Penaz Masani
Penaz Masani came to notice in the ghazal wave of the early 1980s, a young Parsi woman singing Urdu ghazals with a trained voice and clear diction, and recorded a series of albums — Aap Yun Hi Agar Humse Milte Rahe, Dil Ke Qareeb — alongside film songs for Laxmikant-Pyarelal, Bappi Lahiri and others.
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Life
She was born in Bombay in 1958, trained under Madhurani Faizpuri and others, and released her first ghazal album in 1981; the Music India label built her as the female counterpart to Pankaj Udhas and Talat Aziz in the cassette ghazal market. She sang in films including Woh Saat Din, Kasam Paida Karne Wale Ki and Boxer, and has continued to perform ghazals in India and abroad. She received the Padma Shri in 2009.
The voice
A sweet, cultivated mezzo with careful Urdu, suited to the light modern ghazal of the 1980s.
Composers
- Laxmikant-Pyarelal
- Bappi Lahiri
- Anu Malik
Sang with
Honours
Padma Shri (2009)
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