posted by Savanah on May 11
Allah Rakha Rahman has a long career in the Indian film industry, and he has taken Chennai to the forefront of the international scene recently with his work on the film Slum Dog Millionaire. Rahman is a composer, producer, singer and musician whose work has spanned over two decades and includes numerous awards and recognitions. He has worked with many of the India’s top professionals in the local film industry known as Kollywood. This is because Chennai is the base of the film industry of Tamil. Vacationers who are staying in five star hotels Chennai have the opportunity to see Slum Dog Millionaire and other great Indian films while they’re in town.
Rahman was born in January of 1966 in a musically affluent family. His father was R. K. Shekhar and was the composer and conductor for Malayalam Films. His father died when Rahman was young and he was raised by his mother. During his youth he gained employment by playing the keyboards and arranging music for local bands. He also founded the rock group Nemesis Avenue. He attended the Trinity College of Music where he received his degree in Western classical music. By 1992 he had begun recording his own music and created a studio for recording and mixing. It was called Panchathan Record Inn, and was attached to the back of his house.
Rahman has an impressive career that includes thirteen Filmfare Awards, four National Film Awards, a Golden Globe and two Academy Awards. Worldwide he has sold over 100 million records of his film scores and soundtracks and has sold over 200 million cassettes, which makes him on of the all time top selling artists in the world. The Golden Globe and Academy Awards he won for Slum Dog Millionaire made him the first Indian artist to do so. Other prominent films he as worked on include Shekhar Kapoor’s Elizabeth: The Golden Age, which he co-scored. He also scored the Mandarin language film Warriors of Heaven and Earth, among numerous others.
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