You may know her from her soulful performances at the famed music festival of Glastonbury, BBC Asian radio, Bollywood movies.
Let’s take you back 30 years – Parv grew up with an iconic father with the Guinness book record for starting Bhangra in the UK who inspired her & she fell into his music world. With the resolution to do this professionally & her dad’s encouragement, she worked at McDonalds at the age of 16, had her first job at 21 to fund her dream & later worked as a Lecturer in Computer Science in the University of Birmingham (has been for 16 years!) – all those side hustles to pursue her main dream of performing the artform of Dhol!
She says, ‘when I was drumming away, did not think to start a trend’ but what a trend & example has she set for others & generations to come! It wasn’t easy with no female professional players around. We can safely say we haven’t seen professional women representation in playing instruments in any of the Asian events/with professional! When was the last time you saw women you saw it? Parv went from giving freebie performances in community functions to performing at places wherever it was possible for 10 years!. Her defining moment was a phone call from a Bollywood producer for a well known movie, ‘Yamla Pagla Deewana’ asking her to perform in the film – the opportunity that broke the stereotype on a much larger scale & led her to represent the UK Asian community. The same year she received invitations to perform at many British International festivals.
Parv wants to introduce her passion & love for dhol playing to all age groups, sharing the richness of her heritage and to bring the wave of adrenaline & excitement to all and especially people with disadvantaged or underprivileged background.
Learn how to play Dhol & join in breaking the stereotype – message @eternaltaal
Parv’s message: Chase your dreams and put them in your pocket!
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