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Allah-Rakha Rahman is an Indian composer, singer-songwriter, music producer, musician and philanthropist.
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Rahman's works are noted for integrating Eastern classical music with electronic music, world music and traditional orchestral arrangements.
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Among his awards are two Academy Awards, two Grammy Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe, four National Film Awards, fifteen Filmfare Awards and thirteen Filmfare Awards South.
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Rahman's body of work for film and stage has given him the nickname of "the Mozart of Madras", and Tamil commentators and fans call him Isai Puyal.
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In 2009, Time included Rahman on its list of the world's most influential people.[5] The UK-based world-music magazine Songlines named him one of "Tomorrow's World Music Icons" in August 2011.
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Rahman was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India in a middle-class Tamil Mudaliar[10] family. His father, R. K. Shekhar, was a film-score composer and conductor for Tamil and Malayalam films.
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Rahman's film career began in 1992 when he started Panchathan Record Inn, a recording and mixing studio in his backyard. It would become the most-advanced recording studio in India.
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He initially composed scores for documentaries and jingles for advertisements and Indian television channels.
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In 1987 Rahman, then still known as Dileep, composed jingles for a line of watches introduced by Allwyn. In 1992, he was approached by director Mani Ratnam to compose the score and soundtrack for his Tamil film, Roja.
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Rahman has also been involved in non-film projects. Vande Mataram, an album of original compositions released for India's 50th anniversary of its independence in 1997.
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Rahman is involved with a number of charitable causes. In 2004 he was appointed global ambassador of the Stop TB Partnership, a WHO project.
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Rahman is married to Saira Banu and has three children: Khatija, Rahima and Ameen.
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Rahman introduced 7.1 surround sound technology to South Indian films.
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