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A. R. Rahman

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Allah Rakha Rahman (; born A. S. Dileep Kumar; 6 January 1967), also known by the initialism ARR, is an Indian music composer, record producer, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and philanthropist known for his works in Indian cinema; predominantly in Tamil and Hindi films, with occasional forays in international cinema. He is a recipient of six National Film Awards, two Academy Awards, two Grammy Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, six Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, fifteen Filmfare Awards, and eighteen Filmfare Awards South. In 2010, the Government of India conferred him with the Padma Bhushan, the nation's third-highest civilian award. With his in-house studio Panchathan Record Inn, Rahman's film-scoring career began during the early 1990s with the Tamil film Roja. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. A. R. Rahman is the 161st most popular musician (up from 1,779th in 2019), the 123rd most popular biography from India (up from 753rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Indian Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, A. R. Rahman ranks 161 out of 3,175. Before him are Tony Iommi, Paul Mauriat, Karl Thomas Mozart, Carlos Kleiber, Fernando Sor, and Franz Berwald. After him are Ritchie Valens, Steve Howe, Vladimir Ashkenazy, James Last, Charley Patton, and Joseph Joachim.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, A. R. Rahman ranks 14. Before him are Grigori Perelman, Hristo Stoichkov, Eric Cantona, Tony Adams, Helena Bonham Carter, and Vincent Cassel. After him are James Gunn, Adam Sandler, Zoran Milanović, Mikhail Mishustin, René Higuita, and Roman Abramovich.

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In India

Among people born in India, A. R. Rahman ranks 123 out of 1,861. Before him are Bal Gangadhar Tilak (1856), Baji Rao I (1700), Satyendra Nath Bose (1894), Maharana Pratap (1540), Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri (1855), and Rajendra Prasad (1884). After him are Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835), Samudragupta (335), Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888), Pete Best (1941), Ravi Shankar (1920), and Zeb-un-Nissa (1638).

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Among MUSICIANS In India

Among musicians born in India, A. R. Rahman ranks 3. Before him are Amir Khusrow (1253), and Ram Narayan (1927). After him are Pete Best (1941), Ravi Shankar (1920), Cliff Richard (1940), Tansen (1493), Ilaiyaraaja (1943), Naushad (1919), Bismillah Khan (1916), Christian Zacharias (1950), and Barry Hay (1948).

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