Firoz Dastur

Firoz Dastur
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Background information
Born	(1919-09-30)30 September 1919 Mumbai, India
Died	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.

Early life

Dastur was born in Mumbai to a Parsi family.

Career

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.

External links

• Feroze Dastur at the Internet Movie Database
• http://www.chembur.com/anecdotes/fd.htm