Gyan Dutt
OccupationMusic Director
Years active1937-1965

Gyan Dutt was one of the most prominent music directors in Bollywood in the 1940s.[1][2] He was music director for films such as The Secretary, Thokar (1939), Achhut (1940), Bhakta Surdas (1942), Sunehre Din (1949) and Ghayal (1951).[3] Many of his songs were sung by K. L. Saigal.[4][5] In 1948 he composed seven songs for a young Geeta Dutt in the films Chanda Ki Chandani and Hua Savera, although their most notable collaboration was Dilruba (1950) in which Dutt wrote eight songs, six of which were solos for Geeta Dutt.[6]

Notable songs

Notable songs written by Gyan Dutt include:

Selected films

References

  1. ^ Anantharaman, Ganesh (January 2008). Bollywood Melodies: A History of the Hindi Film Song. Penguin Books India. p. 143. ISBN 978-0-14-306340-7.
  2. ^ Ranade, Ashok Da. (1 January 2006). Hindi Film Song: Music Beyond Boundaries. Bibliophile South Asia. p. 353. ISBN 978-81-85002-64-4.
  3. ^ "Gyan Dutt". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
  4. ^ Nevile, Pran (1 January 2004). K L Saigal: Immortal Singer and Superstar. Nevile Books. ISBN 978-81-901166-1-9.
  5. ^ India International Centre Quarterly. India International Centre. 2004. p. 82.
  6. ^ "Gyan Dutt". Geetadutt.com. Retrieved 28 November 2013.

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