"I took comparisons with Zakir bhai, positively"

Updated On: 29 April, 2013 12:32 AM IST | | Ruchika Kher

Percussionist Fazal Qureshi, with a legacy not many can boast of, has organised a concert for his legendary father Ustad Alla Rakha Khan's 94th birth anniversary. On the sidelines of this event, the tabla maestro gets candid with Ruchika Kher about his father's memories and the constant comparison he encounters with his elder brother Ustad Zakir Hussain

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"I took comparisons with Zakir bhai, positively"

One step into Fazal Qureshi’s Bandra pad and it’s evident that the place belongs to a creative mind — scores of books and DVDs line the walls, with his tabla making a great picture in the dining area. As we glanced at the toy boxes in the corner (Qureshi has a boy, 8 and a girl, 5), the tabla maestro dressed in a green shirt and blue jeans emerges from another room, apologising for the delay.

Tabla maestro Fazal Qureshi at his home in Bandra. PICs/Pradeep Dhivar