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A. R. Rahman

1966 - Today

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Allah Rakha Rahman (; born A. S. Dileep Kumar; 6 January 1967) is an Indian music composer, record producer, singer, songwriter, musician, multi-instrumentalist and philanthropist, popular for his works in Indian cinema; predominantly in Tamil and Hindi films, with occasional forays in international cinema. He is a winner of six National Film Awards, two Academy Awards, two Grammy Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, fifteen Filmfare Awards and seventeen Filmfare Awards South. In 2010, the Indian government conferred him with the Padma Bhushan, the nation's third-highest civilian award.With his in-house studio Panchathan Record Inn, Rahman's film-scoring career began during the early 1990s with the Tamil film Roja. Following that, he went on to score several songs for Tamil language films, including Mani Ratnam's politically charged Bombay, the urban Kadhalan, Thiruda Thiruda, and S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of A. R. Rahman has received more than 17,563,110 page views. His biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 56 in 2019). A. R. Rahman is the 1,892nd most popular musician (down from 1,820th in 2019), the 710th most popular biography from India (down from 649th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Indian Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, A. R. Rahman ranks 1,892 out of 2,662Before him are Jimmy Heath, Al Foster, Jimmy Buffett, Mr. Oizo, Elvin Bishop, and Carita Holmström. After him are Gem Archer, Tom Paxton, Ringo Sheena, Anders Fridén, Steve Smith, and Woody Shaw.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, A. R. Rahman ranks 321Before him are Christian Kracht, David Mackenzie, Zlatko Yankov, Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, and Maurizio Gaudino. After him are Zhai Zhigang, Gem Archer, Betinho, Kevin Young, Lucrecia Martel, and Luca Marchegiani.

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In India

Among people born in India, A. R. Rahman ranks 710 out of 1,493Before him are Rakhee Gulzar (1947), Hemanta Mukherjee (1920), Gopal Swarup Pathak (1896), Homi K. Bhabha (1949), Yellapragada Subbarow (1895), and Ruskin Bond (1934). After him are I. I. Chundrigar (1897), Tapan Sinha (1924), Chidambaram Subramaniam (1910), Nizam Ali Khan, Asaf Jah II (1734), Ravindra Prabhat (1969), and Shakti Kapoor (1952).

Among MUSICIANS In India

Among musicians born in India, A. R. Rahman ranks 13Before him are Bismillah Khan (1916), Barry Hay (1948), Christian Zacharias (1950), Hariprasad Chaurasia (1938), Ilaiyaraaja (1943), and Trilok Gurtu (1951). After him are Amjad Ali Khan (1945), M. Balamuralikrishna (1930), Mehdi Hassan (1927), Salil Chowdhury (1925), Naushad (1919), and Mohammed Zahur Khayyam (1927).

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