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Today is the birthday of our all-rounder music composer AR Rahman, who has taken music to different heights in Bollywood. The full name of AR Rahman is Allah Rakha Rahman. He was born on 6 January 1966 in Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu. By the way, this fan of Suro, who is not fascinated by anything in Bollywood. Rahman inherits music from his father. His father RK Sekhar taught in Malayali films. Today, we have brought some important information related to them only, from which you are untouched ...
Father's death at a young age: The musician received his music education from Master Dhanraj. When Rahman was nine years old, his father died, and had to sell instruments to the family for money. At the age of just 11, Rahman along with his childhood friend Shivamani used to play synthesizer for 'Rahman Band Roots'. Rahman was also instrumental in the establishment of the Chennai band 'Nemesis Avenue'. Rahman also played piano, harmonium, guitar.
Training in western music: Rahman considers synthesizer to be a wonderful confluence of art and technology. While working in the band group itself, Rahman received a scholarship from Trinity College, London, and trained in Western classical music from this college. In 1991, Rahman started recording his own music. In 1992, film director Mani Ratnam gave him a chance to perform music in 'Roja' The music of the film proved to be a tremendous hit and Rahman became famous overnight. Rahman received a Filmfare Award for the very first film.
Over 200 million recordings sold: More than 200 crore recordings of Rahman's songs have been sold. He is ranked among the 10 best musicians in the world. He is also a great singer. His album 'Vande Mataram', made in 1997 on the 50th anniversary of the country's Ajadi, was a huge success. Listening to this passionate song, patriotism starts beating in the mind. 'Vande Mataram' was ranked second in 2002 when the BBC World Service surveyed the 10 most famous songs from 7000 songs to date. The Guinness Book of World Records is also recorded due to its performance in most languages.
Some songs that touched the heart: The songs sung by Rahman 'Dil Se', 'Khwaja Mere Khwaja', 'Jai Ho' etc. have also become very famous. In 2010, Rahman has also performed at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert. 'Bombay', 'Rangeela', 'Dil Se', 'Tal', 'Jeans', 'Pukar', 'Fiza', 'Lagaan', 'Swades', 'Jodha-Akbar', 'Yuvraj', 'Slumdog Millionaire' And has given music in many films like 'Mohenjo Daro'.
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