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Tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain's passing on 15 December leaves a huge void in India’s music community. With his excellence and humility, the Ustad touched many lives, young and old, people in positions of power and the common man. Such is the impact of one of the greatest tabla players that his demise feels like a personal loss to many, with several members of the film fraternity like Kamal Haasan, Akshay Kumar, A.R. Rahman, Mohanlal, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Hansal Mehta, and others sharing their condolences online.

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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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