FLASH SITAR Music: Bollywood & Beyond Live Music

Bollywood~ Hollywood~indian Melodies~Enchanting Sitar Music

Meet Flash Sitar

FLASH SITAR offers soulful sounds of the sitar to Bollywood hits, traditional Indian melodies, and Western tunes with passion and flair.

Looking for a skilled and versatile
sitar player who can create an enchanting ambience for your special occasion?

Look no further than Farhan Khan

aka Flash Sitar

Whether you're planning a wedding, birthday, anniversary, gallery opening or corporate event, Farhan will collaborate with you to craft a customized musical experience that perfectly suits your unique style and preferences. Flash performs modern rock and pop tunes, jazz standards, traditional Indian melodies and Bollywood songs.

Farhan's exquisite Sitar playing is sure to entertain and enchant your guests. Farhan can perform a full bodied sound as a soloist or visually and sonically enhance your performance stage with a variety of guest performers including percussionists, vocalists, and supporting musicians.

Your event = your choice!

Flash Sitar Story

A Brief Bio
Hailing From
Originally from Karachi, Pakistan, Khan’s style blends Indian music with electronic beats and global flavors. His family moved to San Jose CA when he was highschooler.
There he met Ustad Habib Khan, his mentor also a distant relative and later he met his future life time collaborator and musical artist, Fontain Riddle (fontainsmuse.org) while attending Silicon Valley Music Recoding Engineering at Cogswell Poly.

Mentors and Education
Farhan Khan is a graduating student of the world renowned Ustad Habib Khan.
Habib Khan is a Classical and progressive sitar virtuoso of the highest level, he was born into a family of musicians and can trace his lineage back several generations to when classical music enjoyed the patronage of the nobility and royalty of India.

Farhan Khan is also a graduate of Musicians Institute in Hollywood CA where benefited famous guest lectures Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Scott Henderson, and many other Hollywood guest lectures dropping by this exciting, well known Music School.
Later Farhan pursued Music Recording Engineering curriculum at Cogswell Poly in Sunnyvale CA.

Sound Track Credits
(more on publications page)
Farhan's sitar work has lead him to several noteworthy collaborations in film soundtracks.
Farhan Khan and Fontain Riddle are credited for their song "Eastern Breeze".
The Hollywood film, "The Con is On" features a large cast of internationally famous actors:

Uma Thurman, Tim Roth, Maggie Q, Sofia Vergara,
Alice Eve, Parker Posey, Crispin Glover

Recording Publications
and Collaborations
PUTUMAYO RECORDS
Farhan's haunting sitar instrumental cover of the Eagles,
"Hotel California" is featured on Putumayo Records compilation for 2025.

MINISTRY
The well known 80s band Ministry released their 15th album Moral Hygiene featuring Farhan Khan's sitar playing on the track "Broken System".

Experience Matters

With years of performing Bollywood classics and traditional Indian melodies, FLASH SITAR brings soulful sitar music to every event.

Roots

Early Inspirations

Started young, blending Indian and Western tunes seamlessly. Musicians Institute ...

Musical Journey

From Karachi Pakistan to...