Mumbai: Famous music composer AR Rahman is not dependent on any name. He is the king of the music world. Today is AR Rahman’s 56th birthday. He was born in January 1967 in Madras, Tamil Nadu to A.S. Dilip Kumar as R. Of. It happened in Shekhar’s house. Who belonged to a Mudaliar family. His father was a composer and conductor of Tamil and Malayalam films. AR Rahman started learning piano at the age of four. His father passed away when the musician was nine years old.
After this, the family used to run by renting the musical instruments of the father. After the death of his father, AR Rahman was brought up by his mother Karima. On the basis of AR Rahman’s musical talent, he was admitted to the Madras Christian College Higher Secondary School. Where he formed a band with his high school classmates. He later founded the Chennai-based rock group Nemesis Avenue. The musician has mastered the keyboard, piano, synthesizer, harmonium, and guitar. The composer began his early musical training with Master Dhanraj and at the age of 11, studied under Malayalam composer M.K. and Started playing in Arjunan’s orchestra. Who was a special friend of his father?
AR Rahman graduated with a Diploma in Classical Music. AR Rahman converted to Islam in 1989 at the age of 23 along with other members of his family and changed his name to Allah Rakha Rahman (AR Rahman). The composer married Saira Banu in 1995. AR Rahman is the father of three children Khatija Rahman, Rahima Rahman, and A.R. R. Amin’s father. AR Rahman is the recipient of six National Film Awards as well as two Academy Awards, two Grammy Awards, one BAFTA Award, one Golden Globe Award, and fifteen Filmfare Awards.
He has also been awarded the Padma Bhushan, the country’s third highest civilian honor by the Government of India in the year 2010. The composer started his career in the early 1990s with the Tamil film Roja. After this, he sang many songs for Tamil language films. He has also sung songs for Hollywood movies. AR Rahman made his debut as a director and writer for the film Le Musque in the year 2017.
