Today we will talk about an artist of Hindi cinema who had achieved a lot at a young age, but he left this world before completing four decades of his life. He was married and had an affair with a Muslim actress, but despite this he remained alone in the last days of his life. Here we are talking about Guru Dutt. Today is his 101st birth anniversary.

Guru Dutt was also a filmmaker

Guru Dutt Saheb’s name is taken with great respect in Hindi cinema. Along with being an actor, he also worked as a filmmaker. He was born on 9 July 1925 in Bengaluru, Karnataka. He had made many films including Aar Paar, Kagaz Ke Phool, Pyarsa, Baji, Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam, Chaudhavin Ka Chand, Bharosa.

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Married to veteran singer Geeta Dutt

Gur Dutt married veteran singer Geeta Dutt in 1953. The actor was 28 years old at that time. Geeta has given many wonderful songs to Bollywood. After marriage, both of them welcomed three children. However, the couple’s relationship did not last long. According to reports, after four years of marriage, rift started between the two. It is said that actress Waheeda Rehman was also the reason for this. Later Geeta left Guru Dutt’s house and got separated from him.

It is mentioned in the book ‘Gurudutt The Unsatisfied Story’ that after Waheeda came into Guru’s life, Geeta had said, ‘Ever since she came into our lives, life has become hell.’

Had an affair with Muslim Waheeda Rehman

Let us tell you that Guru had launched Waheeda with his film ‘CID’. Later, the news of their affair made a lot of headlines. The affair between Hindu Guru Dutt and Muslim Waheeda Rehman used to be a hot topic of discussion. But, it is said that Guru was very positive for Waheeda. With time this relationship also ended and the actor was left completely alone in his personal life.

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Due to severe alcohol addiction, 39 year old found dead in home

After facing successive setbacks in his personal life, Guru Dutt turned to alcohol as his support. He started drinking alcohol excessively and due to this, he died under suspicious circumstances at the age of just 39. On 9 October 1964, he worked on his film ‘Bahare Phir Bhi Aayengi’, while on 10 October 1964, he was found dead in his house.

In the world of music, if anyone’s name will be written in golden letters, then it will be the name of the nightingale Lata Mangeshkar, but do you know that Lata Mangeshkar was also crazy about the voice of a female singer. We are talking about playback singer Geeta Dutt, who casts a spell on the hearts with her voice in Bengali and Hindi cinema. Lata Mangeshkar was also crazy about Geeta Dutt’s voice and accent.

inherited the song from family
23rd November is the birth anniversary of Geeta Dutt. He was born on 23 November 1930 in Faridpur district of East Bengal. He was fond of singing since childhood. Geeta got the inheritance of singing from her family. His mother used to write poems and his father Mukul Roy was a musician. The qualities of both were present in Geeta and there was such magic in her voice that it was possible to forget her voice after listening to it once.

Sung 1500 songs in his career
Geeta Dutt demonstrated her singing skills for the first time in the 1946 film ‘Bhakt Prahlad’. Although he sang only two lines in the song, still his voice received a lot of praise. After this, he gave voice in the songs of the film ‘Do Bhai’ and within no time he gave many hit songs in different films with his magical voice.

His ‘Piya Aiso Jiya Mein Samay Gayo Re’, ‘Jaane Kahan Mera Jigar Gaya Ji’, ‘Chin Chin Chu’, ‘Mujhe Jaan Na Kaho Meri Jaan’, ‘Ae Dil Mujhe Bata De’, ‘Waqt Ne Kiya Kya Haseen Sitam’, and ‘Babu Ji Dheere Chalna’ were the most popular. Geeta sang approximately 1500 songs in her career.

Lata Mangeshkar was also a fan of Geeta Dutt
In the book ‘Lata Sur Gatha’ written by Yatindra Mishra, an incident between Lata Mangeshkar and Geeta Dutt has been told. Both of them together gave their voice in the song ‘Jawaani Ki Rail Chali Jaaye Re’ from the film ‘Shehnai’ and at the same time both the singers also met for the first time.

When Lata ji heard Geeta Dutt’s voice for the first time, she became her fan. It is mentioned in the book that Geeta generally spoke Bengali and used Hindi less, but as soon as she came on the mic to sing, the pronunciation became completely clear and the accent changed completely. Lata Mangeshkar was also surprised to see this look of hers.