A. R. Rahman (Tamil: ஏ.ஆர்.ரஹ்மான (born on January 6 1966 as A. S. Dileep Kumar in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India),Tamilian by birth is a critically acclaimed award-winning composer, record producer and musician. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest ever Indian film composers and his career is considered a turning point in the history of Indian film music. Many credit him with having single-handedly revolutionized the standards of film music composition in India.blank">http://bollywoodzone.wetpaint.com/page/A.+R.+Rahman?t=anon He is also credited with re-energizing the popularity of Indian film music the world over, with albums such as Roja and Dil Se receiving exceedingly positive reviews and commanding fans in regions as far as the United States.
In a career spanning over a decade, Rahman, by 2003, had sold more than one hundred million records of his film scores and _soundtracks world-wide, and sold over 200 million cassettes making him one of the world's top 25 all-time top selling recording artists.
