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Veteran singer who sings Aae bhai zara dekh ke chalo
Amit Puri

Manna Dey
Manna Dey

Hit songs
Zindagi kaisee hai paheli, Kasme vaade pyar wafa, Chalat musafir moh liya, Yaari hai imaan mera, Aae meri johra jabeen

MANNA Dey is the name of one of the greatest playback singers Indian music industry has ever produced. He was named Prabodh Chandra Dey at birth and the name ‘Manna’ was given by his uncle, K.C. Dey, a well-known actor and singer. K.C. Dey gauged the talent of Manna Dey and took the young man to Mumbai in 1940. Initially he worked as an assistant to music director H. P. Das. He got his training for tumri, bhajan, tappa and qawwali.

His first song was Upar gagan vishaal from film, Mashaal. After first breakthrough, he got many proposals and became famous. After this success, a string of hits followed. Soon he became an established, popular and well-regarded figure in the Hindi film industry. Manna Dey worked with composers like Anil Biswas to R.D. Burman. He was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Zee Sangeet Awards. He also got the Filmfare award for his Aae bhai zara dekh ke chalo from Mera Naam Joker. There are a few links where we can find the songs of Manna Dey.

www.ganguly.de/mannadey/hindi

There are more than 35 songs in real media format that are available for download as well as for online hearing. The quality of songs is good and all links work. Semi-classical songs, qawwalis and patriotic songs, all can be downloaded from here. www.ganguly.de/mannadey is the link where a long list of Bengali songs can be listened to.

www.indianmelody.com/mannadey.htm

This page has a few famous songs of Manna Dey that can be heard online. Aye meri zohra jabeen, Sur na saje, Aaja sanam, Kaun aaya mere man ke dware, Pyar hua iqrar hua and Mud mud ke na dekh are the songs listed on the page. A link provided on the page provides information on Manna Dey.

Other sites where we can find the songs are: www.raaga.com/channels/hindi/artist/Manna%5FDey.html

www.calcuttaweb.com/gaan/manna.shtml