Firoz Dastur
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Career

Dastur was part of Indian Film Industry in 1930s, acting in a few films by Wadia Movietone and other film banners. But his first love was Indian Classical Music.

He was the disciple of Sawai Gandharva
Sawai Gandharva
Rambhau Kundgolkar, popularly known as Pandit Sawai Gandharva , was a popular Hindustani Classical vocalist and Marathi stage actor of the Kirana Gharana. He was the first and foremost disciple of Utd. Abdul Karim Khan and guru of Bharat Ratna laureate Pt. Bhimsen Joshi. Pt...

, and a regular performer at Sawai Gandharva Music Festival
Sawai Gandharva Music Festival
The Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen Mahotsav is amongst the largest and most popular musical festivals of Indian Classical music in India....

for several years, well into his late 80s.

External links

  • http://www.chembur.com/anecdotes/fd.htm
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