25 Facts Short Biography of Manna Dey legendary Singer Watch Manna Dey documentary Jiboner Jalsaghare

25 Facts Short Biography of Manna Dey legendary Singer Watch Manna Dey documentary Jiboner Jalsaghare

On 8th June 2013 he was admitted to the ICU in a Bengaluru hospital after his chest infection gave rise to other complications.
He is now in a critical condition

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Birth name - Prabodh Chandra Dey aka Manna Dey

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Born -    May 1, 1919 (age 94) Calcutta, British India (now India)
Address – Currently he is staying in Bangalore

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Genres - Playback singing
He has recorded more than 3500 songs.
He has also lent his voice for Madhushala, composed by Late Harivansh Rai Bachchan.

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Occupations - Singer

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Instruments – Vocalist

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He was one of the great playback singers in Bollywood in the 50's, 60's and 70's

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Parents –
Purna Chandra Dey was Manna Dey’s father and Mahamaya Dey was his mother.
Theirs was an orthodox joint family of North Calcutta, residing in the huge ancestral house at Simla, 9 Madan Ghose Lane.

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Education –
He received his early education, in a small pre-primary school popularly known as Indu Babur Pathshala.
Thereafter he was sent to Scottish Church Collegiate School to complete both his schooling and intermediate studies.
He next got admitted to Vidya Sagar College for his graduations.

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It was during his intermediate classes at Scottish Church College, Manna Dey’s singing talent became apparent.
Later he started taking singing lessons from his uncle Krishna Chandra Dey and from Ustad Dabir Khan. And it was at this period of time Manna Dey stood first for three consecutive years in three different categories of inter-collegiate singing competitions.

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Year 1942-
He joined his uncle K.C. Dey in Bombay, to work as assistant music director for H.P Das.
His first foray into playback singing was in Vijay Bhatt's "Ram Rajya but song did not became Hit.
Then he started to work with Sachin Dev Burman also.

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Year 1943.
Film –Tamanna
The musical score was set by his uncle Krishna Chandra Dey and he had to sing a duet with Suraiya.
The song was hit

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He was working but he continued his learning training in Hindustani classical music under Aman Ali Khan and then under Ustad Rahman Khan.

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Marriage –
Name of wife - He married to Sulochana Kumaran, on December 18th 1953.
Sulochana died in Bangalore on January 18, 2012. She had been suffering from cancer

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Children -
Their first daughter Shuroma was born on October 19th, 1956
Their second daughter Sumita was born on June 20th 1958

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Manna Dey teamed up with great singers like Bhimsen Joshi and belted out a legendary song known as "Ketaki Gulab Juhi".

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With Kishore Kumar he sang a completely different genre of songs like "Yeh Dosti" (Sholay) and "Ek Chatur Naar" (Padosan)

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In the Bengali film industry, he worked with noted musicians like the legendary Hemant Kumar.
Super hit song with Lata Mangeshkar
Song Name - "Ke Prothom Kachhe Esechi".

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Dey recorded popular duets with Mohd. Rafi, Dey sang 58 duets like "Isq Isq" (Barsaat Ki Raat) "Tu hai mera prem Devta (Kalpana), "Mama o mama" (Parvarish).

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With Lata Mangeshkar, Manna recorded 113 duets including Yeh raat bhigi bhigi,"Pyar hua iqrar hua", "Aja sanam madhur chandni mein hum", "Ritu aye"

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With Asha Bhosle, Manna recorded more than 100 duets including "Re man sur me ga", "Tu chupi hai kahan", "Zindegi hai khel"

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Dey's Bengali language autobiography, Jiboner Jalsaghorey, has been published by the renowned Ananda Publisher 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.

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Jibaner Jalsaghore, a documentary on Dey's life, was released in 2008.
Manna Dey Sangeet Academy is developing a complete archive on Manna Dey.
In association with Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata, the Manna Dey Music Archive has been developed in the Sangeet Bhawan.

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Awards –
The following is the list of Manna Dey's awards:

