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Zakir Hussain

Zakir Hussain

Known For Sound
Birthday Mar 09, 1951
Died Dec 15, 2024 (73)
Birthplace Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Popularity 1 (history)
Updated Sep 09, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

Zakir Hussain Qureshi (9 March 1951 – 15 December 2024) was an Indian tabla player, composer, arranger, percussionist, music producer and film actor. The eldest son of esteemed tabla player Alla Rakha, Zakir Hussain was widely regarded as the greatest tabla player of his generation and one of its fi ... nest percussionists. He produced music across multiple genres and contributed to popularizing Indian classical music to a global audience. Often prefixed by the honorific title of 'Ustad', Hussain was awarded the United States National Endowment for the Arts' National Heritage Fellowship, the highest award given to traditional artists and musicians. He was also given the Government of India's Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1990 and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship, Ratna Sadsya, in 2018. Hussain received seven Grammy Award nominations, winning four times, including three in 2024. He was described as the most recognizable exponent of the tabla by The Guardian. The New York Times marveled that the "blur of his fingers rivals the beat of a hummingbird's wings." Description above from the Wikipedia article Zakir Hussain, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Monkey Man

Monkey Man

2024

as Tabla Maestro

Heat and Dust

Heat and Dust

1983

as Inder Lal, Anne's landlord

Parzania

Parzania

2005

Original Music Composer

Mr. and Mrs. Iyer

Mr. and Mrs. Iyer

2002

Music

The Mystic Masseur

The Mystic Masseur

2001

Original Music Composer

Heat and Dust

Heat and Dust

1983

Music Director

Apocalypse Now

Apocalypse Now

1979

Musician

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Organization Category Movie
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as Somu Da

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Jun 22, 2019

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