Entertainment News Desk – Famous Indian playback singer Prabodh Chandra Dey is fondly called Manna Dey by all. Manna Dey, who lent his voice to about 3 thousand songs in Bollywood, sang all types of songs and made them stay in the hearts of people. Manna Dey, born on 1 May 1919 in Kolkata, passed away on 24 October 2013. Manna Dey’s unique singing style earned him a unique place among all the singers. Manna Dey was fond of singing since childhood. He started his singing career with the 1942 film ‘Tamanna’. Apart from Hindi and Bengali, Manna Dey also sang songs in Gujarati, Marathi, Malayalam, Kannada and Assamese. Today, on his death anniversary, let’s take a look at his songs and career…
had a deep understanding of music
Manna Dey, fond of music since childhood, had made himself so proficient in this world that he understood every nuance of music. He knew very well which song should be sung in which style. Whenever a filmmaker had a difficult song, the first person he thought of was Manna Dey. Manna Dey could sing even difficult songs with great ease. Manna Dey took music lessons from Krishna Chandra Dey and Ustad Dabir Khan.
When he sang ‘A clever slogan’
The song ‘Ek Chatur Naar…’ from the 1968 film ‘Padosan’ is still considered one of the difficult songs. When a singer was being searched for this song, Manna Dey’s name first came to mind. When Manna Dey was recording this song, he did not like Kishore Kumar’s strange singing. When the makers explained that it was according to the scene of the film, he agreed with great difficulty. In fact, he considered music as worship and did not like its disrespect.
Manna Dey was Rafi’s favorite
Rafi’s songs are still heard in the film world. There are admirers of his singing even today. But if Rafi himself liked to listen to anyone, it was Manna Dey. Rafi liked her voice very much and used to listen to Manna Da’s songs in his free time. Manna Dey sang ‘Yashomati Maiya Se’, ‘Ek Chatur Naar’, ‘Yeh Raat Bheegi-Bheegi’, ‘Pyaar Hua Ikraar Hua’, He has lent his voice to many evergreen songs like ‘Kasme Vaade Pyaar Wafa’, ‘Tu Pyar Ka Sagar Hai’, ‘Yeh Dosti’, ‘Zindagi Kaisi Hai Paheli’, ‘Aa Ja Sanam Madhur Chandni’ etc.
