Geetaa Mera Naam

1974 film by Sadhana Shivdasani

24 March 1974 (1974-03-24)

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Geetaa Mera Naam (transl. Geetaa is my name) is a 1974 Indian Hindi-language produced by R. K. Nayyar. His wife Sadhana starred in a dual role and also directed the film. The film also features Sunil Dutt, Feroz Khan and Helen. The music is by Laxmikant-Pyarelal. The film performed well in the box office.^[1]

Plot

The film tells the story of four children who are separated at a fair and unknowingly reunite years later when Geeta (Sadhana) meets Neeta (also Sadhana) in prison. Neeta has been wrongly accused of murder. Geeta is then caught up in a scheme to find the true killer, which leads her to her brother Johny's (Sunil Dutt) gang.

During the early 1970s, Sunil Dutt's career as an actor was at a stand-still. Geetaa Mera Naam brought him into the limelight again. The anti-hero was reborn after a long gap of films like Mother India and Mujhe Jeene Do. Sunil Dutt's performance of Johny was liked by the masses as he clearly stole the limelight. It was one of the best performances of his career.

Cast

Sunil Dutt as Suraj / Johny
Feroz Khan as Raja
Sadhana as Kavita / Neeta / Geeta (Dual Role)
Helen as Savitri
Rajendra Nath as
Ramesh Deo
Achala Sachdev
Sanjana
Purnima as Rani
Randhir
Murad
Jankidas as Johnny Gang Member
Birbal
Mahmohan as Johnny Gang Member
Agha
Keshto Mukerjee
Mehmood Jr.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Laxmikant-Pyarelal and written by Rajendra Krishan. The song "Mujhe Maar Daalo" with non-lexical vocable of this film was used in the song "People" which features in American rapper J Dilla's album Donuts (2006).

Song	Singer
"Aankhen Do Aankhen"	Lata Mangeshkar
"Suniye Zara Dekhiye Na"	Lata Mangeshkar
"O Meherbaan Dekho Zara"	Lata Mangeshkar
"Mohabbat Hi Mohabbat Hai"	Mohammed Rafi
"Lahu Ko Lahu Pukarega" (Part 1)	Mohammed Rafi
"Lahu Ko Lahu Pukarega" (Part 2)	Mohammed Rafi
"Lahu Ko Lahu Pukarega" (Part 3)	Mohammed Rafi
"Mujhe Maar Daalo"	Asha Bhosle