Gita, or Geeta ( Deva, गीता, gītā) is an Indian feminine

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Geeta Aiyer Geeta Aiyer is an Indian entrepreneur, business leader, and social activist, best known as founder and president of Boston Common Asset Management, a sustainable investment firm. Early life and education Aiyer was born in Chennai, India in 1 ...

(born 1958), Indian entrepreneur and business leader * Geeta Anand, journalist and author who writes for the ''Wall Street Journal'' *

Geeta Bali Geeta Bali (born Harkirtan Kaur; 15 November 1930 ‒ 21 January 1965) was an Indian actress who worked in Hindi films. Bali is regarded among the finest actresses in the history of Indian cinema, Bali acted in over 75 films in a career spanni ...

(1930–1965), Bollywood actress *

Geeta Basra Geeta Rani Basra (born 13 March 1984) is a British former actress who has appeared in Bollywood films. She is married to Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh. They married at a ceremony in a gurudwara near Jalandhar. She has spoken of how she was wr ...

, Bollywood actress * Gita Bhartiji (born 1944), Indian guru *Geeta Chopra, involved in the

Geeta and Sanjay Chopra kidnapping case The Geeta and Sanjay Chopra kidnapping case (also known as the Ranga-Billa case) was a kidnapping and murder crime in New Delhi in 1978. It involved the kidnapping and subsequent murder of siblings Geeta and Sanjay by Kuljeet Singh ( alias Rang ...

Geeta Citygirl Geeta Citygirl (born October 6, 1971) is an actress, dancer, director, producer and the founder and artistic director of SALAAM, the first South Asian American theatre, arts and film company in the USA. Based in New York City, the theatre company ...

, actor, dancer, director, producer *

Gita Dey Gita Dey (, 5 August 1931 – 17 January 2011) was an Indian actress in Bengali cinema, theatre and Bengali folk theater. She became a stage artist at the age of 6 years. She came to the film industry in 1943. Her first film release was '' Ah ...

* Gita Dodova *

Geeta Dutt Geeta Dutt (born Geeta Ghosh Roy Chowdhuri; 23 November 1930 – 20 July 1972) was an Indian Indian classical music, classical and playback singer. She found particular prominence as a playback singer in Hindi cinema and Bengali cinema (India) ...

, Indian singer *

Gita Ghatak Gita Ghatak (Geeta Ghatak née Ganguly) (23 January 1931 – 17 November 2009) was an Indian actress and singer. She mainly acted in Bengali cinema. Gita Ghatak was also an exponent of ''Rabindra Sangeet''. She had her primary lessons in Tagor ...

Gita Gopinath Gita Gopinath (born 8 December 1971) is an Indian-American economist who has served as the first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), since 21 January 2022. She had previously served as chief economist of the IMF ...

Gita Gutawa Aluna Sagita Gutawa (born 11 August 1993), better known as Gita Gutawa, is an Indonesian singer. She is also the daughter of composer Erwin Gutawa. Although she originally studied piano, Gita Gutawa later switched to vocals. She was discovere ...

Geeta Iyengar Geeta S. Iyengar (7 December 1944 – 16 December 2018), the eldest daughter of Yogacharya B. K. S. Iyengar, was a yoga teacher credited with advancing yoga for women. Life and work Geeta Iyengar, eldest daughter of the founder of the worldwide ...

, Yoga teacher * Gita Johar *

Geeta Kapoor Geeta Kapur (born 5 July 1973) is an Indian choreographer and television personality. She recently judged '' India's Best Dancer'', a dance reality show on Sony TV, along with actress Sonali Bendre and choreographer Terence Lewis. Career K ...

, Bollywood choreographer *

Gita Kapoor Gita Kapoor is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', played by Shobu Kapoor, from 18 February 1993 to 24 September 1998. Gita has a fierce temper, which she uses to keep her troublesome husband in check. Creation and de ...

, a fictional character in the soap opera ''EastEnders'' *

Geeta Kapur Geeta Kapur (born 1943) is a noted Indian art critic, art historian and curator based in New Delhi. She was one of the pioneers of critical art writing in India, and who, as ''Indian Express'' noted, has "dominated the field of Indian contemp ...

(born 1943), Indian art critic and curator *

Gita Krishnankutty Gita Krishnankutty is a Malayalam-English translator from Kerala, India. She has also written subtitles for many noted Malayalam films. She received many awards including Sahitya Akademi Award for Translation, Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Ove ...

, Indian Malayalam-English Translator *

Gita Mehta Gita Mehta (née Patnaik; 12 December 1943 – 16 September 2023) was an Indian-American writer and documentary filmmaker. As a journalist and documentary filmmaker she frequently covered war and conflict including covering the Bangladesh liber ...

(born 1943), Indian writer * Geeta Nargund, medical director *

Geeta Novotny Geeta Novotny (born Geeta Bhatnagar) is an American singer, actor, writer and columnist. As a classical singer, Novotny has performed principal roles nationally with opera companies and symphony orchestras at Carnegie Hall, the American Ballet Th ...

, American mezzo-soprano, actor, writer and columnist *

Geeta Patel Geeta Vasant Patel (born December 22, 1975) is an American film and television director, screenwriter, and producer best known for her work on '' Meet the Patels'' (2014), ''House of the Dragon'' (2022–24), and '' Ahsoka'' (2023). Career ...

, American film and television director *

Geeta Phogat Geeta Phogat (born 15 December 1988) is a freestyle wrestler who won India's first-ever gold medal in wrestling at the Commonwealth Games in 2010. She was also the first Indian female wrestler to have qualified for the Olympic Games. Personal ...

, wrestler *

Gita Piramal Gita Piramal (born 1954) is an Indian writer and business historian. Education Gita Piramal completed her education in the United Kingdom and graduated from Bombay University. She holds a PhD in business history (1988), a Master's degree in H ...

* Geeta Rani, Indian weightlifter *

Geeta Rao Gupta Geeta Rao Gupta (born 1956 in Mumbai, India) is a leader on gender, women's issues, and HIV/AIDS who had served as United States Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues. She previously served as executive director of the 3D Program for Gir ...

, AIDS and feminist activist * J. Geeta Reddy, Indian politician *

Gita Sahgal Gita Sahgal (born 1956 or 1957) is a British writer, journalist, film director, Feminism, feminist activist, and Human rights, human rights activist, whose work focusses on the issues of feminism, fundamentalism, and racism. She has been a co-f ...

* Geeta Sane, feminist writer *

Gita Siddharth Gita Siddharth (7 August 1950 – 14 December 2019) was an Indian actress and social worker. She acted in mainstream Bollywood as well as art cinema, like '' Parichay'' (1972), '' Garm Hava'' (1973), and '' Gaman'' (1978). She was best known ...

Geeta Vadhera Geeta Vadhera is an Indian artist. She has exhibited her oil paintings across Italy, Germany, France, Singapore and many cities across India. She has published a book of concrete poetry titled Ansh. Early life Geeta Vadhera was born in Indi ...

, artist *

Gita Wirjawan Gita Irawan Wirjawan (born 21 September 1965) is an Indonesian entrepreneur, ex-investment banker, music and film producer, and podcaster. Previously, he served as Ministry of Trade (Indonesia), Minister of Trade of the Republic of Indonesia du ...

Geeta Zutshi Geeta Zutshi (born 2 December 1956) is a former Indian track and field athlete. She established several national and Asian running records in the 800 metres and 1500 metres events. Zutshi won the women's silver medals for the 800 m in 1982 ...

, Indian athlete

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