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Krishna Chandra Dey

1893 - 1962 (age 69) • Acting

Krishna Chandra Dey (Bengali: কৃষ্ণ চন্দ্র দে)), better known as K.C. Dey, was a Bengali music director, music composer, musician, singer, actor and music teacher born in Calcutta (now Kolkata). In 1906, at the age of thirteen, he lost his eyesight and became completely blind. He worked for various theatre groups and finally went on to work for New Theatres 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 sings 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, Gujurati and 8 Naats (Muslim religious songs). Dey sang and composed music for movies from 1932 till 1946. He also acted in movies in the same period. Dey used to travel from Calcutta to Bombay (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.

Known For

Devdas

52%

Bairagi

1936

Chandidas

57%

Sridam

1932

Inquilab

75%

Musafir

1935

Chaitanya : devotee of Krishna

80%
1953

Tamanna

80%

Ramdas

1942

Sapera

90%
1939

Vidyapati

80%

Madhusudan

1937

Grihadaha

100%
1936

Chaitanya : devotee of Krishna

80%
1953

Tamanna

80%

Ramdas

1942

Sapera

90%
1939

Milap

70%

Music

1937

Vidyapati

80%

Madhusudan

1937

Grihadaha

100%
1936

Grihadaha

100%

Playback Singer

1936

Maya

90%
1936

Devdas

52%

Bairagi

1936

Inquilab

75%

Musafir

1935

Devdas

80%
1935

Devdas

80%

Playback Singer

1935

Dhoop Chhaon

90%

Surdas

1935

The Lure of the City

70%

Baldev

1934

The Lure of the City

70%

Music

1934

The Devoted

100%
1933

Chandidas

57%

Sridam

1932

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