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A.R.Rahman needs no introduction. Ever since he arrived with Roja he has revolutionised world music .Hope you also one of the Hardcore fan him like me else you wont be in this page . Here we go...

Name : Allah Rakha Rahman
Born : 6 January 1967

AR Rahman holds the credit for totally overhauling the style in which music was being made in India. Though with a career spanning just over a decade, Rahman has already sold over one hundred million records world-wide and more than two hundred million cassettes. This has brought AR Rahman into the category of the world's top 25 all-time top selling recording artists.

Allah Rakha Rahman, who is better known as AR Rahman, is a world-class musician of India. Born as A. S. Dileep Kumar on 6 January 1967 at Chennai in Tamil Nadu, AR Rahman holds the credit for totally overhauling the style in which music was being made in India. Soundtracks and scores composed by him for Indian films have a strong impression of classical, folk, jazz, reggae, soft rock and other genres. Due to his creative brilliance, AR Rahman is often referred to as the Mozart of Madras by his fans in India and abroad.

The biography of AR Rahman's career spans somewhere over a decade, but he has already sold over one hundred million records world-wide and more than two hundred million cassettes. This has brought Rahman into the category of the world's top 25 all-time top selling recording artists. Though AR Rahman is the undisputed leader in Indian contemporary music in the present times, he has seen his share of struggle in the professional life.

His father, R K Shekhar, who was a composer, arranger and conductor for Malayalam films died when Rahman was just 9 years-old and his family rented out musical equipment as a source of income. Later there was a turning point when Dileep Kumar decided to rechristen himself as A R Rahman. This incident happened when Rahman's sister was very ill once. A Muslim friend suggested if he prayed in a particular mosque, his sister would recover and so did happen. This caused the entire family to convert to Islam.

The life history of AR Rahman's music career started scaling upwards 1991 onwards when began his own studio and started making music for advertisements, television channels and so on. Rahman got his very first break into the Indian film industry when film director, Mani Ratnam offered him a chance to compose music for his Tamil film, Roja at mere Rs 25,000. This movie turned out to be blockbuster hit and then there was no looking back for A.R. Rahman.

Roja debut made AR Rahman bag the Rajat Kamal award for best music director at the National Film Awards. This was a historic moment as for the first time ever in Indian film industry, this award was being handed to a first-time film composer. There was no looking back for AR Rahman after this as film offers just started pouring in. There are now an impressive number of music tracks created by Rahman and all of them have sold like hot cakes across India and even abroad. He has made songs for super hit films like Rangeela, Dil Se Taal, Rang De Basanti, Bombay dreams , Sakkarakatti( new) etc

