Oscar
winner music Director's first Salary..!?
Mani Ratnam's Roja is composed by AR
rahman as his debut. The film was a super hit with six songs sung by AR
rahman in
vairamuthu lyrics. AR
rahman is the son of Shekhar, who worked as a band composer for
tamil and
malayalam films. Although AR
rahman was interested in
music from an early age through his father, what he dreamed of was to become a computer engineer. The family was in big financial crisis after the death of their father. So
rahman joined as a keyboard player in a small band called Roots at a young age and has worked with famous drummer Sivamani and his friends
john Antony,
suresh Peters, JoJo, and Ilayaraja.
AR Rahman's real name is Dilipkumar before he converted to Islam.
dilip kumar i.e. AR
rahman was converted to Islam. The
music of composer AR Rahman, who rose to prominence in the film Roja, has been soaking up so far with many songs that will fill the minds of the fans. It was through this that AR
rahman got his first opportunity in
tamil cinema to meet
director mani ratnam at the award ceremony.
The first
malayalam film composed by AR
rahman was 'Yoda'. But the first release was ‘Roja’. But the name of AR
rahman will not be on the cassette of the film Roja.
mani ratnam allowed AR
rahman to compose
music for all the films he directed after Roja. It continues till Ponni's Selvan, who is currently directing it. AR
rahman not only composed the
music for the film Roja but also sang the song 'Chinna
chinna Aasai' which is featured in it and is said that he got a salary of Rs 5000 only for this film.