Who is ar rahman

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Early Life And Influences A. His father R. Shekhar was a Chennai-based composer and conductor for Malayalam films. Rahman lost his father at a young age and his family rented out musical equipment as a source of income. He was raised by his mother Kareema Beegum Kashturi and she passed away on December 28th, During these formative years, Rahman served as a keyboard player and an arranger in bands such as "Roots", with childhood friend and percussionist Sivamani, John Anthony, Suresh Peters, JoJo and Raja.

Rahman is the founder of the Chennai-based rock group, "Nemesis Avenue". He played the keyboard and piano, the synthesizer, the harmonium and the guitar.

He began early training in music under Master Dhanraj. At the age of 11, he joined, as a keyboardist, the troupe of Ilaiyaraaja, one of many composers to whom musical instruments belonging to Rahman's father were rented. Rahman later played in the orchestra of M. Shankar on world tours and obtained a scholarship to the Trinity College of Music where he graduated with a degree in Western classical music.

Career Film Scoring And Soundtracks In , Rahman began his own music recording and mixing studio attached to the backyard of his house called the Panchathan Record Inn, which was developed into India's most advanced recording studio. He initially composed music jingles for advertisements, Indian Television channels and music scores in documentaries, among other projects. In , he was approached by film director Mani Ratnam to compose the score and soundtrack for Ratnam's Tamil film Roja. Roja's score met with high sales and acclaim, in its original and dubbed versions, bringing about a marked change in film music at the time, and Rahman followed this with successful scores for Tamil—language films of the Chennai film industry including Ratnam's politically charged Bombay, the urbanite Kadhalan, Bharathiraaja's Karuththamma, the saxophonic duet, Indira, and the romantic comedies Mr.

Romeo and Love Birds, which gained him considerable notice. Many successful scores for films including Dil Se and the percussive Taal followed. Sufi mysticism formed the basis of Chaiyya Chaiyya for the former and the composition "Zikr" from his score of the film Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero for which he created large orchestral and choral arrangements.

In , Rahman launched his own music label, KM Music. Its first release was his score to the film Sillunu Oru Kaadhal. In , he scored the Slumdog Millionaire soundtrack, for which he won a Golden Globe and two Academy Awards, becoming the first Indian citizen to do so.

Rahman is the uncle of composer G. Prakash Kumar, who is the son of Rahman's elder sister, A. He had become an atheist as a result of childhood struggles, he eventually converted to Islam in , the religion of his mother's family. It has saved me from many falls.

People from other faiths do the same thing and are peaceful too. For me, this works! It would be so easy to go and shop, find steady life. You know, I think, she finds her freedom. And I get awestruck with her simplicity and what she does socially.

Follow htshowbiz for more. AR Rahman changed his name from Dileep Kumar after embracing Islam just days before the release of his first major project, Roja. Share Via. View this post on Instagram.