#HBDARRahman- 10 interesting facts about the music maestro
Dilip Kumar was the original name of the musician before embracing Islam
A.R. Rahman was a keyboard player and was part of a band named 'Nemesis Avenue' with his childhood friends
Rahman's first film as a music composer 'Roja' earned him a National award
He was also seen in a Doordarshan Wonder Balloon program and became popular as the kid who could play 4 keyboards
Do you know the musician aspired to become a computer engineer
A street in Markham, Ontario, Canada, has been named Allah Rakha Rahman Street, in honour of the musician
Intrestingly, Rahman and his son Ameen share the same birth date - 6th January!
Besides Slumdog Millionare, Rahman also scored music for several Hollywood films like 127 Hours’ and ‘Lord Of War’
Suprsingly, the Oscar winning song ‘Jai Ho’ was initially composed for the Salman Khan starrer- ‘Yuvraaj’!
In the Limca Book of Records 2007, Rahman holds “Indian of the Year for Contribution to Popular Music” Award
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