Prabodh Chandra Dey (May 1, 1919 – October 24, 2013), known by his stage name Manna Dey , was an Indian playback singer . He debuted in the film Tamanna in 1942, and went on to record more than 4000 songs during 1942-2013. 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 died on 24th October 2013 at 4:30 AM at Hrudayalaya in Bangalore due to multiple organ failure. [ 2 ] Dey sang mainly in Hindi and Bengali ; he also recorded songs in several other Indian languages . His peak period in Hindi playback singing is considered [ according to whom? ]to be from 1953-1976. Early life Edit Dey was born to father, Purna Chandra and mother, Mahamaya Dey on 1 May 1919. Besides his parents, his youngest paternal uncle, Sangeetacharya Krishna Chandra Dey highly inspired and influenced him. He received his early education in Indu Babur Pathshala, a small pre-primary school. He did stage shows as a child singer in school since 1929. [ citation needed ]He attended Scottish Church Collegiate School and Scottish Church College , [ 3 ] . He participated in sports events like wrestling and boxing in his college days. He graduated from Vidyasagar College . Dey began taking music lessons from Krishna Chandra Dey and Ustad Dabir Khan. During this period, he stood first for three consecutive years in three different categories of inter-collegiate singing competitions. [ citation needed ] Hindi Film career Edit Early Career (1942-1953) Edit In 1942, Dey accompanied Krishna Chandra Dey on a visit to Bombay . There he started working as an assistant music director first under Krishna Chandra Dey, and then under Sachin Dev Burman . Later, he assisted other music composers and then started to work independently. 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. Dey started his career in playback singing with the movie Tamanna , in 1942. The musical score was by Krishna Chandra Dey and Manna sang a duet named Jago Aayee Usha Ponchi Boley Jago with Suraiya which was an instant hit. His songs like O Prem Diwani Sambhal Ke Chalna from 1944 film Kadambari composed by Anil Biswas, Dil Churaney Ki Liye from Dur Chaley (1946) composed by Jafar Khurshid, his duets with Amira Bahee like E Diniya Jara Suney from Kamala (1946) and duet song Aaj Bor Aayee with Meena Kapoor from 1947 film Chaltey Chaltey became chartbusters in respective years. Between 1945-47 many Manna Dey-Rajkumari duets like Hay Gagan Me Badal Tharey in 1945 for the film Vikaramaditya , Aowji Morey from Insaaf (1946), all 4 duets from the film Geet Govind composed by Pandit Indra - Kit Ho Nando Kumar, Chorr Sakhi Aaj Laj, Apney Hi Rang, Lalit Labang Lata from Geet Govind became popular. He sang for first time songs composed by Sachin Dev Burman, Upar Gagan Vishal and Duniya Ke Logo in the 1950 movie, Mashal , which becmae poipular and from here his association with S.D.Burman began. Its lyrics were written by Kavi Pradeep . In 1952, Dey sang for a Bengali and a Marathi movie with the same name and storyline, Amar Bhupali . This established him as a leading playback singer in Bengali films and Marathi films as well by 1953. In the post independence period, after 1947, Manna Dey was regularly used by music composers Anil Biswas, Shankar Rao Vyas, S.K.Pal, S.D.Burman, Khem Chand Prakash, Mohd.Safi from 1947-57. Dey-Anil Biswas combination gave hit numbers from films like Gajre (1948), Hum Bhi Insaan Hai (1948), Do Sitaare (1951), Hamdard (1953), Mahatma Kabir (1954), Jasoos (1957) and Pardesi (1957). Though Anil Biswas worked with Dey in very few films but their songs remain famous. He recorded his first duet with Shamshad Begum , who was the Hindi female singer most in demand from 1940-1961, Phoolon Ka Swapna in the films Girls School (1949) composed by S.K.Pal. His first duet with the then upcoming singer Lata Mangeshkar was Lapat Ke Pot Pahaney Bikral composed by Vasant Desai for Narsingh Avtar (1949) and with Kishore Kumar , it was Subaho Ki Paheli Kiran form 1951 film Anadolan composed by Pannalal Ghosh. His first duet with Geeta Roy (Dutt) was Dhonyo Dhonyo He Ayodh Puri from the film Ram Vivah (1949) composed by Shankar Rao Vuas, first duet with Umadevi (Tun Tun) was Hay Ye Hain from (1951) composed by Ghantshala. His first duet with the then struggling singer Asha Bhosle was O Raat Gayee Fir Din Aya from 1953 film Bootpolish .
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