Ustad Zakir Hussain's mother Bavi Begum had changed the tabla maestro's surname few days after his birth based on a saint's advice, he'd revealed in 2018. "When I was born, my father's...health deteriorated...A saint...told [my mother] to call me 'Zakir Hussain'...instead of giving the family name 'Qureshi'," Hussain had said, adding that the saint said the name would bring luck.