Firoz Dastur

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
Born(1919-09-30)30 September 1919
Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India
Died9 May 2008(2008-05-09) (aged 88)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation
Singer • actor
Years active1941 – 2006
Known forIndian classical music
AwardsSangeet Natak Akademi Award by the Government of India in 1986
Tansen Award

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
  1. "Celebrated Masters - Firoz Dastur". ITC Sangeet Research Academy website. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  2. "Pt. Firoz Dastur – Baithak Foundation". 23 June 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  3. Gulzar; Govind Nihalani; Saibal Chatterjee (2003). Encyclopaedia Of Hindi Cinema. Popular Prakashan. p. 46. ISBN 978-81-7991-066-5. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
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