Los Angeles, Feb 23: It was a remarkable journey from Chennai to Hollywood for music maestro Allah Rakha Rahman who on Monday made a billion Indians proud, adding another feather in his cap by bagging two Oscars for his score in ‘Slumdog Millionaire’.
Born as AS Dileep Kumar in a musically affluent family in Chennai on January 06, 1966, he changed his name to Allah Rakha Rahman after his family converted to Islam in the late 1980s. Rahman was forced to shoulder the responsibilities of his family at the age of nine after his father RK Shekhar, who was a composer, arranger and conductor for Malayalam movies, died due to illness.
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Born as AS Dileep Kumar in a musically affluent family in Chennai on January 06, 1966, he changed his name to Allah Rakha Rahman after his family converted to Islam in the late 1980s. Rahman was forced to shoulder the responsibilities of his family at the age of nine after his father RK Shekhar, who was a composer, arranger and conductor for Malayalam movies, died due to illness.
Full Story: Profile: AR Rahman!
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