The Immortal Geeta Dutt - Page 11

Thanks Barnali di. Yes Sahir has given most amazing lyrics and I also love Abrar's dialouge. Full of feelings and life. Every aspect of this film is a land mark.
Geeta also got a chance to sing different moods for this movie while singing for Waheeda and Mala...beautifully sung 👏

Originally posted by: egghatcher

😛 👍🏼lol

what an august honour!!being referenced by none other than our very own swar_raj or as i affectionately term swarajya😉

better watch out

i am poison ivy

anyone who mentions me in good light incurs the wrath of the impressionables😆😛

btw on an extranneous note not totally illevant..........i have to commend the gumption and bravado displayed by the parents of those 13/14 year olds that lurk on net(ostensibly,with their approval and consent😉) as late as 3 am eastern time and THEY ARE ALL FROM NORTH AMERICAN CONTINENT😕😉 more power tohese precociuos kids who talk that drivel talk with wut dat and fe fe fe which they dare not use with the elders in their gousehold for hypocritical reasons👍🏼 Jai bolo NRI dual standards

No problem sir, I am not honey coated either😆. So poison Ivy will not have much effect on me😆. And for the wrath of the impressionables, there is hardly any one left for who we need to watch out. Only Qwest is here and sometimes we see Juggy ji, Pallavi ji, Music bug etc. Rest are either gone or banned, so no worry on that part either.

Geeta Dutt is my personal fav and since I share her birth month, I am enjoying her.

For kids part , i cannto digest what they say here. I am a parent and know the life of a kid here. THey are always on run due to studies/games and cultural activities. So what they say here is totally unrealistic , but it is their life so I will not question them. Bravo to those kids and applaud to their parents just as you said👏👏 God bless my country and its country men😛

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Originally posted by: egghatcher

MANT THANKS BARNALI SWAR AND THE REST for eulogiging a fabulously heartrending voice from recent past
Geeta sends me to drinking yaar 😆

You are welcome and sure go ahead and enjoy her voice😆

If any one gets any info on Nina Dutt Menon's remix of her mother's hits, Pl PM me too. I am very eager for it specially as Nausad ji is also involved. My expectations are already set on very hight, let us see(Geeta Dutt would have been proud and touched.)

Originally posted by: Swar_Raj

If any one gets any info on Nina Dutt Menon's remix of her mother's hits, Pl PM me too. I am very eager for it specially as Nausad ji is also involved. My expectations are already set on very hight, let us see(Geeta Dutt would have been proud and touched.)

here check this link to get more info. it's a video and shows Nina dutt Menon recording the remix. yu can listen to her here.

http://www.ibnlive.com/videos/3815/geeta-dutts-daughter-to-r emix-mothers-songs.html

Originally posted by: Barnali

here check this link to get more info. it's a video and shows Nina dutt Menon recording the remix. yu can listen to her here.

http://www.ibnlive.com/videos/3815/geeta-dutts-daughter-to-r emix-mothers-songs.html

Thanks a lot for the video didi 👏 Nina said it right.. Feel is there and that she is singing in her memories but the voice is different and no one can sing like Geeta Dutt...

I am sure whr ever Geeta Dutt is, she will be proud of Nina 😊

A Tribute to Geeta and Guru Dutt


Geeta Dutt's daughter pays tribute to her mother with remixes of two of her evergreen chart-toppers that Nina has lent her voice to in her debut album Pal. The video of 'Mera naam Chin Chin Choo...' will also feature Guru and Geeta Dutt's granddaughter Nafeesa and will be directed by her father, Naushad

She's Guru Dutt's daughter and admits she doesn't remember him at all because he passed away when she was just two. Nina got to spend 10 years more with her mother but even Geeta Dutt went away too soon leaving her with the lingering taste of her crab curry. "My mother was a fabulous cook and I could always tell when someone else had made my favorite crab curry and would inevitably throw a royal tantrum," Nina laughs.

