| Name(s) |
MANNA DEY
(Birth name: Prabodh Chandra Dey) |
| Date of
Birth |
May 01, 1919
– Calcutta, West Bengal, India. |
| Date of
Death |
October 24, 2013
– Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. |
|
Identity |
Indian playback
singer |
|
Date-wise Events / Works |
- 1942: He started working as
an assistant to various music composers, including his uncle
K.C. Dey and Sachin Dev Burman. After sometime, he started
to work independently as a music director for various Hindi
movies.
- 1943: He started his career
in playback singing with the movie, Tamanna.
- 2005: His Bengali language
autobiography, Jiboner Jalsaghorey, was published in the
year 2005 which has been translated in English as 'Memories
Come Alive', in Hindi as 'Yaden Jee Uthi' and in Marathi as
'Jiboner Jalsaghorey'.
- 1971: He received
Padma Shri from Govt. of India.
- 2005: He received
Padma Bhushan from Govt. of India.
- 2007: He received the
prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award.
- 2008: Jibaner Jalsaghore, a
documentary on Dey's life, was released.
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Other Events &
Developments |
- He was known for his classical style of singing
classical and quasi-classical songs.
- He sang songs in Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi,
Malayalam, Kannada, Assamese films.
- Along with Mohammed Rafi, Kishore Kumar and Mukesh he
was a part of Indian film playback music industry.
- He has also lent his voice for Madhushala,
composed by Late Harivansh Rai Bachchan.
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He went on to record more than 4000 songs from
1942 to 2013.
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