- Born
- Birth nameZakir Hussain Qureshi
- Zakir Hussain was born on March 9, 1951 in Bombay, State of Bombay, India. He is a composer and actor, known for Apocalypse Now (1979), The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015) and Monkey Man (2024).
- 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.
- Virtuoso percussionist whose name is synonymous with the tabla (a pair of tuned hand drums from India).
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