Year
Awards and Remarks

1970
National Award as Playback singer
National Award as Playback singer for the Bengali film Nishi Padmo

1970
National Film Award
Best Male Playback Singer for the Hindi film Mere Huzoor

1971
National Award as Playback singer
For the Hindi Film Mera Naam Joker

1971
Padmasree Award
Govt. of India

1985
Lata Mangeskar Award
Awarded by Govt. of Madhya Pradesh

1988
Michale Sahittyo Puraskar
Awarded by Renaissance Sanskritik Parishad, Dacca

1990
Shyamal Mitra Award
Mithun Fans Association

1991
Sangeet Swarnachurr Award
Awarded by Shree Khetra Kala Prakashika, Puri

1993
P.C.Chandra Award
P.C.Chandra Group & others

1999
Kamala Devi Roy Award
Kamala Devi Group

2001
Anandalok Award
Anandabazar Group

2002
Yesudas Award
Special Jury award for outstanding performance in music

2003
Alauddin Khan Award
Govt. of West Bengal

2004
National Award as Playback singer
Govt. of Kerala

2004
D. Lit Honour
Rabindra Bharati University

2005
Life Time Achievement award
Govt. of Maharastra

2005
Padmabhusan Award
Govt. of India

2007
First Akkshaya Mohanty Award
Govt. of Orissa

2007
Dadasaheb Phalke Award
Govt. of India

2008
D.Lit Award
Hony D.Lit Award from Jadavpur University

2010
Sera Bangali Award
Sera Bangali Award given by E TV

2011
Lifetime Achievement Award
Award given by Filmfare

2011
Bongo Bibhusan Award
Award given by Govt. of West Bengal

2012
Annanyo Samman
The Annanyo Samman given by 24 Ghanta TV channel to Sri Manna Dey for his lifetime achievement

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Filmography
1 Tamanna (1942))
2)Ramrajya (1943)
3)Jwar Bhata (1944)
4)Kavita (1944)
5)Mahakavi Kalidas (1944)
6)Vikramaditya (1945)
7)Prabhu Ka Ghar (1946)
8)Valmiki (1946)
9)Geetgobind (1947)
10)Ham bhi Insaan Hai (1948)
11)Awaara (1951)
12)Andolan (1951)
13)Rajput (1951)
14)Jeevan Nauka (1952)
15)Qurbani (1952)
16)Parineeta' '(1953)
17)Chitrangada (1953)
18)Mahatma (1953)
19)Boot Polish (1954)
20)Baadban (1954)
21)Mahatma Kabir (1954)
22)Ramayan (1954)
23)Shree 420 (1955)
24)Seema (1955)
25)Devdaas (1955)
26)Jai Mahadev (1955)
27)Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje (1955)
28)Chori Chori (1956)
29)Do Aankhen Barah Haath (1957)
30)Amar Singh Rathaur (1957)
31)Janam Janam ke phere (1957)
32)Johnny Walker (1957)
33)Laal Batti (1957)
34)Miss India (1957)
35)Narshi Bhagat (1957)
36)Naya Zamana (1957)
37)Pardesi (1957)
38)Parvarish (1958)
39)Post Box 999 (1958)
40)Anaadi (1959)
41)Chacha Zindabad (1959)
42)Kavi Kalidas (1959)
43)Navrang (1959)
44)Ujala (1959)
45)Angulimaal' (1960)
46)Anuradha (1960)
47)Bambai ka Babu (1960)
48)Barsaat Ki Raat (1960)
49)Bewaqoof (1960)
50)Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai (1960)
51)Kala Bazar (1960)
52)Kalpana (1960)
53)Kabuliwala (1961)
54)Baat Ek Raat Ki (1962)
55)Dil Hi To Hai(1963)
56)Rustam Sohrab (1963)
57)Ustaadon Ke Ustaad (1963)
58)Chitralekha (1964)
59)Waqt (1965)
60)Love in Tokyo (1966)
61)Teesri Kasam (1966)
62)Pyar Kiye Ja (1966)
63)Upkaar (1967)
64)Raat Aur Din (1967)
65)Aamne Samne (1967)
66)Palki (1967)
67)Nawab Sirajdoula
68)Boond Jo Ban Gaya Moti (1967)
69)Padosan (1968)
70)Mere Huzoor (1968)
71)Neel Kamal (1968)
72)Ek Phool Do Mali (1969)
74)Chanda Aur Bijli (1969)
75)Jyoti (1969)
76)Nishi Padma (1970)
77)Mera Naam Joker (1970)
78)Anand (1971)
79)Johar Mehmood in Hong Kong (1971)
80)Jane Anjane (1971)
81)Lal Patthar (1971)
82)Buddha Mil Gaya (1971)
83)Anubhav (1971)
84)Paraya Dhan (1971)
85)Reshma Aur Shera (1971)
86)Chemmeen (Malayalam)
87)Bawarchi (1972)
88)Seeta Aur Geeta (1972)
89)Shor (1972)
90)Zindagi Zindagi (1972)
91)Avishkaar (1973)
92)Dil Ki Rahe (1973)
93)Hindustan Ki Kasam (1973)
94)Sampurna Ramayan (1973)
95)Saudagar (1973)
96)Zanjeer (1973)
97)Bobby (1973)
98)Resham ki Dori (1974)
99)Us Paar (1974)
100)Sholay (1975)
101)Himalaya Se Ooncha (1975)
102)Sanyasi (1975)
103)Ponga Pandit (1975)
104)Jai Santoshi Ma (1975)
105)Das Mnambati (1976)
106)Mehbooba (1976)
107)Amar Akbar Anthony (1977)
108)Anurodh (1977)
109)Minoo (1977)
110)Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki (1978)
111)Satyam Shivam Sundaram (1978)
112)Jurmana (1978)
113)Abdullah (1980)
114)Choro Ki Baraat
115)   Kranti
116)Karz (1980)
117) Laawaris (1981)
118)Prahaar (1990)
119)Guria (1997)
120)Umar (2006)

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Watch the Jiboner Jalsaghare A Documentary Film on the life and works of Manna Dey

Watch the video of song live performance by Manna Dey
Manna Dey Live in Sri Lanka Tu pyaar ka saagar hai

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