A. R. Rahman

Allah Rakkha Rahman is a famous composer of Hindi films. He was born on January 6, 1967 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. After birth, his name is A. S. Dilip Kumar Mudaliar was kept, which was later changed to A. R. Be merciful. Apart from his mother tongue Tamil, Rahman, the king of melodies, has also given music in films in Hindi and many other languages. The Times magazine named him Mozart of Madras.

Rahman is the first Indian to be awarded the Golden Globe Award. A. R. Rahman is the first Indian to receive three Oscar nominations for his music in the British Indian film Slumdog Millionaire. The song 'Jai Ho' from the same film won two Grammy Awards in the category of Best Soundtrack Compilation and Best Film Song.

Early life:

Rahman was born in the city of Chennai in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu to a middle class Tamil Mudaliar family. His father R.K. Shekhar was the director and producer of Tamil and Malayalam films. Rahman always helped his father in his childhood. When Rahman was only 9 years old, his father had died, he rented his father's musical instruments and started running his house. Which was later taken over by his mother Karima.

Rahman was a better keyboard player. He also arranged the band on several occasions, as he did with his childhood friends Sivamani, John Anthony, Suresh Peters, Jojo and Raja, and later on the Chennai based rock group Nemesis Avenue. Was founded. He is known to be a great connoisseur of keyboards, pianos, synthesizers, harmoniums and guitars. In particular, he had mastered the synthesizer. Because according to him synthesizer is a wonderful confluence of music and technology.

A R Rahman started taking his music education training from Master Dhanraj and at the young age of 11 he joined his father's close friend M.K. He used to play Malayalam orchestra with Arjuna. He later started working with some other musicians, such as MS Viswanathan, Llayaraja, Ramesh Naidu and Raj-Koti, followed by his world-class performances with Zakir Hussain, Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan and L. Shankar. Also performed. Given his skills, he also received scholarships from the Department of Music, Trinity College, London.

Rahman inherited music from his father His father RK Shekhar used to give music in Malayalam films. Rahman received his music education from Master Dhanraj At the age of just 11, Rahman used to play the keyboard (synthesizer) for the band Roots with his childhood friend Sivamani. They worked for Iliaraja's band. Rahman is credited with founding the Chennai band "Nemesis Avenue". They all played keyboards, piano, harmonium and guitar.

They consider synthesizer to be a wonderful confluence of art and technology. Rahman has so far given his music in more than 100 songs which are in many languages. Some of his best films include 'Roza', 'Bombay', 'Dil Se', 'Lagan', 'Taal', 'Vande Mataram'. Some of the recent films include 'Jodha Akbar', 'Rang De Basanti', 'Delhi 6' and 'Slumdog Millionaire'. Rahman has given admirable music not only to Indians but also to many great artists of the world.

Rahman started his film career in 1992. He started a studio behind his house called Panchathan Record In time it will become the most advanced recording studio in India. He started his career with Indian documentary commercials and Indian television channels. He started his film career with the film Rosa. Rahman was awarded the Silver Lotus Award for this film. Rangeela was Rahman's first Hindi language film in which he composed music. l

Apart from the film, Rahman also did many different works. Vande Mataram is the best selling Indian non-film album. In 1999, Rahman performed in Germany with Michael Jackson. By the end of 2003, his ex-fifty million records were BK. Rahman performed at the White House on November 24, 2009 for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Barack Obama.

On May 20, 2011, Rahman announced a new group with English composer Mick Jagger and famous Hollywood artists. AR Rahman has mastered Carnatic, Western classical music, Hindustani music. Due to this no part of music is untouched by them. They are very confident in experimenting. They definitely give a chance to the new voice. Rahman is deeply influenced by Sufism and is reflected in his songs.

If you look at Rahman's awards till date, it will seem as if Rahman is an award man. Rahman has won the most 14 Filmfare Awards, 11 Filmfare Awards South, four National Awards, two Academy Awards, two Grammy Awards and a Golden Globe Award. He even won an Oscar for his Slumdog Millionaire song "Jai Ho". And with all this to Rahman

He has also been awarded Padma Shri in the year 2000 and Padma Vibhushan in 2010.

Prizes:

Mauritius National Awards, Malaysian Awards in 1995 for unprecedented contribution to music.
Lawrence Oliver Awards for First Waste and Production.
Four-time National Award winner for music.
Awarded Padma Shri in 2000.
ल Madhya Pradesh Government's Lata Mangeshkar Awards.
Six times Tamil Nadu State Film Award winner.
बार 11 times Filmfare and Filmfare South Award winner.
सम्मान Awarded to Stanford University in 2006 for contributions to world music.
Golden Globe Award for 2009 film Slumdog Millionaire.
ऑ Oscar Award for his music in the British Indian film Slumdog Millionaire.
२ 2 Grammy Awards for 2009, Slum Dog Millionaire's song Jai Ho .... for: Best Soundtrack and Best Film Song.