Some things I did not know about A.R Rahman

  • Posted by karthik on February 21, 2009
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"Born A. S. Dileep Kumar, he changed his name to Allah Rakkha Rahman when he converted to Sufi Islam in his early 20s."

Catching up on NY Times, I came across this interesting piece on A.R Rahman, affectionately known as ARR. This may be common knowledge but I had no idea that he was born A.S Dileep Kumar and converted to Sufi islam. That explains why a part of his music has always appealed to me as I am a big fan of Sufi (kinda) music.

  A. R. Rahman is one of India’s most prolific film composers.

Picture and Quote Courtesy New York Times



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