Jaimala is a program that has been aired on the Vividh Bharti station of All India Radio since it’s early days. It is a one hour program that exclusively plays requests from soldiers posted at the front. Once a week they have a special where a celebrity associated with the film world plays his/her own selection. Over the years a number of prominent personalities have hosted this program and these programs are a fascinating archive of their thoughts, ideas and musical selection.
Playback singer Geeta Dutt (nee Roy) presented this program in the year 1969, just three years before her untimely death on 20th July 1972.
Earlier we presented the text of this program and the songs played in this post. Now we are presenting the complete audio of this program where one can listen to the speaking voice of Geeta Dutt. Please bear with the little disturbance in the audio recording.
Mere pyare fauji bhaiyon, aaj aapse baaten karte huye mujhe bahut prasannata ho rahi hai. Pehla geet phool maine mahaan kalakar K L Saigal ke awaaz mein chuna hai.
Song: Karoon kya aas niraas bhayi (Dushman)
Arzoo sahab ka likha yeh geet tha film Dushman ka, jiske sangeetkaar the Pankaj Mullick. Main jab gaana shuru kiya, us samay ke naami gayakon mein se the Shamshad Begum, Kanan Devi, Amirbai Karnataki, Zohrabai Amabalewali, Krishna Chandra Dey, Pankaj Mullick aur Kundan Lal Saigal. Saigal sahab Uttar Bhartiya hote huye bhi Bangla bahut achchhi tarah bol sakte the aur isliye Bangal mein we kaafi lokpriya the. Ab main apne samay ki ek aur mahaan gayika Lata Mangeshkar ka gaaya ek geet sunwane jaa rahi hoon, film ka naam hai Durgesh Nandini.
Song: Kahaan le chale ho bata do musafir (Durgesh Nandini)
Rajinder Krishna ka likha yeh geet tha, sangeetkaar the Hemant Kumar. Hemant dada sangeetkaar banne se pehle ek gaayak the. Film Jaal mein unka gaay huya yeh geet mujhe aksar yaad aa jaati hai.
Song: Yeh raat yeh chaandni phir kahaan (Jaal)
Abhi jo geet aapne suna use likha tha Sahir Ludhianvi ne aur suron se sajaya Sachin Dev Burman ne. Burman dada ka sangeetkaaron mein ek vishesh sthaan hai. Unhi ke swarbaddh kiye film Do Bhai ke geeton se log muhe jaanne lage the. Unke liye maine bahut gaane gaaye. Unhi mein se ek hai film Sujata ka yeh geet jise Majrooh Sultanpuri ne likha hai.
Song: Nanhi kali sone chali hawa dheere aana (Sujata)
Agla geet bhi Burman dada ke tarz par hai jise Mukesh ne gaaya hai aur Shailendra ne likha hai. Film Bandini ka yeh geet – O jaanewaale ho sake to laut ke aana, yeh ghaat tu yeh baaT kahin bhool na jaana.
Song: O jaanewale ho sake to (Bandini)
Bachpan ke sangi saathiyon ka vaasta dekar waapas lautne ki baat abhi aapne suna is geet mein. Agla gaana bhi jaanewaale ko sambodhit hai par andaaz bilkul ulta hai – Jayiye aap kahaan jayenge.
Song: Jayiye aap kahaan jaayenge (Mere Sanam)
Ab main apna hi gaaya film Shart ka ek geet sunwati hoon jise S H Bihari ne likha hai aur Hemant dada ne swarbaddha kiya hai. Is prem geet mein anantkaal tak apne priyatam ka saath dene ka vaada hai.
Song: Na yeh chaand hoga na taare rahenge (Shart)
Sapnon ki udaan ka koi ant naheen, koi seema naheen, na jaane yeh mann kya kya sapne dekh leti hai. Jab sapne bhang hote hain to kuchh aur hi haqeeqat saamne aate hain.
Song: Na kisi ke aankh ka noor hoon (Lal Qila)
Ab suniye film Udan Khatola mein Lata Mangeshkar ki awaaz. Sangeetkaar Naushad, Shakeel Badayuni ke likhe is geet mein bhi udaasi ka rang hai.
Song: Sitaron ki mehfil haaye tum na aaye (Udan Khatola)
Ab mere saamne hai film Pyaasa ka record. Aur isi ke saath yaad aa rahi hai mere jeevan ki sukh bhari dukh bhari yaaden, lekin aapko yeh sab batakar kya karoongi. Mere mann ki haalat ka andaaza aap achchhi tarah lagaa sakte hain. Is film ke naayak nirmata nirdeshak the mere patidev Guru Duttji.
Song: Aaj sajan mohe ang lagaa lo janam safal ho jaaye (Pyaasa)
Leejiye ab film Ladki ka ek geet suniye jiski sangeet rachna shahstriya sangeet par aadharit hai.
Song: Baant chalat nayi chunri rang daari (Ladki)
Mere patidev sahi arth mein kalakaar the. Woh jo kuchh bhi karte bahut mehnat aur lagan se karte. Filmon ke zariye apne vichaaron ko vyakt karte. Aaj antim geet bhi main apne patidev ki film Saheb Biwi Aur Ghulam se sunwane jaa rahi hoon. Geetkaar Shakeel aur sangeetkaar Hemant Kumar. Is geet ke bhaav paatron se bhi zyaada mere apne bhaavon se milte julte hain.
Song: Na jaao saiyaan chhudake baiyaan (Saheb Biwi Aur Ghulaam)
THE END
Note:
The text in this post originally appeared here.
We are thankful to our friends Dr Mahesh and Kaustubh for making this rare information and the audio in the voice of Geeta ji available to us.
Tags: Geeta Dutt, Geeta Roy, Personal
d old days – golden days
its like bachapan ke din bhula na dena
i am in my childhood
grt!
thanks Dr Maheshji and Kaustubhji
and all fans of geetaduttji
Great initiative by Dr Mahesh Ji and Kaustubh Ji…..thank you so much for letting us hear the commentary….feel so honoured to hear the voice of this legend….many thanks again and a very happy birthday to dear Geeta Ji..!
Parag ji,
Behad achhaa lagaa sun kar.
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Thanks
Splendid ! To hear GD as a fellow citizen rather than in her ever-present identity as a singer turns her from a singer into a friend.Precious though her role as a singer is, to witness this more rounded humanity of GD is equally priceless. Besides, it’s wonderful to see what music pleased her, for much of it pleased us too. That’s what makes for a bond between ” friends.”
Vipin ji
It is truly a pleasure to listen to Geeta ji speaking. This is probably the only recording of her speaking voice available on the internet. We are truly thankful to Dr Mahesh and Kaustubh for this.
About the selection of the songs she played in the program. IMHO, most of them reflect the state of her mind at that time. Let us not forget this program was recorded some time in the year 1969 when the entire film music fraternity had forgotten her. She was practically struggling to survive.
About her personal choice of songs, I would recommend reading this post on our main website
http://www.geetadutt.com/topten.html
Best Regards
Parag
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Cheers
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Many thanks
I wondered since I saw the words Geeta Ji spoke in the Jaimala Programme written in a section of the site, if only the audio was available and in a few days time got what I wanted. Just can not express the fulfilment I am experiencing…
while listening this site, I feel Geetaji has expressed her feeling in so many songs. The song of Rafisab ‘ Na Kisiki aankka noor ho mai’ express so many angles of the life of Geetaji. Most ‘valubale ‘ site! What a golden and memoriable voice of this era!