Prabodh Chandra Dey

Born: 1 May 1919

Died: 24 October 2013

He known by his stage name Manna Dey, an Internationally acclaimed Indian playback singer.
He is considered one of the most versatile and celebrated vocalists of the Hindi film industry.
He was one of the playback singers credited with the success of Indian classical music in Hindi commercial movies.
He debuted in the film Tamanna in 1942.
After the song “Upar Gagan Bishal” composed by S D Burman he saw success and went on to record more than 4,000 songs till 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 sang in all the major regional Indian languages, though primarily in Hindi and Bengali.
He also sang in Bhojpuri, Magadhi, Maithili, Punjabi, Assamese, Odia, Konkani, Sindhi, Gujarati, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam, and Nepali.
His peak period in Hindi playback singing was from 1953 to 1976.