
Zakir Hussain
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 finest 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 wa…
Known For
Apocalypse Now
Musician
Monkey Man
Tabla Maestro
Vanaprastham
Music
Heat and Dust
Inder Lal, Anne's landlord
Mr. and Mrs. Iyer
Original Music Composer
The Mystic Masseur
Original Music Composer
Parzania
Original Music Composer
In Custody
Original Music Composer
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Filmography
Acting (11)
Movies (10)
Monkey Man
2024as Tabla Maestro
Jazz in Marciac 2018 - Dave Holland, Zakir Hussain, Chris Potter -
2018as Tabla
Zakir Hussain: The SFJazz Sessions
2014as Zakir Hussain
Chaalis Chauraasi
2012as Toby
Way of Beauty - Shakti Timeless
2006as self
A Tribute To Ismail Merchant
2005as Self (archive footage)
Tabla Beat Science: Talamanam Sound Clash
2003
Saaz
1997
Khayal
1987
Heat and Dust
1983as Inder Lal, Anne's landlord
Television (1)
Crew (9)
Movies (9)
Zakir Hussain: The SFJazz Sessions
2014Producer
Parzania
2005Original Music Composer
Mr. and Mrs. Iyer
2002Original Music Composer
The Mystic Masseur
2001Original Music Composer
Vanaprastham
1999Music
In Custody
1994Original Music Composer
Miss Beatty's Children
1992Music
Heat and Dust
1983Music Director
Apocalypse Now
1979Musician
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