Allah Rakha Rahman popularly known as A.R. Rahman born on 6 January, 1967 is one the finest Indian film composer, record producer, singer and songwriter who works for both Hindi and Tamil films.
Rahman has reshaped the music of film industry in India, with six national film awards and many uncountable awards in his bag he is one of the greatest singer and composer of all time.
Rahman’s dominance and career in the music and film industry has spanned over a period of 20 years for over three generations and he’s s still going strong.
With a career spanning over two decade, he has sold more than 100 million records of his film scores and soundtracks worldwide, and sold over 200 million cassettes, making him one of the world’s all-time top selling recording artists.
This Grammy awarded artist has bagged six National Film Awards including two Academy Awards, two Grammy Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, fifteen Filmfare Awards and seventeen Filmfare Awards South.
Apart from being a great singer he is also a humanitarian and philanthropist and continues to donate and raise money for a number of causes and charities.
Rahman for his excellence in the field of music, has received the nation’s third-highest civilian award, Padma Bhushan from the Government of India. Other than that he received Kalaimamani from the Government of Tamil Nadu, musical-achievement awards from the governments of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.
He is indeed the master of his work and throughout his career gave us some of the legendary songs of all time, he introduced India to the contemporary style of music, a new genre which the Indian Audience experienced in 1993.
From starting a musical studio in his own back yard in 1980s to winning Grammy and academy awards Rahman has come a long way and has became a powerful source of inspiration for many.
Let’s take a few minutes to appreciate some of his legendary songs:
Wishing A.R. Rahman a very Happy and prosperous birthday!