will be trying to approach contacts at RPG to see if they will be willing to release this compilation. I will be sending the formal proposal to Tushar ji who will review it and then take it forward.

Not sure if RPG will accept it or not, but we are doing our bit to take the heritage of Geeta ji's songs to as many music lovers as possible.

I am planning to propose the following 116 composers for whom she has sung at least one Hindi film song (assuming that the compilation will be restricted to Hindi film songs only) :

A R Qureshi
Ali Akbar Khan
Anil Biswas
Arunkumar Mukherjee
Avinash Vyas
Aziz khan
B N Bali
B S Kalla
Basant Prakash
Bhola Shrestha
Bipin Babul
Bipin Dutta
Bulo C Rani
C Arjun
C Ramachandra
Chick Chocklet (A.X. Vaz)
Chitragupt
Daan Singh
Datta Davjekar
Dattaram Gadekar
Datta Korgaonkar (K Dutta)
Dattaram
Devraj
Dhaniram
D Dileep (Dileep Dholakia)
D C Dutt
E.Shankar Shastri & B. S. Kalla
G K Venkatesh
G S Kohli
Ganpat Rao
Ghantasala
Ghulam Haider
Ghulam Mohammed
Gunjan (G M Durrani)
Gyan Dutt
Hafeez Khan
Hansraj Behl
Hanuman Prasad
Hemant kumar
Hiren Bose
Husnalal Bhagatram
Inayat Ali
Iqbal Qureshi
Jagmohan "Sursaagar"
Jag phool kaushik
Jaidev
Jamal Sen
Jimmy
Kalyanji Anandji
Kanu Ghosh
Kanu Roy
Khaiyyam
Khemchand Prakash
Khurshid Anwar
Krishna Dayal
Kumar
Lachhiram Tamar
M A Rouf
Madan Mohan
Manna Dey
Manohar
Mukul Roy
Narayan
N Dutta
Naashad "Shaukat Dehelvi"
Naushad Ali
Nissar Bazmi
O P Nayyar
Pandit Govindram
Pandit Harbanslal
Pandit Ravi Shankar
Pankaj Mullik
Pardesi
Premnath
R Sudarshanam (with Dhaniram)
Rajhans
Ram Ganguly
Ramesh Naidu
Ratnadeep Hemaraj
Ravi
Robin Banerjee
Robin Chatterjee
Roshan Lal
S D Batish
S D Burman
S K Pal
S Madan
S Mohinder
S N Tripathi
S Rajeshwara Rao
Sailesh Mukherjee
Sajjad Husain
Salil Choudhary
Sanmukh Babu
Sardar Malik
Sardul Kwatra
Shankar Jaikishen
Shankar Lal
Sharmaji Vermaji [khaiyyaam and rahman verma]
Shivram Krishna
Shyam Babu Pathak
Shyam Sunder
Snehal Bhatkar (B Vasudev)
Sonik
Subir Sen
Sudipta
Suhrid Kar
Suresh Talwar
Sushant Banerjee
Timir Baran and S K Pal
Usha Khanna
Vasant Desai
Vasant Ramchandra
Vinod
Vishwanathan-Ramamurthy
Zafar khursheed

Hoping for the best!

Parag

P.S. Tushar ji was associated with HMV and was instrumental in bringing out several compilations of songs of Geeta ji. More details about him are here:

http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?showtopic=82229


This post has been edited by parag_sankla: Nov 3 2009, 11:00 PM