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Zakir Hussain is a renowned Indian tabala player, composer, musical producer and film actor. He was born on 9th March 1951 at Mumbai to the legendary tabala player Alla Rakha.
Hussain was a genius as a child and by the age of twelve he started touring. He began his international career in 1970and since then never had a turn back.
Zakir Hussain is the founding member of World Music Supergroup of Bill Laswell`s. In the category of World best Music award, it was Hussain who was honored the first Grammy Award.
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His first performance as an actor was with a Malayalam film, Vanaprastham, where he performs as an Indian music advisor. He also composed for the same movie. This film was an entry to the 1999 Cannes film Festival, which got nominated for the Grand Jury Prize and later won the Istanbul International Film festival awards, the Mumbai International Film festival award and the National Film awards all in 2000.
For several movies, Hussain has composed sound tracks of which the noticed ones were In Custody, Ismail Merchant etc. Though he has starred in several films, it was his talent that got showcased, both in solo performances and with along other bands.
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Zakir Hussain is married to Antonia Minnecola who is a Kathak dancer and teacher. They have two beautiful daughters Anisa and Isabella. Zakir Hussain has been awarded the Padma Shri in 1988 and in 2002 the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India.
In 1990, he has also been awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award which is India`s national Academy for Music, Dance and Drama and in 1999, he was awarded the United States National Endowment for the Art`s national Heritage Fellowship, which is one among the highest award being awarded to traditional artists and musicians. He is a very talented person who could just take music to any level and make it wonderful in all aspects.