Zakir Hussain(1951-2024)

Music Department
Composer
Actor

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.

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Awards
- 3 wins & 3 nominations total

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Known for

Apocalypse Now

8.4

Movie

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

Movie

Soundtrack("Shwas-Uchhashwas/The Beginning")

2015

Monkey Man

6.8

Movie

Tabla Maestro

2024

The Perfect Murder

5.9

Movie

Music Department(tabla)

1988

Credits

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Music Department

Harami
7.4
- title music
- 2020
Saanwal
Music Video
- music producer
- 2019
American Experience
8.6
TV Series
- musician
- 1997–2005
Agni Varsha
4.6
- musician: tabla
- 2002
Mr. and Mrs. Iyer
7.9
- lyricist
- playback singer (as Ustad Zakir Hussain)
- 2002
The Mystic Masseur
5.8
- musician: percussion
- 2001
In Custody
7.1
- musician: tabla
- 1994
The Perfect Murder
5.9
- musician: tabla
- 1988
Vietnam: A Television History
8.7
TV Mini Series
- musician
- 1983
Heat and Dust
6.5
- associate music director
- composer: additional music
- musician: percussion (uncredited)
- 1983
Apocalypse Now
8.4
- musician
- 1979

Composer

For Real
7.1
- Composer
- 2009
One Symphony Place: A World Premiere Live from Music City
8.4
TV Special
- Composer
- 2006
The Way of Beauty
Video
- Composer
- 2006
Parzania
7.5
- Composer
- 2005
One Dollar Curry
6.0
- Composer
- 2004
Kabul Cinema
Short
- Composer
- 2003
Mr. and Mrs. Iyer
7.9
- Composer (as Ustad Zakir Hussain)
- 2002
The Mystic Masseur
5.8
- Composer
- 2001
Everybody Says I'm Fine!
6.0
- Composer
- 2001
Vanaprastham
8.1
- Composer
- 1999
Melody
6.6
- Composer
- 1997
Gaach
8.4
- Composer
- 1997
Zakir and His Friends
7.4
- Composer
- 1997
Gaatha
TV Series
- Composer
- 1997–1998
Hidden Empire: Calling London
TV Movie
- Composer
- 1996

Actor

Personal details

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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
Parents
- Alla Rakha
Relatives

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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.