Stardom comes to people who deserve it and have the talent. But taking stardom in stride and not letting it affect you, your attitude, approach or behaviour is more challenging.
To the world, Geeta Roy was the famed playback singer, a shining star of the Hindi film industry. To us kids, she was our “Geetu Pishi” (Pishi is a paternal aunt in Bengali). My father was Geeta Roy’s first cousin - he was the son of her Pishi (in Bengali we would say, she was my father’s aapon Mamato bon or Mama’s daughter). She called him “Sundor da” and he fondly called her “Geetu”. She would have the typical two curly locks of hair across her forehead, a bunch of bangles on one arm, lovely sarees and hand-picked jewellery. Her steady companion would be her batua bag (a little pouch) in which she carried her favourite zarda paan. Her brothers Ranjit Roy (Lakhu Kaku) and Mukul Roy (Mukul Kaku) also enjoyed their paan and the family tradition continued.
Whenever she called up our home to speak to her ‘Sundor da’ (my father), they would speak in the East Bengal Faridpur dialect. She was never the star when she came home. She was just the simple girl who loved to talk to her family in her mother language, making the dialect sound extra sweet. When her parents (Devendranath and Amiya Devi) relocated to Calcutta from their native place in Bangladesh, one of her brothers Lokhu Kaku (Ranjit) stayed in our home and Mukul Kaku stayed with our Mejo Kaka (my father’s younger brother). Later on, when Geetu Pishi and her parents moved to Bombay and when the young Geeta Roy shot into the limelight following her success in playback in the Hindi film industry, she became the one who was supporting the family. Till she got married to Guru Dutt, whenever she would come to Calcutta for some shows or recordings she would stay with us in our house
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