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Daba Prasad met Manna
Dey for the first time on 17th February 1982 at Alipurduar |
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Next he met him on 12th
December 1989 with an approach to write his autobiography |
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on his behalf. He agreed
the project. Deba Prasad started his first interview with
Manna |
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Dey at his residance at
9, Madan Ghosh Lane,Kolkata on 8th June 1991. Interviews |
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went on and got recorded
in audio cassettes. He then transliterated the audio matters |
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and got the written
chapters approved by Manna Dey himself time to time. Many
names |
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were suggested for the
book and Manna Dey approved "Aami Niralay Bosey"..Well |
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known lyricist Pulak
Banerjee penned fore wording for the book and ultimately
the |
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book "Aami Niralay
Bosey" got published as well as released in Kolkata book
fair 1997 |
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by the publisher
A.Mukherji & Co.Pvt.Ltd.,Kolkata. The book was accompanied
with a |
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pair of HMV cassettes
containing Manna Dey's Bengali songs specially packed for this |
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book only. Manna Dey's
adherents were overwhelmed and rest is just history |
