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A.R.Rahman (Allah Rakha Rahman),is an Indian composer, singer-songwriter, music producer, musician, multi-instrumentalist and philanthropist. A. R. Rahman was born in (born 6 January 1966as A. S. Dileep Kumar) Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India to a musically affluent Mudaliar Tamil family. His father R. K. Shekhar, was a film music composer and conductor for Tamil as well as Malayalam films. Rahman used to assist his father during recordings and play keyboard for the songs. Described as the world\'s most prominent and prolific film composer by Time, his works are notable for integrating eastern classical music with electronic music sounds, world music genres and traditional orchestral arrangements. He has won two Academy Awards, two Grammy Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe, four National Film Awards, fifteen Filmfare Awards, thirteen Filmfare Awards South in addition to numerous other awards and nominations. His extensive body of work for film and the stage earned him the nickname “the Mozart of Madras” and several Tamil commentators and fans have coined him the nickname Isai Puyal (Music Storm).In 2009, Time placed Rahman in its list of World\'s Most Influential People.The UK based World Music magazine Songlines named him one of \'Tomorrow\'s World Music Icons\' in August 2011.


In 1987 Rahman, then still known as Dileep got his first opportunity to compose jingles for new range of watches being launched by Allwyn.[23] In 1992, he was approached by film director Mani Ratnam to compose the score and soundtrack for Ratnam\'s Tamil film Roja.The debut led Rahman to receive the Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus) award for Best Music Director at the National Film Awards, an unprecedented win for a first-time film composer. Rahman has since been awarded the Silver Lotus three more times for Minsara Kanavu (Tamil) in 1997, Lagaan (Hindi) in 2002, Kannathil Muthamittal (Tamil) in 2003, the most ever by any composer.In 2011 his super hit Tamil Movie is Endhiran, Currently doing Rajini\'s Kochadaiyaan.