Zakir Hussain - The Speaking Hand

[filthyunknown]

love zakir and tabla - quite tedious to hear people talking up other people though in documentaries like this - better if the camera just followed zakir around in a day in the life style of film - oh well...

[coolmega33]

2:25 sorry, but that's what she said

[aparnarpit]

Must watch

[nc08aaa]

what a brilliant introduction to a fantastic documentary!

[uriangatobataclan]

What Mickey Hart says @ 2:02 is just beautiful and true.

[itsgottobefunky]

A true master

[kishoriray]

i love this documentary. Zakir ji is ever-shining, ever-optimistic and ever captivating. thanks a lot for this beautiful gift.

[UstadonKaUstad]

This is great. But there were others who did not have the fortune of long life and marketing. imho the one and only Tabla Maestro is the Late Ustad Bashir Hussein "Goga" whose one rare live recording says it all. audio off of esnips. If any one has any of his son's Ustad Sajjad Ali videos please upload.

btw another unique maestro is late Ustad Amir Hussein Khan who had a gifted hand like Ustad Goga.

[pearl1729]

@UstadonKaUstad

LOL

[amitabhsa]

sir, u have broken all limits

[thedillestpickle]

Does anyone know if theres a word or name for that sound the tabla make when they are mimicing the sound of the tabla? I love it but I cant search for it cause i dont know what its called

[tablarahul]

@thedillestpickle It is called "Padhant"

[Lichoudaris]

his dad's a freak too, so are his brothers!

[Win3689]

Listening to this type of music makes you realize that the path to reaching GOD does not necessarily go through religion.

[indianmusicdanceluvr]

i love him so much! his music stirs so many emotions in me and makes me realize the deeper meaning of life...music has that kind of a power and he has it in his blessed hands...he is truly a great great man!!!!

[trulytito]

WONDERFUL.

Thanks for uploading.

Regards.

Tito Dutta.

[allfieldsreq]

can i buy this from some where or download it from some where?

[R0nn0r]

what can one say when one is left speechless and with tears in ones eyes to boot! "Jeeyo jaani jeeyo"

[bachagakafg]

so what?

[liamagester]

you know zakir hussain has brown hair just like me

[5oldier5ingh]

you know ustad ji is male just like me, lol

he is also human like me.

but he is an amazing tabla ustad unlike 99% of us on youtube.

[thefootlvr]

Thats awesome!!!!

[sourabhnayan]

" I worship u like GOD"..U r great :)

[trulytito]

sourabhnayan,

well said.

Tito Dutta.

[Rohansitar]

Wordhip you

[JAZZMAESTR0]

Zakir Hussain is amazing!

He's playing London Barbican on Friday 19 June!

[COSMICBUM]

many years ago I attended a percussion workshop of zakir, Ghatam master and kanjira master....yes he humble, but he does not fool around when it comes to teaching - very direct and blunt. He gives you a wake-up call!

[AmosEaton]

bmarley343, do you know where one could buy a DVD of "The Speaking Hand"?

[ichhier]

boaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa der hammer

bei 1:24 könnt heulen vor schönheit der klänge o_o

[FonkyLynx]

Namaste...

[indianmusicdanceluvr]

2:25 to 2:40 i love!!!! i just love how much energy he says it with...it makes u wanna dance or sumthing...he is soo amazing! and so nice...i met him in the summer...woow! he is sooo kool...this is video is truly amazing!

[23pair]

My brother met him in NYC, apparently he is very humble down to earth person...and what a genius!!!

[ninadbhatt]

otherwise you won't reach his level. being humble is the key to reach unreachable

[mymailrajesh]

good work dude... the film has been done really well.

[riadas12]

amazing....no words only bols describes him!!

[earthdream]

he reminds me of aamir khan. heheheh. this percussionist's face lights up when he plays. but whatever to that, cuz this guy's bloody brilliant! go India!

[dnikhilrao]

its always nice to hear nice things being said about zakir.

they should ve got john mclaughlin on the film too.

[EmigraTuga]

INDER LAL^^

[veryangrystorks]

Can anyone tell me if the piece which plays at the very beginning of this video (when it shows the title/director) can be found on a CD? Thanks!

[gsingh93]

That's a denegene rela that Zakirji is playing iam sure it's in one of his cd's but you will have to dig in deep.

[mewan75]

its dhene gene taktak dhenegene nanagine but if you don't study the poper bols yoou won't be able to play it.

[pearl1729]

Religion ? who is talking about that ? people are really crazy. He is genius and that is enough to respect that man, he is an inspiration.

[shiveringgoat]

What has religion ANYTHING to do with Zakir Hussain - a COSMIC Genuis AND Universal ambassador of PEACE?!!!

[dotdadee]

Why would it matter to anyone what religion he is? If he was Muslim would that mitigate his excellence? Would you like him and his talents less? Or, would you become Muslim or Hindi to play tabla as well? To me, he is the best of the best, and my personal opinion is that he comes from another galaxy. So, now that you know he is an alien & not from earth...oh, never mind.

