Farook Khan

Farook Khan is a 20-year-old musician from Jodhpur, Rajasthan. Farook was taught to play the Dholak by his father and has been playing the instrument for the last 5 years. Everyone from Farook’s 5-member family is a musician and has performed at national and international events. Farook recounts his best performance to date as the one he performed in Bombay. As a folk performer, Farook gets most of the show bookings through the audience from his past performances who contact him for similar performances within their own networks. Farook has been married for the last two years and has no children. He pursued schooling until 8th-grade post which he left school to focus on his art and become a full-time artist. He does not lament the loss of education as he dropped out to be able to devote his time to music and continue his family tradition. His ambition is to be able to become a renowned musician and make a name for himself in his community.