One of the maximum playback choral groups in Hindi as well as Bengali, 90-year-old Manna Dey has won the Dadasaheb Phalke reward, the uppermost honour in Indian cinema, his relative’s source thought on Wednesday.

"We got a call on or after the Information as well as Broadcasting Ministry on Tuesday to let somebody know us on the subject of the award (for 2007). He is correct at the instant in New York for a number of instructive programmes. He will go again to Bangalore on Thursday. We are exceptionally delighted for him," Manna Dey's family constituent Anuradha Dey said.

Born as Prabodh Chandra Dey on May 1, 1919 to Purna Chandra as well as Mahamaya Dey, Manna Dey was a name to reckon in the midst of in the Hindi motion picture production commencing the 1950s to the 1970s. He has recorded more than 3,500 songs in his career. He started his career as a playback singer with Tamanna in 1943. The song was an instantaneous hit as well as later on he sang an unaccompanied 'Upar Gagan Vishal' designed for Mashal (1950).