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Birth name Prabodh Chandra Dey
প্রবোধ চন্দ্র দেNationality IndeBirth 1 may 1919 at Kolkata (
Inde)
Death 23 october 2013 (at 94 years)
Awards Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan, Dadasaheb Phalke Award
Prabodh Chandra Dey (1 May 1919 − 24 October 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 from 1942 to 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.
Dey sang in all the major regional Indian languages, though primarily in Hindi and Bengali. His peak period in Hindi playback singing is from 1953 to 1976.
Biography
In December 1953, Manna Dey married Sulochana Kumaran. She was originally from Kannur, Kerala. Together they had two daughters - Shuroma (b. 1956) and Sumita (b. 1958). Sulochana died in Bengaluru in January 2012. She had been suffering from cancer for some time. After her death Dey moved to Kalyan Nagar in Bengaluru after spending more than fifty years in Mumbai.
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