Rangeela, directed by Ram Gopal Varma, marked Rahman's debut for Hindi-language films made in the Mumbai film industry. The Bombay Theme-from Ratnam's Bombay-would later reappear in Deepa Mehta's Fire and various compilations and media. His soundtracks gained him recognition in the Tamil Nadu film industry and across the world for his stylistic versatality in his pieces including in Western classical, Carnatic, Tamil traditional/folk, jazz, reggae and rock music. His fanbase in Japan increased with Muthu 's success there. Romeo and Love Birds, which gained him considerable notice.
Roja's score met with high sales and acclaim, in its original and dubbed versions, bringing about a marked change in film music at the time, and Rahman followed this with successful scores for Tamil–language films of the Chennai film industry including Ratnam's politically charged Bombay, the urbanite Kadhalan, Bharathiraaja's Karuththamma, the saxophonic Duet, Indira, and the romantic comedies Mr. Rahman has since then gone on to win the award three more times (for his scores for Minsaara Kanavu (Electric Dreams, Tamil) in 1997, Lagaan (Tax, Hindi) in 2002, Kannathil Muthamittal (A Peck on the Cheek, Tamil) in 2003, the most ever by any composer. The debut led Rahman to receive the Rajat Kamal award for Best Music Director at the National Film Awards, the first time ever by a first-time film composer. In 1992, he was approached by film director Mani Ratnam to compose the score and soundtrack for Ratnam's Tamil film Roja. He initially composed music jingles for advertisements, Indian Television channels and music scores in documentaries, among other projects. In 1992, Rahman began his own music recording and mixing studio attached to the backyard of his house called the Panchathan Record Inn, which was developed into India's most advanced recording studio. Shankar on world tours and obtained a scholarship to the Trinity College of Music where he graduated with a degree in Western classical music. Viswanathan Ramesh Naidu and Raj Koti, accompanied Zakir Hussain, Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan and L. Rahman later played in the orchestra of M. At the age of 11, he joined, as a keyboardist, the troupe of Ilaiyaraaja, one of many composers to whom musical instruments belonging to Rahman's father were rented. He began early training in music under Master Dhanraj.
His curiosity in the synthesizer, in particular increased because, he says, it was the “ideal combination of music and technology". He played the keyboard and piano, the synthesizer, the harmonium and the guitar. Rahman is the founder of the Chennai-based rock group, "Nemesis Avenue". During these formative years, Rahman served as a keyboard player and an arranger in bands such as "Roots", with childhood friend and percussionist Sivamani, John Anthony, Suresh Peters, JoJo and Raja. He was raised by his mother Kareema (Kashturi). Rahman lost his father at a young age and his family rented out musical equipment as a source of income. Shekhar, was a Chennai based composer and conductor for Malayalam films. Rahman was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India to a musically affluent Mudaliar Tamil family. In 2009, the magazine placed Rahman in the Time 100 list of 'World's Most Influential People'.Ī. Time magazine has referred to him as the "Mozart of Madras" and several Tamil commentators have coined him the nickname Isai Puyal (Tamil: இசைப் புயல் English: Music Storm). Working in India's various film industries, international cinema and theatre, by 2003, Rahman, in a career spanning over a decade, has sold more than 100 million records of his film scores and soundtracks worldwide, and sold over 200 million cassettes, making him one of the world's all-time top selling recording artists. He has also been nominated for two Grammy Awards. He has won two Academy Awards, thirteen Filmfare Awards, four National Film Awards, a BAFTA Award and a Golden Globe. His film scoring career began in the early 1990s. Dileep Kumar (திலீப் குமார்) is an Indian film composer, record producer, musician and singer. Hailed by Time magazine as the ‘Mozart of Madras’, Rahman, according to a BBC estimate, has sold more than 150 million copies of his work comprising of music from more than 100 film soundtracks and albums across over half a dozen languages, including landmark scores such as 'Roja', 'Bombay', Dil Se', 'Taal', 'Lagaan', 'Vandemataram' and more recently, 'Jodhaa Akbar', 'Delhi 6' and 'Slumdog Millionaire'.Allah Rakha Rahman (Tamil: ஏ.ஆர்.ரகுமான் born 6 January 1966 as A. Rahman is popularly known as the man who has redefined contemporary Indian music. A two-time winner of the Academy Award (Oscar), A.