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Prabodh Chandra Dey, better known by his nickname Manna Dey, is a playback singer.


Prabodh Chandra Dey, better known by his nickname Manna Dey, is a playback singer. 

Born: May 1, 1919 (age 94), Kolkata

Spouse: Sulochana Kumaran (m. 1953–2012)
Death: 24 October.
His parents were Purna Chandra Dey and Mahamaya Dey.
Dey studied at Scottish Church Collegiate School and then Scottish Church College. He did his post graduation from Vidyasagar College, Kolkata.
In his autobiography, Memories Come Alive, he had spoken of how football was his first passion and that he later turned to music under the influence of his guru, KC Dey.

Manna Dey's hallmark was his versatility. He was as adept at rendering complex classical-based numbers, qawalis, ghazals and bhajans. He belonged to the gallery of India's musical greats such as Muhammad Rafi, Kishore Kumar, Mukesh and Hemant Kumar who played a great role in carrying forward the classical and popular traditions of India's musical heritage. Recipient of Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2009 and the National Award twice, Dey began his career in playback singing with the film Tamanna in 1943.He won his first National Award as playback Singer for the Bengali film, Nishi Padma that Bollywood remade as Amar Prem. He had been awarded the Padmabhushan.

 

Dey sang more than 3,500 songs during a career that spanned more than six decades.
Besides Hindi, Dey sang in Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Malayalam, Kannada and Assamese films and enjoyed successful musical partnerships with the major talents of his time.
Trained in Hindustani classical music by two classical stalwarts, Ustad Aman Ali Khan and Ustad Abdul Rahman Khan, he began his career in playback singing with the film Tamanna in 1943.
The singer - who lent his voice to timeless hits such as Pyaar Hua Ikraar Hua (Shree 420, 1955), Ae Meri Zohra Zabeen (Waqt, 1965) and Ek Chathur Naar (Padosan, 1968) and Yeh Dosti Hum Nahi Todenge (Sholay, 1975) - began his career in the Hindi film industry with Jago Aayee Usha, Panchi Boley Jago (Tamanna, 1943).
He also assisted music composer Sachin Dev Burman for some time and during this time sang Upar Gagan Vishal for the film Mashal (1950). By 1952, he had established his name as one of the top playback singers.
Apart from Hindi and mother tongue Bengali, Dey had sung in 14 Indian languages, including Punjabi, Malayalam, Gujarati, Bhojpuri and Chhattisgarhi.
Originally, Dey trained under his uncle Krishna Chandra Dey and later under Ustad Dalbir Khan. While singing for films, he continued his Hindustani classical training under Aman Ali Khan and then under Ustad Rahman Khan.
Dey's hallmark was his versatility; he was as adept at rendering complex classical-based numbers, qawalis, ghazals and bhajans as he was at singing buoyant romantic songs, soft pathos-laden ones and light, fun numbers.
Rafi had once told magazine reporters: "You say you love to listen to my songs. But I listen to Manna Dey's songs."
Dey recorded his last song for the film, Umar in 2006.
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