Manna Dey Biography in English Pdf Life Story Famous Songs is decribed in this post of Online sangeet. Read Old Indian Singers Lyrics Writers Music Composer Directors Biography .

Birth Details –

Place –1 May 1919

Date of Birth – Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India

Marital Status – Married

Nationality – Indian

Manna Dey Life Story in English Pdf

Manna Dey Biography in English

Physical Appearance –

Eye Color – Black

Hair Color – Black

Family –

Mother  – Purna Chandra Dey

Father  – Mahamaya Dey

Sister – Meenal, Neekita

Brother – Pranab Dey

Wife – Sulochana Kumaran

Daughter – Shuroma, Sumita

Education – graduated

Teacher  -Krishna Chandra Dey and Ustad Dabir Khan

Early life –

Dey was born in a Bengali family.

He received his early education at Indu Babur Pathshala, a small pre-primary school.

He started doing stage shows in school from 1929.

He attended Scottish Church Collegiate School and Scottish Church College.

He participated in sports events like wrestling and boxing in his college days, taking training from Gobar Guha.

He graduated from Vidyasagar College.

Dey began taking music lessons from Krishna Chandra Dey and Ustad Dabir Khan.

Career –

Early career (1942 –1953)

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 in a Bengali film Chanakya in 1939 and then under Sachin Dev Burman.

Later, he assisted other music composers and then started to work independently.

Dey started his career in playback singing with the movie Tamanna, in 1942.

His songs like –

1944 – O Prem Diwani Sambhal Ke Chaln (Kadambari)

1946 – Dil Churaney Ki Liye (Dur Chaley)

Between 1945 and 1947, many Dey-Rajkumari duets like –

1945 – Hay Gagan Me Badal Tharey (Vikaramaditya)

1946 – Aowji Morey (Insaaf)

all four duets from the film Geet Govind composed by Pandit Indra –

Kit Ho Nando Kumar

Chorr Sakhi Aaj Laj

Apney Hi Rang

Lalit Labang Lata

Manna Dey – Anil Biswas combination gave hit numbers from films like –

1948 – Gajre

1948 – Hum Bhi Insaan Hai

1951 – Do Sitaare

1953 – Hamdard

1954 – Mahatma Kabir

1957 – Jasoos

1957 – Pardesi

He began singing ghazals in Hindi films from 1953.

1953 –1967

Manna Dey after Getting D.Litt degree from Rabindra Bharati University .

By 1954, Manna Dey became popular among musical circle across film industries of various Indian languages.

He became nationally famous after release of Do Bigha Zamin (1953).

He also sang for Raj Kapoor in –

Parvarish

Sriman Satyavadi

C. Ramchandra worked with Manna Dey very first time in Insaniyaat in 1955 and then recorded songs with Manna Dey consistently even in the 1960s in films like –

• Tallaq
• Navrang
• Paigham
• Stree
• Veer Bhimsen

Manna Dey turned into an independent music composer in Hindi films with Maha Poojaa in 1954.

He worked extensively with other music directors like –

• Naushad
• K.Dutta
• Vasant Pawar
• Ram
• Vasant Desai
• Ravi
• S.K.Pal
• Avinash Vyas
• S. N. Tripathi
• Sanmukh Babu
• Nissar Bazmi
• Husanlal Bhagatram
• B.N. Bali
• Sushanta Banerjee
• O.P. Nayyar
• G.Ramanathan
• T.G.Lingappa
• Nirmal Kumar
• Ghulam Mohhammed
• Bipin Dutta
• Rabin Banerjee
• Roshan
• Sapan Jagmohan

The solo songs sung by Dey like –

1954  – Lapak Jhapak Tu Aa Re (Boot Polish)

1955 – O Gori Tori Tu Pyar Ka Sagar Hai (Seema)

1956 – Yeh Kahani Hai Diye Aur Toofan Ki (Diya Aur Toofan)1960 – Humdum Se Gaye (Manzil)

1961 – Aye Mere Pyare Watan (Kabuliwala)

1963 – Laga Chunari Mein Daag (Dil Hi Toh Hai)

Manna Dey Classical songs like –

1956 – Sur Na Saje (Basant Bahar )

