Today is the death anniversary of Dadasaheb Phalke Awardee Manna Dey. Manna Dey was born on May 1, 1919, in Kolkata. Manna Dey once used to be the voice of superstars ranging from Raj Kapoor to Rajendra Kumar, Ashok Kumar in films. Manna Dey was once a singer who gave playback in Hindi films though he was dominated by Mohammad Rafi, Kishore Kumar and Mukesh before him. There was no problem in making Manna Dey his place among all these superstars as his vocal range was very high.

Mohammad Rafi himself used to say, "Of course, I will have thousands and millions of fans at home and abroad, but I am just a Manna Dey fan. What is in his voice, the range, is not there in anyone.'' Manna Dey's real name was Prabodh Chandra Dey. He sang more than 4,000 film songs and his household name was Manna. During the time he came to Mumbai to become a playback singer, he gave his name Manna and he started singing with the same name. However, during his school days, he was famous for his skills, not for singing. In fact, this skill was imitating others. Most importantly, he imitated his teachers.

At that time, all his friends were obsessed with his art, and they often asked him to imitate teachers. It is said that once the music teacher saw him doing it and then he praised Manna Dey's skills and also said how good your voice is. Why don't you use it to sing? Manna Dey was a Bengali and this often led to Kishore Kumar pulling his leg. Kishore Kumar was also a Bengali and he considered Manna Dey a lot. The two sang two songs together which became very popular. This list includes Yeh Dosti Hum Nahi Chenga and Padosan's song Ek Chatur Naar Badi Hoshiyar for Sholay.

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