Tuesday, January 29, 2008
His sisters Raihana, Talath and Israth are professionally trained musicians. They often sing for him, and appear on stage performances as well. Sister Raihana's son, GV Prakash is a born talent, and he's into music. He has sung songs for Rahman and now is an emerging music director.
Rahman's mother and wife do play the most important part in his music - they are his critics. Rahman got married at the age of 27. And unlike in the Indian movies, it wasn't love at first sight. Rahman had told his mother what his bride needed to have: some education, some beauty and loads of humility! His mother frequented the same Sufi temple as Saira and her family. His mother first noticed her there.
She cried Eureka when she saw this young girl praying in that Sufi temple. The girl's parents also were looking for a bridegroom for their elder daughter, 21-year-old Saira. Her father is a Madras-based businessman, who belongs to Kutch , Gujarat originally.
Saira is sister-in-law of the Tamil actor who's also called Rahman, and being a Rahman fan herself, she couldn't let him down.
Rahman remembers, "My first meeting with Saira was rather amusing. Back then, she only spoke Kutchi. I asked her whether she was interested in marrying me. I'd also told her what kind of life was going to be offered to her. She was very quiet then, but now I know she is anything but quiet! I had to smile throughout our three-hour meeting and, by the end of it, it was almost a pain."
Rahman's mother chose genuinely friendly Saira Banu to be his wife. Theirs was an arranged marriage. Saira and Rahman got married on Wednesday, March the 12th, 1995 in Chennai. It was a gala event.
About his personal life, Rahman once said "I'm very passionate about music and have very little place in my life for anything else. But whatever time I have after my recordings, I try and spend with my family, especially with my younger daughter. She listens to most of my songs and even has her favorites. It's so wonderful to see your child growing up. I don't want to miss out these little pleasures in life." Saira and Rahman are blessed with two daughters and one son.
When asked 'How much time do you spend with your family?' he answers, "I have realized that I must spend more time with my family if I want them to listen to me." He takes his children on small trips and picnics. His elder daughter Kadhija doesn't like the autograph hunters running after him, so she restricts him from coming to her school. His younger daughter Raheema has interest in music. His son is too young, who shares the birthday with his father. He was born on 6th Jan 2002 and Rahman on 6th Jan 1966
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Friday, December 28, 2007
Allah Rakha Rahman ( AR Rahman) , A.S.Dileep Kumar born on the 6th of January in the year 1966, in Madras , to a musically affluent family. His father K.A.Sekhar was an arranger and conductor in Malayalam movies and had worked under the likes of Salil Chowdhary and Devarajan. Dileep started learning the piano at the tender age of four. At the very young age Dileep used to follow his father to the recording studio and to be noted that his father is the first person to introduce synthesizer in India .
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Renowned music composer and singer A R Rahman on Saturday rendered an enchanting performance, belting a mix of Hindi, Tamil and English songs which made a 50,000 strong audience in New Delhi swaying, clapping and asking for more.
Beginning the performance with the number 'Thodi si raat aur hai...' from Guru , Rahman, in his maiden public concert in the capital, managed to keep the audience captive under the magical spell of his voice.
The musician was performing for the Fever 104 concert in which playback singers Kailash Kher , Hari Haran, Madhushree, Chitra, Sivamani and others took part.
The musical extravaganza which started an hour late than scheduled, had an orchestra of 50 instrumentalists and 22 singers whose energy had the crowd roaring for more.
Accompanying the music maestro, percussionist Sivamani and flutist Navin were no less in mesmerizing the crowd.
Rahman asked the crowd to join him in his fight against poverty and he rendered for the crowd on his piano the soul touching number from his album "Pray for me brother".
Apart from the usual favourite hit numbers ranging from Hindi flicks like Rang De Basanti , and ‘Roja’, his fans got a special treat when he gave them a slice of music from the forthcoming Ashutosh Gowarikar 's film Jodhaa Akbar .
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Monday, November 26, 2007
Shreya Goshal
