AR Rahman.
AR Rahman is an music director, music producer and singer.
Born 06th January 1967.
an, is an Indian music director, singer and music producer. His works are noted for integrating Indian classical music with electronic music, world music and traditional orchestral arrangement. He is a influential producer and singer.
Early life:
Rahman was born in Madras, India on 6 January 1967. His father, R. K. Shekhar, was a film-score composer and conductor for Tamil and Malayalam films; Rahman assisted his father in the studio, playing the keyboard.
After his father's death when Rahman was nine years old, the rental of his father's musical equipment provided his family's income raised by mother. and then Rahman joined a college to secure Knowledge.but He is not successful in the exam.because he was a supporter for his family.After the early death of his father, his family went through hard times and Sufism had a great influence on his mother and slowly on his family. Converted into Muslim.
Background information :
Birth name A. S. Dileep Kumar Born January 06th
1967 (age 52)
Occupation(s):
Singer, songwriter, music director, music
Years active1992 – present Website arrahman.com Musical career Genres
Independent music:
soft rock, Qawwali, Dance, Electronic, Filmy Music, Indian Classical, Carnatic music, Sufi music, Music, World music, Hip Hop, Disco, Pop, Classical, Rock and Bollywood.
Instruments:
Vocals, guitar, drums, harpejji, continuum fingerboard, piano, goblet drum, and concert harp.
Labels:
KM Music Conservatory, Sony Music
YRF Music, Sony DADC, Eros Music.
Associated acts:
Mani Ratnam
Sukhwinder Singh
G. V. Prakash Kumar Gulzar
Javed Akhtar
Keba Jeremiah
Jonita Gandhi
Ranjit Barot
Spouse: Saira Banu (m. 1995)
Times Magazine has titled him as the "Mozart of Madras".
Rahman has worked with Indian poets and lyricists such as Javed Akhtar, Gulzar, Vairamuthu and Vaali.
He has consistently produced commercially successful soundtracks when collaborating with particular film directors such as Mani Ratnam, who he has worked with since Roja, and the director S. Shankar in the films Gentleman, Kadhalan, Indian, Jeans, Mudhalvan, Nayak, Boys, Sivaji and lately for Enthiran.
Awards:
Academy Award for Best Original
Song, Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan, and more..
and Oscar Award from slumdog millionaire film songs.
Important Quotes:
"The reason I love 'Slum dog' 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. But when you are doing a film, it's very important to make the film look like one full piece of artwork. I think scoring 'Slumdog' with every kind of music possible, from Chinese to hip-hop to M.I.A. . . was really fresh ground for me."
"I think musicians here [India] get ripped off. Music production houses take good care of artists abroad and though the upfront signing amount is much less than what I get here, the royalty takes care of future returns."
"An ideal world can definitely be created with a pure mind and optimistic results."
"I'm always fascinated by the innocence of children and the baggage that we carry as adults which manipulates our decisions."
@Hassan.
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