Krishna Chandra Dey
Born 1892 (age 69) · Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India [now India]
Appears in 14 titles

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.

Filmography

Devdas
5.0
Devdas
1936
as Bairagi
Chandidas
5.7
Chandidas
1932
as Sridam
Inquilab
7.5
Inquilab
1935
as Musafir
Maya
9.0
Maya
1936
Grihadaha
10.0
Grihadaha
1936
The Devoted
10.0
The Devoted
1933
Sapera
9.0
Sapera
1939
Dhoop Chhaon
9.0
Dhoop Chhaon
1935
as Surdas
8.0
Vidyapati
1937
as Madhusudan
Devdas
8.0
Devdas
1935
Tamanna
8.0
Tamanna
1942
as Ramdas
The Lure of the City
7.0
The Lure of the City
1934
as Baldev