Firoz Dastur


Firoz Dastur was an Indian film actor and an Indian classical vocalist from the Kirana gharana.

Career

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. 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's music was very close to Abdul Karim Khan's style. He taught music to many students.
Dastur died in May 2008 in Mumbai after a brief illness. He was 89.