MANNADEY ,INDIAN PLAYBACK SINGER BORN MAY 1,1919- DIED OCTOBER 24,2013
MANNADEY ,INDIAN PLAYBACK SINGER BORN MAY 1,1919- DIED OCTOBER 24,2013 Prabodh Chandra Dey (1 May 1919 − 24 October 2013), known by his stage name Manna Dey, was an Indian playback singer. He debuted in the film Tamanna in 1942. After the song "Upar Gagan Bishal" composed by S D Burman he saw success and went on to record more than 4,000 songs till 2013. The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri in 1971, the Padma Bhushan in 2005[2] and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2007. Dey sang in all the major regional Indian languages, though primarily in Hindi and Bengali. His peak period in Hindi playback singing was from 1953 to 1976. Early life[edit source] Dey was born to Mahamaya and Purna Chandra Dey on 1 May 1919 in Kolkata. Besides his parents, his youngest paternal uncle, Sangeetacharya Krishna Chandra Dey highly inspired and influenced him.[3] He received his early education in Indu Babur Pathshala, a small pre-primary school. He started ...