Padma Bhushan Begum Parveen Sultana

Begum Parveen Sultana (born 10 July 1950) is an Assamese Hindustani classical singer of the Patiala Gharana. Parveen was born at Daccapatty in Nagaoncity, Assam, India to Ikramul Mazid of Afghanistan and Maroofa Begum of Iran.
Parveen's father was her first guru and was very strict with her, permitting her to only listen to Lata Mangeshkar and established Indian Classical vocalists. She also received some early training from her grandfather Mohammed Najeef Khan. On her father's suggestion, she later learned music from Chinmoy Lahiri of Bengal. Parveen met her next guru and future husband Ustad Dilshad Khan one day while he visited Chinmoy Lahiri's home. He later accepted her as his disciple. Parveen sang her first duet and Jugalbandi with Ustad Dilshad Khan at Jashn Festival concert in Afghanistan.
Parveen gave her first stage performance in 1962 when she was 12 and has been recording music since 1965. She has recorded for HMV, Polydor, Music India, Bharat Records, Auvidis, Magnasound, Sonodisc, and Amigo. Sultana has sung for movies such as Gadar, Kudrat, Do Boond Pani, and Pakeezah. Recently, she sang the theme song of Vikram Bhatt's 1920. She also sang "Humein Tumse Pyaar Kitna" (the evergreen famous romantic song) for the film Kudrat in 1981.
She was conferred the Padmashri in 1976, at the very young age of 25. Her awards include:
* Padma Shri award, 1976
* Gandharva Kalanidhi, 1980
* Filmfare Best Female Playback  Award- Kudrat (1981) for the song "Humein Tumse Pyaar Kitna"
* Miyan Tansen Prize, 1986
* Sangeet Samraggi conferred by the Assam Government, 1994
* Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, 1999
* Padma Bhushan award, 2014