Savai Gandharva Music Festival, Pune<br /><br />Artist: Parveen Sultana<br /><br />Begum Parveen Sultana (born 10 July 1950) is an Assamese Hindustani classical singer of the Patiala Gharana.[1] She is among the foremost classical vocalists in India and is known as Queen of Classical Vocal. She was conferred the Padmashri in 1976, at the age of 25.<br /><br />Parveen Sultana was born at Daccapatty in Nagaon city, Assam, India to Ikramul Mazid and Maroofa Begum. She went to Mission School .<br /><br />Her father was her first guru and 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 music under the guidance of late Pandit Chinmoy Lahiri and from 1973, she became a disciple of Ustad Dilshad Khan of the Patiala Gharana.<br /><br />Parveen Sultana gave her first stage performance in 1962 when she was only 12 and has been recording music since 1965.<br /><br />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.[2] She also sang Humein Tumse Pyaar Kitna - Kudrat 1981.<br /><br />Parveen Sultana has recorded for HMV, Polydor, Music India, Bharat Records, Auvidis, Magnasound, Sonodisc, Amigo.
