Firoz Dastur | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born | 30 September 1919 |
| Died | 9 May 2008 (aged 88)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Occupation |
Singer • actor |
| Years active | 1941 – 2006 |
| Known for | Indian classical music |
| Awards |
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award by the
Government of India in 1986 Tansen Award |
Firoz Dastur (also spelled Feroze Dastur) (30 September 1919 – 9 May 2008) was an Indian actor and an Indian classical vocalist from the Kirana gharana (singing style). [1]
Career
Born into a Parsi family in Bombay. [2] Dastur worked in the Indian film industry in 1930s, [1] acting in a few films by Wadia Movietone and others. In 1933, when Wadia Movietone under JBH Wadia, released its first talkie film, he performed classical songs as child actor in film Lal-e-Yaman. [3] But his first love was Indian classical music. [1]
He was a disciple of Sawai Gandharva, whose other disciples were Bhimsen Joshi and Gangubai Hangal, [1] and a regular performer at Sawai Gandharva Music Festival for several years, well into his late 80s.
Dastur's music was very close to Abdul Karim Khan's style. [1] He taught music to many students.
Death
Firoz Dastur died in May 2008 in Mumbai, India after a brief illness. He was 89. [1]
Bibliography
- Homi Rogers (1993). Feroz Dastur: Striking the Right Note. Trustees of the Parsi Punchayet Funds and Properties.
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Celebrated Masters - Firoz Dastur". ITC Sangeet Research Academy website. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
- ^ "Pt. Firoz Dastur – Baithak Foundation". 23 June 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
- ^ Gulzar; Govind Nihalani; Saibal Chatterjee (2003). Encyclopaedia Of Hindi Cinema. Popular Prakashan. p. 46. ISBN 978-81-7991-066-5. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
External links
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| National | |
- 1919 births
- 2008 deaths
- Hindustani singers
- 20th-century Indian male classical singers
- Male actors from Mumbai
- Indian male film actors
- Male actors in Hindi cinema
- Indian music educators
- Kirana gharana
- 20th-century Indian male actors
- Singers from Mumbai
- 20th-century Khyal singers
- Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
- Parsi people from Mumbai