K. C. Dey

Krishna Chandra Dey
Krishna Chandra Dey
	Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Occupation(s)	Music director, musician, actor, singer and music teacher
Relatives	Manna Dey (nephew)

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

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

Bombay (now Mumbai) 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.^[2] Playback singer Manna Dey

was his nephew.

Filmography

Actor

Bhagaban Shrikrishna Chaitanya (1954)

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
(1937)... Madhusudan
Devdas (1936)
Grihadaha (1936)
Manzil (1936)
Maya (1936/I)
Maya (1936/II)
Pujarin (1936)... Blind Beggar
Bhagya Chakra (1935)... Surdas
Devdas (1935)
Dhoop Chhaon (1935)... Surdas
Inquilab (1935)... Musafir
Shaher Ka Jadoo (1934)... Baldev
Nala Damayanti (1933)
Puran Bhagat (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 (1936)
Sonar Sansar (1936)
Sunehra Sansar (1936)
Chandragupta (1934)
Shaher Ka Jadoo (1934)

References

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ Land and people of Indian states and union territories, p. 517, at Google Books

External links

[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] Land and people of Indian states and union territories, p. 517, at Google Books

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