
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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 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.

as Inder Lal, Anne's landlord

as Tabla Maestro
2024

as Somu Da
2019

as Inder Lal, Anne's landlord
1983

as Self (archive footage)
2005

as Toby
2012

as self
2006

1997

1987

2003

2008

as Zakir Hussain
2014

as Tabla
2018
as Zakir Hussain
2014

as Tabla Maestro
2024

as Tabla
2018

as Zakir Hussain
2014

as Toby
2012

2008

as self
2006

as Self (archive footage)
2005

2003

1997

1987

as Inder Lal, Anne's landlord
1983

Musician

Music Director

Music

Original Music Composer

Original Music Composer

Original Music Composer

Music

Original Music Composer

Musician

Producer