Zakir Hussain's life in pics: From winning Grammy Award to being honoured with Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan

Zakir Hussain died at a hospital in San Francisco due to complications arising out of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. He is the son of Ustad Alla Rakha.

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Singer Sadhana Sargam with table maestro Zakir Hussain backstage during the AR Rahman tour. Zakir Hussain died at a hospital in San Francisco due to complications arising out of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, his family said on Monday. Zakir Hussain was awarded the Padma Shri in 1988, Padma Bhushan in 2002 and Padma Vibhushan in 2023. 

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Ustad Zakir Hussain with theatre personality Sanjana Kapoor at a past Keli-Prithvi Theatre collaboration.

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A few years ago, Ustad Zakir Hussain and Shankar Mahadevan paid musical tribute to Mandolin wizard U Srinivas at Shanmukhananda Hall in Mumbai.

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Sachin Tendulkar once shared a video of himself performing a jugalbandi with Zakir Hussain. (Facebook)

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Ustad Zakir Hussain attended an event once with Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan.

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Shashi Kapoor, Zakir Hussain, Nafisa Ali, and Randhir Kapoor once attended a play in Juhu, Mumbai.

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Ustad Zakir Hussain posed for a photo with Rakesh Chaurasia, and Edgar Meyer.

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Ustad Zakir Hussain with vocalist Shankar Mahadevan, percussionist V Selvaganesh and violinist Ganesh Rajagopalan of Shakti pose for photos with their Grammy Award for best global music album for This Moment. (PTI)

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Ustad Zakir Hussain performed during the 100th birth anniversary of his father, Ustad Alla Rakha, in Ahmedabad. (PTI)

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Zakir Hussain posed with AR Rahman and Shankar Mahadevan.