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UstadGhulam Mustafa Khan
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Background information
Born	(1931-03-03)3 March 1931 Badayun, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India (present-day Uttar Pradesh, India)
Origin	Badayun
Died	17 January 2021(2021-01-17) (aged 89) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Genres	Hindustani classical music
Occupation	Singer
Years active	1952–2021
Labels	Saregama, Tips Music, Magnasound Media, Universal Music, Sony Music India, T-Series, Saga Music, Nimbus Records, Navras Records.
Website	ustadghulammustafakhan.com

Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan (3 March 1931 – 17 January 2021) was an Indian classical musician in the Hindustani classical music tradition, belonging to the Rampur-Sahaswan Gharana.

He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1991, followed by Padma Bhushan in 2006 and Padma Vibhushan in 2018. In 2003 he was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, the highest Indian recognition given to practicing artists by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama.

Early life

Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan was born in Badayun, Uttar Pradesh. His mother was the daughter of the great Ustad Inayat Hussain Khan and music was the legacy of his family. Inayat Hussain Khan was also the court musician during the reign of King Wajid Ali Shah and also the son-in-law of the pioneer of Gwalior Gharana Haddu Khan.

Since both Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan's parents wanted him to be a singer, his training in music started very young at a time when he could remember the tune but could not understand the words. After his father, he was trained by Ustaad Fida Hussain Khan who was the court musician at the Baroda's royal Darbar, and then from Ustad Nissar Hussain Khan. The traditional styles of Rampur, Gwalior and Sahaswan gharanas are therefore part of his performance.

At the time, every city had a Victoria Garden and it was the custom that on Janmashtami, the first public performance of those interested in music be performed as a debut. Ali Maqsood, the Chairman of the Municipality of Budaun (Ustad Ji's birth place), organised the Janmashtami function every year and asked Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan to perform when he was 8 years old.

Career

Ustad Ghulam Mustafa was awarded the Padmashri in 1991, the Sangeet Natak Academy Award in 2003, the Padmabhushan in 2006, and the Padma Vibhushan in 2018.

Though Ustad Ji was skeptical to sing in films as he wanted to keep the cultural heritage of the Rampur sahaswan gharana and hindustani classical music he did very limited film songs, the first film he sang for was in Marathi, ‘Chand Pretticha’. From 1957, he started singing playback for Marathi and Gujarati films. He started with Mrinal Sen’s ‘Bhuvan Shome’ and sang ‘Sajanaa kahe nahi aaye...’ for ‘Badnaam Basti’ under the same music director, Vijay Raghav Rao. He played the role of Baiju Bawra in a German Documentary "Rain Maker" shot in Jaipur, besides being playback singer in the same film. He has given his voice to more than 70 documentary films made by Films Division, many of them receiving international & National Awards. He has performed across India and all across the globe.

From the late 50s, he has been a guru to Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Manna Dey, Kamal Barot, Waheeda Rehman, Ranu Mukherjee, Amit Kumar, Laxmi Nayampalli, Geeta Dutt, A. R. Rahman, Hariharan, Shaan and Sonu Nigam, Sagarika, Alisha Chinoy, Shilpa Rao, and Kalpana Patowary was one of his students. Aftab Ahmad Khan is his youngest brother & disciple. His four sons Ghulam Murtuza, Ghulam Qadir, Rabbani Mustafa Khan and Ghulam Hasan Khan were also trained by him. Currently they are professional singers. Murtaza and Qadir have sung in films like Fiza,Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities, Saathiya, Guru, Mangal Pandey. Rabbani Mustafa Khan, his third son has sung songs with Times music like "Naina", "aaoni saiyon" and songs for films like "peer meri piya jaane na" from mera fauzi calling and "allah hu" from Sarabjit. His grandsons Faiz, Aamir, and Zain also received their taalim (education) from him.

In Coke Studio, composer A. R. Rahman shared the stage with his 82-year-old guru, also featuring his four sons- Murtuza, Qadir, Rabbani and Hasan and his 12-year-old grandson, Faiz. All five vocalists and Rahman collaborated on two numbers as a part of Ghulam Mustafa Khan's 3 generation performance.

Personal life

Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan was married to Amina Begum who is granddaughter of the first recipient of Padma Bhushan Ustad Mushtaq Hussain Khan. They have four daughters and four sons who are Murtuza Mustafa, Qadir Mustafa, Rabbani Mustafa and Hasan Mustafa.

