Krishna Chandra Dey (24 August 1893 – 28 November 1962), better known as K.C. Dey, was an Indian music director, music composer, musician, singer, actor, and music teacher born in

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(now

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). He was

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's first musical teacher and mentor. His father's name was Shibchandra Dey. In 1906, at the age of fourteen, he lost his eyesight and became completely blind. He worked for various theatre groups and finally went on to work for

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in Kolkata until 1940. He is best remembered for his Kirtan songs. He was patronized by many elite families of Calcutta at that time. He often sang in jalsa of Rajbari of Sovabazar, Mitra House of Beadon Street and many others. K.C. Dey recorded around 600 songs, mostly in Bengali, Hindi, Urdu, Gujarati and 8 Naats (Muslim religious songs). Dey sang and composed music for movies from 1932 until 1946. He also acted in movies in the same period. Dey used to travel from Calcutta to

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) to take part in movies. In 1942 he moved to Bombay. Dey quit movies in 1946 after the quality of both his music and singing started going down. The blind singer died in Kolkata on 28 November 1962. Playback singer

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was his nephew.

Filmography

Actor

* Bhagaban Shrikrishna Chaitanya (1954) * Prahlad (1952) * Anirban (1948) * Drishtidan (1948) * Purabi (1948) * Insaan (1944)... Blind singer * Tamanna (1942) * Chanakya (1939)... Beggar * Sapera (1939) * Sapurey (1939)... Ghantaburo ... a.k.a. The Snake-Charmer (India: English title) * Desher Mati (1938)... Kunja... a.k.a. Mother Earth.. a.k.a. Motherland ... a.k.a. Soil of the Motherland * Dharti Mata (1938)... Kunja * Bidyapati (1937)... Madhusudan *

Vidyapati Vidyapati ( – 1460), also known by the sobriquet ''Maithil Kavi Kokil'' (the poet cuckoo of Maithili), was a Maithili and Sanskrit polymath-poet-saint, playwright, composer, biographer, philosopher, law-theorist, writer, courtier and ...

(1937)... Madhusudan *

Devdas ''Devdas'' ( bn, দেবদাস, transliterated as ''Debdās'') is a Bengali romance novel written by Sarat Chandra Chatterjee. The story pivots a tragic triangle linking Devdas, an archetypal lover in viraha (separation); Paro, his forbidden ...

(1936) * Grihadaha (1936) * ''

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'' (1936) * Maya (1936/I) * Maya (1936/II) * Pujarin (1936)... Blind Beggar * Bhagya Chakra (1935)... Surdas *

(1935) * Dhoop Chhaon (1935)... Surdas * Inquilab (1935)... Musafir * Shaher Ka Jadoo (1934)... Baldev * Nala Damayanti (1933) *

Puran Bhagat Puran Bhagat (later became Sri Chauranginatha) was a Punjabi Nath Saint and prince of Sialkot. As per unauthenticated history, he had been exiled and lived the last days of his life in a village located in the suburbs of Sialkot city. His temple ...

(1933) * Sabitri (1933)... Dyumatsen * Meera (1933) * Chandidas (1932)... Sridam

Music department

* Bhagaban Shrikrishna Chaitanya (1954) (playback singer) * Tamanna (1942) * Sapurey (1939) * Dharti Mata (1938) * Vidyapati (1937) * Bhagya Chakra (1935) * Devdas (1935) * Chandidas (1932)

Composer

* Purabi (1948) * Shakuntala (1941) * Milap (1937) * Ambikapathy (1937) (Background music) *

Baghi Sipahi Baghi Sipahi (Hindi: बागी सिपाही, Urdu: باغی سپاہی, meaning ''Rebel Soldier'') may refer to the following films: * ''Baghi Sipahi'', a 1936 Indian Hindi/Urdu film * ''Baghi Sipahi'', a 1958 Indian film * ''Baghi Si ...

(1936) * Sonar Sansar (1936) * Sunehra Sansar (1936) * Chandragupta (1934) * Shaher Ka Jadoo (1934)

References

External links

www.krishnachandradey.com - Comprehensive Resource Website, offering preview of his songsManna Dey page from Calcuttaweb
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