Kamal Haasan, Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor remember musical legend Zakir Hussain

Well known actors such as Kamal Haasan, and Akshay Kumar along with Sarod player Amjad Ali Khan and sarangi exponent Kamal Sabri, paid tribute to tabla maestro Zakir Hussain

Sarod virtuoso Amjad Ali Khan, sarangi exponent Kamal Sabri as well as film stars Akshay Kumar and Kamal Haasan paid rich tributes to Zakir Hussain, calling the tabla maestro a "phenomenon" and "one of the most loved Indian musician in the world".

Hussain, 73, died at a San Francisco hospital from complications arising out of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, the family said on Monday. Words fail me at this point, said Amjad Ali Khan in an X post.

Sabri called Hussain's death a "great loss" to all forms of music, be it Indian classical or global. "He was an amazing musician who represented Indian music on the global stage for a long time," he told PTI.

"He was an inspiration. It's an irreparable loss... He was the most famous Indian musician world over," classical vocalist Wasifuddin Dagar told PTI.

"Maestro forever," Kareena Kapoor Khan said on Instagram. Kamal Haasan shared a picture of himself with Hussain playing the tabla on social media.

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“Zakir Bhai! He left too soon. Yet we are grateful for the times he gave us and what he left behind in the form of his art,” wrote the actor-filmmaker. There will never be another Ustad Zakir Hussain, said music composer Vishal Dadlani on Instagram.