She also holds on to the precious memory of music sittings with the top-ranking singer. "Ma would sit on the harmonium with me and make me croon 'Allah tero naam...' after her," Nina reminisces. Though Geeta was often ill during her growing up years, her daughter remembers her as a gentle but jovial person who loved being with her friends, was rarely mayoos and never lost her temper.

Today, it's these remembrances and some unforgettable melodies that is all Nina has left of her mother. 'Waqt ne kiya kya haseen situm...' is her chosen gem from Geeta Dutt's treasure trove. Incidentally, it's also her 17-year-old daughter, Nafeesa's best-loved song of her nani's though it's a "rather sad melody". "I guess 'Waqt ne kiya...' has grown on Nafeesa because she's heard me humming it all the time," Nina points out. This classic from Kaagaz Ke Phool does not figure in the video album that mother and daughter will be coming out with soon.

Pal is a compilation of eight numbers. Six of them are original pop songs depicting moments from a woman's life at different stages and in a variety of moods. They have been penned by Manoj Kapadia and composed by Tutun Roy. The remaining couple of songs for which also Nina has lent her voice are remixes of two Geeta Dutt hits, 'Babuji dheere chalna...' from CID and 'Mera naam Chin Chin Choo...' from China Town. The latter will be filmed on Nafessa and the video will be directed by her father, Naushad Memon.

Nina admits that her husband has been pushing her to cut an album for years but while the kids were growing up there was no time to spare. Now that Nafeesa is in college and her son in the 8th standard, Nina could let the germ of an idea blossom into what has already become a talked about project.

The decision to include 'Chin Chin Choo...' stems from the fact that it's a fast-paced peppy numbers and both Naushad and Nina felt that with a new sound and a more contemporary look it could be used to target the youth.

"I've loved the song since I was five years old and must have heard it over a 1000 times by now. It's got a very catchy beat," raves Nafeesa. The Home Science student who's only last year posed for her first photo shoot for designer clothes and jewellery, is all excited about appearing in the 'Mera naam Chin Chin Choo...' video. "It was mom who suggested my name to my dad and I was like 'Yeah, sure'," she giggles. They start shooting in 15-20 days and Nafeesa can't wait to face the camera again.

"The mood is very abstract, the choreography very modern with lots of color, different dance movements and three changes for Nafeesa. It's not going to be anything like the 'Chin Chin Choo' you've seen before because while you can recycle an old hit using technology to give it a new sound, you can't go back to the same period and ape its pasteurization," points out her director father, adding with a smile, "So, I'd say our 'Chin Chin Choo...' is an old tune in a new package."

Moving on to his singer-wife Naushad admits that Nina's voice is very different from her mother's. "There was a sharpness to Geetaji's voice, Nina's is more husky. That's why I advised her not to ape her mother. Not only would she find that difficult but given the fact that Geeta ji was a remarkable singer, it would be difficult for Nina to reach anywhere close to her. People remember the song but today in the age of remixes, I'm sure they would be open to a new sound and style given the fact that the singer is Geetaji's own daughter," he reasons.

Despite his assurances and reassurances Nina admits that at the recording studio she was in jitters. "I have a very base voice so it was quite an effort to raise my scale to that of my mother's which was way to high for me," she confesses candidly. "All through the recording I was telling myself...telling her rather to 'be with me'."

However, compared to 'Babuji dheere chalna...', Nina asserts, that 'Mera naam Chin Chin Choo...' was really a cakewalk. "'Babuji...' is a song with a lot of expressions and as you can imagine, it's not easy to imitate mom. I had to ensure that the "feel" of the song came through."

Pal is Nina's tribute to her mother. She points out that a lot has been done to keep the memory of Guru Dutt and his movies alive. Nasreen Munni Kabir who penned the popular Guru Dutt—A Life in Cinema has recently released another book of 37 previously unpublished letters that Guru Dutt wrote to Geeta including a few postcards he sent to his sons, Tarun and Arun, Yours Guru Dutt—Intimate Letters of a Great Indian Filmmaker. Kabir has also done a TV series on him, In Search of Guru Dutt. A DVD compilation of his golden classics has also been brought out along with a commemorative stamp. In comparison, though Geeta Dutt's songs still play on radio channels, little by way of shradhanjali has been paid to her memory which was the reason Pal was conceived. "May be if this experiment is accepted we can work on more of mom's songs including my favorite, 'Waqt ne kiya...'," Nina maintains.

