A R Rahman Biography

A R Rahman Personal Biography
Personal Profile	Date of Birth	January 6, 1966
	Birth Place	Chennai, India
	Nick Name	Mozart of Madras
	Zodiac Sign	Capricorn
	Religion	Islam
	Marital Status	Married
	Languages	Tamil, English, Hindi, Malayalam, Telugu
	Genres	Film score, Theatre, World Music
Family Background	Father's Name	R.K. Shekhar
	Mother's Name	Kasturi, Now Kareema Begum
	Spouse	Saira Banu
	Occupations	Composer, record producer, music director, singer, instrumentalist,
	Years Active	1985-Present

Personal Details:

Debut Film: Roja

Famous Movies: Thiruda Thiruda, Kadalan, Rangeela, Dil se, Lagaan, Slumdog Millionaire and Gajini

Latest Movies: Delhi-6, Slumdog Millionaire, Gajini

Upcoming Movies: Blue, Sultan The Warrior

Other Facts: The soft-spoken Rahman is involved extensively with charitable causes.

• In 2004, he undertook a project under the World Health Organisation (WHO) by becoming their global ambassador for the Stop TB campaign.
• Actively helped in elevating the condition of the Tsunami victims by doing a charity-driven concert in 2004.
  
• Rahman is also behind the launch of the A R Rahman Foundation through which he intends to tackle social issues like poverty and education.

Awards

A R Rahman won two Oscars in 2009, one for Best Original Song and the other for Best Original Score in the movie Slumdog Millionaire.
Favourite Food: Palak Paneer and anything cooked by wife.
Favourite Music Director: Illayraja
Favourite Flim Director: Mani Ratnam