His soundtracks started gaining recognition at the International level too as they were a combination of Western classical music, Carnatic and Tamil traditional and folk-music traditions, jazz, reggae, and rock music.
He attracted a Japanese audience with the Tamil film Muthu.
He followed this with successful scores and songs for Tamil Cinema. Rahman later collaborated with director Bharathiraaja and successfully produced songs for Tamil rural folk-inspired films. The following year, AR Rahman won his first National Award for the best music director for Roja. Initially, AR Rahman composed scores for documentaries and jingles for TV ads and got the much-awaited break in 1992 when director Mani Ratnam approached him to compose the score and soundtrack for Roja, a Tamil film. He was later signed by Cinematographer Santosh Sivan for Yoddha, a Malayalam film. Viswanathan, Vijaya Bhaskar, Ilaiyaraaja, Ramesh Naidu, Vijay Anand, Hamsalekha, and Raj–Koti. Soon after this, he began working with several composers including M. Arjunan who was a Malayalam music composer and his father's close friend. Initially, Rahman was trained under Master Dhanraj, and at the age of 11, he started playing the orchestra of M.K. And we stand by it.” AR Rahman Music CareerĪt the age of nine, AR Rahman accidentally played a tune on the piano when he was with his father in the studio, which was later developed by R.K. There are special things in every faith, and this is the one we chose. The spiritual teachers, the Sufi teachers, taught me and my mom things that are very, very special. He once said, "It’s not about converting to Islam, it’s about finding the spot and seeing whether it presses the button in you. She would’ve rather not had his name appear at all, than not have his new name appear on the credits.Ī lot of people ask AR Rahman if they can become successful after converting to Islam but he prefers to keep quiet. His mother Kareema Begum even insisted on changing Rahman's name in the film’s credits at the last minute and was very particular about it. Sufism attracted the family and before the release of Rahman's first major project, Roja, the family converted to Islam.
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