In 1906, at the age of fourteen, he lost his eyesight and became completely blind.

He often sang in Jalsa of Rajbari of Sovabazar, Mitra House of Beadon Street and many others.

Dey sang and composed music for movies from 1932 until 1946.

Dey used to travel from Calcutta to Bombay (now Mumbai) to take part in movies.

Dey quit movies in 1946 after the quality of both his music and singing started going down.