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While working independently as a music director for various Hindi movies, Manna Dey continued to take musical lessons in Hindustani classical music from Ustad Aman Ali Khan and Ustad Abdul Rahman Khan.ĭey started his career in playback singing with the movie Tamanna, in 1942. Later, he assisted other music composers and then started to work independently. There he started working as an assistant music director first under Krishna Chandra Dey, and then under Sachin Dev Burman. In 1942, Dey accompanied Krishna Chandra Dey on a visit to Bombay. During this period, Manna Dey stood first for three consecutive years in three different categories of inter-collegiate singing competitions. He began taking singing lessons from his uncle, Krishna Chandra Dey and Ustad Dabir Khan.

He did stage shows as a child singer in school since 1929.ĭuring Dey’s years at Scottish Church College, he sang to entertain his classmates. Thereafter, he attended Scottish Church Collegiate School and Scottish Church College, and Manna Dey manifested a keen liking for sports events like wrestling and boxing and excelled in both till his college days. He received his early education in a small pre-primary school named Indu Babur Pathshala. Besides his parents, his youngest paternal uncle, Sangeetacharya (meaning "Venerable Teacher of Music" in Sanskrit) K. His peak period in Hindi playback singing is considered to be from 1953-1976.ĭey was born to Purna Chandra (father) and Mahamaya Dey (mother) on. Manna Dey sang mainly in Hindi and Bengali he also recorded songs in several other Indian languages. He died at the age of 94 on 24th October 2013 at 3:50 AM in Bangalore at Hrudayalaya due to cardiac arrest. The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri in 1971, the Padma Bhushan in 2005 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2007. He made his debut as a playback singer in the film Tamanna in 1942, and recorded more than 4000 songs during 1942-2013. Prabodh Chandra Dey better known by his nickname Manna Dey, was an Indian playback singer.
