00:00Tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain's passing on 15th December leaves a huge void in India's
00:06music community.
00:07With his excellence and humility, the Ustad touched many lives, young and old, people
00:12in positions of power and the common man.
00:15Such is the impact of one of the greatest tabla players that his demise feels like a
00:19personal loss to many, with several members of the film fraternity like Kamal Haasan,
00:24Akshay Kumar, A. R. Rahman, Mohanlal, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Hansal Mehta and others sharing
00:32their condolences online.
00:34Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar took to his social media and shared an image of Zakir
00:39Hussain.
00:40He wrote,
00:41Very pained to know about the sad demise of Ustad Zakir Hussain sahab.
00:46He was truly a treasure for our country's musical heritage.
00:50Om Shanti
00:51Oscar and Grammy winning music composer A. R. Rahman called Zakir Hussain an inspiration
00:57and expressed his regret for not collaborating with him in recent years.
01:02He wrote,
01:03Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'oon.
01:05To Allah we belong and to him we will all return aid.
01:09Zakir bhai was an inspiration, a towering personality who elevated the tabla to global
01:15acclaim.
01:16His loss is immeasurable for all of us.
01:19I regret not being able to collaborate with him as much as we did decades ago, though
01:24we had planned an album together.
01:26You shall be truly missed.
01:28May his family and his countless students worldwide find the strength to bear this immense
01:34loss.
01:35Filmmaker Hansal Mehta, who recently directed Kareena in The Buckingham Murders, also took
01:40to X and wrote,
01:42The maestro who made so many sleepless nights at Hindustani classical concerts memorable.
01:48The man who knew how to engage with an audience through his artistry.
01:52The ustad who made the tabla sexy.
01:54Goodbye.
01:55Ustad Zakir Hussain.
01:58Actress Nimrat Kaur recalled the last time she saw Ustad Zakir Hussain perform live earlier
02:03this year.
02:04She took to her Instagram and shared a picture and a video of the late musician.
02:08She wrote in the caption,
02:10On Feb 28, 24, when I last watched Ustad Zakir Hussain live at Prithvi Theatre, I recall
02:17my heart beating to the beats of the sheer flawless genius of his talent.
02:22His international superstardom and the zenith of his achievements are forever here to inspire
02:27and energize us.
02:29As a human being, to remain the most humble, gracious and generous through his incomparable
02:34life journey is what remains etched as a life goal in my heart.
02:39Your kind eyes and mystical being shall outlive generations.
02:43Rest in glory, Ustadji.
02:45Never shall there be another," she added.
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