[Illiden2007]

awesome reply lol

[saikatgomes]

Great Response!

whaah whaah Ustad whaaaH!!!!

[mistermateriel]

@dotdadee

It matters to people who want to understand the man more.

[insituarsenic]

@dotdadee actually his religion is music, rabi shankar ji's religion is music, einstein's religion is physics, hemingway's religion is literature ... that's all

[ricofromtexas015]

@dotdadee I bet if anyone asked zakir why is so talented he would proobably say because of his father teaching him and grooming him to be great.

[RandomTask3000]

What is it called when the Tabla player just says the bols out loud?

[TaalPanchamSawari]

is calls "Padhant"

[RandomTask3000]

Thank you :)

[gsingh93]

Recite

[sunnysaxman]

Great! When was this filmed?

[ysf1234]

brawo zakir TURKEY....

[shamonain]

Zakir hussain is not mere a tabla player but he is a true purcussionist.The name speaking hand justifies his talent.

[RandomTask3000]

no one has done as much for his instrument as Ustad Zakir Hussain has.

[mehmetceliksu]

bu adm yulsek yetenek çalışmanın dışında

[bmwdonkey]

phenom....amazing...

[Tablamaster07]

Zakir Hussain just came 2 visit my house he says hey guys i appreciate all the comments u people wrote about me

[s730snk]

JKDSTUDIOS, what the F**K are you talking about you fool.

[JKDSTUDIOS]

what i am saying is it takes alot of time and sacrifies to be as acomplished as zakir...he is one in a billion...one of the kind..

ALL MY RESPECT AND GRATITUDE...

[JKDSTUDIOS]

Zakir is a example for those who know and who want to know their ownself

in music and all those ...who just wanna do music to just be famous he is a foe

well world has always miss understood or undermind the truth but truth remains

the truth. And the truth is that the people who are selling their souls are RICH n FAMOUS but 0 in talent .

ZAKIR ROCKS

[tirakita]

yo jkdstudios your a fuckin idiot =)

[detroitmercy]

you are all idiots who dont know a thing about music. Have a nice day!

[mapleneck422]

you ass. im not a bitch white boy.

[mapleneck422]

why does everyone have to be so racist. I dont get it seriously. Just enjoy the music !!!

[devilzworkshop]

yea , true , music and religion has got nothing to do eith each other

[Vegama]

You're all wrong. He is secular with eastern ideals.

[Bali2000]

these two icons of tabla!!!

Allah Rakha and Zakir - Just there is not match for them on this planet

[myriad82]

noe why people are discussin religion here??

.. ye log kab sudhrenge???

[taritabla]

zakir hussain is an amaizing tablaplayer i,d like to meet him

[highlandsnake]

I've met him. I play tabla and went to his class acouple times. Just amazing. Plus he's the nicest guy you'll ever meet. Real down to earth Dad cool cat schooling on DayanBaya! I wish him much more success!!

[brownguy62]

i play purbi style, n i donno mayn there titkit (delli style = tirikita) Is jus so crazieee likeee yeah wow lol

[raadia]

ustad zakir is the greatest tabla player... I saw him many times in concert he's incredible!!!

[md88skater]

Mr.Hussain, you are one of my BIGGEST idols! when ever i see a video or recording of u i have to finish lessoning to it b4 i do anything else. i also wanna cry for somereason. i wish i had u as a Music guru! but if i am fortunet in this life i will meet u! i would die if i ever got the chance to meet u!!

your biggest fan!

[highlandsnake]

You can meet him and you could learn his style if you're serious about tabla. His class is for intermediate to advanced plus his students teach for a small fee who you can meet at the class held once a year.

Pretty cool huh!! Zakir is a legend among legends with rare humility and wit. ZAKIR!!!

[EJRodriguez58]

What a continuum, Alla Rhaka was so The Man, So his Son Zakir Is now The Man, talent like that is so connected to the universe, God Bless Him.

[TablaShiv94]

amazing, i met him a while ago, very down to earth man

[nyyankeesshiv3]

amazing, i met zakir like last year very down to earth man...

[rosepilcher]

excelente. "da espiritualidade em sua performace"

[tintala]

where to find this video? is it available?

[beanbabo]

Thanks for posting!!

[kakkaface]

DUDe where can i download this

can you re upload it to google video so i can download it from there thanks.

i love Zakir Hussain

[noonward]

Cool.

[AngelaBoston]

I adore Zakir!

[dolly82]

my god

[JSAGOO]

FANTASTIC!

[rajendrabiswas]

he is indian not muslim

[haydar11]

dere 2 different things, wot a stupid thing to say.

[vsd31]

mark them as spam - will get deleted

[Fakhoo]

whts the point ur tryin to make here? ur confusing ur self and others..this is music, we're not talkin abt religion here..

[Fakhoo]

I agree with you!

[milad123]

Ustad Zakir Ji is absolutely Phenomenal!!!

[Gutrakapu]

Beautiful...absolutely inspirational!  Zakir Hussain is my idol.

[simsg90]

Amazing... thanks :)

[nyyankeesshiv3]

cool