Parween Sultana

Parween Sultana

Begum Parveen Sultana (born 1950) is a Assamese Hindustani classical singer of the Patiala Gharana. She is among the foremost classical vocalists in India and is known as Queen of Classical Vocal.

She was conferred the Padmashri in 1976.

Personal life and background

Parveen Sultana was born at Daccapatty in Nowgong town , Assam, India to Ikramul Mazid and Maroofa Mazid. She went to Mission School .

Her father, late Ikramul Mazid was her first guru and he was very strict with her. She also received early training from her grandfather Mohammed Najeef Khan, a pathan . She later went to Kolkata to learn to learn music under the guidance of late Pandit Chinmoy Lahiri and from 1973, she became a disciple of Ustad Dilshad Khan of the Patiala Gharana.

She is married to Ustad Dilshad Khan. They have a daughter.

Career

Parveen Sultana gave her first stage performance in 1962 when she was only 12 and has been recording music since 1965.

Sultana has sung for movies like Gadar, Kudrat, Do Boond Pani, and Pakeezah. Recently, she sang the theme song of Vikram Bhatt’s latest opus 1920. She also sang Humein Tumse Pyaar Kitna - Kudrat 1981.

Parveen Sultana has recorded for HMV, Polydor, Music India, Bharat Records, Auvidis, Magnasound, Sonodisc, Amigo.

Awards and recognition

• Padmashree award - 1976
• Gandharva Kalanidhi - 1980
• Miyan Tansen Prize - 1986
• Sangeet Samraggi conferred by the Assam Government - 1994
• Filmfare Best Female Playback Award--Kudrat (1981) for the song "Hame Tumse Pyar Kitna"[1]
• Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1999.
• Srimant Sankardev award by Assam government

Discography

+ evergreen Assamese song: Imaan dhuniya buli nokoba..mur laaj laagi jai

• Safar (Raga Maru Behag & C.)
• Parveen (Raga Rageshri/Mishra Mand)
• Parveen Sultana & Dilshad Khan
• Dilshad Khan and Parween Sultana - Duologue in Raga - 1997

External links

• Parveen Sultana
• A profile on Parveen Sultana from The Assam Tribune