For the famous intellect that he is, he has been awarded several times. In the realm of music, he is not just a visionary, but also a luminary. When you ask him about a song that moved him, he responds, “Ma tujhe salaam,” emphasizing that neither his own nor anybody else’s music has made him feel as alive since. When asked who he owes his achievement to, he modestly mentions his mother and filmmaker Mani Ratnam.
Allah Rakha Rahman, music composer, record producer, musician, and vocalist, is more than a name; he is a sensation that occurs just once in a lifetime, and we are fortunate that he happened in ours. Rahman’s tunes are relaxing, unique, and quickly link to one’s spirit, and he has unquestionably transformed the Indian cinema music business.
With his soundtrack for “Slumdog Millionaire,” which won two Academy Awards for Best Score and Best Song in 2008, Rahman rose to international recognition. He was the recipient of 15 accolades in all, including two Grammys, a Golden Globe, and a BAFTA. Rahman was included in Time magazine’s list of the World’s Most Influential People in 2009. In August 2011, the UK-based global music journal Songlines named him one of the “Tomorrow’s World Music Icons.”
Rahman has been honored with the Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri, two of India’s highest national civilian honors, as well as countless other prizes, including four Indian National Cinema Awards and 25 Filmfare Awards, the country’s most prestigious film awards. His huge corpus of work for film and theatre has earned him the moniker “the Mozart of Madras,” with Isai Puyal coined by various Tamil reviewers and admirers (musical storm in English).
Source: the better India
