God-the initialiser and the terminator-even composer???

All our activities require the blessings of god.So i decided to dedicate my first entry to god.
The universal religion is music.So it goes without saying that THE god is A.R.RAHMAN(god!!)
I am a great great fan of this musical legend.His music never fails to make me feel elated.My worries simply melt away as he leads me into the wonderful world of music.He posses the ability or rather the gift of modelling the listener's thoughts and plays with their emotions.



Now lets get "spiritually elevated" not by listening to his music,but by knowing about this great man:

Birth name A. S. Dileep Kumar
Also known as Allah Rakha Rahman
Born January 6, 1966 (age 41)
Origin Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Genre(s) Film score, theatre
Occupation(s) Composer, record producer, singer, instrumentalist, arranger, programmer
Instrument(s) Keyboards, vocals, guitar, piano, harmonium, percussion,other



A. R. Rahman was born to R. K. Shekhar, a composer, arranger and conductor for Malayalam films. His father died when Rahman was nine years old, Rahman converted to Islam after a personal family incident.During these early years, Rahman served as a keyboardist and an arranger in bands such as "Roots" with friends, embracing numerous music genres. He played the keyboard and piano, in addition to, among others, the synthesizer, the harmonium and the guitar. At the age of 11, he joined, as a keyboardist, the troupe of Indian composer Ilaiyaraaja.Rahman later played in the orchestra of M. S. Viswanathan and Ramesh Naidu, accompanied Zakir Hussain and Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan on world tours and obtained scholarship to Trinity College at Oxford University, where he graduated with a degree in Western classical music.

His first movie album Roja in Tamil was listed in TIME's "Top 10 Movie Soundtracks of All Time".Rahman also composed the score for the Chinese film Warriors of Heaven and Earth in 2003.

Rahman continues to record frequently in his studio, the Panchathan Record Inn. His latest work includes Water, Rang De Basanti, Sillunu Oru Kaadhal,Guru , Varalaru - The History of the Godfather,Sivaji: The Boss and Azhagiya Tamil Magan. Rahman has scored the movie Provoked and is also working on Shyam Benegal's next venture, Chamki Chameli, which is set for release in late 2007 as well as Jodhaa Akbar. He has also composed the score for Shekhar Kapur's upcoming film Elizabeth: The Golden Age with the composer Craig Armstrong. He is a recipient of the Padma Shri award.
ARR is well known for creating awesome jingles.My favourite is the AIRTEL TUNE.Other jingles are for Spirit of Unity Concert and so on.His albums Pray for me brother,Taj Anthem,Vande mataram,Jan Gan Man always stay in our hearts.



In addition to composing themes for charity media features and events, Rahman has set up the "A. R. Rahman Foundation" with a goal to eradicate poverty globally. This includes setting up and partnering with educational institutions across India to provide education to children who do not have easy access to schools or funds. In 2004, he was appointed as the Global Ambassador of the Stop TB Partnership, a project by WHO.He has shown support to charities including Save the Children, India, and worked with Cat Stevens / Yusuf Islam for his song "Indian Ocean" . The song featured a-ha keyboard player Magne Furuholmen and Travis drummer, Neil Primrose. The proceeds of the song went towards helping orphans in Banda Aceh, one of the areas worst affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami.

Adopted(and edited) from an article in Wikipedia.