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]
Firoz Dastur | |
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Born | |
Died | 9 May 2008 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India | (aged 88)
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 |
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.
Firoz Dastur died in May 2008 in Mumbai, India after a brief illness. He was 89.[1]