A.R. Rahman, in
full Allah Rakha Rahman, original name A.S. Dileep
Kumar, (born January 6, 1966, Madras [now Chennai), Indian composer whose extensive body of work for film and stage earned him the nickname “the Mozart of Madras.” Rahman’s father, R.K.
Sekhar, was a prominent Tamil musician who composed scores for the Malayalam film
industry, and Rahman began studying piano at age four. The boy’s interests lay in electronics and computers, and his father’s serendipitous purchase of a synthesizer
allowed him to pursue his passion and to learn to love music at the same time. Sekhar died when Rahman was 9 years
old, and by age 11 he was playing piano professionally to help support his
family . He went on making a great music & became the only Indian to receive oscars.

Listen to his inspirational story.