Guru and Geeta Dutt: Guru Dutt, one of the most iconic figures in Hindi cinema, continues to fascinate audiences even decades after his untimely death. As his 100th birth anniversary is marked this ...
Young Geeta sat for hours on the banks of the Padma River in East Bengal, listening to the Bhatiali songs of boatmen. Little did she know that the trance-like refrains would find relevance and ...
Before they became one of Hindi cinema's most celebrated couples, Geeta Dutt and Guru Dutt were at very different points in their careers. Geeta (nee Geeta Ghosh Roy Chowdhuri) was already a household ...
Geeta Dutt and Guru Dutt’s marriage was once full of love, but things changed when the singer started believing their dream home in Pali Hill was haunted. What followed not only broke Guru Dutt’s ...
What moves the heart more when listening to a song? Polish and perfection, or the raw emotion that the performer brings to its rendition? For those who prefer the second, there can be no better option ...
Guru Dutt, a visionary filmmaker celebrated for his melancholic masterpieces like 'Pyaasa,' faced turmoil in his personal life. His marriage to Geeta Roy, initially opposed by her family, crumbled ...
Guru Dutt in a still from Pyaasa, Geeta Dutt and Guru Dutt in an undated photo (From left) In 1957, Guru Dutt released Pyaasa, a hauntingly lyrical tale of a struggling poet, followed by Kaagaz Ke ...
When Geeta Dutt (née Roy) sang, ‘Yaad karoge, yaad karoge, ik din humko yaad karoge’ in ‘Do Bhai’ in 1947, she had not imagined how prophetic the lyrics by Raja Mehdi Ali Khan would turn out to be.
It’s usually the job of fans to draw up lists of top tracks by their favourite singers. But what happens when the singers take on this task? What kind of criteria do they use, and do they pick out ...
Geeta Dutt believed their Pali Hill dream home was haunted, leading her to insist on its demolition, deeply upsetting Guru Dutt, who cherished the house. Despite his love for the bungalow, he relented ...