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surtaal
Sat 12 May, 2007 20:34

Re: Manna Dey - The Living Legend
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#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#SPAN class=mw-headline#ed_cl##ed_op#STRONG#ed_cl##ed_op#FONT size=4#ed_cl#Success and Fame#ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl##ed_op#/STRONG#ed_cl##ed_op#/SPAN#ed_cl##ed_op#P#ed_cl##ed_op#FONT size=4#ed_cl#Perhaps his talent received his best accolade from the legendary Mohammad Rafi who once told the journalists: "You listen to my songs. I listen to Manna Dey songs only". Musicians like Sachin Dev Burman and Anil Biswas agreed that Manna Dey could sing any song of Mohammad Rafi, Kishore Kumar, Mukesh and Talat Mehmood, but Rafi, Kishore, Mukesh and Talat would not be able to render vocally much of the technically perfect songs of Manna Dey. Manna Dey is arguably the greatest trained singer of Hindi film music.#ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl##ed_op#/P#ed_cl##ed_op#P#ed_cl##ed_op#FONT size=4#ed_cl#He is perhaps the most versatile singer living today. He recorded a legendary duet with classicist Bhimsen Joshi-- #ed_op#I#ed_cl#Ketaki Gulab Juhi#ed_op#/I#ed_cl#. He also sang completely different genres of duet songs with Kishore Kumar like for example #ed_op#I#ed_cl#Yeh Dosti Hum Nehi Torenge (Sholay)#ed_op#/I#ed_cl# and #ed_op#I#ed_cl#Ek Chatur Naar (Padosan)#ed_op#/I#ed_cl#. Manna Dey sang side by side the legendary Hemant Kumar in Bengali film industry and also for other contemporary Bengali composers of the time offering unforgettable scores for modern Bengali songs. His immortal duet with Lata Mangeshkar in the film Sankhyabela in the lips of Uttam Kumar, "Ke Prothom Kachhe Esechi" brought him back to mainstream Bengali film music. In fact it would not be wrong to claim that it was he who pioneered a new genre in Indian music where he infused Indian classical music within a pop music frame work. #ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl##ed_op#/P#ed_cl##ed_op#P#ed_cl##ed_op#FONT size=4#ed_cl#His experimentation with western music produced many unforgettable melodies. To date there is no Indian language which has not been influenced by the melody of this multi-talented singer. He has also recorded more than 3500 songs. His music has enthralled the audience throughout the world. He has been awarded with titles like the National Singer of India, Padma Shri, and Padma Bhushan by the Government of India.#ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl##ed_op#/P#ed_cl##ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#