Firoz Dastur
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Singer • actor
Firoz Dastur | |
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| 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]
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.
