Firoz Dastur | |
Birth Date: | 1919 9, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India |
Death Place: | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
Known For: | Indian classical music |
Occupation: | Singer • actor |
Years Active: | 1941 - 2006 |
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).
Born into a Parsi family in Bombay.[1] Dastur worked in the Indian film industry in 1930s, 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.[2] But his first love was Indian classical music.
He was a disciple of Sawai Gandharva, whose other disciples were Bhimsen Joshi and Gangubai Hangal,[3] 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.[3] He taught music to many students.
Firoz Dastur died in May 2008 in Mumbai, India after a brief illness. He was 89.[3]