Penaz Masani

Penaz Masani
In a concert Shaam-E-Firdous at Ravindra Bhavan Bhopal September 2016
Born Navsari, Gujarat
Occupation Singer, Dancer
Years active (1981 - present)

Penaz Masani is an Indian Ghazal singer who started singing in 1981 and has made over 20 albums.[1]

Age: In one of her interviews reported in The Times of India [2] she stated that the song Aap Ki Bazm Mein, was recorded when she was 14. This song was recorded in 1982, which means it implies that she was born in 1968. But this cannot be possible as she looks and sounds very much like an adult around 20 -22 years old in the album video. It was telecast on Doordarshan which called her Kalakaar (performer). If she would have been underage , she would have been called Bal Kalakaar ( Kid Performer). Hence it can be implied that her birth year is around 1962. Her current age as of 15 Aug 2018 is around 56- 58 years.

In her career, she has won a number of awards, including the title of 'Shehzadi Tarunnam', by the state government of Uttar Pradesh 1996 and the 11th 'Kalakar Award' for 'Outstanding Contribution to Music', in 2002.[3] Having graduated from Sydenham College, Masani has worked as a playback singer for Bollywood, in more than 50 Hindi movies and sung in over ten languages. Under the aegis of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, she has performed in countries as far reaching as Germany,[4] South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal and Vietnam.[5][6]

She was honoured with the Padma Shree award on 26 January 2009.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Penaz Masani
  2. ↑
  3. ↑ Awardees by year
  4. ↑ Berlin, Asia Pacific Meet 18 September 2003.
  5. ↑ Penaz panache The Tribune, 31 October 2003.
  6. ↑ India’s ghazal music lands in opera houses Viet-Nam news, retrieved 2 March 2008
  7. ↑ "Kumar Sanu, Udit Narayan receive Padma Shree". NDTV. 26 January 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-26.


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