Musician AR Rahman Birthday; Rahman Turns 44th Today.

Today is the birthday of famous music director AR Rahman. AR Rahman whose full name was Allah Rakha Rahman was born on 6 January 1966 as A. S. Dileep Kumar. Rahman is an Indian film composer, record producer, musician and singer. Let wish Rahman a very happy birthday & all the very best for his career.

Maestro of Madras turns 44 today. Yes, today is the birthday of Oscar winning music director AR Rahman. Rahman is celebrating his 44^th birthday today.

Though his film career started in 1992, Rahman at the age of 9, in 1975, had accidentally played a tune on piano during his father’s recording for a film, which R.K.Shekhar later developed into a complete song “Vellithen Kinnam Pol“, for the Malayalam film “Penpada“. This track credited to his father, was sung by Jayachandran and penned by Bharanikkavu Sivakumar

Rahman’s entry into filmdom was with Roja. In 1992, he was approached by film director Mani Ratnam to compose the score and soundtrack for Ratnam’s Tamil film Roja.

Rahman bagged fourteen Filmfare Awards, eleven Filmfare Awards South, four National Film Awards, two Academy Awards, two Grammy Awards, a BAFTA Award and a Golden Globe.

Rahman has been nominated for the Golden Globe Award for the Hollywood flick 127 Hours.

Apart from Music & Singing, Rahman is actively involved in various social welfare activities and is promoting the cause of education through his KM Music Conservatory by adopting children from corporation schools and imparting free education in music.

Today is a special day for Rahman as it’s his birthday, and Indiascanner wishing him a very Happy Birthday….

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