One more Golden Globe

wishing A R Rehman  a very happy birthday and all the best for the golden globe awards.

A. R. Rahman was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu on 6 january 1966. His father R K Shekar, was a Chennai based composer and conductor for Malayalam films.Rahmans name was dilip which he changed to A.R. Rahman after he converted to islam.

he lost his father at the age of 9 and his family rented out his father's musical equipment as a source of income. He was raised by his mother Kareema (previously called Kashturi). During these formative years, Rahman served as a keyboard player and an arranger in bands such as "Roots".

A R Rahman is the founder of the Chennai-based rock group, "Nemesis Avenue". he began his early music training under master Dhanraj. At the age of 11, he joined, as a keyboardist, the troupe of Ilaiyaraaja

He was introduced to Qadirii Islam when his father was dying and his younger sister fell severely sick. He describes the process as taking five years; he along with other members of his family converted to Islam in 1989 when he was 23 years old. He changed his name to Rahman.

In 1992,director Mani Ratnam's Tamil film Roja The debut led Rahman to receive the Rajat Kamal award for Best Music Director at the National Film Awards, an unprecedented win for a first-time film composer. 

Rahman has since been awarded the Silver Lotus three more times for Minsaara Kanavu in 1997, Lagaan in 2002, Kannathil Muthamittal in 2003, the most ever by any composer

In 2009, for his score of Slumdog Millionaire, Rahman won the Critics' Choice Award, the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score the BAFTA Award for Best Film Music, and two Academy awardfor Best Original Music Scoreand Best Original Song at the 2009 Oscars.

Middlesex University and Aligarh Muslim University have announced that they plan to bestow honorary doctorates on Rahman. Later the year Rahman was conferred the honorary doctorate from Anna University in Chennai.

He has also won two Grammy Awards, for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album and Best Song Written for a Visual Media. A.R Rahman was awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian honor, in 2010. A.R Rahman has been nominated for the 2011 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score for the film 127 Hours.