Manna Dey is one of the greatest playback singers in Hindi and Bengali films. He has recorded more than 3500 songs over the course of his career. Manna Dey was born on May 1, 1919, to Prabodh Chandra Dey- a postmaster general and headmaster at Ripon College (now Surendranath College) – and Pramila Devi who hailed from an aristocratic family in Dhaka.