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{{Infobox film
| name = Geeta
| image = Geeta_(1940_film).jpg
| caption = Ad from ''Filmindia'' September 1940
| director = Parshwanath Yeshwant Altekar
| producer = Circo Productions
| writer = Minoo Katrak
| narrator =
| starring = [[Chandra Mohan (Hindi film actor)|Chandra Mohan]]<br />[[Durga Khote]]<br /> [[Anant Marathe]]
| music = Datta Koregaonkar
| cinematography = Gordhanbhai Patel
| editing = Thete
| distributor =
| released = 1940
| runtime =
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Geeta ''''' is a [[Bollywood]] [[film]] directed by Parshwanath Yeshwant Altekar and starring [[Chandra Mohan (Hindi film actor)|Chandra Mohan]], [[Durga Khote]] and [[Anant Marathe]]. It was released in [[Bollywood films of 1940|1940]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gomolo.com/geeta-movie/858|title=Geeta (1940)|publisher=Gomolo.com|accessdate=23 July 2012}}</ref><ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen1999">{{cite book|last1=Rajadhyaksha|first1=Ashish|last2=Willemen|first2=Paul|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R0EOAQAAMAAJ|year=1999|publisher=British Film Institute}}</ref> The film produced under the Circo Productions banner was a bilingual made in [[Hindi]] and [[Marathi language|Marathi]].<ref name=Circo>{{cite journal|title=Pictures in Making|journal=Filmindia|date=May 1940|volume=6|issue=5|pages=35|url=https://archive.org/stream/filmindia194006unse#page/n293/mode/2up/search/geeta|accessdate=18 August 2015}}</ref> The story was written by Minoo Katrak who in later films was to become a renowned sound recordist. The cinematographer was Gordhanbhai Patel and the film's music was composed by Datta Koregaonkar. It's dialogues and song lyrics were by S. K. Kallah with screenplay by Altekar.<ref name=Review>{{cite journal|title=Chandramohan Thunders Through 'Geeta'|journal=Filmindia|date=November 1940|volume=6|issue=12|pages=27|url=https://archive.org/stream/filmindia194814unse#page/n467/mode/2up/search/Bhookh|accessdate=18 August 2015|ref=Our Review-Geeta}}</ref> The rest of the cast included [[Trilok Kapoor]], Ashalata, Vatsala Kumtekar and Baby Suman.<ref name=citwf>{{cite web|title=Geeta (1940)|url=http://www.citwf.com/film128296.htm|website=citwf.com|publisher=Alan Goble|accessdate=18 August 2015}}</ref>

The film starred Durga Khote and Chandra Mohan in the same film for the second time. They had earlier acted in ''[[Amar Jyoti]]'' (1936) but not opposite each other. Chandra Mohan was cast in a double role in this film, playing the role of father and older son.

The story involves a restless man, whose hardships and needs make him leave his virtuous wife. Taking his young son Mohan along, he turns to a life of crime, inducing Mohan to become an outlaw with him.

==Plot==
Shankar ([[Chandra Mohan (Hindi film actor)|Chandra Mohan]]) lives an unhappy existence with his pious wife Durga ([[Durga Khote]]), and son Mohan. Durga is a staunch believer of and clings rigidly to the teachings of [[Bhagavad Gita|Bhagavad Geeta]]. Shankar is irritated with his wife's devotional attendance on holy scripture, especially as the family is poor and things are not working out for him. One day, he takes his young son Mohan and leaves Durga behind. An expectant Durga, does not give up her beliefs and brings up the second child with good attributes and education. Shnkar now starts following a life of crime, in which Mohan joins him. Several years pass with Shankar and Mohan, now grown (Chandra Mohan again) continuing with their looting and killing. Shankar is caught in one of the killing sprees with the plotting of an opposite gang member and hanged. Mohan vows to take revenge on the gang for his father's death. He is soon caught and brought to court where his own younger brother Kumar ([[Trilok Kapoor]]) is the prosecutor. The mother meets her older son, and Mohan is finally repentant and looking for atonement.

==Cast==
* [[Chandra Mohan (Hindi film actor)|Chandra Mohan]] as Shankar/Mohan
* [[Durga Khote]] as Durga
* [[Anant Marathe]] as Shankar's son
* Vatsala Kumtekar as Sundari, Mohan's prostitute girlfriend
* Ashalata as Lata, Sundari's sister wo is a devotee of Mohan's mother's teachings
* [[Trilok Kapoor]] as Kumar
* S. Nazir
* Baby Suman
* S. Prahlad
* Keki Bawa

==Review==
[[File:ChandramohanGeeta_(1940).jpg|thumb|right|[[Chandra Mohan (Hindi film actor)|Chandra Mohan]] in ''Geeta'' (1940)]]
According to [[Baburao Patel]] in his review of the film in the November 1940 issue of ''[[Filmindia]]'', he found the production to be of a poor standard, the direction weak, the songs "hopeless", and that bad editing tended to drag the picture. He praised the acting of Durga Khote "sparkling" and he found Chandra Mohan to be "Irresistible, inimitable and incomparable" and "he thunders through the picture like a giant,.... The man acts in his words. His very voice thrills with its well measured modulations tuned to the subtleties of the different situations". Anant Marathe as the young boy "must be mentioned with these big names. He is the only one who keeps good company with a confidence that suggests experience and courage."<ref name=Review />

==Soundtrack==
The music composition was by Datta Koregaonkar with lyrics by S. K. Kallah. List:<ref name=muvyz>{{cite web|title=Geeta (1940)|url=http://muvyz.com/moviepage/lh208846/songs/#tabs|website=muvyz.com|publisher=Muvyz, Ltd.|accessdate=18 August 2015}}</ref>

===Songlist===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! # !! Title
|-
| 1
| "Dhaar Tej Pashemaani"
|-
| 2
| "Door Karo Door Karo Kachchra Door Karo"
|-
| 3
| "Koi Man Ki Been Bajaaye"
|-
| 4
| "Kyun Ghar Chhoda Baawre"
|-
| 5
| "Nainan Ke Teer Hoye Karejwa Mein Peed"
|-
| 6
| "Paap Katan Ko Vrat Lagaaye Karam Karaye Neecha"
|-
| 7
| "Prabhu Dekho Muskai"
|-
| 8
| "Prem Bina Yeh Jeevan Khaali"
|-
| 9
| "Sanwla Murliwla Yashoda Ne Paala"
|-
| 10
| "Sundar Sadi Phoolonwali Lata Odhkar"
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id =0154526 |title =Geeta }}

[[Category:1940 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1940s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]

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