Dada Saheb Phalke Award 2009

NEW DELHI - Ninety years old, playing the legendary Manna Dey was on Wednesday with the Dadasaheb Phalke award bestowed the highest honor in Indian cinema by President Pratibha Patil with a standing ovation at the 55th ceremony National Film Awards here.

Prabodh Chandra Dey born May 1, 1919, to Purna Chandra and Mahamaya Dey, the singer was a name to consider in the Hindi film industry from the 1950s to 1970. He has recorded over 3,500 songs during his career.

He began his career in playback singing with the movie “Tamanna” in 1943. The song was an instant hit and later sang a solo, “Upar Gagan Vishal”, in the 1950 film “Mashal”.

Your all time hits include “Ae Watan pyaare simple”, “Zindagi Kaisi Hai Paheli”, “South sage na kya main oon ga-Na”, “a Karawan talash ki hai na to ki hain talash Humsafar”, “na Puchho bitayee Kaise Maine Rain “,” Laga Chunari Main Daag “,” Aaja Sanam Madhur Chandani Mein Hum “,” Dil Ka Haal Sune Dilwala “,” bhigi bhigi Ye raat ye fijzayen masta “,” Tori Baaj Jhanak jhanak Payaliya ” “Tu Pyar Ka Saagar Hai”, “UDI Chunari Sambhal Gori Chali Jaye back” and “Oh Meri Zohara.

Also partnered with Kishore Kumar for successfully numbers like “Yeh Dosti Hum Nahin todenge” ( “Sholay”) and “Ek Chatur naar” ( “Padosan”).

How can you forget “Yaari Hai Imaan Mera Yaar Meri Zindagi” from the movie “Zanjeer”? He also sang for the Bengali film industry, sometimes teaming with Hemant Kumar.

He performed a duet, “Ke Prothom kachhe esechi” with Lata Mangeshkar in the Bengali film “Sankhyabela.