Renowned sarangi maestro and singer Ustad Sultan Khan passed away due to kidney failure on Sunday, according to a Times of India report. A close family friend told the paper that Ustad Sultan was undergoing dialysis for the last four years and speech failed him in his last days. He expired on his way to the hospital. Khan’s first performance was at the All India Conference when he was 11. Learning sarangi from his father Gulab Khan, he won the Sangeet Natya Academy Award twice. He was rewarded with Padma Bhushan, the third highest Indian civilian honour in 2010, the report said. A Hindustani classical musician par excellence, Khan was renowned for his international collaborations and will always be remembered as the voice behind Piya Basanti Re and Albela Saajan in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam.
