AR Rahman

AR Rahman’s Birthday: The supremely talented personality turned into 57.

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AR Rahman is a supremely talented personality. There is a road in Canada named after Rahman, who won two Oscars and read interesting stories on his birthday. Do you know his real name was Dilip? A brief description of him and his journey is given below:

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Short introduction:

Who does not know AR Rahman, who won an Oscar twice? Rahman, who has spread the magic of his magical voice worldwide, has given many evergreen songs to cinema. Today the singer is celebrating his 57th birthday. On this special occasion, we will tell you some interesting things about Rahman which you might be unaware of.

His journey:

In films, music is as important as a good plot or story. Many times the films do not work, but the music remains remembered for decades. All the credit for this goes to a good music director.

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Date of birth and Guru:

AR Rahman was born in a Hindu family and was named Dilip. Then at the age of 23, Rahman accepted Islam and changed his name to ‘Allah Rakha Rahman’ i.e. AR Rahman. He did this after meeting one of his gurus, Qadri Islam.

AR Rahman’s Music journey:

A.R. Rahman is one such musician, who is enough to make any film a blockbuster with his music. AR Rahman has left a different impression on the hearts of the audience with his songs in films. He has given music to films like ‘Roja’, ‘Bombay’, ‘Taal’, ‘Jodha Akbar’, ‘Rang De Basanti’, ‘Swades’, ‘Rockstar’.In his career, AR Rahman gave songs for many films, most of which proved to be hits. The personal life of Rahman, who is celebrating his 57th birthday today i.e. on 6 January 2024, has also been as interesting as his music. Come, let us tell you some interesting things about him.

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First payment:

AR Rahman started his journey as a music composer with Mani Ratnam’s film Roja. In this film, Mani Ratnam chose Rahman instead of veteran musician Ilaiyaraaja. Rehman was given a fee of Rs 25,000 for Roza. He also won the National Award for his very first film.

Achievements:

  1. There is a street in the name of Rahman A street in Markham (Ontario, Canada) is named after Rahman. This street has been named ‘Allah Rakha Rahman Street’ and was inaugurated in the year 2017.
  2. He Won the National Award six times Rahman has won the National Award for his music six times. Of these, five are for Best Music Direction and one for Best Background Score. The first award was won for Roja in 1992, the second for Tamil film Meensara Kanavu in 1996, the third for Lagaan in 2001, the fourth for Tamil film Kannathil Muthamittal in 2002 and the fifth award for Tamil film Kaatru Veliyidai in 2017. In 2017, he also won the National Award in the Best Background Score category for the Hindi film Mom.
  3. Won two Oscars Rahman received 2 Oscars in the same year for ‘Slumdog Millionaire’. Apart from Slumdog Millionaire, Rahman has also composed music for Hollywood films ‘127 Hours’ and ‘Lord of War’.

Conclusion:

We wish him a very happy birthday and thank him for putting INDIA in a MAP.

Source credit: Dainik Jagran.

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