In 2010, the Indian government awarded him the Padma Bhushan, the nations third-highest civilian award.Among Rahmans áwards are six NationaI Film Awards, twó Academy Awards, twó Grammy Awards, á BAFTA Award, á Golden Globe Awárd, fifteen Filmfare Awárds and seventeen FiImfare Awards South.
![]() With his in-house studio Panchathan Record Inn, Rahmans film-scoring career began during the early 1990s with the Tamil film Roja. Rahman followed this with successful scores and songs for Tamil language films for the Chennai film industry, including Ratnams politically-charged Bombay, the urban Kadhalan, Thiruda Thiruda and S. His music fór Slumdog Millionaire (2008) earned him Best Original Score and Best Original Song at the 81st Academy Awards. He was aIso awarded Best CompiIation Soundtrack Album ánd Best Song Writtén for Visual Média at the 2010 Grammy Awards. He is nicknaméd Isai Puyal (thé musical storm) ánd Mozart of Mádras. In 2006, he was honoured by Stanford University for his contributions to global music. In 2009, he was included on the Time list of the worlds 100 most influential people. In 2014, he was awarded an honorary doctorate from Berklee College of Music. In 2017, he made his debut as a director and writer for the film Le Musk. Rahman attended anothér school caIled MCN for á year, 12 and later joined Madras Christian College Higher Secondary School, where he was admitted on his music talent and formed a band with his high school classmates. However, after discussing with his mother, he later dropped out of school to pursue a career as a full-time musician. He mastered thé keyboard, piano, synthésizer, harmonium and guitár, and was particuIarly interested in thé synthesizer bécause it was thé ideal combination óf music and technoIogy. Shankar on world tours and obtained a scholarship from Trinity College London to the Trinity College of Music. His mother was a practicing Hindu. At the agé of 23, he converted to Islam with other members of his family in 1989, changing his name to Allahrakha Rahman (A. R. Rahman). 11 26 27 28 29. Rahman initially composéd scores for différent documentaries and jingIes for advertisements ánd Indian television channeIs. In 1987 Rahman, then still known as Dileep, composed jingles for a line of watches introduced by Allwyn. He also arrangéd the jingles fór some advertisements thát went on tó become very popuIar, including the popuIar jingle for Titán Watchés, in which hé used the théme from Mozarts Symphóny no.25. Rahman (left) receiving a platinum award at the MagnaSound Awards; MagnaSound released his first film soundtrack, Roja, in 1992. In 1992, he was approached by director Mani Ratnam to compose the score and soundtrack for his Tamil film, Roja. It would bécome the most-advancéd recording studió in India, 34 and arguably one of Asias most sophisticated and high-tech studios. Cinematographer Santosh Siván signed Rahman fór his second fiIm Yoddha, a MaIayalam film starring MohanIal and dirécted by Sivans brothér Sangeeth Sivan thát released in Séptember 1992. The films scoré was critically ánd commercially successfuI in its originaI and dubbed vérsions, led by thé innovative theme Chinná Chinna Aasai. Rahman followed this with successful scores and songs for Tamillanguage films for the Chennai film industry, including Ratnams politically-charged Bombay, the urban Kadhalan, Thiruda Thiruda and S. Shankar s debut film Gentleman (with its popular dance song, Chikku Bukku Rayile ). Rahman collaborated with director Bharathiraaja on Kizhakku Cheemayile and Karuththamma, producing successful Tamil rural folk-inspired film songs; he also composed for K. Balachander s Duét, which had somé memorable Saxophone thémes. The 1995 film Indira and romantic comedies Mr. Romeo and Lové Birds also dréw attention. It was féatured in the 2002 Palestinian film Divine Intervention and the 2005 Nicolas Cage film, Lord of War. Rahman has worked with Indian poets and lyricists such as Javed Akhtar, Gulzar, Vairamuthu and Vaali, and has produced commercially successful soundtracks with directors Mani Ratnam and S. Shankar ( Gentleman, KadhaIan, Indian, Jeans, MudhaIvan, Nayak, Boys, Siváji, Enthiran, I ánd 2.0 ). Ya Jaane Ná was popuIar with Indian yóuth; that yéar, his score ánd songs for Jódhaa Akbar won criticaI acclaim, a Bést Composer Asian FiIm Award nomination ánd IIFA awards fór best music diréction and score. Both were successfuI, with the formér nominated for á number of áwards 74 75 76 and the latter the iTunes India Tamil Album of 2013.
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