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Life & work

The person behind the work.

Biography and career records reviewed 23 Oct 2026.

Manna Dey’s musical education began in Calcutta under his uncle Krishna Chandra Dey and included further classical training. That foundation supported a repertoire spanning classically based film songs, ghazals, romantic duets and comic performances.

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Birth name
Prabodh Chandra DeyManna Dey Sangeet Academy
Early teacher
Krishna Chandra DeyManna Dey Sangeet Academy
Early film
Tamanna, 1943Manna Dey Sangeet Academy
Languages central to career
Bengali and HindiManna Dey Sangeet Academy

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Learning the studio as well as the stage

Dey assisted K. C. Dey and S. D. Burman after moving to Bombay, continuing classical study while learning film-music production. The duet with Suraiya in Tamanna and Upar Gagan Vishal in Mashal show the transition from that apprenticeship into a playback career shaped by both musical training and studio experience.

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The published record

Career milestones.

Dated selections from the published record.

  1. 1942

    Move to Bombay

    Joined the film-music working environment.

    National Film Archive of India
  2. 1943

    Tamanna

    Recorded a duet with Suraiya.

    Manna Dey Sangeet Academy
  3. 1950

    Mashal

    Sang Upar Gagan Vishal for S. D. Burman.

    National Film Archive of India
  4. 2009

    Phalke award announcement

    Selected for the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the 2007 award year.

    Press Information Bureau

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Answers grounded in the sources below.

What was Manna Dey’s original name?

Prabodh Chandra Dey.

National Film Archive of India
What made his training important?

His classical foundation supported the demanding melodic writing heard in many of his film songs.

Press Information Bureau
Did he write an autobiography?

Yes. Jiboner Jalsaghorey was published in 2005.

Manna Dey Sangeet Academy / Google Arts & Culture

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