1957 – Kaun Aya Mere Mann (Dekh Kabira Roya)

1963 – Pucho Na Kaise Maine Rain (Meri Surat Teri Aankhen)

1965 – Jhanak Jhanak Tore Baje Payalia (Mere Huzoor)

Manna Dey folk based songs like –

1962 – Kisi Chilman Se (Baat Ek Raat Ki)

1965 – Ae Meri Zohra Jabeen (Waqt)

1967 – Chalat Musafir Moh Liya (Teesri Kasam)

He sang for Balraj Sahni in many films from 1950 till 1969 and was voice of Mehmood and Anoop Kumar in many films from 1960 to 1975.

1968 –1991

Kishore Kumar and Manna Dey had recorded only 6 songs together until 1968 and all proved to be hits, some of them being –

Ye Duniya hai usaki nyari hai (Sauraksha)

Ye Dosti humnai todenge (Sholay)

Tubhi Piya Chikara Hoon (Bewakoof)

Tu Jaam Liye Jaa (Bewakoof)

Babu Samjho Ishaare (Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi)

He sang “Bohey Nirontaro Ananto Anandadhara” from the album Rabindra Sudha in 1961, and then went on to sing 14 songs composed by Rabindranath Tagore until 2002 in Hindi.

1992–2013

Since 1992, Dey withdrew himself from Hindi film music. But he continued to sing in Bengali movies, bhajans and gazals in different languages and appeared in live performances from 1992  to 2012.

He was presented the Filmfare Life Time Achievement Award in 2011.

Awards –

• 1985 – Lata Mangeshkar Award awarded by Government of Madhya Pradesh
• 1988 – Michale Sahittyo Puraskar awarded by Renaissance Sanskritik Parishad, Dhaka
• 1990 – Shyamal Mitra Award by Mithun Fans Association
• 1991 – Sangeet Swarnachurr Award awarded by Shree Khetra Kala Prakashika, Puri
• 1993 – P.C.Chandra Award by P.C.Chandra Group & others
• 1999 – Kamala Devi Roy Award by Kamala Devi Group
• 2001 – Anandalok Lifetime Award by the Anandabazar Group
• 2002 – Special Jury Swaralaya Yesudas Award for outstanding performance in music
• 2003  – Alauddin Khan Award by the Government of West Bengal
• 2004 Hony D. Lit Award by the Rabindra Bharati University
• 2005 Lifetime Achievement award by the Government of Maharashtra

• 2007 First Akshaya Mohanty Award by Government of Orissa
• 2007 Awarded the Dada Saheb Phalke Award by the Government of India
• 2008 Hony D. Lit Award by Jadavpur University
• 2011 Banga-Vibhushan by Government of West Bengal

National Awards –

• 1969 – National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer for the Hindi Film Mere Huzur
• 1971 – National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer for the Bengali film Nishi Padma and  Hindi film Mera Naam Joker 1971  – Padma Shri Award by Government of India
• 2004 – National Award as Playback singer by Government of Kerala
• 2005 – Padma Bhushan Award by the Government of India

Film Fare Awards –

• 2011 – Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award
• 1972 – Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer for Mera Naam Joker

Famous Songs –

• 1954  – Lapak Jhapak Tu Aa Re (Boot Polish)
• 1955 – O Gori Tori Tu Pyar Ka Sagar Hai (Seema)
• 1956 – Yeh Kahani Hai Diye Aur Toofan Ki (Diya Aur Toofan)1960 – Humdum Se Gaye (Manzil)
• 1961 – Aye Mere Pyare Watan (Kabuliwala)
• 1963 – Laga Chunari Mein Daag (Dil Hi Toh Hai)

Other Information  –

Death – October 23rd 2013

Place – Bangalore

Manna Dey Biography in English

Manna Dey Biography in english pdf is available on online sangeet .

Click here for Manna Dey Famous Songs sargam notes in English

Manna Dey Biography in English Pdf Life Story Famous Songs is decribed in this post of Onlinesangeet. Read Old Indian Singers Lyrics Writers Music Composer Directors Biography.

Click Here For Other Singers Biography

Question Related to Manna Dey