hello friends,
does anyone have recordings of the ad-jingles geetaji sang in late sixties to make ends meet.
she has sung for farex,rexona and hamam among other products.
if anyone has these recording;please upload.
regards,
mahesh

It is just so sad that an artiste like Geeta Dutt had to support her self as well as the three kids doing such jobs considered menial by singers. She was the only topmost in the years 1947-49, then she was top among two (I think she was the top still then!!) and then reduced to a stage singer.

People who saw her then told me that she used to be quite drunk doing functions in calcutta along with Hemant Kumar etc. etc.

Only if she had the time and opportunity like her peers!!!


Bappa

Bappada I have an old aricle in my collections on the miserable lives of the old timers who had given so much to the film music...will upload in the sangeet ke sitare...today evening.

hi bappa,
geeta ruled till her first priority was singing.from 47-49 she was the top singer along with shamshad begum.from 50-53 also she was a close second to lataji;but after marriage her priority shifted from music to family and the decline started.asha who started a year after geetaji became the second choice after lataji from 1953 onwards for most music directors because of geetaji's non-availability and by 1957 with the sucess of naya daur she had replaced geetaji in most camps.
even geetaji was contemplating retirement after her marriage as an article on net suggests.
it is to the credit of lataji and ashaji that music always remained the first priority for them .
regards,
mahesh

I used to have HAMAM by Geetaji, but I'm trying to trace it out for the last two years and unable to figure-out in which cassette it is from my collection of cassettes, which are in thousands!

hi mahesh ji

i also completely agree with you.MD'S like sd burman shifted to asha due to non availability of
geeta ji.SD Burman needed recording after good no pf rehersels and geeta ji was not availble to attend them

also it is mentioned also that guru dutt restrained her from doing works out of her productions.that was reason for thier dispute too

regards
ashish

Hi In an old interview of Playback singer Kavita Krishnamurty she answers


Q: Which was the first jingle you sang? Can you remember?
It was for Amul Spray. Yes, I remember that day very well. Because the Bengali version was being sung by Geeta Dutt. I was so thrilled to meet her that It down and touched her feet. It was Guru Dutts youngest brother who was producing the jingles.

CAN ANYONE GUESS WHICH YEAR SHE IS TALKING ?


the whole interview can be accessed at

http://www.studio-systems.com/Playback&Fas...r/15DEC1987.htm

Warm regards

Ashish

thanks ashishji for the link.
geetaji sang the hindi and bengali versions and kavita sang the tamil version for the amulspray ad.
the producer must be devi dutt -guru dutt's youngest brother.
i am shocked by kavita's statement that rafi sahab wasn't classically trained like lata and ashaji.although even i prefer songs sung by female singers,i disagree with her that lata's and asha's output is better than rafisahab's and kishoreda's.
regards,
mahesh

Thanks Maheshji for the info

Yes It is wrong to say that kishoreda and rafi saab does not have classical training.I think from free lance style she guessed this.Rafi's classical from baiju bawra was much more popular and good than his contempariries.

regarding ad jingle
It was recorded in 1971.
what a tragic moment for geetaji,one amateur singer was trying to establish her career and one great renowned singer was at the verge of end of her career.
destiny is never fruitful for everyone this aptly suits for geetadutt and rajkumari

warm regards

ashish

Just reviving this thread to check if any one has recordings of any of Geeta ji's jingles.

Thanks in advance

Best Regards
Parag

any estimate how many she recorded and from when to when

We will have to look forward to expertise of Mahesh ji and Mahesh Sharma ji (maheshks) for this information.

Parag

Does any one have any update information on the ad-jingles done by Geeta ji ?

Thanks in advance

Regards
Parag

Hi Mahesh,

This angle seems to be new and never discussed much on the forum. I have never read till now that Geeta ji was thinking of taking retirement from singing after the marriage. Could you please provided a link to this article you were referring to ? I know its a very old post, but thought of checking with you on this.


Thanks
Parag

parag,
it was somewhere in 1957;when geetaji chose her ten favourite songs.the article seemed to suggest that she has almost retired and was happy looking after kids.


regards,
mahesh

Mahesh, thanks for the information. The thread on her personal favorites does not seem to indicate this

http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?show...c=13696&hl=

Regards
Parag

Thanks Ashish for echoing our sentiments.

Just reviving this thread to check if any one has recordings of any of Geeta ji's jingles.

Thanks in advance

Best Regards
Parag

Does any one have any kind of contact with Mr Gautam who has been associated with the website on Salil Chaudhury sahab? In his recent blog he has mentioned that he has the Radio jingle for Rexona soap sung by Geeta ji. The post is :

http://notes.salilda.com/index.php/2009/12...ons-of-salilda/

Over the years I found some really interesting songs composed by Salilda in the ’50s and ’60s which include a jingle for Raxona soap performed beautifully by Geeta Dutt. There are other such commercial jingles made for Hammam soap or Caltex oil company etc but I haven’t found them yet. Quite often Gramophone company of India preduced them as “specially made for….” and they are nearly impossible to find.
There are also a few “social-awareness” songs composed by Salilda advising the innocent villagers to take Paludrin tablets against Malaria and educating them about the pickpockets in the big city.
Recently Suresh Chandvankar of SIRC sent me a photograph of a 78rpm record which says “Subhas Chander Bose”, Directed by Hemen Gupta and Music by Salil Chowdhury. The commentary is by none other than Ameen Sayani of Radio Ceylon fame. There must be a short documentary related to this little commentary but we haven’t found it yet. There is very little music in the background.
But, for us the Salilda admirers it is another rare find !

Gautam

Great news. Hope he can share the jingle with us.

The email id on the main website is given as

gautam.c@hccnet.nl

on the page http://salilda.com/contact.asp

maybe we should mail him and request.