# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/k-c-dey
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:25:28.470Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/k-c-dey"
name: "K. C. Dey"
slug: "k-c-dey"
description: "Krishna Chandra Dey, better known as K. C. Dey, was an Indian music director, music composer, musician, singer, actor, and music teacher born in Calcutta. He was S.D. Burman's first musical teacher and mentor. His father's name was Shibchandra Dey. In 1906, at the age of fourteen, he lost his eyesight and became completely blind. He worked for various theatre groups and finally went on to work for New Theatres in Kolkata until 1940. He is best remembered for his Kirtan songs. He was patronized by many elite families of Calcutta at that time. He often sang in Jalsa of Rajbari of Sovabazar, Mitra House of Beadon Street and many others. K. C. Dey recorded around 600 songs, mostly in Bengali, Hindi, Urdu, Gujarati and 8 Naats."
tagline: "Indian actor and singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/K.C._Dey_in_Devdas_(hindi_version)_(1935).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1893-08-24"
deathDate: "1962-11-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.73
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.279770666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0223347/"
    handle:    "nm0223347"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump