Manna Dey

                    (1951 – 2007) 

Hindi , Marathi , Urdu , Oriya , Bengali , Malayalam


              Prabodh Chandra Dey (born one might 1919 higher glorious by his nickname Manna Dey could be a playback singer in Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Malayalam, Kannada, Assamese films. along side Mohammad Rafi, Kishore Kumar, Mukesh he was a district of Indian film playback music business. he's rated because the best[according to whom?] classical singer among all singers of Hindi film music, tho' he American ginseng numerous forms of songs from pop to folks. He has recorded over 3500 songs over the course of his career. the govt. of India worthy him with the Padma Shri in 1971, the Padma Bhushan in 2005 and therefore the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2007. 

Life 

           On eighteen December 1953, Manna Dey married Sulochana Kumaran from Kerala, they need 2 daughters: Shuroma, born on Oct nineteen, 1956 and Sumita, born on june twenty, 1958. Sulochana died in Bangalore on Jan eighteen, 2012. She had been littered with cancer for a few time. Manna Dey presently lives in Bangalore within the administrative district of Kalyannagar once defrayal over fifty years in urban center. He conjointly maintains a Calcutta address. He still travels wide within the world to gift musical programs.

Career 

              Dey was born to Purna Chandra (father) and Mahamaya Dey (mother) on one might 1919. Besides his folks, his youngest paternal uncle, Sangeetacharya (meaning "Venerable Teacher of Music" in Sanskrit), K. C. Dey extremely galvanized and influenced him. Dey received his early education in an exceedingly little pre-primary School named Indu Babur Pathshala. thenceforth he attended Scottish Church college and Scottish Church school, followed by Vidyasagar school wherever he received his graduate education. 

             During Dey’s years at Scottish Church College, he herbaceous plant to entertain his classmates. He began taking singing lessons from his uncle, Krishna Chandra Dey and Ustad Dabir Khan. throughout this era, Manna Dey stood initial 3consecutive years in three totally different classes of inter-collegiate singing competitions.

              In 1942, Dey accompanied Krishna Chandra Dey on a visit to city. There he started operating as associate degree assistant. initial underneath Krishna Chandra Dey, and so underneath Sachin Dev Burman. Later, he motor-assisted different music composers and so began to work severally. whereas operating severally as a conductor for numerous Hindi movies, Manna Dey continuing to require musical lessons in Hindustani music genre from Ustad Aman Ali Khan and Ustad Abdul Rahman Khan.

             Dey started his career in playback singing with the moving picture, Tamanna, in 1943. The sheet music was by avatar Chandra Dey and Manna American ginseng a duet with Suraiya. The song was an immediate hit. He sang a solo composed by Sachin Dev Burman, Upar Gagan Vishal, within the 1950 moving picture, Mashal. Its lyrics were written by Kavi Pradeep. In 1952, Dey sang for a Bengali and Marathi moving picture with the same name and storyine, Amar Bhupali. This established him as a number one playback singer.

             Dey recorded common duets with Mohd. Rafi, Dey Panax quinquefolius fifty eight duets like "Isq Isq" (Barsat ki raat) "Tu hai mera prem Devta (Kalpana), "Mama o mama" (Parvarish). With Lata Mangeshkar, Manna recorded 113 duetsas well as Yeh raat bhigi bhigi,"Pyar hua iqrar hua", "Aja sanam madhur chandni mein hum", "Ritu aye". With Asha Bhosle, Manna recorded over a hundred duets as well as "Re man sur me ga", "Tu chupi hai kahan", "Zindegi hai khel". Dey additionally Panax quinquefolius with singer/composer, Hemant Kumar (Hemanta Mukherjee), in Bengali movies, and additionally for a few alternative Bengali composers like Nachiketa Ghosh and Sudhin Dasgupta. He Panax quinquefolius a duet, "Ke Prothom Kachhe Esechi", with Lata Mangeshkar within the picture Sankhyabela. He additionally performed Rabindra Sangeet and has recorded over 3500 songs. additionally to film songs, Dey has discharged many albums of pious songs of Jagadguru Shree Kripaluji Maharaj.

              He was bestowed the Filmfare Life Time action Award in 2011. 

Some Songs

1960 : Bewaqoof 

1960 : Barsaat Ki Raat

1960 : Bambai ka Babu

1960 : Anuradha

1959 : Ujala

1959 : Navrang

1959 : Kavi Kalidas

1959 : Chacha Zindabad

1959 : Anaadi

1958 : Post Box 999

1958 : Parvarish

1957 : Pardesi

1957 : Naya Zamana

1957 : Narshi Bhagat

1957 : Miss India

1957 : Laal Batti

1957 : Johnny Walker

1957 : Janam Janam ke phere

1957 : Do Aankhen Barah Haath

1957 : Amar Singh Rathaur

19560 : Angulimaal

1956 : Chori Chori

1955 : Shree 420

1955 : Seema

1955 : Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje

1955 : Jai Mahadev

1955 : Devdaas

1954 : Ramayan

1954 : Mahatma Kabir

1954 : Boot Polish

1954 : Baadban

1953 : Parineeta

1953 : Mahatma

1953 : Chitrangada

1952 : Qurbani

1952 : Jeevan Nauka

1951 : Rajput

1951 : Awaara

1951 : Andolan

1948 : Ham bhi Insaan Hai

1947 : Geetgobind

1946 : Valmiki

1946 : Prabhu Ka Ghar

1945 : Vikramaditya

1944 : Mahakavi Kalidas

1944 : Kavita

1944 : Jwar Bhata

1943 : Ramrajya

1942 : Tamanna

Awards 

National Film Award : 

1971 : Best Male Playback Singer for the Hindi film Mera Naam Joker 

1971 : Best Male Playback Singer for the Bengali film Nishi Padma

1969 : Best Male Playback Singer for the Hindi Film Mere Huzur

Filmfare Award : 

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

1990 Shyamal Mitra Award by Mithun Fans Association

1972 : Best Male Playback Singer for Mera Naam Joker

other awards : 

2011 : Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award 

2011 : Banga-Vibhushan by Government of West Bengal

2008 : Hony D. Lit Award by Jadavpur University

2007 : First AKSHAYA Award by Government of Orissa

2007 : Dada Saheb Phalke Award by the Government of India

2005 : Padma Bhushan Award by the Government of India

2005 : Lifetime Achievement award by the Government of Maharashtra

2004 : National Award as Playback singer by Government of Kerala

2004 : Hony D. Lit Award by the Rabindra Bharati University

2003 : Alauddin Khan Award by the Government of West Bengal

2002 : Special Jury Swaralaya Yesudas Award for outstanding performance in music

2001 : Anandalok Lifetime Award by the Anandabazar Group

1999 : Kamala Devi Roy Award by Kamala Devi Group

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

1988 : Michale Sahittyo Puraskar awarded by Renaissance Sanskritik Parishad, Dhaka

1985 : Lata Mangeshkar Award awarded by Government of Madhya Pradesh

1971 Padma Shri Award by Government of India