KOLKATA: Controversy refuses to depart the reminiscences of mythical singer Manna Dey. On his beginning anniversary on May 1, his connoisseurs and members of the family are divided over his yr of beginning.
While his daughter and son-in-law put the date to 1920, members of Manna Dey Sangeet Academy and Manna Dey Foundation insisted he was born a yr earlier.
Amidst this, a temporary injunction order was issued through the Bengaluru City Civil court docket restraining the Manna Dey Sangeet Academy from setting up any centenary celebrations or engaging in every other tournament or programme through falsifying Dey’s date of beginning.
Dey’s Bangalore-based daughter Shumita Deb and son-in-law Jnanranjan Deb are peeved with the centenary celebrations this yr and get in touch with it a “distortion” of facts to “lie to” folks.
“We have additionally written to Wikipedia to make the corrections on Manna Dey’s page that mentions his beginning date as 1919. His passport obviously states that he was born in Kolkata on May 1, 1920. A bust of the singer put in in Alipurduar additionally mentioned the similar yr at the inscription. He opened a bank account in 2008 the place he himself mentioned 1920 as his beginning yr. No state government anywhere in India is starting the centenary celebrations this yr,” the Debs stated.
Gautam Roy, founder-secretary of Manna Dey Sangeet Academy stated he wasn’t conscious about the injunction order.
“When I wrote a book on him, we had to make his horoscope. That’s after we found out that he was born on a Thursday. But May 1, 1920, wasn’t a Thursday. I requested him if he was surehis birthday was Thursday. In that case, his yr of beginning had to be either 1919 or 1924. He agreed to go through 1919 but didn’t need to soak up the trouble of changing the passport details,” Roy claimed.
On Tuesday, Manna Dey Sangeet Academy is kick-starting the centenary celebrations at Mahajati Sadan with a musical programme and award ceremony.
Deb family will begin the centenary celebrations from next May.
While his daughter and son-in-law put the date to 1920, members of Manna Dey Sangeet Academy and Manna Dey Foundation insisted he was born a yr earlier.
Amidst this, a temporary injunction order was issued through the Bengaluru City Civil court docket restraining the Manna Dey Sangeet Academy from setting up any centenary celebrations or engaging in every other tournament or programme through falsifying Dey’s date of beginning.
Dey’s Bangalore-based daughter Shumita Deb and son-in-law Jnanranjan Deb are peeved with the centenary celebrations this yr and get in touch with it a “distortion” of facts to “lie to” folks.
“We have additionally written to Wikipedia to make the corrections on Manna Dey’s page that mentions his beginning date as 1919. His passport obviously states that he was born in Kolkata on May 1, 1920. A bust of the singer put in in Alipurduar additionally mentioned the similar yr at the inscription. He opened a bank account in 2008 the place he himself mentioned 1920 as his beginning yr. No state government anywhere in India is starting the centenary celebrations this yr,” the Debs stated.
Gautam Roy, founder-secretary of Manna Dey Sangeet Academy stated he wasn’t conscious about the injunction order.
“When I wrote a book on him, we had to make his horoscope. That’s after we found out that he was born on a Thursday. But May 1, 1920, wasn’t a Thursday. I requested him if he was surehis birthday was Thursday. In that case, his yr of beginning had to be either 1919 or 1924. He agreed to go through 1919 but didn’t need to soak up the trouble of changing the passport details,” Roy claimed.
On Tuesday, Manna Dey Sangeet Academy is kick-starting the centenary celebrations at Mahajati Sadan with a musical programme and award ceremony.
Deb family will begin the centenary celebrations from next May.
Manna Dey fans, family divided over his birth year
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