About
Hailed by Time Magazine as the “Mozart of Madras”, A.R. Rahman is an acclaimed Indian composer, producer, musician, and singer, best known in the UK for his Oscar-winning score for Slumdog Millionaire. Nicknamed Isai Puyal (“Music Storm”), he began his film scoring career in the early 1990s and has since earned an impressive array of accolades, including 25 Filmfare Awards, four National Film Awards, a BAFTA, a Golden Globe, two Grammys, and two Academy Awards. With a global career spanning film, international cinema, and theatre, Rahman has sold over 100 million records and 200 million cassettes, ranking him among the world’s best-selling recording artists of all time.
