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Get album 10 classic songs of Manna Dey Singer Manna Dey, who was suffering from lung infection, died at 94, in Bangalore on Thursday. Dey was born in a Bengali family to Mahamaya and Purna Chandra Dey on 1 May 1919 in Calcutta (Now Dey began taking music lessons from Krishna Chandra Dey and Ustad Dabir Khan.
After securing a bachelor’s degree in Hindi and a master’s degree in English literature from the Lahore university, he was to join his family’s business in Rawalpindi. In the fifties, when classical music ruled Hindi cinema, Manna Dey’s training in classical music got utilized to the hilt. He received his initial training under his legendary uncle Krishna Dey. Here is a list of ten of my favorite Manna Dey songs.
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Manna Dey’s songs “pucho na kaise maine rain bitayi” in the film Meri surat Teri Ankhen, composed by SD Burman, “ay mere pyare watan” in the film Kabuliwala, composed by Salil Chowdhury, “kasme wade pyar wafa sab” in the film Upkar composed by Kalyanji Anandji, are all masterpieces, some having patriotic feeling, others having pure classical raga embedded in them. He received his initial training under his legendary uncle Krishna Dey. Get track