Entertainment News Desk!!! A. R. Rahman (English: Allahrakka Rahman, born: 6 January 1966) is a famous musician. His full name is ‘Alla Rakha Rahman’. Rahman, the king of tunes, has given music in films of many other languages besides Hindi. Rahman inherited music from his father.
Birth
Rahman was born on 6 January 1966 in Madras, India. His father’s name is R. Of. Shekhar and mother’s name is Kasturi. His childhood name was Dilip Kumar, which later became A. after converting to Islam. R. Rehman is done.
Childhood
At the age of 8, his father R. Of. Shekhar died and his family faced financial crisis. Somehow he managed to survive by renting musical instruments. The situation became so bad that his family had to convert to Islam. Rahman converted to Islam in the 70s.
Education
Rahman received his early music education from Master Dhanraj and at the age of just 11, Rahman started playing keyboards (synthesizer) for the band Roots with his childhood friend Shivmani. He used to work for Ilayaraja’s band. Rahman started recording songs for the first time in 1991.
career
In his early career, Rahman gave his music as jingles in some TV advertisements and serials. His biggest success came in 1992 when famous director Mani Ratnam offered him the music for his film ‘Roza’. After this he never looked back, for this film he was also honored with the ‘National Film Award’ that year.
best movies
Rahman has given his music for more than 100 songs so far, which are in many languages. Some of his best films include ‘Roza’, ‘Bombay’, ‘Dil Se’, ‘Lagaan’, ‘Taal’, ‘Vande Mataram’. Some recent films include ‘Jodha Akbar’, ‘Rang De Basanti’, ‘Delhi 6’ and ‘Slumdog Millionaire’. Rahman has given praiseworthy music not only with Indian artists but also with many big artists of the world.
Honors and Awards
The Times magazine gave him the title of ‘Mozart of Madras’. ‘Mauritius National Awards’, ‘Malaysian Awards’ in 1995 for his phenomenal contribution to music. ‘National Award Winner’ for Music four times. ‘Laurence Oliver Awards’ for First West End Production. Awarded ‘Padmashree’ in 2000. Honored by ‘Stanford University’ in 2006 for his contribution to world music. ‘Lata Mangeshkar Awards’ of Madhya Pradesh Government. Six-time ‘Tamil Nadu State Film Award’ winner. 14 times ‘Filmfare’ winner. 13 time ‘Filmfare South Award’ winner. Rahman is the first Indian to be honored with the ‘Golden Globe Award’. A. R. Rahman is the first Indian to receive three Oscar nominations for his music for the British Indian film Slum Dog Millionaire. The song Jai Ho from the same film received two ‘Grammy Awards’ in the categories of Best Soundtrack Compilation and Best Film Song.
