Firoz Dastur
| Firoz Dastur | |
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| Background information | |
| Born |
30 September 1919 Mumbai, India |
| Died | 9 May 2008 (aged 88) Mumbai |
| Genres | Hindustani Music - khyal and light forms |
| Occupation(s) | singer, actor |
| Years active | 1941–2006 |
Firoz Dastur also Feroze Dastur (30 September 1919 – 9 May 2008) was an Indian film actor and a Hindustani vocalist from the Kirana Gharana.
Dastur was born in Mumbai to a Parsi family.
Dastur was part of Indian Film Industry in 1930s, acting in a few films by Wadia Movietone and other film banners. 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. But his first love was Indian Classical Music.
He was a disciple of Sawai Gandharva, whose other disciples were Bhimsen Joshi and Gangubai Hangal, and a regular performer at Sawai Gandharva Music Festival for several years, well into his late 80s.
Dastur died in May 2008 in Mumbai after a brief illness. He was 89.
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