Mumbai, Oct 25: Composer Shameer Tandon was perhaps the last musician to work with Manna Dey. Recalling his experiences with the singing giant, he said that the legned was "86 years young that time" and "like an Englishman in the way he spoke and his discipline".
"I have been blessed that I had the opportunity to record with Mannada eight years ago for a film called 'Umar', he was 86 years 'young' that time," said Tandon and added that he "chased him to record" for him.
"He said by then he had given up singing for Bollywood. He was doing only concerts to run his kitchen. He wondered why an 86-year old is being chased.
"I have been blessed that I had the opportunity to record with Mannada eight years ago for a film called 'Umar', he was 86 years 'young' that time," said Tandon and added that he "chased him to record" for him.
"He said by then he had given up singing for Bollywood. He was doing only concerts to run his kitchen. He wondered why an 86-year old is being chased.
- 10/25/2013
- by Smith Cox
- RealBollywood.com
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