However, her older sisters used to dress her up as a boy hence resulting in her androgenous dressing style and short hair. It is believed that Falguni’s parents were expecting her to be a boy. She is the youngest of five children, all girls. Her musical career of combining queerness with her label as an Icon has created comparisons to western singer Madonna hence, being gaining the title, the Indian Madonna.įalguni Pathak was born into a Gujarati family in Vadodara, Gujrat on the 12th of March 1964. The second aspect looks at her rise in the music industry as the Dandiya Queen, for her energetic performances during Navratri. The first aspect covered looks at the inclusion of queer symbolism in her videos and adapting an androgynous attire for her performances. In her musical career, two aspects are considered. The following article looks at Falguni Pathak’s musical career and her rise to fame. She is also recognised as a ‘Queer Icon’ and referred to as the “Indian Madonna” an outcome of her unconventional dressing style (androgynous) and her attempts to destigmatise homosexuality in the early 2000s. It is performed mainly during the Hindu festival, Navratri. Dandiya is a traditional dance performed primarily in western India prominently in the states of Gujarat and Rajasthan. Indian singer and composer Falguni Pathak is prominent for her musical compositions, mainly her music based on traditional Gujrati folk music making her also known as the Dandiya Queen.
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