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{{infobox person<br />
| name = Krishna Chandra Dey<br />
| image = K.C. Dey in Devdas (hindi version) (1935).jpg<br />
| caption = <br />
| birth_name = <br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1893|8|24}}<br />
| birth_place = <br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1962|11|28|1893|8|24}}<br />
| death_place = [[Calcutta, West Bengal]], India<br />
| occupation = Music director, musician, actor, singer and music teacher<br />
| relations = [[Manna Dey]] (Nephew)<br />
}}<br />
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'''Krishna Chandra Dey''' (24 August 1893– 28 November 1962), better known as '''K.C. Dey''', was an Indian music director, music composer, musician, singer, actor, and music teacher born in [[Calcutta]] (now [[Kolkata]]). He was [[S.D. Burman]]'s first musical teacher and mentor. His father's name was Shibchandra Dey. In 1906, at the age of fourteen, he lost his eyesight and became completely blind.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.krishnachandradey.com/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=29 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702031948/http://www.krishnachandradey.com/ |archive-date=2 July 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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 sang 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).<br />
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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. The blind singer died in Kolkata on 28 November 1962.<ref>{{Google books |title=Land and people of Indian states and union territories |id=wfHgzS4etAkC |page=517 }}</ref> Playback singer [[Manna Dey]] was his nephew.<br />
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== Filmography ==<br />
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=== Actor ===<br />
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* Bhagaban Shrikrishna Chaitanya (1954)<br />
* Prahlad (1952)<br />
* Anirban (1948)<br />
* Drishtidan (1948)<br />
* Purabi (1948)<br />
* Insaan (1944)... Blind singer<br />
* [[Tamanna (1942 film)|Tamanna]] (1942)<br />
* Chanakya (1939)... Beggar<br />
* Sapera (1939)<br />
* Sapurey (1939)... Ghantaburo ... a.k.a. The Snake-Charmer (India: English title)<br />
* Desher Mati (1938)... Kunja... a.k.a. Mother Earth.. a.k.a. Motherland ... a.k.a. Soil of the Motherland<br />
* [[Dharti Mata (1938 film)|Dharti Mata]] (1938)... Kunja<br />
* Bidyapati (1937)... Madhusudan<br />
* [[Vidyapati (1937 film)|Vidyapati]] (1937)... Madhusudan<br />
* [[Devdas (1936 film)|Devdas]] (1936)<br />
* Grihadaha (1936)<br />
* ''[[Manzil (1936 film)|Manzil]]'' (1936)<br />
* Maya (1936/I)<br />
* Maya (1936/II)<br />
* [[Pujarin]] (1936)... Blind Beggar<br />
* Bhagya Chakra (1935)... Surdas<br />
* [[Devdas (1935 film)|Devdas]] (1935)<br />
* [[Dhoop Chhaon]] (1935)... Surdas<br />
* Inquilab (1935)... Musafir<br />
* Shaher Ka Jadoo (1934)... Baldev<br />
* Nala Damayanti (1933)<br />
* [[Puran Bhagat (film)|Puran Bhagat]] (1933)<br />
* Sabitri (1933)... Dyumatsen<br />
* Meera (1933)<br />
* Chandidas (1932)... Sridam<br />
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=== Music department ===<br />
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* Bhagaban Shrikrishna Chaitanya (1954) (playback singer)<br />
* [[Tamanna (1942 film)|Tamanna]] (1942)<br />
* Sapurey (1939)<br />
* Dharti Mata (1938)<br />
* Vidyapati (1937)<br />
* Bhagya Chakra (1935)<br />
* Devdas (1935)<br />
* Chandidas (1932)<br />
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=== Composer ===<br />
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* Purabi (1948)<br />
* Shakuntala (1941)<br />
* [[Milap (1937 film)|Milap]] (1937)<br />
* [[Ambikapathy (1937 film)|Ambikapathy]] (1937) (Background music)<br />
* [[Baghi Sipahi]] (1936)<br />
* Sonar Sansar (1936)<br />
* Sunehra Sansar (1936)<br />
* [[Chandragupta (film)|Chandragupta]] (1934)<br />
* Shaher Ka Jadoo (1934)<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20170702031948/http://www.krishnachandradey.com/ www.krishnachandradey.com - Comprehensive Resource Website, offering preview of his songs]<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061027230051/http://www.calcuttaweb.com/gaan/manna.shtml Manna Dey page from Calcuttaweb]<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20121104193017/http://www.sdburman.net/website/Life_of_the_Maestro/LifeoftheMaestro_sd.html S.D. Burman's life from sdburman.net]<br />
*[http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/life/2005/02/18/stories/2005021800130300.htm The Hindu Business Line article]<br />
*[http://www.abasar.net/filmKCDe.htm Krishna Chandra Dey page from abasar.net]<br />
*{{IMDb name|id=0223347}}<br />
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[[Category:1893 births]]<br />
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[[Category:Male actors from Kolkata]]<br />
[[Category:Bengali male actors]]<br />
[[Category:Male actors in Bengali cinema]]<br />
[[Category:Indian male film singers]]<br />
[[Category:Blind musicians]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian singers]]<br />
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