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Krishna Chandra Dey Died at age: 69

Actor | Producer

    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

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    Sapera

    Actor

    ... 1939

    Devdas

    Bairagi ( Actor )

    ... 1936

    Devdas

    Actor

    ... 1935

Fullname:

Krishna Chandra Dey

Date of Birth:

Jan 01, 1893

Country of birth:

British India [now India]

Died:

Nov 28, 1962

Biography of

Krishna Chandra Dey

    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.

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Filmography of

Krishna Chandra Dey

Found 5 Movies in total

Sapera

Actor

... 1939

Devdas

Bairagi ( Actor )

... 1936

Devdas

Actor

... 1935

Dhoop Chhaon

Surdas ( Actor )

... 1935

Chandidas

Sridam ( Actor )

... 1932