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Zakir Hussain has received Padma Shri in 1988, Padma Bhushan in 2002 and Padma Vibhushan in 2023.
The condition of world renowned tabla player and Padma Vibhushan Ustad Zakir Hussain is critical. He has the problem of high blood pressure. He is admitted in ICU in San Francisco hospital. The news of his demise had come out earlier on Sunday, which has been rejected by Zakir’s sister Khurshid Auliya.
He told PTI, ‘Brother’s condition is very serious, his breathing is very fast. We are asking his fans in India and around the world to pray for him.
Khurshid said- I want to request all the media not to pay attention to wrong information about Zakir’s demise. His condition is very serious, but he is with us, he is alive. I feel very bad after seeing the news of his demise on Facebook. This is very wrong.
Salim Merchant of music composer duo Salim-Sulaiman Dainik Bhaskar Reporter Amit Karna Said- Ustad’s condition is serious, but the news of his demise is wrong. His family is in America. I am very close to him. No such information has come.
A post was made on social media platform Such news should be removed and pray for his recovery. However, this account is not verified.
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting first informed about the death, then deleted the post.
Zakir Hussain was born on 9 March 1951 in Mumbai. He was awarded Padma Shri in 1988, Padma Bhushan in 2002 and Padma Vibhushan in 2023.
Ustad has also received 4 Grammy Awards, out of which he received three simultaneously. His father’s name was Ustad Allah Rakha Qureshi and mother’s name was Biwi Begum. Zakir’s father Allah Rakha was also a tabla player. Zakir Hussain had his early education from St. Michael’s School in Mahim, Mumbai. Whereas he did his graduation from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai.
Zakir Hussain performed his first concert in America at the age of just 11. In 1973 he launched his first album ‘Living in the Material World’.
Ustad Zakir Hussain used to start playing tunes with his fingers after seeing a flat place. Zakir Hussain had the talent of playing tunes since childhood. Seeing any flat place, he would start playing tunes with his fingers. Even the utensils were not left in the kitchen. He used to touch the pan, pot and plate, whatever he got.
Ustad Zakir Hussain was born in Mumbai.
Zakir Hussain used to keep the tabla in his lap In the early days, Ustad Zakir Hussain used to travel by train. Due to lack of money, he used to board the general coach. If he could not find a seat, he would spread newspapers on the floor and sleep. During this time, so that no one’s feet touched the tabla, he used to sleep with it in his lap.
At the age of 12, he got 5 rupees, which had the highest price. When Zakir Hussain was 12 years old, he went to a concert with his father. Music stalwarts like Pandit Ravi Shankar, Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, Bismillah Khan, Pandit Shanta Prasad and Pandit Kishan Maharaj had attended that concert.
Zakir Hussain went on stage with his father. After the performance was over, Zakir got Rs 5. Referring to this in an interview, he had said – I have earned a lot of money in my life, but those 5 rupees were the most valuable.
Ustad Zakir Hussain also has programs in foreign countries.
America also respects Zakir Hussain Zakir Hussain is also respected by the world’s most powerful country, America. In 2016, former US President Barack Obama invited him to the White House to participate in the All Star Global Concert. Zakir Hussain was the first Indian musician to receive this invitation.
Acted in Hollywood movie with Shashi Kapoor Zakir Hussain has also acted in some films. He debuted in the 1983 British film Heat and Dust. Shashi Kapoor also worked in this film.
Zakir Hussain also worked in a 1998 film Saaz. His opposite in this film was Shabana Azmi. Zakir Hussain played the role of Shabana’s lover in this film.
Zakir Hussain was also offered the role of Salim’s younger brother in the film Mughal-e-Azam (1960), but his father did not approve of it at that time. He wanted his son to concentrate only on music.
