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{{Infobox musical artist<br />
| name = Firoz Dastur<br />
| image = Pt.Firoz Dastur.jpg<br />
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| birth_name =<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1919|09|30}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Mumbai|Bombay]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2008|05|09|1919|09|30}}<br />
| death_place = Mumbai<br />
| current =<br />
| genre = [[Hindustani classical music|Indian classical music]]<br />
| occupation = singer, actor<br />
| years_active = 1941–2006<br />
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'''Firoz Dastur''' (also spelled '''Feroze Dastur''') (30 September 1919 – 9 May 2008) was an Indian film actor and an [[Hindustani classical music|Indian classical]] vocalist from the [[Kirana gharana]] (singing style).<br />
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==Career==<br />
Dastur worked in the [[Indian cinema|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''.<ref name="GulazāraNihalani2003">{{cite book|author1=Gulzar|author2=Govind Nihalani|author3=Saibal Chatterjee|title=Encyclopaedia Of Hindi Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8y8vN9A14nkC&pg=PT70|accessdate=20 July 2013|year=2003|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=978-81-7991-066-5|pages=46}}</ref> But his first love was Indian classical music.<br />
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He was a disciple of [[Sawai Gandharva]], whose other disciples were [[Bhimsen Joshi]] and [[Gangubai Hangal]],<ref name=itc>{{cite web |title= Tribute to a Maestro: Sawai Gandharva|url=http://www.itcsra.org/tribute.asp?id=22 |date= |publisher=ITC Sangeet Research Academy |accessdate=20 July 2013}}</ref> and a regular performer at [[Sawai Gandharva Music Festival]] for several years, well into his late 80s.<br />
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Dastur's music was very close to [[Abdul Karim Khan]]'s style. He taught music to many students.<br />
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Dastur died in May 2008 in Mumbai after a brief illness. He was 89.{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
* {{cite book|author=Homi Rogers|title=Feroz Dastur: Striking the Right Note|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8S6rOwAACAAJ|year=1993|publisher=Trustees of the Parsi Punchayet Funds and Properties}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb name|0202117|Feroze Dastur}}<br />
* http://www.chembur.com/anecdotes/fd.htm<br />
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