By TCN Staff Reporter,
New Delhi: Noted Sarangi player and singer Ustad Sultan Khan died today at the age of 71 after kidney failure. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan, India’s third highest civilian award, in 2010. He won the Sangeet Natya Academy Award twice besides American Academy of Artists Award. He had been performing since he was 11.
Along with classical music, the ustad had earned fame in the world of Hindi pop music also. He had worked in films like ‘Maqbool’ and ‘Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam’. He had worked hard to popularise his favourite musical instrument, the ‘Sarangi’. For this, he performed in various countries.
Khan belonged to a family of Sarangi masters from Rajasthan. Born in 1940, he was initially tutored by his father, Ustad Gulab Khan. Later, he got training from Ustad Amir Khan, a classical vocalist of Indore gharana (school).
His funeral will take place in Jodhpur on Monday.