Acclaimed Indian singer, songwriter, composer, and producer A.R. Rahman - born
AS Dileep Kumar on January 6, 1967, in Madras, India - was raised in a musical
family. His father, RK Shekar, was a well-known composer working for India's
Malayalam film industry. As a teenager, Rahman helped his father in the studio,
often playing keyboards on his father's compositions. It was inevitable that he
would eventually begin working as a musician in India's burgeoning film
industry. Rahman began his own career composing scores for documentaries and
writing advertising jingles for the Indian...