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Manna Dey receives Dadasaheb Phalke Award

Recognition came too late, opine music experts
। Singing legend Manna Dey | has been honoured at the age of 90 with the conferring of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2007 for his outstanding con-| tribution to the field of cin-| ema.
The singer has more than
I 3500 songs to his credit and was part of the musical era of
I '50s and '60s. His all-time hits | include "Sur na saje kya gaun I main," "Puchho na kaise | maine rain bitayee," "Laga | chunari main daag," "Aaja i sanam madhur chandani I mein hum," "Dil ka haal sune j dilwala," "Ye raat bhigi bhigi," I "Jhanak jhanak tori baaje I payaliya," "Tu pyar ka saagar I hai," "Chunari sambhal gori । udi chali jaye re" apart from several others.
Though the award has [ gladdened his fans, many feel | that with such a prolific career, I the recognition has come too j late for him. Not just for Dey, ! but also for several music luminaries who have carved ; their names in the music roll I of history, but have had recog-। nition either come too late or I not at all to them.
Pandit Bhimsen Joshi received the 'Bharat Ratna' award at the age of 86 last 1 year, Pandit Hridaynath Mangeshkar, well into his I 60s, was the recipient of the I 'Padma Shri' award earlier this ycDF and veteran play-। back Shamshad BegUriiAVon i the 'Padma Bhushan' at the 1 age of 80 in 2008. Many j industry insiders and fans i have expressed their dis-| pleasure against the delayed
recognition of such mae-stros.
Rues music director of yesteryears Omi Sonik, “Manna Dey deserved the award much earlier. But then, unlike Kishore Kumar or few other singers, he was never in the limelight. Amongst the classical singers back then, he was undoubtedly one of the best. Most of these awardees Stayed away from publicity, ‘ 'keepifig away1 from public eyef They'belonged to the old school of thoughts who let theirwork speak.”
Says lyricist Prasoon Joshi, “Of course, the award should have come a little earlier to
Manna Dey but then looking at the brighter side, at least his contribution has been recognised unlike many artistes who still haven't received their due."
Film and music critic Rajiv Vijayakar says, “Manna Dey should have received the award at least 20 years back. It is long overdue. But as they say it is better late than never. A glaring example of which is Mohammad Rafi who did not he was orie of the most talented singers we had. Rafi and Manna Dey were the pillars of the music of the era.”
Source: Internet