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Something wrong?Two Oscars, two Grammys, a BAFTA, and a Golden Globe - the haul that followed "Jai Ho" and Slumdog Millionaire in 2008 made A. R. Rahman the most decorated Indian composer alive. His film scores, from the early Tamil breakout Roja to Mani Ratnam's Bombay, rewired what Indian cinema could sound like.
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Rahman (left) receiving a platinum award at the MagnaSound Awards; MagnaSound released his first film soundtrack, Roja, in 1992.
Rahman at the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize Concert
A. R. Rahman at Sufi Concert in Dubai
Opening Ceremony Hockey World Cup Bhubaneswar 2018 performance
Rahman and his wife Saira Banu at the 2010 soundtrack release of Enthiran in Kuala Lumpur in 2010In their own words 10
, It needs a lot of courage to pick up someone from another country and support him. When I first heard from Andrew Lloyd Webber in 1999, he praised my work.
The reason I love 'Slumdog' is because the music is all world cultures, all celebrating. In India, I know people feel other film scores [of mine] are closer to their hearts.
I think musicians here [India] get ripped off.
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Born A. S. Dileep Kumar in 1967, Rahman launched his film-scoring career in the early 1990s with Roja, working out of his own Panchathan Record Inn studio. A string of Tamil hits followed - Bombay, Kaadhalan, Thiruda Thiruda, Gentleman - earning him the nickname "Isai Puyal" (Musical Storm) and later "Mozart of Madras." His 2008 score for Slumdog Millionaire swept the 81st Academy Awards, taking Best Original Score and Best Original Song for "Jai Ho," then added two Grammys in 2010. By then he had amassed seven National Film Awards, fifteen Filmfare Awards, and eighteen Filmfare Awards South. India gave him the Padma Bhushan in 2010; Time named him one of the world's most influential people in 2009. In 2017 he directed and wrote Le Musk, and in 2024 Trinity Laban made him Honorary President.
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