When Zakir Hussain backed up Dev Patel in the controversial ‘Monkey Man’
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When Zakir Hussain backed up Dev Patel in the controversial ‘Monkey Man’

The Hindu  

Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain, who died at the age of 73 on Monday, left behind a vast, enduring legacy. Hussain scored the background music in Manto, Nandita Das’ biopic on the Urdu poet Saadat Hasan Manto. The legendary musician also featured in Saaz, the 1998 Hindi movie.The film is said to be allegedly based on the well-known singing sisters Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle. In the movie about two sister with great musical talent, Hussain plays a music director who gets drawn towards one of the sisters. Hussain acted in Heat and Dust and also composed music for the 1983 English historical drama.

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