World renowned music composer and musical maestro A. R. Rahman will be celebrating his 46th birthday today.
A. R. Rahman was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on 6th January 1966 India to a musically affluent Mudaliar Tamil family.
The composer who won two Grammy nominations for his soundtrack from "Slumdog Millionaire", has never been the one for raucous celebrations and ringed in his birthday with close family and friends.
Starting his career by composing ad jingles, Rahman was first noticed for the music he gave for a Bombay Dyeing commercial which became very popular.
He was soon approached by Mani Ratnam to compose the score and soundtrack for his national award winning film "Roja". This film was later dubbed in various Indian languages. The music of the film was loved by people all over the world and gave Rahman a 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.
Rahman's composition 'Jai ho' for British director Danny Boyle's "Slumdog Millionaire", earned him two Academy awards.
A four-time National Award winner, Rahman was conferred the Padma Shri and has received six awards at the Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, besides eleven Filmfare and Filmfare Awards South each.
The music maestro gave a new definition to patriotism with his modern rendition of 'Vande Mataram'.
His recent soundtracks for Bollywood films were "Dilli 6" and "Blue" along with his maiden Hollywood venture "Couple's Retreat". He was named by TIME magazine as the 'Mozart of Madras', Rahman, according to a BBC estimate, has sold over 150 million copies of his work comprising music from more than 100 soundtracks and albums across over half a dozen languages.
FridayMoviez wishes A. R. Rahman a VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!