Family

Ustad Ji has four daughters and four sons Murtuza Mustafa, Qadir Mustafa, Rabbani Mustafa Khan and Hasan Mustafa and were trained by him in music. Moreover his son Ghulam Murtuza Mustafa trained the singers and celebrities like Lucky Ali, Khatija Rahman, Raheema Rahman, A.R.Ameen (Children Of Music Composer A.R.Rahman) , Tabu, Huma Qureshi, Manmeet Singh, Khushboo Grewal, Neeti Mohan, Mohammed Irfan, Anushka Manchanda, Priyani Vani, Aishwarya Shankar, Aditi Shankar, Anjana Sukhani, Shazahn Padamsee, Shashwat Singh, Ashima Mahajan, Shefali Alvare, Garima Jain whereas Qadir Mustafa trained celebrities Elli Avram, VJ Andy, Terence Lewis, Armaan Mallik, Shraddha Kapoor, Rasha Thadani, Manav Gohil, Narayani Shastri, Simple Kaul, Tanzeel Khan, Band of boys, Sudhanshu Pandey, Turab Jaffery. His other son Hasan Mustafa Khan, who has sung in Coke Studio3 songs "Aao Balma" and "Soz-o salam", and has also trained Shaan, Maahi (Subh Mujherjee, actor Aashim Gulati, Arjun Kanungo, and actor, singer, dancer Arjun Tanwar.

Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan's daughter-in-law Namrata Gupta Khan who owns NR Talent and Event Management presents a landmark concert titled 'Haazri' that pays homage to the late legend every 17th January.

Death

Ustad Ji died on 17th January 2021 at his residence in Mumbai, aged 89.

Awards and achievements

National awards

• Padma Shri (1991) – conferred by Shri R.Venkatraman (Honorable President of India). Fourth highest Indian civilian award
• Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (2003) – conferred by Shri APJ Abdul Kalam, Honourable President of India. It is the highest Indian recognition given to practicing artists given by Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama.
• Padma Bhushan (2006) – conferred by Shri APJ Abdul Kalam (Honourable President of India). The Padma Bhushan is the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India.
• Padma Vibhushan (2018) – 2nd highest civilian award in India

Other awards

• Conferred prestigious 'National Tansen Samman’ by the Government of Madhya Pradesh in the year 2008. It is a musical award conferred to the exponents of Hindustani music in the year 2008.
• Pandit Dinanath Mangeshkar Award in 2011 by Smt. Lata Mangeshkar.
• Conferred "Uttam Vag- Geykar Jialal Vasant Award" In 2014 by Hon’ble Shri Dilip Walse – Patil.(Speaker of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly). The award is constituted by Acharya Jialal Vasant Sangeet Niketan as a token symbolising strong foundation awarded to Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan to recognise the incredible journey of music that has been and is still on and for contributing to the country.
• Conferred Yash Bharti Award in 2016 by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav for earning laurel for the state in the country as well as in the world with his talent.
• Conferred the Ustad Haafiz Ali Khan award in 2003 by Shri Ram Vilas Paswan.
• Conferred the Ustad Chand Khan award.
• Conferred Pandit Basavaraj Rajguru National Memorial Trust award in 2016 by Minister Santosh Lad. The national award was instituted by the Swarasamrat Pandit Basavaraj Rajguru National Memorial Trust at Srujana Auditorium at Dharwad. Mustafa also presented a vocal recital on the occasion accompanied by Gulam Sultan Niyaz on the tabla, Ananth Kemkar on harmonium, and Liyakhat Ali Khan on sarangi.
• Honorary Citizenship for outstanding contribution to the field of Indian Classical Music in 1986 (by Governor of Maryland)
• He performed at Baltimore University and was conferred an Honorary Citizenship of Baltimore City.
• He performed at Golden Jubilee in the presence of the honorable Queen of United Kingdom.
• He performed at Festival de Lille in the presence of Lady Diana in France.
• He was honoured with Maharashtra Sanskrutik Puraskar.
• He was honoured with Tagore Ratna Award instituted by Central Sangeet Natak Academy in 2011.

Discography

Filmography (Playbacks)

This a filmography for Ghulam Mustafa Khan's playbacks in Indian Film Industry.

Filmography (Music Direction)

This a filmography for Ghulam Mustafa Khan's projects as a Music Director in Indian Film Industry.

Non Film (Singer)

This is the Non Film Work of Ghulam Mustafa Khan.

Collaborative Projects

Non Film

This is the Non Film Work of Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan as the Music Director.

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External links

• Official site
• Ghulam Mustafa Khan discography at Discogs
• Ghulam Mustafa Khan at IMDb

• 1931 births
• 2021 deaths
• Hindustani singers
• Indian music educators
• 21st-century Indian Muslims
• People from Budaun
• Recipients of the Padma Shri in arts
• Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in arts
• Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
• 20th-century Indian male classical singers
• Recipients of the Padma Vibhushan in arts
• 21st-century Indian male classical singers