Zila Khan

Zila Khan
Occupation(s)Musician, Performer of Sufi music and Actress
Known forVocalist of Sufi music
SpouseKhalid Anwar Shaikh
RelativesVilayat Khan (father) maestro sitar player
Monisha (mother)
Faizan Shaikh Khan (son) - co-member of her musical group
AwardsIndia's Prime Minister's Roll of honor award
Ghalib Award for lliterary achievements
WebsiteOfficial site

Zila Khan is an Indian Sufi music, Hindustani classical music singer and an actress.

She sings classical and semi-classical musical forms and performs in the tradition of Imdadkhani gharana.[1][2]

She has acted in Bajirao Mastani a film by Sanjay Leela Bhansali and also actively acts in theatrical plays like Gauhar.[3] She is a playback singer for Bollywood films and advertisements. Zila stands for 'Freedom in Education and Gender Equality'. She is also a composer and a music director. Zila also produced and directed a documentary called 'Spirit To Soul' on her father Ustad Vilayat Khan. In her singing, she uses the poetry of Ghalib, Bulleh Shah, Baba Farid and Kabir, among others.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ a b Anjana Rajan (19 December 2002). "Music in the genes (of Zila Khan)". The Hindu newspaper. Archived from the original on 4 July 2003. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  2. ^ a b "An Evening of Mystical Sufi Music with Zila Khan". Georgetown University - India Initiative website. 16 September 2018. Archived from the original on 19 May 2024. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference TheHindu2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).