National Film Awards (India) 1993 - National Film Award for Best Music Direction - Roja 1997 - National Film Award for Best Music Direction - Minsaara Kanavu 2002 - National Film Award for Best Music Direction - Lagaan 2003 - National Film Award for Best Music Direction - Kannathil Muthamittal Filmfare Awards South (India) 1993 - Filmfare Best Music Direction - Roja 1994 - Filmfare Best Music Direction - Gentleman 1995 - Filmfare Best Music Direction - Kadhalan 1996 - Filmfare Best Music Direction - Bombay 1997 - Filmfare Best Music Direction - Kadhal Desam 1998 - Filmfare Best Music Direction - Minsaara Kanavu 1999 - Filmfare Best Music Direction - Jeans 2000 - Filmfare Best Music Direction - Mudhalvan 2001 - Filmfare Best Music Direction - Alaipayuthey 2006 - Filmfare Best Music Direction - Sillunu Oru Kadhal Filmfare Awards (India) 1995 - Filmfare Best Music Director Award - Rangeela 1998 - Filmfare Best Music Director Award - Dil Se 1999 - Filmfare Best Music Director Award - Taal 2001 - Filmfare Best Music Director Award - Lagaan 2002 - Filmfare Best Music Director Award - Saathiya 2002 - Filmfare Best Background Score - The Legend of Bhagat Singh 2004 - Filmfare Best Background Score - Swades 2006 - Filmfare Best Music Director Award - Rang de Basanti He also won a "Filmfare R D Burman Music Debutant Award" for Roja's dubbed Hindi version. Tamil Nadu State Film Awards 1993 - Best Music - Roja 1994 - Best Music - Gentleman 1995 - Best Music - Kadhalan 1996 - Best Music - Bombay 1997 - Best Music - Minsaara Kanavu 2000 - Best Music - Sangamam Zee Cine Awards (India) 2000 - ** 2002 - Zee Cine Award Best Music Director - Lagaan 2006 - Zee Cine Award Best Music Director - Rang De Basanti GIFA Awards (Malaysia) 2006 - GIFA Award for Best Music - Rang De Basanti 2006 - GIFA Award for Best Background Music - Rang De Basanti IIFA Awards (India) 2007 - IIFA Best Music Direction - Rang De Basanti 2002 - IIFA Best Music Direction - Lagaan 2003 - IIFA Best Music Direction - Saathiya 2000 - IIFA Best Music Direction - Taal Star Screen Awards 2002 - Best Background Music 2007 - Best Music Direction - Guru Swaralaya Yesudas Award (India) 2006 - Swaralaya-Kairali- Yesudas Award for outstanding performance in music field 2000 - Padma Shri (India) Screen-Videocon Awards Kadhal Desam (South - Tamil; 1997) Minsara Kanavu (South - Tamil; 1998)Vande Mataram (Non-film; 1998) Taal (Hindi; 2000) Other Awards was nominated for Laurence Olivier Theatre Award (2003) (The Hilton Award) for "Best New Musical of 2002" - Bombay Dreams Musical Sangeet Awards 2005 Best Music Director (Film music - Swades) The Mahavir-Mahatma Award (Instituted by the Oneness Forum) National Lata Mangeshkar awards for 2004-05 ( The awards instituted by Madhya Pradesh government ) Sangeet Awards 2004 Best Music Director (Film music - Yuva) Best music arranger (Critics award) for 'Yeh Rishta' - Meenakshi 2004 American India Awards R D Burman Award at the SuMu Music Awards (1993) Madras Telugu Academy Puraskar (1992 to 1994) Bommai Nagi Reddy Award (1995/96) Lux-Kumudam Award for Kadhalan (1995) Mauritius National Award (1995; for contribution to music) Malaysian Award (1996; for contribution to music) Sanskriti Award from Delhi based Sanskriti foundation (1994) Kalaimamani Award from Tamil Nadu Government (1995) Thangapillai Award Rajiv Gandhi Award 3rd Channel [V] Awards - Coca Cola Viewer's Choice Award 1998 The Channel [V]-IMI Award for Best Producer for Vandemataram 1998 Fanta Award in 1999 Stardust Cine Honours Taal (2000) Filmgoers's Award Taal (2000) First Bollywood Music Awards (Best Music Director and Best Song) Taal (2000) V Shantaram Award: Taal (2001), Best Music(Guru)2006- 2007 Bollywood US Awards (2003) Best Music Director : Saathiya 8th Annual Planet-Bollywood Awards (People's Choice Awards! - Best of 2002) Best Music Direction : Saathiya, The Legend of Bhagat Singh Star Screen Award - Best Background Score - Rang De Basanti Dinakaran Cine Awards Minsara Kanavu (1998) Jeans (1999) Mudalvan, Kadhalar Dhinam (2000) MTV Awards MTV-VMA Award for Dil Se Re song from Dil Se.. 1999 MTV Asia Awards 2003 for Favourite Artist India MTV IMMIES 2003 - Best Music Composer - 'Saathiya' - Saathiya ( Hindi ) A. R. Rahman has been nominated for the following awards: Laurence Olivier Awards (UK) Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best New Musical - Bombay Dreams 2003 Dora Mavor Moore Awards (Canada) General Theatre Division - Outstanding Musical Direction - The Lord of the Rings musical 2006 Thanks : http://www.iloveindia.com http://forum.itacumens.com