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Virtuoso percussionist whose name is synonymous with the tabla (a pair of tuned hand drums from India). See more trivia »
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1997-2005 The American Experience (TV series documentary) (musician - 6 episodes)
– The Fall of Saigon (2005) (musician)
– Vietnam: Parts IX & X - Peace Is at Hand/Homefront USA (1997) (musician)
– Vietnam: Parts VII & VIII - Vietnamizing the War/Cambodia and Laos (1997) (musician)
– Vietnam: Parts V & VI - America's Enemy/Tet 1968 (1997) (musician)
– Vietnam: Parts III & IV - LBJ Goes to War/America Takes Charge (1997) (musician)
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2002 Mr. and Mrs. Iyer (playback singer - as Ustad Zakir Hussain)
 
2002 Agnivarsha: The Fire and the Rain (musician: tabla)
 
2001 The Mystic Masseur (musician: percussion)
 
1994 In Custody (musician: tabla)
 
1988 The Perfect Murder (musician: tabla)
 
1983 Vietnam: A Television History (TV series documentary) (musician - 11 episodes)
– LBJ Goes to War: 1964-1965 (1983) (musician)
– America's Mandarin: 1954-1963 (1983) (musician)
– Roots of a War: 1945-1953 (1983) (musician)
– America's Enemy: 1954-1967 (1983) (musician)
– America Takes Charge: 1965-1967 (1983) (musician)
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1983 Heat and Dust (associate music director, composer: additional music - uncredited, musician: percussion)
 
1979 Apocalypse Now (musician)
 
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2009 For Real
 
2006 One Symphony Place: A World Premiere Live from Music City (TV movie)
 
2006 The Way of Beauty (video documentary)
 
2005 Parzania
 
2004 One Dollar Curry
 
2002 Mr. and Mrs. Iyer (as Ustad Zakir Hussain)
 
2001 The Mystic Masseur
 
2001 Everybody Says I'm Fine!
 
1999 Pilgrimage
 
1998 Zakir and His Friends (documentary)
 
1998 The Tree (documentary)
 
1997 Saaz
 
1994 In Custody
 
1994 I diadromi tou tromou (short)
 
1992 Miss Beatty's Children
 
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2010 So You Think You Can Dance Canada (TV series)
– Season 3 Finale: Winner Revealed (2010) (performer: "Dances With Wood/Baba")
– Top 22 Performance (2010) (performer: "Dances with Wood/Baba")
 
2006 One Symphony Place: A World Premiere Live from Music City (TV movie) (writer: "Triple Concerto for Banjo, Double Bass and Tabla" World Premiere / performer: "Triple Concerto for Banjo, Double Bass and Tabla" World Premiere)
 
2002 Mr. and Mrs. Iyer (writer: "Kithe Meher Ali" Remix, "Don't Look Away", "Theme music of Mr. and Mrs. Iyer", "Kithe Meher Ali", "If I'd known...")
 
2001 Everybody Says I'm Fine! (performer: "Zindagi", "Discovery" / courtesy: "Comin' Around", "Sito")
 
1994 Camp Nowhere (writer: "BONES")
 
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2004 Black Friday
Inspector Nand Kumar Chougale
 
1997 Saaz
 
1983 Heat and Dust
Inder Lal, Anne's landlord (1982. In Satipur Town)
 
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1993 Little Buddha (featured soloist)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
1998 Jaane Jigar (sincere thanks - as Shri. Zakir Hussain)
 
Show ShowSelf (8 titles)
2012 Charles Lloyd: Arrows Into Infinity (documentary)
Himself
 
2011 Play Like a Lion: The Legacy of Maestro Ali Akbar Khan (documentary)
 
2009 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 27 April 2009 (2009) … Himself - Guest
 
2007 One Symphony Place: A Dream Fulfilled (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Taccuino indiano (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
2006 One Symphony Place: A World Premiere Live from Music City (TV movie)
Himself - tabla
 
1998 Zakir and His Friends (documentary)
Himself
 
1994 In Ismail's Custody (video documentary)
Composer, Musician and Actor
 
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Personal Details

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Alternate Names:

Shri. Zakir Hussain | Ustad Zakir Hussain
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Trivia:

Virtuoso percussionist whose name is synonymous with the tabla (a pair of tuned hand drums from India). See more »