Manna Dey: 'Laaga Chunari Mein Daag'-'Ek Chatur Naar', the magical world of Manna Dey's songs, still touches the strings of hearts

Prabodh Chandra Dey Birth Anniversary: Manna Dey's evergreen songs 'Ae Mere Pyare Watan', 'Zindagi Kaisi Hai Paheli', 'Laaga Chunari Mein Daag' and 'Ek Chatur Naar' is still on people's lips. These songs not only touch the emotions, but his unique style of singing mesmerizes everyone. Today on his birth anniversary, let's remember interesting stories related to his songs...

The voice of Manna Dey, the great singer of hindi cinema, still lives in millions of hearts. His songs not only have the depth of classical music, but his magical mark is also visible in light-hearted and fun songs. Manna Dey sang more than 4000 songs in his career, which are in Hindi as well as Bengali, Marathi, Malayalam, Gujarati, and many other languages.

Prabodh Chandra Dey, fondly called Manna Da or Manna Dey. Manna Dey is one of those singers of hindi cinema whose voice soothes millions of hearts. Are there interesting stories hidden behind some of his famous songs? Come, let's know the interesting stories behind some of Manna Dey's famous songs.

Even legendary singers like Mohammad Rafi were fans of Manna Dey's singing. According to media reports, Rafi Sahab once said, "People listen to my songs, but I listen to Manna Dey." Manna Dey also lent his voice to Harivansh Rai Bachchan's famous composition 'Madhushala',which is a unique confluence of literature and music.

The song "Ek Chatur Naar Badi Hoshiyaar" from the film Padosan still makes people laugh and hum. According to media reports, this song had a jugalbandi of Manna Dey and kishore kumar, but during the recording, there was a slight rift between the two. Manna Dey, who was a master of classical music, wanted the song to be sung in the right raga and taal. On the other hand, kishore Kumar wanted to sing it in a fun and light-hearted manner. The producer asked to keep the lyrics written by lyricist Rajendra krishan as they were, but Manna Dey flatly refused. He said, "I can't joke with music." Finally, Manna Dey agreed and sang this song in his classical style.

The song "Zindagi Kaisi Hai Paheli Hai" from the film anand describes the philosophy of life in the voice of Manna Dey, but there is a funny story behind this song. According to media reports, initially, this song was going to play in the background of the film, but when superstar rajesh khanna heard it, he insisted the producer film this song on him, after which this song was shot on Rajesh Khanna. Manna Dey was also a fan of Rajesh Khanna's acting. He used to say, "When Rajesh lip-syncs to my song, it seems as if he is singing himself."

The song "Ae Mere Pyare Watan" from the film Kabuliwala still fills us with the feeling of patriotism. During the recording of this song, Manna Dey became so emotional that tears came to his eyes. He used to say that the lyrics of this song touched his heart.

According to media reports, Manna Dey had to sing the song "Ketaki Gulab Juhi" from the film Basant Bahaar with the great classical singer Pandit Bhimsen Joshi. When Manna Dey came to know about this, he became so nervous that he decided to leave mumbai and go to Pune. He thought that it would not be easy to sing in front of a legend like Bhimsen Joshi. But his wife Sulochana explained to him that he was singing for the hero. Manna Dey took it as a challenge and recorded the song.