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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. Dey is however considered by many critics as the most under-utilised singer of Bollywood as compared to his versatile talent. Even Shankar of Shankar Jaikishan fame, who have utilised him most among the Bollywood music directors, lamented at the twilight of his career, "we have wasted him", which speaks for itself. ==Early life== Dey was born to Mahamaya and Purna Chandra Dey on 1 May 1919 in Kolkata. Besides his parents, his youngest paternal uncle, Sangeetacharya Krishna Chandra Dey highly inspired and influenced him.〔 He received his early education in Indu Babur Pathshala, a small pre-primary school. He started doing stage shows in school since 1929. He attended Scottish Church Collegiate School and Scottish Church College.〔''Some Alumni of Scottish Church College'' in ''175th Year Commemoration Volume''. Scottish Church College, April 2008. page 589〕 He participated in sports events like wrestling and boxing in his college days, taking training from Gobar Guha.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=How wrestler Probodh Chandra Dey became singer Manna Dey )〕 He graduated from Vidyasagar College. Dey began taking music lessons from Krishna Chandra Dey and Ustad Dabir Khan. During this period, he stood first for three consecutive years in three different categories of inter-collegiate singing competitions. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Manna Dey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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