India’s renowned singer-music composer AR Rahman turned 43 on January 6, 2009.
Rahman, who ihas beenalso honored by the title ’Mozart of Madras’, was born as A. S. Dileep Kumar on January 6, 1966 in Chennai.
His birth name A. S. Dileep Kumar was turned to Allah Rakkha Rahman (AR Rahman) when his family in 1970 adoptsed Islamic religion.
Thise young land Rahman started his career in 1992, when he was approached by film director Mani Ratnam to compose the music for Ratnam’s Tamil flick Roja .