converted from christianity? does ARR know this? :-p On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 4:58 PM, Vithur <vith...@gmail.com> wrote:
> PTI > Beverly Hills: From making ad jingles to getting India its first Golden > Globe, A R Rahman continues to make the nation proud with his symphonies > earning accolades from all corners of the world. > > Rahman, nicknamed the 'Mozart of Madras´ by Time magazine, was born in > Chennai on 6 January, 1966 as S Dileep Kumar but his family converted to > Islam from Christianity in 1970s. > > The Indian Mozart started his career by composing ad jingles. He was > particularly noted for the music he gave for a Bombay Dyeing ad which became > very popular. > > Shortly after that in 1992, he was approached by film director Mani Ratnam > to compose the score and soundtrack for Ratnam's Tamil film 'Roja´. The > music of the film was a refreshing change from the run-of-the-mill > renditions and gave Rahman his maiden Best Music Director trophy at the > National Film Awards, the first time ever by a debutante film composer. > > Rahman entered the Hindi film industry with 'Rangeela´, directed by Ram > Gopal Varma. The music of the film became a rage and the genius continued to > give some brilliant compositions for films like Bombay, Dil Se, Taal, Lagaan > and Rang De Basanti among others. > What made Rahman's music click with the listeners was its use of refreshing > use of percussions, sound and melody, most of which was inspired from Indian > folk music. > > His 1998 superhit composition 'Chaiyya Chaiyya´ was deeply rooted in Sufi > mysticism. > > As his fame spread Rahman, gradually became a known face in the > international arena and in 1999 he performed with king of pop Michael > Jackson in Munich, Germany, for his 'Michael Jackson and Friends Concert´. > > -- > http://www.livemint.com/2009/01/12153447/The-Mozart-Of-Madras-makes-Ind.html?h=B > regards, > Vithur > > > > >
