Geeta Dutt, Anil Biswas and Lata Mangeshkar

A rare picture of Lata Mangeshkar, music composer Anil Biswas and Geeta Dutt singing Vande Mataram at the inauguration of the first International Film Festival in India

“What a depth of feeling Geeta brought to the Meera bhajans in the film!” writes Ganesh Anantharaman. “She ranks “Mat jaa jogi” as her best solo and you can’t but agree as the raw pain of Jogan pierces through you in Geeta’s most evocative Bhairavi.

Mat jaa jogi (Jogan, 1950)
Music: Bulo C Rani
Singer: Geeta Dutt

(All pictures used in this article are courtesy Geeta Dutt’s son Arun Dutt, The magical voice of Geeta Dutt Facebook Group, Geetadutt.com and Priya Lakshmi)

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