You wonder if Kaagaz Ke Phool ranks amongst her favorites from her father's repertoire too and you're surprised to hear that that's the film Nafeesa loves to rewind to. "It's so true-to-life. I love that scene in the studio when my grandfather's old. I never knew him but may be that's how he would have looked had he lived," the 17-year-old says wistfully. She also loves Subhash Ghai's Taal and yes, Guru Dutt's Shahib Biwi Aur Ghulam with Meena Kumari's heart-wrenching 'Na jao saiyaan chudake baiyaan...'.

Sahib Biwi Aur Ghulam ranks on the top of Nina's list too. "All the characters stood out and I also love the zamindari ambience. I guess, it's because I'm half Bengali," she laughs. Another favorite is Chaudavin Ka Chand for its story and narrative flow. "You don't stop to think till the film is over," she says softly.

Given Nafeesa's interest in modeling and her dance lessons with Shiamak Davar one wouldn't be surprised to find Guru Dutt and Geeta Dutt's granddaughter in the studio one day in front of the arc lights. Is Nina prepared for this? "My children have always been very independent and I like it that way. I want them to try everything they wish to do. You have one life so enjoy it. That's why we didn't stop her when she wanted to model or dance. If acting is what she wishes to experiment with next, we've no problems with that either. My parents were from the film industry and so is my husband. So why should I not want my daughter to be a part of the family too?"

Dutts' granddaughter's album


Nafeesa Memon, a young model, will soon do a video album titled 'Pal' to dedicate the same to the memory of her grandparents -- Guru Dutt and Geeta Dutt. The famous song of the late actress "Mera Naam Chin Chin Choo" is sung by Nafeesa's mother and Geeta Dutt's daughter Nina. The young model-turned-actor is presently a student of home science at Pune in Maharashtra.

Guru Dutt: Daughter Nina pays tribute






Nafeesa
When singer Nina Dutt Memon finished recording her pop album, Pal, dedicated to her parents Guru and Geeta Dutt, she needed a vivacious model for the video of the remixed Mera Naam Chin Chin Choo.

Nina's search began and ended when she realised that her 17-year-old daughter, Nafeesa (a budding model—actress), was the right choice for the song.

Trained dancer

Not surprisingly, Nafeesa, a home science student in Pune, is maha—thrilled. "It's an honour to be part of this musical tribute to my grandparents. Very often, I used to wish that I was born during the golden era of haunting Guru Dutt melodies. And Chin Chin Choo happens to be my favourite song," gushes Nafeesa, who is being trained in dancing
by Shiamak Davar.


Bollywood calling

Is she planning to act? "Why not? I feel I am cut out for both modelling and showbiz. Since my dad, Naushad, is the creative head of a reputed film production house, he is also supportive about my acting career," discloses Memon, whose favourite actors are Hrithik Roshan and Shahid Kapur.
"They are so-o-o cute," she smiles, tossing her curly tresses.

Nafeesa Memon
Here's Nafeesa!

After all, the late filmmaker Guru Dutt's blood does run in the veins of his grand-daughter. Isn't it? Nafeesa Memon, the 17-year-old grand daughter of Guru Dutt and Geeta Dutt, makes her acting debut in a video album, "Pal." Dedicated to Guru Dutt and Geeta Dutt, the album has Geeta Dutt's songs sung by their daughter Nina, Nafeesa's mother. One of the songs, the evergreen "Mera Naam Chin Chin Choo," will be filmed on the budding model-actress Nafeesa. A home science student in Pune, Nafeesa is already a leading model. She did her modeling course with Bunty & Prashant, a leading modeling agency in Pune, and is now being trained in dancing by Shiamak Davar and groomed for a career in acting in films. With an aunt such as Kalpana G. Lajmi and uncle like Shyam Benegal, it should be smooth sailing as far as her goal of acting in films is concerned for young Nafeesa.