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Zakir Hussain(1951-2024)

  • Music Department
  • Composer
  • Actor
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Zakir Hussain
Zakir Hussain was born on 9 March 1951 in Bombay, State of Bombay, India [now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India]. He was a composer and actor, known for Apocalypse Now (1979), The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015) and Monkey Man (2024). He was married to Antonia Minnecola. He died on 15 December 2024 in San Francisco, California, USA.
BornMarch 9, 1951
DiedDecember 15, 2024(73)
BornMarch 9, 1951
DiedDecember 15, 2024(73)
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  • Awards
    • 3 wins & 3 nominations total

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Known for

Marlon Brando and Martin Sheen in Apocalypse Now (1979)
Apocalypse Now
8.4
  • Music Department
  • 1979
Richard Gere, David Strathairn, Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Celia Imrie, Penelope Wilton, Dev Patel, and Tina Desai in The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015)
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
6.5
  • Soundtrack
  • 2015
Dev Patel in Monkey Man (2024)
Monkey Man
6.8
  • Tabla Maestro
  • 2024
The Perfect Murder (1988)
The Perfect Murder
5.9
  • Music Department
  • 1988

Credits

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Music Department

  • 55 (2020)
    55
    7.3
    • title music
    • 2020
  • Saanwal (2019)
    Saanwal
    Music Video
    • music producer
    • 2019
  • American Experience (1988)
    American Experience
    8.6
    TV Series
    • musician
    • 1997–2005
  • Agnivarsha: The Fire and the Rain (2002)
    Agnivarsha: The Fire and the Rain
    4.6
    • musician: tabla
    • 2002
  • Mr. and Mrs. Iyer (2002)
    Mr. and Mrs. Iyer
    7.9
    • lyricist
    • playback singer (as Ustad Zakir Hussain)
    • 2002
  • The Mystic Masseur (2001)
    The Mystic Masseur
    5.8
    • musician: percussion
    • 2001
  • In Custody (1994)
    In Custody
    7.0
    • musician: tabla
    • 1994
  • The Perfect Murder (1988)
    The Perfect Murder
    5.9
    • musician: tabla
    • 1988
  • Vietnam: A Television History (1983)
    Vietnam: A Television History
    8.8
    TV Mini Series
    • musician
    • 1983
  • Greta Scacchi, Julie Christie, and Shashi Kapoor in Heat and Dust (1983)
    Heat and Dust
    6.4
    • associate music director
    • musician: percussion
    • composer: additional music (uncredited)
    • 1983
  • Marlon Brando and Martin Sheen in Apocalypse Now (1979)
    Apocalypse Now
    8.4
    • musician
    • 1979

Composer

  • For Real (2009)
    For Real
    7.0
    • Composer
    • 2009
  • A composite frame of the opening animated title sequence first broadcast nationally from the Schermerhorn Symphony Center on PBS Dec. 20, 2006 with the 2 hour version Jan. 28, 2007.
    One Symphony Place: A World Premiere Live from Music City
    8.4
    TV Special
    • Composer
    • 2006
  • The Way of Beauty (2006)
    The Way of Beauty
    Video
    • original music by
    • 2006
  • Corin Nemec in Parzania (2005)
    Parzania
    7.5
    • Composer
    • 2005
  • One Dollar Curry (2004)
    One Dollar Curry
    5.9
    • Composer
    • 2004
  • Sulaiman Farghand in Kabul Cinema (2003)
    Kabul Cinema
    Short
    • Composer
    • 2003
  • Mr. and Mrs. Iyer (2002)
    Mr. and Mrs. Iyer
    7.9
    • Composer (as Ustad Zakir Hussain)
    • 2002
  • The Mystic Masseur (2001)
    The Mystic Masseur
    5.8
    • Composer
    • 2001
  • Everybody Says I'm Fine! (2001)
    Everybody Says I'm Fine!
    6.0
    • Composer
    • 2001
  • Suhasini and Mohanlal in Vanaprastham (1999)
    Vanaprastham
    8.1
    • Composer
    • 1999
  • Shabana Azmi, Aruna Irani, Ayesha Dharker, and Zakir Hussain in Melody (1998)
    Melody
    6.8
    • Composer
    • 1998
  • Gaach (1997)
    Gaach
    8.6
    • Composer
    • 1997
  • Zakir and His Friends (1997)
    Zakir and His Friends
    7.1
    • Composer
    • 1997
  • Gaatha
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1997–1998
  • Hidden Empire: Calling London
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1996

Actor

  • Dev Patel in Monkey Man (2024)
    Monkey Man
    6.8
    • Tabla Maestro
    • 2024
  • International Jazz Day Celebration Concert, HOPE: LOCAL to GLOBAL (2022)
    International Jazz Day Celebration Concert, HOPE: LOCAL to GLOBAL
    • 2022
  • Chaalis Chauraasi (2012)
    Chaalis Chauraasi
    6.1
    • Tony
    • 2012
  • Phir Mile Sur (2010)
    Phir Mile Sur
    6.0
    Music Video
    • Zakir Hussain
    • 2010
  • Shabana Azmi, Aruna Irani, Ayesha Dharker, and Zakir Hussain in Melody (1998)
    Melody
    6.8
    • 1998
  • Greta Scacchi, Julie Christie, and Shashi Kapoor in Heat and Dust (1983)
    Heat and Dust
    6.4
    • Inder Lal - Anne's Landlord (1982 in Satipur Town)
    • 1983

Personal details

  • Official sites
    • Discogs
    • France Public Radio_index
  • Alternative names
    • Shri. Zakir Hussain
  • Born
    • March 9, 1951
    • Bombay, State of Bombay, India [now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India]
  • Died
    • December 15, 2024
    • San Francisco, California, USA(idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis)
  • Spouse
    • Antonia Minnecola1978 - December 15, 2024 (his death, 2 children)
  • Children
      Anisa Qureshi
  • Parents
    • Alla Rakha
  • Relatives
      Taufiq Qureshi(Sibling)

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Father is Late Ustad (Maestro) Alla Rakha, famed tabla accompanist of sitarist Late Pandit Ravi Shankar throughout the peak of his career in the 1960s and 1970s.

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