Entertainment News Desk – The life of musician AR Rahman, who is celebrating his 58th birthday, is no less than a film story. He also struggled hard before achieving success. Let us know 10 interesting stories related to AR Rahman. AR Rahman was born in a Hindu family. His name was Dilip Kumar. When Rehman turned 23, he accepted Islam after being influenced by his guru Qadri Islam. Rahman’s full name is Allah Rakha Rahman.
AR Rahman inherited music from his father RK Shekhar. When Rahman was nine years old, his father died. When his financial condition was not good, he sold his family’s musical instruments.
Veteran musician AR Rahman did not even have money to complete his studies in his childhood. At the age of 15, he had to leave school due to poor attendance. He made his talent his weapon.
There came a time when Rehman started thinking about committing suicide. At that time his age was only 25 years. Actually, due to the death of his father he was left alone. His passion for music helped Rahman to overcome these circumstances.
Rahman used to play records during his poor days. For this, Rehman got Rs 50 for the first time, which was the first salary of his life. Later this record was sold for Rs 6 crore for the film Taal. This is the highest price ever paid for the music of a Hindi film.
In 1991, Rahman started composing music for films. Mani Ratnam gave him a chance to compose music for his film ‘Roja’. This was the first South Indian film whose songs were dubbed in Hindi and became a superhit.
By 2013, Rahman’s name had become famous all over the world. Rahman also holds the record for selling the most expensive tickets for a concert. Apart from this, a road in Canada has been named after him.
Rahman has so far received six National Film Awards, two Oscar Awards, two Grammy Awards, one Golden Globe Award, 15 Filmfare Awards and 17 South Filmfare Awards for his South Indian films.
The birthdays of Rahman and his son Amin fall on the same day i.e. 6 January. Rahman celebrates his birthday in a very simple way and spends it with orphan children.
A.R. Rahman has his own music studio in Chennai. Rahman never comes to Mumbai to make music. His first condition is that he will make music in his studio in Chennai.