Accolades and Awards
Dey has been honored with the titles Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan.
The following is the list of Manna Dey's other awards:
- 1969 National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer for the Hindi Film Mere Huzur
- 1971 National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer for the Bengali film Nishi Padma and Hindi film Mera Naam Joker
- 1971 Padma Shri Award by Government of India
- 1972 Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer for Mera Naam Joker
- 1985 Lata Mangeshkar Award awarded by Government of Madhya Pradesh
- 1988 Michale Sahittyo Puraskar awarded by Renaissance Sanskritik Parishad, Dhaka
- 1990 Shyamal Mitra Award by Mithun Fans Association
- 1991 Sangeet Swarnachurr Award awarded by Shree Khetra Kala Prakashika, Puri
- 1993 P.C.Chandra Award by P.C.Chandra Group & others
- 1999 Kamala Devi Roy Award by Kamala Devi Group
- 2001 Anandalok Lifetime Award by the Anandabazar Group
- 2002 Special Jury Swaralaya Yesudas Award for outstanding performance in music
- 2003 Alauddin Khan Award by the Government of West Bengal
- 2004 National Award as Playback singer by Government of Kerala
- 2004 Hony D. Lit Award by the Rabindra Bharati University
- 2005 Lifetime Achievement award by the Government of Maharashtra
- 2005 Padma Bhushan Award by the Government of India
- 2007 First AKSHAYA Award by Government of Orissa
- 2007 Awarded the Dada Saheb Phalke Award by the Government of India
- 2008 Hony D. Lit Award by Jadavpur University
- 2011 Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award
- 2011 Banga-Vibhushan by Government of West Bengal
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